Author Topic: Need Information (Read 301 times)

Swager · « **on:** December 06, 2003, 04:50:54 PM »

First thing. I get tons of pop-ups with the new OS I now put on my system. I am now running Windows XP and the popups are a pain. Worse than Windows SE.

Plus, what is this message crap?

I found I cannot run some programs labeled Windows 95/98. One program is Thomas The Train which my daughter loves and has been bugging me. Is there software out there that will allow me to run programs marked WIN 95/98.

Thanks

vorticon · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2003, 04:58:05 PM »

1. can you say FIREWALL
2. the message thing can be turned off in system management
3. as far as i know...no...the best you can do is set up a duel boot

Seraphim · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2003, 05:05:14 PM »

Try this, works for me:
under your start menu, go to 'run'
type 'msconfig'
you'll see a menu, on the far right tab 'startup',
you'll see many programs that your OS runs in the background.
click the one that says 'messenger', that will kill those messages.
for pop ups & stuff like that, you'll need some sort of pop up blocker & use the firewall that is built in for windows under 'network connection' under 'settings', you will need to open up your network connection icon (usually your modem or network card) and click on properties. under properties, there is a tab 'advanced' where it has a firewall. turn that on and it should help.

zmeg · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2003, 05:10:09 PM »

For the older programs, right click the icon then click properties then comapdabilty, you can set it up to run in 98 or 95 mode as well as 256 color if necessary.

Roscoroo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2003, 05:15:52 PM »

http://www.panicware.com/product_downloads.html

they have a free version that i used to use until i finally bought the pro version...

Works great ... and if it "dings " while trying to get to a link you just hold down the ctrl key and reclic the link ..

Google bar has a built in pop up stopper .. but i didnt like it as well .

Estes · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2003, 05:39:19 PM »

Yup. I bought the pro version as well Roo. You don't know how well it works until you turn it off for the day.

Seraphim · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2003, 10:51:47 PM »

I also found a pop up stopper called 'pop dowm', found it on a place called nonags.com .....cant seem to find it anymore though.
Work great, you can configure it to allow direct launch (of new windows) or have a certain maximum number open at any time.
And it's free!
Same as the previous mentions, press ctrl to open a new window.
Very simple, doesn't do much else.

Bodhi · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2003, 01:41:18 AM »

I use Zone Alarm's free software, for my firewall, and I get NO popups what so ever, just make sure you enable AceHigh.exe in the "allowed" programs, and it can run while AH is.

flakbait · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2003, 02:27:52 AM »

Switch browsers to Mozilla Firebird. You can turn off pop-ups of every type in the options menu, and it's free. You can also set it to block images from a given server; handy for those with kids.

http://www.mozilla.org

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