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  Re: NTFS driver for Linux?
 
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 20:39:09 GMT "Steven Vore" <svore@mindspring.com> wrote concerning 'NTFS driver for Linux?': (...) IIRC, the kernel comes with one, the readonly isn't even experimental - the readwrite is... just grab the latest and recompile :) (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  NTFS driver for Linux?
 
Anyone found/seen a good driver that'll allow my dual-boot Linux system to access the NTFS volume? Read-only's ok, though of course I'd prefer r/w. I've tried one I found (can't recall the URL, but the README has the names Martin von Lowis and Regis (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) One thing NT gives me, that 98 doesn't, is a cute little error message indicating that one of my devices isn't responding. No mention of which device, or where to find out. And everything seems to be working, so no obvious clues. Oh yeah. On (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: multiple email accounts
 
well there 'ya go then, you're set. see who needs "real" tech support when you've got geeky legomaniacs? :-) -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) Bauman" <baumans@ptdprolog.net> wrote in message news:Fp82I2.JyD@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Free email
 
I had figured that a totally web based mail would be better for Taya but there is merit in your suggestions, thanks, all! (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: multiple email accounts
 
to send messages from a different account than default, use File-Send Message Using Steven Vore wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: multiple email accounts
 
(...) Also, if you want to divide any of the incoming mail into separate subfolders of your inbox, you can use the Inbox Assistant. I've got three such folders... Important, work, family, and you can also filter out junk with it. John (RAMS!) (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: multiple email accounts
 
Just add accounts (Tools|Accounts, Add, Mail). They'll all show up in your Inbox folder and all outgoing mail will be "from" one account though, I believe. To get even fancier, see OE's "Identies" which allows multiple people to use their own set of (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Free email
 
(...) Well, I'll tell you this much - don't choose hotmail. They don't have ads for gaming, though they do have ads for chatting. The biggest prob, though, is the trash mail I get - unsuitable for any child. I ignore it, but a kid might just check (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Free email
 
Hi Larry! Do you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your mail client? If so, how about signing up with NetZero and setting an account up for her there? You don't have to use the dialup after you sign up and it gives you a POP3 account that you could (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Free email
 
Can someone suggest a free email service that is suitable for kids? What I am looking for is one that doesn't have ads for gaming, etc. in its banners. Other than that I haven't really thought about what it means to be "suitable for kids" although I (...) (25 years ago, 31-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) I'll give you two things: ICS (Internet connection sharing) which is only relevant if you have a network at home, and DirectX7 which is only relevant if you are into 3D games. If either one is relevant it can be pretty compelling. (...) you (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) (URL) $39, but that's not a bad price. Course, you could go the other route and get their new NTFS for 95/98: (URL) stuff rocks. Especially their NT tools. (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  multiple email accounts
 
I am generally pretty knowledgeable about such things, but I do not know the answer to the following situation: I would like to have multiple email addresses for specific purposes. My ISP allows for 4 and I can always pick up other addresses from (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Netscape and Javascript
 
(...) I've had the same thing happen too. I thought it was a fluke. We're running the same versions of Netscape and NT although I don't know which service pack we've got. Interesting. -Duane (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Netscape and Javascript
 
(...) Are you able to "copy link location" and then paste it into the location bar, hit return, and go to the link? If so, I have this same problem fairly often. I'm afraid I don't have a solution, but it seems to start, for me, when I switch back (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
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  Re: Netscape and Javascript
 
(...) all links, no matter the page or site. -Chris (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
"Selçuk <teyyareci>" <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote (...) see (...) works there's a comparable item in Windows 2000, which also "does" PnP. not that Win2K's the answer to the rest of the world's software, unfortionately, which is why (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) and (...) I don't think so (note, it's an opinion). Look and feel is the same, but if you are a little bit more than a common MS Office user who frequently utilizing very non standard software/hardware combinations it is somewhat different. My (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
Thank you very much guys,..:-) Tried several things, and find that the most appropriate one is a small freeware named "Ranish Partiton Manager" (exist at winfiles.com) which is a very small (only about 100K with documentation) but effective program (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Computerjobs.com
 
