If you have the hard drive space and memory you can run Windows programs in
Linux using a Windows emulator.  There are a few on the market as well as an
open source one called, Wine.

Kat


On Sunday 19 October 2003 03:38 pm, you wrote:
> Kat?  Will windows programs run on Linux?
>
> kat wrote:
> >No as they are programmed with entirely different aims in mind -
> >Mozilla/Netscape to provide an integrated email/browser package that's
> >mutl-platform and Outlook as solely for Windows users.
> >
> >You really should wean Judy and Ben away from Outlook Express as it's full
> > of security holes. even with the up-to-date patches Microsoft issues.  My
> > hard drive got hosed by a virus that got through my email even though I
> > had a virus scan, a firewall, and all the patches installed.  Now I'm
> > running Linux which is a lot less resource-hungry and more secure.
> >
> >Kat
> >
> >On Sunday 19 October 2003 02:49 pm, you wrote:
> >>I don't think so... Netscape has its own email reader and writer, as
> >>does mozilla, I think.
> >>
> >>ken barber wrote:
> >>>only problem is that i have both judy and benjamin
> >>>accustomed to using outlook express for email. is
> >>>there a option to set netscape to bring up outlook
> >>>express if you click a email from within netscape?
> >>> got to go for church.
> >>>
> >>>--- Michael Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>>>I like Netscape 7.1.    That's what I'm running now
> >>>>It hardly given me
> >>>>any trouble, and I can delete spam without lookng at
> >>>>the emails on
> >>>>it...It also learns what is spam and what isn't...
> >>>>
> >>>>ken barber wrote:
> >>>>>thanks, i'll see if i can get to it. before backing
> >>>>
> >>>>up
> >>>>
> >>>>>to 5.0, i tried microsoft's auto fix on it. i did
> >>>>
> >>>>not
> >>>>
> >>>>>even know they had that until this afternoon. it
> >>>>>changed nothing.  maybe oil change can find it.
> >>>>
> >>>>i'll
> >>>>
> >>>>>let you know. i think i'll wait until tomarrow. i
> >>>>
> >>>>need
> >>>>
> >>>>>to give my fried brain a break.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>--- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >>>>>>Have you tried Windows Update?  There may be old
> >>>>>>protocols in your system
> >>>>>>thats causing the GPFs.  McAfee has an OilChange
> >>>>>>Online where it scans your hard
> >>>>>>drive and finds outdated programs and options to
> >>>>
> >>>>fix
> >>>>
> >>>>>>them.  I preferred when
> >>>>>>CNet had their free version.  It was called
> >>>>
> >>>>CatchUp.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>Michael Jeffries
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