ThC 129

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#27856

2000-09-02 20:41

thats cool personally im going to wait for the beta before i put another whistler build on. The Alphas arent stable enough to run everything and stay up plus some of the wierd little things the alphas do get annoying too. Otherwise its a great OS people, if you like Win2k you should go out and try whistler thats better than 2k even in the alpha.

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EddiE314

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#27857

2000-09-02 20:58

I agree, i recently aquired build 2250, let me say its outstanding, wouldn't install at first, had to take my modem and old soundcard out first.

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jdulmage

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#27858

2000-09-02 22:21

Whistler 2257....just installed it....
 
i'm speechless...
 
it kicks major ass over 2250, more GUI enchancements, the bugs I submitted were found and fixed, there are more features and more customizable things....overall 2257 is awesome, now i'm going to search to find out if Whistler 2257 calls home and if so, how I can stop that from happening

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Gambler FEX online

319 Posts
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#27859

2000-09-03 23:10

I'm using it full-time now. Why you ask? well I can't get the satelite tuner software to work in win2k, but it does in both 2250 and 2257! It's been half a year since I have used my satelitemodem.
 
Man do I love this OS, even it is only Alpha heehee
 
Though I get BSOD every now and then with Opera 4.01. Probably the skinning feature.

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slewis1972

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#27860

2000-09-04 12:04

Where can I download the latest version. A friend of mine is testing it at his work and says its excellent but he cannot get me a copy due to his company being strict.
 
Hope you can help,
 
Scott

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J_Pro

100 Posts
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#27861

2000-09-04 18:48

Gambler. I was wondering why you use opera. Isn't that a browser.

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jdulmage

1209 Posts
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#27862

2000-09-04 19:25

oh my god...
 
a browser...oh no, he is using a browser...
 
and your point is? if you think that Whistler calls home, you have been had. Because it doesn't call home, that is a rumor that was started by somebody.

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J_Pro

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#27863

2000-09-04 19:43

No smartass. I'm waiting for Gambler to tell me what I'm missing using IE5.5 that he is getting by using Opera.

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jdulmage

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#27864

2000-09-04 23:49

thanks for the chat!
 
lol

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EddiE314

1778 Posts
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#27865

2000-09-05 07:18

Did I miss something? I thought it DID call home? Ok NM. Opera sucks anyway.

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EddiE314

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#27866

2000-09-05 13:05

I must say, after installing Whistler 2257, i AM impressed with its stability and beauty, I recommend the following:
 
400MHz or Faster cpu and
at least 64MB ram (128 recommended)
anything lower than that and it just won't be zippy enough.

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Shrink

393 Posts
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#27867

2000-09-05 17:46

It is pretty sharp-looking and seems more responsive than Win2k Pro. However, anyone installing it should be prepared for compatiblity issues (as in the case with Win2k) - my Epson Stylus Color 860's status monitor crashes in Whistler Personal build 2257. I imagine that cd burning and network apps such as firewalls and NAT might be problematic at this time. Did any of you check out the Personal Firewall option? That looks promising
 
If anyone has a line on a Pro version (that will upgrade Win2k Pro) that is newer than 2250, please cd me at 43462208 and I will be happy to line you up with some stuff in return
 
 
 
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Shrink
 
92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO!
 
PIII 650@850
BE6-II Mobo with 192 mb ram
20 gig Quantum KX 8 gig Quantum CR
SBlive Value
Voodooo3 3000 AGP
... and a bunch of USB Stuff
Windows 2000 Pro Retail

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ThC 129

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#27868

2000-09-06 02:56

personal firewalls didnt like Whistler very well. Nor does diskeeper. I asked diskeeper when they would have a whistler compatible version but they dont know.

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EddiE314

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#27869

2000-09-07 02:11

I dunno, Win2k pro SP1 doesn't like Zonealarm 2.1 very much.

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EddiE314

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#27870

2000-09-07 04:24

By the way, if you would like to see a few screenshots of Whistler 2257, i've posted a few at my site: http://www.intrepid.net/~eddie/winwhistler.html

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chogcorp

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#27871

2000-09-10 21:58

Just installed Whistler 2257, what a lovely little OS. Can't get any damn sound of it tho, SB16 aswell! Perhaps i should by a better sound card... I like the cluttered up desktop, with so many icons, such as recycle bin, and thats about it. Nice...

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jdulmage

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#27872

2000-09-12 05:20

cluttered? it has three icons on the desktop, but I don't like that. I changed it but to classic start menu, so I could have my icons back

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chogcorp

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#27873

2000-09-12 16:25

I was just being sarcastic...

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Four and Twenty

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#27874

2000-09-12 18:46

Yeah what is the deal with that I think that MS should put the icons back on the desktop. cause the new theme is cool but people are gonna want to have the other icons on the desktop.

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jdulmage

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#27875

2000-09-13 00:21

sources say that you should expect to see those icons go back onto the desktop or at least have an option to do that. I was told that they only took the icons off to test the start panel to make sure you could access My Computer and all of those through the panel

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