Steven W
2014-06-29 02:29
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Bizarre
Replies: 3

Bits and pieces are coming out: m Moreover, a court petition, sent to juvenile court by Child Protective Service investigators, says Charlie's stepmother Monique Dillard-Bothuell put the boy in the basement and allegedly told him to stay there while the search for him unfolded. Dillard-Bothuell told...
Steven W
2014-06-28 14:43
Forum: Software
Topic: Old-Skool games from Bob Withers (others)
Replies: 16

Here's a quick-start guide to playing these on DOSbox: Download and install DOSBox Created a directory/folder called DOS, I'd recommend not making the path too complicated. XP is installed on Drive F on my PC. I created the DOS folder F:DOS. Extract the zips to that folder, I suggest putting them in...
Steven W
2014-06-28 04:48
Forum: Operating systems
Topic: Unofficial Windows 98 Second Edition Service Pack 3.66
Replies: 850

Sounds good, bro :thumbup:
Steven W
2014-06-27 23:00
Forum: The lounge
Topic: larryb123456
Replies: 12

It's okay, he's keeping himself company in the thread now. I had to look. Autism, it's a many-splendored thing.
Steven W
2014-06-27 04:31
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Forbes article -- Worst idea dying
Replies: 1

Forbes article -- Worst idea dying

I generally dislike Forbes and Businessweek because their articles always seem to take an absolute pro-business stance no matter what. I have to admit this article shocked me. Steve Denning covers a report from the Aspen Institute that questions the notion that corporations exist solely to "max...
Steven W
2014-06-27 04:05
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Microsoft Exchange Online out for 9 hours!
Replies: 1

Microsoft Exchange Online out for 9 hours!

Oh boy! m Apparently, the outage affected a large number of users. Plus, the length of the outage, and the fact that it struck during U.S. work hours, makes it a significant and embarrassing one for Microsoft, which is locked in a fight with Google in the cloud communication and collaboration softwa...
Steven W
2014-06-27 00:08
Forum: Operating systems
Topic: Unofficial Windows 98 Second Edition Service Pack 3.66
Replies: 850

PROBLEMCHYLD, there were some problems with MS regclean that you should be aware of:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299958

It also causes some issues with DirectX7:

http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo ... 48070.aspx

http://www.groupsrv.com/usenet/view.php ... 355500&p=0

I had the issue where I'd lose my controller, it was an easy fix, but I dumped RegClean years ago.
Steven W
2014-06-26 23:44
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Cool DJ show on the radio right now
Replies: 2

I love the accent! Hope he gets his issues solved....new computer or whatever it takes!
Steven W
2014-06-26 03:34
Forum: The lounge
Topic: Bizarre
Replies: 3

Bizarre

I've been following this for the past few days: m The truth will out here, it always does. I'm kinda hoping the kid was just messing with his parents and or step-mom and that none of them are crazy enough to have forced him to hide there. With divorce and custody battles, one never knows. Glad he's ...
Steven W
2014-06-25 23:23
Forum: Programming and scripting
Topic: VB Scripts
Replies: 15

PROBLEMCHYLD, I'm on XP and under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionexplorerBitBucket There's keys for my drives c,d,f: Reg.jpg Anyway, this works for me: Dim WshShell, bKey Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.RegWrite "HKLMSoftwareMicr...