(...) Yeah, weird thing is D&T has an office in the same suburb of Nashville my parents live in. Not moving back there, though. I dig the mountains too much. (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) Yep, doing it right now on 3 different machines. One machine, in fact, has Windows Millenium, WinNT 4 (workstation), WinNT 4 (server), and Windows 2000 (advanced server) on it... There are some partitioning issues you'll be faced with, and you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Computerjobs.com
 
To All, I just heard about this site from a radio ad: (URL) think someone was asking about some potential jobs, so here you are! Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
Selçuk <teyyareci> <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote in article <Fow1u0.KIs@lugnet.com>... (...) Being (...) and (...) and (...) Does (...) sharware/freeware boot (...) Hello Selçuk, I personally only have experience installing NT on machines (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) What is it about 98 that you like that NT doesn't give you? NT 4 and 98 are quite similar in look and feel, and I'd argue that NT is a bit better in system control. Frank gave a correct answer, it IS possible. I'm just asking why do it? Unless (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Anyone here into DVDs?
 
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:sd0i8s4ej76s9vj...4ax.com... (...) Most of them will, but the trick is avoiding taxes at this end. If you order something from Amazon, say, they generally plaster the fact its from them all (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Netscape and Javascript
 
(...) curious. one particular link, links on one particular page or set of pages, or all links? -- -Steven "Nothin' But Net!" (URL) on the web and want to save money? stop by (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
(...) boot (...) Yes it is possible to run both OSses on one machine. First create a partition for Win98 (FAT16) and install Win98. After that run WinNT setup, the setup allows you to configure the other partitions and installs a bootselector. I (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Is it possible to run Win98 and WinNT on the same machine?
 
We recently purchased I-DEAS CAD software which requires WinNT to run. Being CAD operator, I'm the one who should change his OS. I'm get used to Win98 and don't want to migrate fully to NT. So, is it possible to run both Win98 and WinNT on the same (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Netscape and Javascript
 
Does anyone have any ideas concerning this problem? If I have Javascript engaged(1) on Netscape 4.61 and try to follow a link- I can't. Clicking, double clicking, etc doesn't work, it won't even show the path at the bottom of the window. However if (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lost mail at partsref
 
(...) mail, (...) "Are (...) be (...) what version are you using? I select a folder, press delete, and get "are you sure you want to delte the XXX folder and move it to the Deleted Items folder?" If I choose "Yes" and then look at the Deleted Items (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Test from trn under default RHL6.1 install
 
(...) IIRC, /dev/random and/or /dev/urandom when installed figure into the equation. Jasper (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lost mail at partsref
 
(...) Well, you actually need to have it running first -- before you run into trouble. That is, AFAIK, it can't take you back to snapshots in time prior to when it was installed. If you don't have it installed, and you trash something, it can't help (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lost mail at partsref
 
(...) Most Excellent!! Since GoBack has a 10-day free trial period, I will wait until I really need it to try it out. Not that I really look forward to actually finding this necessary.... I liked reading the five reasons why I need GoBack. Quite (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Lost mail at partsref
 
(...) Mmm, stupid software, methinks...not your fault. MS == Pain. >%^E As a partial solution/workaround to the problem, you might wanna check out GoBack (URL) from Wildfile. Runs on Win* and sits right above the BIOS level between the OS and the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Anyone here into DVDs?
 
(...) Hrmmm... I paid $8.94 for Titanic, and that was including shipping. (URL)So, any help gratefully appreciated :-) Not sure how this could/would work, really. Most of the _awesome_ deals I grab are one per person or one per household. So I can't (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Test from trn under default RHL6.1 install
 
(...) Ya, I wanted to see what the installation default looked like. I just hope that the portion to the left of the @ is the product of a pseudo-random number generator as well as the time and the pid. --Todd (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: stuff (was: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
 
(...) FUp-to: geek. There are two kinds of car that seem to be surging ahead right now. There is the fuel-cell type, and the hydrogen type (which may also be fuelcell, but whatever.) Fuel-cells typically use hydrocarbons (ie, gasoline (but cleaned (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Anyone here into DVDs?
 
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message news:ngsc8s0avjcgrn0...4ax.com... (...) establish (...) trade (...) $8!! Here, the cheapest ones are 16GBP = $25 going up to 25GBP = $40 for Titanic!! So, any help gratefully appreciated :-) Huw (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)


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