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Hi it's Kylie 🫀Anybody have any experience converting a physical Win2000 install to virtual? I'm stuck on inaccessible boot device and a lot of the resources on the Internet are dead links. Trying to preserve whatever was on this old drive. This seems like a driver issue but I don't really know.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qemu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qemu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maxtor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maxtor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows2000</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crayola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crayola</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/p2v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#p2v</a>

Pete OrrallI have a <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows2000</a> disc laying around. It's time to use it as my daily driver.What could go wrong?<a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a>

movqI’m developing an irrational affection for <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/Windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows2000</a>. 🫤 Especially the Explorer (of all things …). It hit a sweet spot between simplicity and features. (And it was awful in many regards, but we’re going to ignore that.)Win2k was also the last Windows before that “product activation” nonsense. That was the point where the complete enshittification of everything began, imho.The closest thing to Explorer that we have on Linux/BSD might be <a href="http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">XFE</a> – without the integration into the rest of the system, obviously.(Other similar file managers like PCManFM also still exist, although they have adopted the current ultra flat UI even more than XFE.)<a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Retrocomputing</a>

MikePSA for users of Windows 2000: don't forget to update your regional options for two digit year parsing! We're fast approaching the default of 2029.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows2000</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Pete Orrall (defunct account)<a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kkarhan</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@GossiTheDog</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> has been unusable for quite some time. The "recall" feature is just another evolution of the enshittification of their software.The last decent OS that company released was <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows2000</a>. No, it wasn't as secure as they claimed it but at least it didn't require an active internet connection for the license key, didn't require activation, didn't phone home, didn't require a mandatory sign-in with a Microsoft email address. And finally its specs weren't artificially jacked up to require someone to buy a new PC just to run an OS (this contributing to more e-waste).

IT NewsWindows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again - Enlarge / The Windows 95 desktop. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) ... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952418" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952418</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windowsnt4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windowsnt4</a>.0 <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows2000</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows95</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows98</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windowsme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windowsme</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windowsnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windowsnt</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

IT NewsComputer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software - [Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with i... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/computer-speed-gains-erased-by-modern-software/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2023/07/02/computer-speed-gains-erased-by-modern-software/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwaredevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#softwaredevelopment</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/application" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#application</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows2000</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/comparison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comparison</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#windows11</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/latency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#latency</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/modern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modern</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/speed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#speed</a>

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