05-02-2004, 02:50 AM
My install of Windows 98 is three years old.
Every time I get past the log-in screen, I get a BSOD which forces me to manually (read: use the power button) shut down the computer, and then sit through a five-minute AutoScan. AIM crashes my computer at least three times a day, Internet Explorer crashes literally every time I've opened it (occasionally taking vital things, like online purchases or downloads, with it), and even venerable StarCraft has crashed out to the desktop in mid-game.
600MB of my 4GB drive have been mysteriously missing for the past eight months, and I can't find them, no matter what I try. If I delete enough crap to have the space to install Diablo II or Baldur's Gate II (112MB and 82MB remaining, respectively), I get 12fps and 19fps at best, respectively. I have lost $27.19 over the years in crashed online purchases (mostly shipping labels in the process of being printed via PayPal) when IE died.
My ZIP drive mysteriously disappeared from Windows eleven months ago. It is still completely connected, and it still receives power from the PSU. It accepts ZIP disks, but Windows will not allow me to access them, because Windows apparently thinks that the ZIP drive does not exist.
The ATI Rage II+ that powers my system's visuals is integrated with the off-brand motherboard (I still haven't been able to find labels or printing that reveals a brand.) I do not have an AGP slot. Therefore, I cannot upgrade my visuals. Ever.
The modem that connects me to my pathetic dial-up ISP maxes out at 49.3k. I have never gone under 650 ping connecting to a Battle.net server. I installed Half-Life and Counter-Strike (a long time ago, before the jackasses had to do all of that visual-upgrade crap and make Counter-Strike unplayable on older machines) for kicks once, and successfully managed to run CS at 9fps at 320x240 resolution, and with 971 ping on a server located in the same ZIP Code as I.
I'm going to go cry in the corner now.
Every time I get past the log-in screen, I get a BSOD which forces me to manually (read: use the power button) shut down the computer, and then sit through a five-minute AutoScan. AIM crashes my computer at least three times a day, Internet Explorer crashes literally every time I've opened it (occasionally taking vital things, like online purchases or downloads, with it), and even venerable StarCraft has crashed out to the desktop in mid-game.
600MB of my 4GB drive have been mysteriously missing for the past eight months, and I can't find them, no matter what I try. If I delete enough crap to have the space to install Diablo II or Baldur's Gate II (112MB and 82MB remaining, respectively), I get 12fps and 19fps at best, respectively. I have lost $27.19 over the years in crashed online purchases (mostly shipping labels in the process of being printed via PayPal) when IE died.
My ZIP drive mysteriously disappeared from Windows eleven months ago. It is still completely connected, and it still receives power from the PSU. It accepts ZIP disks, but Windows will not allow me to access them, because Windows apparently thinks that the ZIP drive does not exist.
The ATI Rage II+ that powers my system's visuals is integrated with the off-brand motherboard (I still haven't been able to find labels or printing that reveals a brand.) I do not have an AGP slot. Therefore, I cannot upgrade my visuals. Ever.
The modem that connects me to my pathetic dial-up ISP maxes out at 49.3k. I have never gone under 650 ping connecting to a Battle.net server. I installed Half-Life and Counter-Strike (a long time ago, before the jackasses had to do all of that visual-upgrade crap and make Counter-Strike unplayable on older machines) for kicks once, and successfully managed to run CS at 9fps at 320x240 resolution, and with 971 ping on a server located in the same ZIP Code as I.
I'm going to go cry in the corner now.
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