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On 12/05/10 09:49, tom wrote:
Rob Beard wrote:On 12/05/10 08:45, tom wrote:I've a w2k box my daughters use( still cant get wine to run properly) and it pings an address every 10 seconds or so so I guess theres a bot or something in there. Its AVG but a scan from that doesn't pick it up - any ideas. Tom te tom te tomInstall XFCE? :-) Seriously though, um... you could try Spybot Search & Destroy (www.safer-networking.org) and Malware Bytes (not used it myself but lots of people recommend it). Maybe consider upgrading to XP?I have a legal (? unless its just too old) copy of w2k and have no wish to either go illegal or pay a penny to MS
Fair enough. If it's an OEM version you probably can't virtualise it, but if it's a retail boxed copy then you can probably transfer the licence to say VMWare or VirtualBox. Actually Windows 2000 doesn't have any activation in it anyway so it's easier to transfer (although I'd recommend a fresh install).
Is there a specific application that she needs?Its a couple of cd based games (BBC stuff) that I couldnt get to work under wine - I'll give it another go now though...
Ahh yeah I've got some educational CDs for the kids which won't work with Wine, it's really frustrating!
(Seriously, Windows 2000 support is ending in July - http://www.stockwatch.in/microsoft-end-support-win2000-xp-july-25869)Doesnt something have to start before it can finish? Tom te tom te tom
LOL, that is true. Microsoft can't even provide media for Office 2003 anymore, their answer is to try a reseller, so 50 odd licences are well, useless and replacing them with Office 2007 would be about £15k for the licences alone, that's before buying new PCs to run it on.
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