[aarhus2004]

Hello WinMEers,

dvk01(Derek), has faithfully posted yet another update for Sun's Java Runtime Environment here.

Be sure to follow his directions in all things Sun Java Update.

""""I see this post is very relevant to users of WinME regarding as it does the new Sun Java version 6.0 and its incompatibility with WinME.

Best wishes.

Ben.

By the way this website has helped me accept the frustrations of the Sun Java system and website generally:

http://www.javatester.org/version.html

[ekim68]

Firefox 3.0 has been released for testing purposes and it won't support Win95, 98, ME so
stick with FF2.0 if you use it.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fire.../releasenotes/

[aarhus2004]

Hello,

Inevitably the slow pressure mounts as desirable freewares drop their support for WinME. But we don't care as long as there exists somewhere a download for the good and familiar oldies.

Is there anyone who doesn't know this site?.

Thanks, Mike, for the heads-up. Mozilla Firefox 2.0 is still available here..

Ben.

[ekim68]

Hey Ben, did you get that cd?

[GoJoAGoGo]

Hi Ben:

It's been awhile since I browsed the OldVersion site. I was surprised to see JV16 PowerTools with 3 more versions past 1.3.0.195 which is what I thought was the last freeware available after Macecraft Software bought out Jouni Vuorio. Can you brief me on this? Are the 1.4/1.5 versions much different than 1.3? Versions 1.4/1.5 are a smaller size program - 1.5 MB compared to 2.1 MB for version 1.3. Have you tried 1.4 and 1.5?

Take care,
Joe

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Hey Ben, did you get that cd?

Hello Mike, No not yet. Glad to hear it's on its way. Will PM you as soon as Santa gets to me!

Ben.

Originally Posted by GoJoAGoGo

It's been awhile since I browsed the OldVersion site. I was surprised to see JV16 PowerTools with 3 more versions past 1.3.0.195 which is what I thought was the last freeware available after Macecraft Software bought out Jouni Vuorio. Can you brief me on this? Are the 1.4/1.5 versions much different than 1.3? Versions 1.4/1.5 are a smaller size program - 1.5 MB compared to 2.1 MB for version 1.3. Have you tried 1.4 and 1.5?

Hi, Joe, I am still using the 1.3.0.195 you sent me. As I seem to recall we read that the next version wasn't as good as that one. As for the other 'old versions' 1.4 and 1.5 I have never tried them. Jouni Vuorio must have had a change of heart cos I remember how difficult it became to find any one of them (Japan was one of the last places). I thought, too, that Macecraft was his professional website. I did trial one of the versions available from Macecraft and it was much faster than the 1.3... I am so conservative, Joe, since I have reverted to RegSeeker 1.35 beta I tried keeping both old and new on the machine but the new takes over the old so I got rid of the new! So it is interesting to wonder about the new in both cases.

I have a somewhat dangerous fascination with the registry and registry cleaners. I am presently toying with this one here.. It is a little challenging.

Shall we try those newer jv16pts? You now have more scope to be able to do so freely.

Cheers, Joe,

[aarhus2004]

Hello WinME Users,

WordPad's default font is Times New Roman (Western) - no doubt a fine font but it holds no pleasure for me. Having done some research on the matter of changing this default I find disagreement (in myself) about method and outcome. This in two articles - here and here.

As a comparatively confused novice in the more esoteric innards of WinME I have managed to find a way of getting a satisfactory outcome for myself. When I click on a Desktop shortcut to WordPad it opens to my preferred Font, Style and Size.

I thought I would share this with you.

Since I like icons I have chosen to use the one which accompanies this extension .wri (see GIF 'First')

Steps.

1. Open WordPad.
2. Change the Font, Style and Size to your preference.
3. Press Enter (or Return) and choose the depth (length) of your document by holding down the key.
4. Open File and choose Save As.
5. In the dialog box Save in and File name *choose where you wish to save it to* and name it anything you like. If you want the pretty icon - after the name type this .wri
6. Click Save.
7. Go to the created file, right click on it and choose Properties. Under the General tab Attributes check Read-only.
8. Click OK.
9. Right-click on a WordPad shortcut on the Desktop. (WordPad is in Programs|Accessories).
10. Choose Properties.
11. Under the Shortcut tab in Target you will see "C:\Program Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE"
12. Leaving a space after the .EXE"
13. Type C:\Windows\Yourplace\Yourname.doc or .wri or .txt mine looks like this:

C:\Windows\Desktop\WordPadTemplateArialB10.wri"

and the whole Target (mine) looks like this:

"C:\Program Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE" C:\Windows\Desktop\WordPadTemplateArialB10.wri"

14. Click Apply and OK. (see GIF 'Second')

*N.B. If you choose to save the .wri file to a location other than on your desktop then the Target will have to be modified from the above by the addition of quotation marks after the space following the .EXE" and immediately before the path beginning with C:\... for example here is the full target path to My Documents:

"C:\Program Files\Accessories\WORDPAD.EXE" "C:\My Documents\WordPadTemplateArialB10.wri"

When copying and pasting into your document... (see GIF 'Third')

Have fun.

