"and the moment you log into microsoft, they kills your OS" You mean to say you don't know how to generate keys and/or bypass activation & WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) by now?

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"I figure if I boycott microsoft websites, and lockdown IE, microsoft probably won't wreck the OS..." Why would M$ single you out & constantly trash your OS? Based on the questions you've asked & some of the advice you've given, the answer is obvious...you're simply not very good with computers. Any damage to your OS was self inflicted. Who are you gonna blame when you can't get Linux to work? Are we gonna have to read about how the evil Linus Torvalds trashed your OS & that we should avoid all Linux sites? lol

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"You are gonna have such a headache...blah, blah, blah..." Thanks for the tip. I see that you're considered a nutcase in other forums as well.

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Thanks to all of you for your suggestions and the interesting conversation. Now will someone be kind enough to tell this dummy how to shut off replies to this thread? Thanks

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william Putting all the diversionary replies aside you didn't answer my questions in #4.

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Sorry about that , I thought that I put that Info in my original query It has 64 Ram (the maximum) and a Gig hard drive.

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"I thought that I put that Info in my original query It has 64 Ram (the maximum) and a Gig hard drive" You put "160" which I assumed to be 160MB RAM. If you only have 64MB, there's your problem. Although Win2K will run with 64MB, it certainly won't run well...it'll definitely run better than XP though. You have a laptop that was designed for Win98 & for best performance, that's the OS you should be running. Or if you know how to tweak it, WinME would run decently. As for where to find a "free" copy Of Win2K Pro, I sent you a private message explaining what to do.

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Thanks, I'll check it out

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