OK, big day today!
2 dyas ago I (accidentally) DLed a virus (stupid me). What the virus did was rename it self and try to sprad over WinMX only, and also copied a cunch of mp3s.
When I found this out, i tryied to delete the EXE. so when I did that, windows xp wouldnt boot!!
So Now i am running an OS so fast it is very unstable!
its Windows 98 SE OEM! 4.22.0000
:woot:
Originally posted by ihartmacz@May 26 2003, 02:59 AMOK, big day today!
2 dyas ago I (accidentally) DLed a virus (stupid me). What the virus did was rename it self and try to sprad over WinMX only, and also copied a cunch of mp3s.
When I found this out, i tryied to delete the EXE. so when I did that, windows xp wouldnt boot!!
So Now i am running an OS so fast it is very unstable!
its Windows 98 SE OEM! 4.22.0000
:woot:
What exe did you delete? You should be able to restore/repair the installation using the XP install cd.
Chris
Originally posted by Binary+May 25 2003, 08:23 PM-->QUOTE(Binary @ May 25 2003, 08:23 PM)
If you can use WindowsXP why goback to Windows98 ?
Originally posted by VideoMann@May 25 2003, 10:10 PMIf you can use WindowsXP why goback to Windows98 ?
good question.
that sucks.....
From what I understood from his post... He got a virus on XP, deleted an executable, then couldnt boot into XP anymore because he most likely deleted an important system file. But, he prolly has a dual boot system, so he could still boot into 98...
I could be wrong, but thats how I read it.
Chris
You should probobly format and reinstall, but...
Have you tried runnning an anti virus? AVG is free and its very good.
Also, if you know what files are infected, boot into DOS, and delete the files from there.
I deleted the infected file in Windows XP. Windows woulud not let me delete it because it was locked... SVGhost.exe or something, so itryied it from the boot CD i made from Nero. Them it wouldnt re-start.
Formatted my HD and Used the HP Pavilion restore CD to get the Windows 98 back on.
Now ihave most of my sh## installed and have 2.00GB used out of my 10GB HD
My reason for changing was entirly arbitary, I like the Windows 98 works, an am tired for tha Way Windows XP wont let me use my USB hub wit hout the BSoD.
SVGhost is a system file, no wonder your system stopped working. 
You should give XP another shot. Its 10x better than 98. See if theres a new driver for your hub, I bet there is. 
That sucks ihartmacz, 'cuz XP is a crappy OS but compatability with XP is built into most apps (except those that we are trying to emulate), also there many XP only apps and XP only harwareis common. You should switch back, that way you can use Y'z Dock 8.1 :own:
I thought Windows98SE was very usable when compared to Windows95 in terms of stability. I used to crash 1-3 times per day with Windows98 mostly because it was up for many ,many hours but once I got WindowsXP no way, no how am I going back to Windows98.
Check the manufacturer for USB drivers. I got no problem with my USB hub Belkin: got my internet and my scanner hooked to it.
Do you have WindowsXP Home or Pro ?
You can get online antivirus scan at Trendmicro :
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/home/us/personal.htm
It puts a little java applet in your system and then it scans your drive(s). It is a little slow but not much if you have cable/DSL connection. The nice thing is that it is free and always up-to-date with viral definitions. It is one of the biggest sites in antiviral software.
His version is probably XP Pro and pirated, since his recovery is for Windows 98, and XP Pro is the most widespread pirated version. ...... But I could be wrong.
Well, if its pirated, screw you, get what you deserve. :rant:
well f***!!
I paid for My Windows XP HOME CD. $105 at Best Buy. the Virus gave that file a Winzip icon, so... that how i knew it was a virus.
And when it copies 1000 files to C:\Windows\Myshares\
and names them "Cristina Agulara sucks a cock.exe", "Corel Office Crack.exe" and they are 48K in size. Plus they have the same Winzip icon
I missed Windows 98SE, sorry
So where did you get the virus from then?
And WHY do you miss Windows 98, im still not able to grasp this.
OK, I got from WinMX...
I had a nero 5.5.0.0 CD and the Nero 5.5.10.28 EXE wont update. So I needed a code (That is legal) + I was DLing some MP3s!
Maybe I should have gotten a txt, not a EXE. I did say it was a stupid mistake.
I dont ever usually have to resort to this...
I missed the classic ness of 98 and the way it looked,
I like the 9X and 2000 look, not Luna in XP or most of the skins.
I love Mac OS X too. Dont get me wrong...
Sorry ihartmacz, I made a wrong assumption, what's so bad about piracy anyway? (That's not a question for anyone to answer, especially Contrasutra, I'm not strating a piracy thread here, this was merely an apology)
I Have 7 versions of Windows that I paid for. You are forgiven, I think Priacy is OK IF the prices they pice software is unreasonably high...
ex. Visual Basic .NEt is $1,500. If your a kid and you want to start programming, 1500$ is not readily available.
@constrasutra
Is HP-UX available for ix86?
You should use an antivirus program all the time. Do you have one monitoring your downloads ?
After I thought i got a virus, I tryed Norton Anti Virus. And it was disables after i restarted after installation... I tryed Normon too. And it found nothing
No, its not. Its only for Itanium2 I believe.
You could have just emailed or called Nero. Ive lost CD keys and stuff, and the people were always happy to help me. Usually I just sent my CD back, and they sent me a new one w/ a cd key. It was reletively painless.
Visual Basic.NET is not $1500. http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/Prod...sual_basic_.net
$90-100.
You can get the "classic" look in XP. Just disable visual styles, a voila, youve got a retro system.
you can set xp to look "classic"...
i would never go back to 98! but whatever floats your boat... 
just right click the start menu and goto classic
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