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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
On 9/06/2011 10:16 PM, Jon Danniken wrote:
t@t@. wrote: I'm trying to find WordPad for Windows 98. Is it version 3.0? I tried at the Microsoft site and couldn't find anything, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else either. Can anyone suggest someplace? You might try Cetus WordPad; it's pretty much the same thing, with the addition of a spellchecker. http://www.cetussoft.com/cwordpad.htm Jon This isquite a neat little program. I installed it but will it run as a portable app from a thumbdrive? Also, will it open the olw wordpad format .wri files? I think these are the files he needs to open rather than .rtf format files. Krypsis |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 17:05:32 -0700, "Jeff Strickland"
wrote: t@t@. wrote in message ... I'm trying to find WordPad for Windows 98. Is it version 3.0? I tried at the Microsoft site and couldn't find anything, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else either. Can anyone suggest someplace? It comes with Win98. You have to re-install. Why would anybody want Win98? I get that you like the graphic interface, but you can install XP and retain the interface. Of course, XP is gonna go out and look for Updates that will utterly kill your perephials -- printer, scanner, and so on. But, Win98! Seriously. You need to get with the '90s. Years ago I decided to make documents using Notepad and WordPad since they're on every PC, so I could open them on any PC without any problem. Microsoft was on to that idea apparently, so they changed WordPad so it would NOT open WordPad documents any more. Why was that clever of them? Just because it screwed everyone who had put trust in them? Or was it clever for some other reason(s) too, like it would screw people into paying more money for something like Office that they didn't want to buy except for the fact that they're screwed out of being able to open their older documents because Microsoft deliberately screwed them so they would have to buy Office.... So I hoped I could get an old version of WordPad to open my old documents with. Now I'm finding we're screwed there too, and that would explain why you can't just go to Microsoft and download a program to get off their cock with...still screwed... There has to be a solution, but I'm really getting tired of spending hours of my online time just trying to get back to be able to open docs I had no problem opening before Microsoft screwed us. It's pretty much the same as it would be if they screwed us with a virus, and I really do NOT want to pay them extra for doing it. Is there something free that would open them, and make new documents as easily as WordPad did/does where you can just paste in .jpgs and enter text, and can carry around on a thumbdrive so when you get on a computer that doesn't have that program you'll have it right there? |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
t@t@. wrote:
I'm trying to find WordPad for Windows 98. Is it version 3.0? I tried at the Microsoft site and couldn't find anything, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else either. Can anyone suggest someplace? Years ago I decided to make documents using Notepad and WordPad they changed WordPad so it would NOT open WordPad documents any more. Is there something free that would open them, From the wikipedia: // In Windows 95, 98 and Windows 2000, it used Microsoft's RichEdit control, versions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 respectively. [1] In Windows XP SP1 and later, it uses RichEdit 4.1,[2] including Windows 7. [3] WordPad for Windows XP added full Unicode support, enabling WordPad to support multiple languages, but UTF-16/UCS-2 Big Endian is not supported. It can open Microsoft Word (versions 6.0-2003) files, although it opens newer versions of the .DOC format with incorrect formatting. Also, unlike previous WordPad versions, it cannot save files in the .doc format (only .txt or .rtf). Windows XP Service Pack 2 disabled support for opening .WRI files for security purposes. // XP's WordPad won't open W98's WordPad .doc files. I think that if you change your old WordPad .doc files to .rtf extension you can open them with newer WordPad. Then there's this regedit from MS http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883090 Rich Text Format (RTF) converters are disabled in Windows XP SP2. You may also find this discussion and links helpful, specifically entry #5 "Entered "EnableLegacyConverters" into my Registry and all is well." http://www.windowsbbs.com/other-soft...tml#post182498 When I click on one of the .doc files, I get a message "Cannot load Word for Word 6.0 files". -- Mike Easter |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
t@t@. wrote:
Is there something free that would open them, and make new documents as easily as WordPad did/does where you can just paste in .jpgs and enter text, and can carry around on a thumbdrive so when you get on a computer that doesn't have that program you'll have it right there? AbiWord will open them and is free and portable. -- Mike Easter |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
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Is there something free that would open them, and make new documents as easily as WordPad did/does where you can just paste in .jpgs and enter text, and can carry around on a thumbdrive so when you get on a computer that doesn't have that program you'll have it right there? Have you tried Google Docs? Not sure if it will open the old Wordpad files but it stores your documents online and you can access or edit them from any computer. |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
t@t@. wrote in message ... I'm trying to find WordPad for Windows 98. Is it version 3.0? I tried at the Microsoft site and couldn't find anything, and haven't been able to find it anywhere else either. Can anyone suggest someplace? It comes with Win98. You have to re-install. Why would anybody want Win98? I get that you like the graphic interface, but you can install XP and retain the interface. Of course, XP is gonna go out and look for Updates that will utterly kill your perephials -- printer, scanner, and so on. But, Win98! Seriously. You need to get with the '90s. Well, i have been (and still am) running Win98Se for ages, and that has saved my bacon many times. A very good example is that about 2 years ago self-installing rootkits were the rage to damage computers; Win98SE does not have the chops to support such insanity, and i survived without an eyeblink. |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
