Could my Windows 98 computer be getting too old?

[Woodstock...@hippy.forever]

Could my Windows 98 computer be getting too old?

I just had a reminder pop up on my screen telling me to start packing
for the Woodstock Music Festival which starts on August 15, 1969.


- Woodstock Survivor -

[JJ]

Was it even Windows that gave the notification? Cause I don't remember any
built in Windows application which relates to Woodstock.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message <h565gd1nr31vba62g...@4ax.com>, Jerome Tews
<jert...@nomail.com> writes:

>Years ago, I read an article about some programmers from software
>manufacturers putting secret code messages in software, which will pop
>up on someones screen randomly.

Yes, just another variation of the "Easter egg" idea.
>
>A Microsoft programmer could have been playing around and added that
>message which would have been made to be viewed somewhere before the
>Woodstock 30th anniversary. (Aug 30, 1999). Whatever triggers these to
>pop up could be anything, and they could pop up at anytime.
>
>I'm not saying this is the case, but it's possible. If they can add a
>virus to software, it's probably a lot easier to add some harmless silly
>text file popup.
>
>I also recall a screensaver in either Windows 95, 98, or XP, which
>allowed putting any text on the screen as a screen saver. Maybe someone
>was playing with that saver.

One of the basic 'savers that came with the OS - I think it was called
"Marquee" - let you do that. Though others picked random texts from a
longer list; I remember one which interspersed random quotes with the
time in varying formats (such as "just before quarter to three").
>
>Just a thought.
>
>
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Don't play "stupid" with me... I'm better at it.