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Do you want a FASTER Win2k??

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Name: Gregor
Date: May 7, 2000 at 02:55:03 Pacific
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Apparently POSIX Support is used on all US Government operating systems as an 'government standard'. I'm told POSIX Support can be removed and increase overall system performance of your PC. Sounds good to me, below are instruction on how to remove POSIX Support.
To remove POSIX Support - Enter your C:\winnt\system32 folder and rename OS2.exe, OS2SS.exe, and POSIX.exe to OS2.xxx, OS2SS.xxx, and POSIX.xxx, now the next time you reboot POSIX Support will be disabled.



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Name: jonny
Date: May 7, 2000 at 04:53:27 Pacific
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what is posix support?
And how safe is it to remove?
Have you done this yourself or have you just been told?


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Response Number 2
Name: William T.
Date: May 7, 2000 at 12:53:53 Pacific
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It seems ok to change it. Nothing bad happened to me so far... But is this legal?


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Response Number 3
Name: www.ivtower.com
Date: May 7, 2000 at 15:21:59 Pacific
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Is it faster?

www.ivtower.com


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Response Number 4
Name: somebody
Date: May 9, 2000 at 05:43:01 Pacific
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it didn't make any difference with or without POSIX support. It boots and loads apps the same speed as before


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Response Number 5
Name: Gregor
Date: May 9, 2000 at 13:21:56 Pacific
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maybe you won't notice the speed encrees with a allreadu fast system..


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Name: Dave
Date: May 12, 2000 at 07:21:17 Pacific
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Goto http://www.whatis.com/posix.htm for an explanation on what POSIX is. (I don't believe for a second that renaming these executables increases performance at all)


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