Bump.
Time marches on.
If you have a restore point before the download, go back to the earlier configuration and see if the problem goes away.
If you liked 2000 - you’ll love XP - try it...
Agree W2K is a stable OS, also the last one you can clone w/o tripping the WPA. I wouldn’t bemoan the use of Firefox, which is superior in every way I know of to IE, and there’s Chrome and other choices. If you don’t need Windows specific capability, Puppy linux will run rings around any MS product on 1/4 the hardware.
I’ve been running Vista 7 since it was new on a new computer. Had some IE8 security updates the other night, and, now, IE8 has become unstable....
Supposedly IE is independent of the OS. Sounds like it could be something like a bad API port or something like that. I recommend to remove IE, reboot and install Firefox or something similar that won’t port into the OS that far.
Microsh*t upgrade to Vista for my laptop bombed my system and required a restore from the 10GB D: that HP maintains in the event of a screwup like this.
I avoided the MSFT updates for a few weeks, figure it takes that long for those dumb bunnies to find their mistake.
Toyota is in the same position. It’s very obvious all those acceleration problems aren’t stuck gas pedals, they just haven’t figured it out.
When they do will they admit it, will NHTSA make them recall everything or just let it slide and allow Toyota to fix the problem when the vehicles come in for service, the way NHTSA usually does when dealing with Japanese problems that should trigger a recall.
regression testing ‘fixes’?
I suggest they are tested and working AS PLANNED
You can buy a good business class PC with a hyperthreading Pentium 4 for $100 on Ebay. XP PRO is very solid and has all you need in an operating system. You may want to go to Ebay and buy perhaps a Dell Optiplex GX280 or GX620 with 3.0+ Ghz P4 along with a Dell XP PRO restore disk and you are good to go.
I drew the line when XP came out and it included “activation”. I refuse to put up with that nonsense. I still use Win2k (in a virtual machine) for some older windows only apps, but otherwise have switched to Linux and Mac. I’ve been tempted to give Win 7 a try, having heard such good things about it, but I just can’t get over the activation part.
Try Process Explorer
My computer cannot do a restart without the dreaded gray screen of death "Windows Startup Repair" sending my computer into never,neverland for at least 30 minutes.
Almost 3 frickin' hours this AM to get up and running after an update last night.
Windows 2000 was desupported years ago.
Are you using MSJAVA too?
Unable to Terminate ProcessI have never seen anything like that in IE6 before.
The operation could not be completed.
The binding handle is invalid.
I decided several years ago that connecting a Windows computer to the Internal is a risk, an expense and a continual hassle to keep secure. I still run fresh installs of Windows 2000 and XP on some older computers that are not connected to the ‘net. No need for upgrades, antivirus, firewalls, etc. Life is good. For all Internet access, I run Ubuntu Studio Linux on a dual-core Dell that originally came with Vista Ultimate installed. Life is good.
XP is really pretty good. But I do still use 2000 Pro - mainly for virtual machines. Don’t have to pay microsoft hundreds of dollars for something I’m using on only 1 machine.