Old MS-DOS & WIN Software

[Jim Leonard]

Jules Richardson wrote:
>> Well, IMHO, Win95 was rather close to a real multitasking system, at
>> least for Win32 programs. Maybe not as good as Linux or even NT, but
>> it got the job done and got it done significantly better than 3.x
> 
> My main problem with it was that it tended to disintegrate over time and 
> eventually would need a reinstall as functionality would start to break 
> and free disk space would mysteriously vanish...

Yes, this is Microsoft Cancer(tm).  It exists on all of the DOS-legacy versions 
(95, 98, 98se, ME).

What prompted me to move from 98 to 2000 was that, at some point, I lost the 
ability to drag icons.  I could delete them, right-click-to-get-properties 
them, etc. but not drag once icon onto another to get things to happen, which 
is functionality I had become accustomed to.  A week later, things magically 
started working again.

I'm not sure which infurated me more -- the fact that I lost the ability to 
drag icons, or the fact that it started working again with no involvement on my 
part.  Both were terms for dismissal ;-)
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