[ale] %#&!! Microsoft XP and eMachines

[James P. Kinney III]

That would still involve the purchase of WinKServer, which is simply not
going to happen. And a dedicated machine to run it on. It's a hog.

We finally dug up the old version CD. From 1998, it's all 16 bit stuff.
Guess what XP can't handle well?!?!

That's right. The old 16 bit binaries. It requires that the user running
them have administrator status. That makes _NO_SENSE_. Why would an
older, more fragile application be running with elevated privileges at
all?!


On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 15:30, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Can you run the 2000server under VMware to get the guy up and running?
> Dow
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> ><rant>
> >
> >I swear. The more I use Microsoft stuff, the more I like it when the
> >power goes out!
> >
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