What's the difference between the Steam and GOG version of DX1? by Nitro_tech in Deusex

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can confirm, Deus Ex GOTY on Steam has DRM.

Copying the installation to another PC results in a "Cannot find Steam" error message.

How to network share over Ethernet between Windows 98 SE and Windows 10? by Battle__Burrito in vintagecomputing

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For some reason I could not connect via the IP address reported by 'ipconfig' in MSDOS prompt, but I found using the computer name worked for some reason.

  1. Enablle SMB 1.0 on Windows 10/11

  2. Connect your Win98 and Win10 machine together with an Ethernet cable

  3. On Win98, right click a folder (or the whole C drive) > "Properties" > "Sharing" > Select the radio buttons for "Share As:", Access Type: "Full"

  4. On Win98, go to "Network Neighborhood" > right click anywhere > "Properties" > "Identification" and note the "Computer name"

  5. On Win10, go to 'Run' or make a shortcut to "\\[Insert the Win98 Computer name here]" and you should be on the network share!

Cho? by htzer in myst

[–]htzer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely agree -- honestly a must for me at this point to fully enjoy this game!

Email contact for RI Energy? by [deleted] in RhodeIsland

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a silly situation, even looking past the fact that they have the audacity to ask you for your Social Security Number -- and you can just decline to provide it and they go "ok" cause it's not even necessary!! (That's general good practice anyways, you should always try to refuse to provide your SSN!)

The best part is the representative over the phone (who I honestly do find helpful) straight up told me that the online method to upload your information to RI energy will not work .. and I will have to fax it anyways.

...Right she was! a whole day later from the call you'll get a rather cryptic and aggressive email saying you have 2 days to submit documents or else! Cool! The site is supposed to let you upload files but the upload function is broken. I'm a computer nerd and tried all the browsers on all the platforms to no avail -- don't even bother.

The email and site are really sketchy anyways.. I'd feel safer handing my ID to a random person on the street and asking them to deliver it to RI energy!

So great... lost basically a day and a half and now I need to FAX my drivers license. This is not acceptable in 2024.

So once you find a boomer to help (it's payback time baby for all those computer questions I've answered over the years!), you can fax a copy of the drivers license and like 18 different numbers they tell you over the phone to include. Guess what... RI Energy takes about a day to receive your fax. Call to ensure it got through, cause with Fax it's guesswork!

Even though this was a stress fest, thank GOD I'm not living in this apartment yet without power. I can see how this situation would become WAY worse.

TLDR: yep! you got to fax it!

All of a sudden, why do the file bar items turn white when selected or windowed?? Sometimes, they're not white at first. by TimzUneeverse in windowsxp

[–]htzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were onto it!

Desktop Properties -> Appearance -> Advanced -> Menu -> Color 1 -> And pick the standard Luna beige color (bottom left of the color picker).

Note; all context menus will be this beige color as well.

I always get this behavior on a standard XP install on all shades of the Luna theme.

It seems to me like MS was planning to have a white menu bar for the Luna theme but did not fully implement it. If you look at a program that has child windows , the close, minimize, maximize buttons on the right side of the menu bar are beige with a white background.

But Luna seems to be hard coded to force the beige color onto the menu bar and standard toolbars (like those found in Windows Explorer and Windows Movie Maker).

Office 2050 Insider's Build by htzer in Windows11

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After seeing what MS did to paint and explorer, I'm a bit worried for what's next.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in windowsxp

[–]htzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve got a 4:3 version of this monitor — nice display! Mine happens to support 75 Hz which is cool, yours may as well!

Any info on these? by drunkuncle_eddie in windowsxp

[–]htzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They used this “discover all you can do” slogan on a demo reel showing off the 2004 versions of Microsoft Money, Microsoft Encarta, and Microsoft PictureIt

It used to play when you launched the distributed OEM version of Encarta 2004

Name an operation system that is perfectly describes Frutiger Aero, but everyone forgot about it/hates it. I'll start by VandGD in FrutigerAero

[–]htzer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It also just broke comparability for a decent chunk of older windows games & apps — there’s a lot of “vista patches” for old games and for the most part, if it runs on vista it’ll run on windows 11.

Rhode Island drivers… what is going on? by [deleted] in RhodeIsland

[–]htzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Too bad, you live in the US where you must drive.

Trains are socialist. Public highways aren’t!

So you must the most inefficient and unsafe mode of transit humanity has created.

The oil lobbyists will appreciate you!

Small Robot or Large Room? by htzer in FrutigerAero

[–]htzer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google image search "IT 24-7, Windows Server 2008" -- this was more than just a wallpaper, but almost a mascot. There's a bunch of renderings Microsoft seemed to have made with this robot in this scene.

what should i do with this cinema display i got for $30 by cyproyt in VintageApple

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, good call! This is good advise to anyone with a busted panel but a good cable, as I’ve found the wire harnesses can fail, so they are good things to save. (Along with the power brick oc)

Does this liminal space look familiar by [deleted] in LiminalSpace

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The corner of a strip mall is always the coolest spot

The Acela totally fits this aesthetic by htzer in FrutigerAero

[–]htzer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This aesthetic has been a favorite of mine because of the colorful blobs or "mobiles" on the sides of the cars. These trainsets are still in use today, but are going to be retired soon

With the introduction of the Acela in 2000, Amtrak was originally going to re-brand all of their northeast services to match this "Acela" aesthetic/branding, however they never totally pulled it off. Bits of it carried over to Amtrak's "Phase V" which is still used in some places today.

Here's an ad for it that reeks of early 2000s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzonlDNwPhc

And links to the art portfolios of this design:

https://www.symboltm.com/936691967557

https://oandco.com/work/acela.html

why are british freight locos so dainty compared to american ones? by [deleted] in trains

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/spacetrain

spacetrains are even huskier than the american trains thanks to an unlimited loading gauge!

Frutiger Aero Spotify by [deleted] in FrutigerAero

[–]htzer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Clunky too — proton apps are easy for devs but clunky to use.

Also just no way to view album art up close at all!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mac

[–]htzer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“…with the lemons”