i hate the fact that, and I don't know how many times I've fought with this stupid issue, switching between the nic for linux and having the usb connection for the cable modem, basically, i don't know why it's content for now because when i didn't have the driver for the network card, in trying to install the cable stuff, I first was told it didnt support a nic installation because well, I of course have a usb connection and/or it complained because i should put the nic in since ..blah blah blah, anyway, i put the card in, it didnt find drivers of course, so i took the nic back out, it complained again..on and on, so finally after everything was installed, i took the card out and it works fine..windows is wacko to say the least!!! and i thought i'd have to fight it again now that i have the nic in for linux and not windows drivers for it, but, when the box for new hardware comes up, I hit cancel and i am quite surprised it doesn't come up every 20 seconds like it famously does if u cancel that. oh well, another thing, and I know this isn't spreading via my email, that i know of but how do i get rid of a virus that, when i try to install norton wich it wants me to install, or run the program from cd "if you want to check for viruses", well i basically cant do that because it closes that window and wont even let me pick that choice, but yet, it wont install it cuz it says it found one. so, basically is there a way to do this?or am i stuck with this until i either reinstall or else use linux? Its frustrating when u possibly have a virus that u know wont spread in email, but you cant get rid of it. I just hope i didn't send everyone on the list into a panic matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" <myrow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:24 PM Subject: Linux rules, Windows sucks! > While we're on the topic of how bad Windows is, here's what happened to me > today. Well, I decided I'm tired of dial-up and I'm going to get a cable > modem. My only choice here is Roadrunner, but I've heard that Linux and > Roadrunner get along OK once it is set up. So, I went to Wal Mart and > picked up a NIC. Surprisingly, it's a Linksys Everywhere 10/100 Fast > Ethernet card. I sort of wondered if it would work, but I figured that > Linksys is a reputable brand, so bought it. I took it home and looked at > the floppy that came with it. It has a Linux directory and it explained > that it uses the Tulip driver and came with a version of it. I figured > I'd try it out with the Linux kernel. Once I rebuilt my kernel to include > the Tulip driver, Linux picked up the card right off. I wouldn't have had > to rebuild, but I tend to strip my kernel down to the bare essentials as > soon as I get a Linux system installed. anyway, no problems picking up > the card, and all my other devices work fine. We'll see once I actually > have that cable modem to test it out. > > Then, came setting up the card in Windows 95. Yes, I still use 95 because > of my computer's age. Anyway, Windows came up asking me to insert the > driver disk for the card. I did, and it couldn't find the drivers. I hit > browse and showed it where it was supposed to look and then it wanted the > Windows 95 CD. Of course, I had to once again hit browse because it > couldn't find what it wants. Once it finally had the right directory, it > started telling me that every file it was trying to copy was older than > what I already had and did I want to keep the newer version. I told it > yes in all cases. Ok, fine, now what? Well, Nortan Antivirus suddenly > came up telling me that I needed to verify my license. I have had a legal > copy of Norton Antivirus for just under a year, and had never seen this > before. Cursing under my breath, I got online and hit continue. Norton > then told me that I had exceeded the maximum install count for this > computer. So, the simple act of installing a NIC made Norton think it was > unlicensed? I'd heard horror stories about this happening to Windows XP > users, but never heard of Norton doing it. Oh, did I mention that my > sound card no longer works? It has an IRQ conflict, and all the possible > IRQS that are listed for it conflict. So, in short, Linux handled the NIC > without a hitch and Windows threw up! That's funny when the Plug and Play > standard is supposed to be perfected in windows and lagging hopelessly > behind in Linux. Sounds to me as if it's the other way around. > > Well, I feel much better now that I've ranted about Windows. Now, let's > all relax and hope that Linux will soon put Microsoft in its place. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