Ben

[GoJoAGoGo]

Hi Ben:

Something smells concerning JV16 PowerTools at OldVersion.com. The "Overview" section lists the current version as 1.4. In the "Older Versions Available" section they have links for two 1.5 versions - 1.5.2.338 and 1.5.2.342:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16

The current new pay for version available at the Macecraft Software site is 1.5.2.350:
http://www.macecraft.com/news/126/

How can OldVersion.com have links for freeware 1.5 versions when Macecraft is still selling the 1.5 version??? Perhaps they may only be trial versions.

Anyways McAfee SiteAdvisor gives a bad review for Oldversion.com as they have found some downloads contain Adware:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/old...=safe&aff_id=0

Joe

[aarhus2004]

Hello Joe,

If it is true about oldversion.com that's a real pity.

As our friend Jouni is very clever indeed (MHO) I suspect his product is still of great interest to him - the so-called old versions being his 'children.

I shan't bother with it, Joe. Not during this period of Xmas and cricket.

Cheers.

Ben.

P.S. Joe. aren't the jvpt16 version numbers the whole set. So 1.5.2.342 is older than 1.5.2.350?

[GoJoAGoGo]

Originally Posted by aarhus2004

If it is true about oldversion.com that's a real pity.
P.S. Joe. aren't the jvpt16 version numbers the whole set. So 1.5.2.342 is older than 1.5.2.350?

For future reference if you do want to download from OldVersion.com, you can send McAfee SiteAdvisor a download link for them to check for Adware/Spyware. I've never done this so I don't know how fast they would respond:
http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/old...NOWN&comments=

I'm not sure how the version numbers work but to me it seems like .342 and .350 are updates to version 1.5.2

[aarhus2004]

Hello,

My post here refers.

This post should now be ignored since the links provided are out of date/irrelevant.

That version of Sun Java Runtime SE (Java Runtime Environment 1.5) still available for WinME may be found here. It also is the update 10 version.

or here.

The above link (if it continues to work) offers both the full version Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0.10 (the 'offline' one), and the update to 10 (the 'online' one) from the previous 9.

If you are just updating from 1.5.0.9 to 1.5.0.10 and doing it online, when it is finished (it's quite small, the Sun site says -7MB which is approx.300KB) go to Add/Remove Programs and delete J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9. (Note that the 1.0 is dropped - no significance in that).

This link, brought down from my other post, is even more relevant than when I first posted it:

By the way this website has helped me accept the frustrations of the Sun Java system and website generally:

http://www.javatester.org/version.html

HTH.

Ben.

This post makes sense. Here. A dismal prospect but perhaps we can start a club (or a Forum) for antiques - might be fun - strutting our full regalia for a few minutes each day, sans viruses of course!!

[aarhus2004]

Now ain't that something?

[ekim68]

Cool. You know Ben, I try to make everything around me last as long as it can....Including
my ME...Thanks for keeping this going...

[aarhus2004]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Cool. You know Ben, I try to make everything around me last as long as it can....Including
my ME...Thanks for keeping this going...

Hello Mike,

I do that too, and enjoy the challenge of doing it.

I will be checking my mail-box in a couple of hours.

Cheers, Mike.

Ben.

[GoJoAGoGo]

The last time I used the Delindex program on my WinME I ran into a major problem. While the program was running I noticed it was taking an extra long time to complete. After it did complete I booted and got an "Windows Protection Error, System Halted, Restart System". The only way I could restart was with the restart button on the tower, which resulted in a ScanDisk for improper shutdown. After the ScanDisk completed I was back in the "Windows Protection Error. I repeated this routine once again and found myself back in the "Windows Protection Error. On my third attempt I booted into Safe Mode and was able to do a successful System Restore.

I believe the Delindex program caused some major registry damage which resulted in the "Windows Protection Error". I've since removed the Delindex program from my system and now use the manual deltree commands for removing Temp files. Here's a Microsoft article concerning "Windows Protection Errors".
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q149962/