"Mike Easter" wrote in message ... Shaun wrote: Paul You could check electronic recycling depots, that is where your OLD computer belongs. Shaun Shaun, notice that your email application which you are using to post to a usenet group does not work properly here. WLM Windows Live Mail is completely unsatisfactory for conversing on usenet because it has lost the ability to quote the previous material which ability was present in OE Outlook Express and its successor WM Windows Mail, which could be used satisfactorily for such purposes. If you want to use a MS proprietary app to read and post to usenet, you should use Wimdows Mail, not WLM. If your OS is Win7, WM did not come installed by default as it did in Vista, but it can be reinstated, it is just a certain amount of trouble. Personally I would use something else; but in either case, it should be WM or something else. WLM is not an option. -- Mike Easter Bitch Bitch Bitch over little details that don't really matter to those except the very anal types. I did try to get WM, it would not work on Windows 7 from what I've read. Thanks for trying. later, Shaun To the OP - Buy a new ****ing computer with an antivirus program and get with the times. Don't waste out time with Windows 98! |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
Shaun wrote:
"Mike Easter" wrote in message ... Shaun wrote: Paul You could check electronic recycling depots, that is where your OLD computer belongs. Shaun Shaun, notice that your email application which you are using to post to a usenet group does not work properly here. WLM Windows Live Mail is completely unsatisfactory for conversing on usenet because it has lost the ability to quote the previous material which ability was present in OE Outlook Express and its successor WM Windows Mail, which could be used satisfactorily for such purposes. If you want to use a MS proprietary app to read and post to usenet, you should use Wimdows Mail, not WLM. If your OS is Win7, WM did not come installed by default as it did in Vista, but it can be reinstated, it is just a certain amount of trouble. Personally I would use something else; but in either case, it should be WM or something else. WLM is not an option. Pardon, did you say something ! |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
Shaun wrote:
"Mike Easter" wrote in message ... Shaun, notice that your email application which you are using to post to a usenet group does not work properly here. WLM Windows Live Mail is completely unsatisfactory for conversing on usenet because it has lost the ability to quote the previous material which ability was present in OE Outlook Express and its successor WM Windows Mail, which could be used satisfactorily for such purposes. If you want to use a MS proprietary app to read and post to usenet, you should use Wimdows Mail, not WLM. If your OS is Win7, WM did not come installed by default as it did in Vista, but it can be reinstated, it is just a certain amount of trouble. Personally I would use something else; but in either case, it should be WM or something else. WLM is not an option. Bitch Bitch Bitch over little details that don't really matter to those except the very anal types. I did try to get WM, it would not work on Windows 7 from what I've read. Thanks for trying. later, Shaun The details do matter. Why ? By posting your reply before a ..sig mark, your reply cannot be replied to. It doesn't get quoted properly. To make this message, I had to: 1) Copy and Paste Shaun's reply from below the .sig from the original post. 2) Move all the quote marks over one, manually, with the editor. 3) Hope that I didn't mess up quoting by doing this. I recommend Thunderbird as a newsreader client, which has proper quoting. It's a good, basic newsreader. The only real trick with Thunderbird, is ticking the "always request authentication" box, for usage with news servers that have a username and password, as then, Thunderbird will prompt you the first time for the username and password. Via caching, it won't pester you every time after that. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ You can also set the "port number", according to whether you want the stream to be encrypted to the server or not. If you need further help, a search of the web will have an illustrated guide for setup. I've found such guides, for setting up Thunderbird, on some university IT sites for example. Even the news server main web site, sometimes has primers on it, to help clients set up their favorite reader program. The first time you use Thunderbird, it may be a bit daunting, I don't deny that. I like using separate tools for separate functions. One tool for mail. Another tool for USENET. By doing so, there is never a danger I'll forward a "letter from mom" to alt.flame :-) This kind of thing does happen occasionally, when people do both USENET and mail, within the same tool. Good luck, Paul |
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where to get WordPad for Windows 98?
On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:18:04 +1000, Paul wrote:
I recommend Thunderbird as a newsreader client, which has proper quoting. absolute nonsense. TB "out of the box" inserts spaces in the attribution angle brackets. Usenet forums are littered with such visual flotsam deposited by WM and TB. Opera provides the only "out of the box" news enabled email client with "M2". Whilst M2 is not perfect neither - what nntp enabled www.browser "add-on" is - for those willing to go past the fodder Micro****e loads as default Opera is the optimum desktop replacement. The options available in both browser and mail/news will employ the most avid geek type for many an hour. Equally, Opera just works once the SMTP/NNTP fields are installed with the provider's required detail. Too easy! http://www.opera.com/browser/ -- nex pls |
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