After weeks of HYPE,
MS released on 3/18/99, The "FINAL" IE5. Many rushed to MS's website
to fight with thousands of others trying to download the
byte beast. Others took an alternate route, downloading a "Branded"
version from another site. Just getting some of IE5's parts was
an endurance contest. Those who had ordered the IE5 CD [for $7] months
in advance had to wait several more weeks for their copy.
The wait was over - we got a gold-coded, level 5 browser!
Here's some odd advice on a Microsoft website about upgrading from
Windows3.X to Windows98:
"5. Close all your Windows 95 programs, including your antivirus program."
[http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/guide/Win98/MoreInfo/MoreInfo2.asp
]
Now that must be a TYPO? A Win3.x user would not have Win95 programs.
Most of us know that Windows evolved as follows:
Win3.x to Win95 to Win98
But MS reads, checks, double-checks, and triple checks these pages
for absolute technical accuracy. What is going on here?
An army of portable users was deployed to resolve this apparent
contradiction. What was found that "special" MS people have
recently been issued a
secret WIN98 build unknown to the general computing public.
However, many have not quite mastered the new version and
errors like the one above have occurred.
$ THE COOKIE JAR $
Microsoft: "We're Defending Our Right to Innovate"
The SEC is investigating allegations that MS set aside millions of dollars in
Reserves during strong quarters that are reported as Income in weak periods in order
to smooth out the bumps. In layman's terms, it's called COOKIN' THE BOOKS. It's an
old bean counter's trick known as the COOKIE JAR method of Accounting.
Is this Innovation?
Hardly, it's an old discredited and disreputable practice. More like: Microsoft
"You Can't Stand the Truth"
Windows protection error... restart your computer
Ever get the above message on bootup? When this error
occurs a few times, the savvy user heads straight
to Microsoft's website wherein all Windows
wisdom resides. A SEARCH of the
phrase "Windows Protection Error" brings back 20 Hits. Try
out the likely items {that don't work}, then check out the more
unlikely ones for the cause of the error.
LO AND BEHOLD -- HERE IT IS:
"Microsoft has confirmed that this behavior is not caused by a problem
in Windows 98,
but may be caused by design changes in Windows 98."
[Note that MS can't quite bring itself to use the term ERROR; it
substitutes BEHAVIOR.]
So the next time you get a WPE, not to
worry, it's not an error at all; it's just behavior. You can't do
anything about it anyway 'cause Windows98 was designed that way.
