Another Win98 server switched off

[SimpleSi]

I've decided to retire one of my few remaining Win98 VM file/print servers this morning - it went dark at 9:09 am

 

 

 

Spookily, it said there were still 3 users connected to it

 

No flowers

 

Si

[cpjitservices]

1 down - how many to go ?

[Michael]

That's absolutely crazy! Why was there still Win 98 in use in 2012!?

[BJG]

I'm glad you finally saw the light and upgraded to ME.

[SimpleSi]

That's absolutely crazy! Why was there still Win 98 in use in 2012!?

I don't run my networks as domains so any CIFS compliant OS can be used as a file server.(I've used Win98/Linux/W2k3 and W2k8 )

 

When I added in W2k3 machines (for ease of DHCP/Print serving for XP Clients) I normally just VMd the old WIn98 machine and left it running and didn't need to change any shorcuts to server held shares/shortcut/apps.

 

I have a very easy life not having to worry about GPO/user profiles etc

 

And I don't have to pay the annual MS tax

 

Si

[budgester]

No he realised that OS/2 would work better...

[SimpleSi]

he realised that OS/2 would work better.

There's no need for that sort of language!

Si

[Michael]

It's true actually, Windows 98 had no limit when it came to concurrent connections. You must of had a rock solid firewall to keep it protected!

[K.C.Leblanc]

I have a very easy life not having to worry about GPO/user profiles etc

 

How did you lock down workstations?

[Bruce123]

How did you lock down workstations?

 

There's always Poledit.exe and TweakUI.exe for Win95-XP clients. And in addition, the local GPO (gpedit.msc ?) and local security policy ( *sec.msc ?) for XP-? workstations.

 

Mind you, with no local file security on 95/98 someone could always get around them if they knew how.

 

Bruce.

Edited May 26, 2012 by Bruce123

[Kitkatninja]

...Mind you, with no local file security on 95/98 someone could always get around them if they knew how...

 

Wasn't it by just pressing "esc"

[maestromasada]

ah! remember those good old days of NT 4 workstation, and with SP6a, jolly good! Still shake at the sound of the modem when checking of e-mails

[maestromasada]

Wasn't it by just pressing "esc"

 

but by doing that you'll not logon to the domain and access the shared drives, so security for Win9x somehow existed

[mattx]

....not forgetting things were a great deal easier to set up and configure unlike now. OS/2 back then was also a far better product. IBM just did not market it correctly.

[Bruce123]

but by doing that you'll not logon to the domain and access the shared drives, so security for Win9x somehow existed

 

Yes but that was about the whole extent of Win95 security

 

Hmm not quite true, I forgot you could also share folders/printers and set permissions to restrict access to network users, and when on a workgroup you could password protect them instead. Those were the days!

 

Thanks, Bruce.

[Bruce123]

A time when a cloud meant fluffy thing in the sky!

[teejay]

We still have a Windows 3.1 machine here, it runs the boiler system. We have air con in our office that heats as well as cools for a reason...

[nickbro]

Only got 1 device on site that needs Windows 95/98 and that's a milling machine, it's stand alone so I'm not really worried about it. The miller doesn't support anything better than 98 without a £3k upgrade which is useless since it's so rarely used.

[SimpleSi]

How did you lock down workstations?

Lock?

Why??

Si

[SimpleSi]

you must of had a rock solid firewall to keep it protected

Firewall?

Protected???

Must get a new dictionary

 

Si

[RabbieBurns]

Ive got a 98 box that uses a SAS Database and printing from that database basically outputs directly to a LTP port. I would virtualize the machine in a minute to get it off the dodgy hardware its running on but I dont know how to emulate a LPT port in hyperV.

 

Also if anyone has any suggestions about getting the old Dos based SAS application to run on windows 7 Id love to hear it