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Originally posted by sardion2000
I hear that there is a reverse-engineering of XP on the way.
Originally posted by Johnmike
Originally posted by sardion2000
I hear that there is a reverse-engineering of XP on the way.
Legally? I'm curious about this.
Also, I'd like to try Linux some time.
Originally posted by Pfeil
Wow. Over the pst few days my computer has been doing funny things and this may explain it.
Originally posted by Pfeil
Like alomst constant internet activity for long period of times during which I wasnt using it.
Originally posted by Pfeil
Also if I left my computer to idle, after about 30 minutes it would suddenly and for no reason have a sudden large load and the cpu activity light on the front of my box would be constantly on, like it was writing long files.
Originally posted by Pfeil
WTF, time to write my senator and representative again about those MS swine.
Originally posted by Johnmike
Originally posted by Pfeil
Wow. Over the pst few days my computer has been doing funny things and this may explain it.
Honestly, I doubt it. But who knows?
Originally posted by Pfeil
Like alomst constant internet activity for long period of times during which I wasnt using it.
What was telling you about your internet activity? Modem light blinking?
Originally posted by Pfeil
Also if I left my computer to idle, after about 30 minutes it would suddenly and for no reason have a sudden large load and the cpu activity light on the front of my box would be constantly on, like it was writing long files.
That's probably just programs of yours, looks like time to reformat. Since Windows is a multitasking OS (oh, how I miss DOS...), a lot of things happen in the background.
Originally posted by Pfeil
WTF, time to write my senator and representative again about those MS swine.
Well, what law did they break? Don't you agree to that in the terms and conditions when you install the software? We'd have to look at that before doing anything, and I don't know off hand.