A 'hypothetical' XP question ....

[[AK]Abaddon]

Hey guys ... quick question. Suppose you were to hypothetically download a 504-megabyte executable for a certain new operating system from Morpheus.

The exe file does not appear to be a ZIP format. When you attempt to run it, it says the program is too big to fit into memory.

Hypothetically speaking, what would you do then? :-)

Thanks,
[AK]Abaddon

[Zorro]

It's likely an iso file with the extension changed. Just rename the file and then use Easy CD Creator or something to burn it to CD. It's bootable and everything...

[[AK]Abaddon]

So I just need to rename it to *.iso?

Thanks,
[AK]Abaddon

[[AK]Abaddon]

Hmmm ... Hypothetically that was an ISO file, of a site-based XP install with serial number. However, it is not compatible with this "Enternet" crap that manages my dynamic DSL IP address, so I will have to wait for Efficient Networks to update their software. Grrrr. Nice of XP to inform me of the problem before installation, though.

[AK]Abaddon

[Zorro]

You need a new ISP that doesn't do that PPPoE garbage... icky...

[Dr_K]

Or get a router and let it handle the PPPoE garbage. There are some reasonably cheap but good ones out there (SMC Barricade, Lynksys, etc).

Or, better yet for a single connection, use RASPPPoE instead of Enternet (which has always been garbage).

http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~normanb/

[Dr_K]

Ab, I was doing some more digging in WinXP and found that it has built in PPPoE support. I have no idea how good it is but it can be setup via the network configuration wizard.

[the wolffman]

windows xp has some problems with pppoe i've heard. it's best to avoid it until a fix comes along. luckily, i have pppoa.