User:Bob2204

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Glad to see you at my user page! My purpose here is to look deep into older Windows versions (especially focusing on pre-10) and upload new or better quality images. I also usually look into Mac OS, OS/2 and Linux.

Tips and tricks

 * If setting up Windows 98 or Me, use the /ie perimeter for  to skip startup disk creation and the /iv one to disable the billboards during file copy phase.
 * On Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003, pressing Ctrl and then selecting the "Shut Down..." option while holding the ⇧ Shift key lets you make use of the emergency shutdown option, which immediately turns off the PC.

To-Do

 * Browsing my Screenshots folder and uploading images, including:
 * dual-monitor Win98SE and Me (?)
 * NT4 1130 and 1234
 * Win2000 17xx/18xx/19xx
 * German (maybe also some other langs) pre-releases of Windows, as some images are just taken from https://Winhistory.de
 * XP 22xx and 24xx
 * Things like Event Viewer or else
 * Office 98 Macintosh Edition
 * OS/2
 * Re-uploading Windows XP images with white corners, replacing them with transparent ones, as I just discovered how flexible the rubber of Paint.net is
 * Windows Installer evolution in Win2000 and Longhorn (post-reset)
 * Changing "Favourite 86Box machines" from list to wikitable
 * First build of Windows 7 to have the keyboard button on the login screen moved from the bottom to the top left

Favourite graphics adapters

 * 8514/a and XGA (using on Windows 2.xx, 3.0 and OS/2 1.x and 2.xx)
 * ATi mach64 GX (enables True Color on NT 3.5x)
 * S3 ViRGE/GX2 (using on Win3.1, NT4 and OS/2 with vendor-provided driver)
 * S3 Trio3D/2X (using on Win9x with vendor-provided driver)
 * 3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 and 3500 TV (using on Win2000 and XP)
 * Cirrus Logic GD-5446 (as secondary display adapter for Win9x)

Favourite configurations
Please note: These are configurations which I personally use. For * marked devices I use vendor-provided drivers.

Favourite Windows builds
Will following.

Things which I do not like

 * NROS 🤢
 * WNR 🤮

Sandbox
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