[Discussion] eCS and other woes

[James Cannon]

Hi Don,

Sounds nice. I am running WinXP-Pro on an old T30. I
can not believe how often I need to update the
definitions for spyware/adware. My biggest problem, is
that since upgrading to IE7, almost every d at mn thing
is broke. I've uninstalled it completely, but to no
avail. Pretty much every program I try to run, fails
instantly, with a dialog to send an error report to
Microsoft ... selecting "OK" puts it in a
"non-responding" state and must be killed with Task
Manager. Telling error reporting not to send to
Microsoft ends the program. It is a catch-22
situation. Media Player, POV-Ray, and other programs
all befall this fate. In order to access the IE, I
select "Windows Update" from the Start menu. I let it
do it's thing, and then I can choose a favorite. I
discovered this by accident. I have cleaned up
everything (deinstalled, etc.) I can think of. I have
defragged, checked the file system, and even purchased
a registry cleaner (which found a ton of problems ...
but no solution). As soon as I have some time, I will
get an external USB drive to copy all the pictures and
music to do a reinstall. I can't remember OS/2 going
through that! win XP-Pro was a fresh install in the
fall of 2005.

My desktop is still running OS/2 and eCS. Too bad I
need XP-Pro for work related issues. One question I do
have ... whatever happened to SmartSuite for Windows?

Sincerly,
James Cannon
--- Don Burch <theunk at telus.net> wrote:

> While I have not experienced all of these problems,
> I tend to agree with 
> you Brian. You would think that all of this
> technology would have 
> overcome some of these minor annoyances.
> 
> Take *&^%$ Universal out of USB. That title is the
> biggest crock of crap 
> since IBM capitulated to Windows 95......
> 
> MP3 and OS/2-ECS. There is another interesting
> concept. How long has 
> that file format been around? How long has it not
> been a part of 
> OS/2-ECS limited base multimedia capabilities? About
> the same length of 
> time!
> 
> I have a Sony proprietary driver camera. I bought a
> 6 in one reader so I 
> could do pictures. It is &^%$%#$SB, so isn't
> recognized is ECS 1.2.
> 
> I built a portable drive - &^%$#SB. I have about
> 60GB of mp3's on it. 
> ECS1.2 sees the drive, can' t touch the data.
> 
> I have a memory stick. &^%$#SB of course. Same story
> as yours.
> 
> The sad part is, all of this &^%$#SB stuff, and the
> MP3 files work just 
> fine in my WinXP computer. Worked fine in my Win
> 2000 setup also.
> 
> My Describe still works. I have it installed in a
> separate partition and 
> have never had any problems accessing it from
> various system drives.
> 
> ECS1.2 like to take a little nap once in awhile.
> Just a couple of 
> minutes every hour, then it is back. I may have
> something hooped in my 
> install. I'll strip it all down one day and start
> over. I like to do 
> that every 12-18 months just to clean all of the
> dust out of the corners.
> 
> I don't spend as much time computing, or as much
> money as I use to. I 
> buy good wine, fine hardwoods and router bits. I
> don't mix wine and 
> router bits though :-)
> 
> The nice part of ECS is you don't have to deal with
> some of the 
> absolutely amazing crap that can get installed on
> your computer without 
> your knowledge. It is a bloody war out there. And
> these Win machines are 
> running a significant part of the world.
> 
> Enough. I'm looking for some nice 8/4 white oak. :-)
> 
> Brian Grawburg wrote:
> > I'm just about ready to throw in the towel on
> OS/2!
> > I installed eCS on my Thinkpad T20 and it has been
> a mess. I did keep my original version of Warp 4
> however so I can return to it.
> > 
> > With eCS:
> > 1. DeScribe won't work.
> > 2. On many occassions the system freezes and I
> have to shut it down to restart. I froze trying to
> send this message!
> > 3. I installed it specifically so I could use my
> USB memory stick...it won't work.  And I do have the
> 1.2R version, I went out to their Web site and
> downloaded the USB updates.
> > 4. I hate to think that I will have to install
> Win98 in order to use my MP3 player and memory
> stick!
> > 5. Since I have many important documents and
> databases in Lotus SmartSuite I can't switch to
> Linux.
> > 
> > I am not a happy camper today.
> > 
> > 
> > Brian Grawburg
> > 
> > 
> >
>
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