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I was gifted with an old Western Digital Netcenter. It has a built in hard drive for network attached storage and USB ports to attach an external drive and a printer It needed a new 12 power supply which I finally bought. Although there was originally both Mac and Windows software I could only find the software for Windows. The PDF looked like it was set up for Windows XP
And I've got a few WIndows XP systems. I downloaded the software on my Linux box then booted up my "Media Creation" XP machine. I had scored a lot of XP media creation software and set it up to do Old School digital media creation. I also downloaded a bunch of XP friendly programs on my Linux box and jeeped them to the XP machine via USB stick. But...hmmm... bad CMOS battery. Replaced it, booted it, tweaked the BIOS and used a USB stick to transfer the files. Now, you *really* shouldn't attach a XP machine to the Internet but I needed to go through my local network to set up the Netcenter. So I hooked it up and opened up Firefox just to check the network.
My internal speaker went "WEE-OOOH WEE-OOoH Your system has been hacked! Your system has been locked! Do not shut off your system! Call Microsoft how to fix this!" Firefox was completely locked up. The webpage had the same warnings and a phone number to call.
Eh, no. I've never seen it before but I sure heard of this scam. You call the number and they instruct you how to hook up to their servers then take over your system. They get your financial information and shake you down. So yeah, no... I shut down the system, disconnected the network cable and ripped Firefox out by the roots. I used Avast and CCleaner to cleanse the system. That took a little time. Then and only then did I install the software to set up the Netcenter.
No I will never attach a network cable to the system ever again.
So... I able to fuss with the permissions, clean out old files and set up file and printer sharing except... none of my systems couldn't see the printer. My Mac could see some of the folders but not all of them. My Linux box couldn't see anything. Neither does my housemate's Windows 11 machine. I think the firmware is just too old to work with modern operating systems.
It's long out of support. I'm going to open the thing up and rip out the hard drive and wipe it. The chassis will get recycled. I'm disappointed but it was a learning experience.
I'm getting to old for these kind of time wasting learning experiences.
And I've got a few WIndows XP systems. I downloaded the software on my Linux box then booted up my "Media Creation" XP machine. I had scored a lot of XP media creation software and set it up to do Old School digital media creation. I also downloaded a bunch of XP friendly programs on my Linux box and jeeped them to the XP machine via USB stick. But...hmmm... bad CMOS battery. Replaced it, booted it, tweaked the BIOS and used a USB stick to transfer the files. Now, you *really* shouldn't attach a XP machine to the Internet but I needed to go through my local network to set up the Netcenter. So I hooked it up and opened up Firefox just to check the network.
My internal speaker went "WEE-OOOH WEE-OOoH Your system has been hacked! Your system has been locked! Do not shut off your system! Call Microsoft how to fix this!" Firefox was completely locked up. The webpage had the same warnings and a phone number to call.
Eh, no. I've never seen it before but I sure heard of this scam. You call the number and they instruct you how to hook up to their servers then take over your system. They get your financial information and shake you down. So yeah, no... I shut down the system, disconnected the network cable and ripped Firefox out by the roots. I used Avast and CCleaner to cleanse the system. That took a little time. Then and only then did I install the software to set up the Netcenter.
No I will never attach a network cable to the system ever again.
So... I able to fuss with the permissions, clean out old files and set up file and printer sharing except... none of my systems couldn't see the printer. My Mac could see some of the folders but not all of them. My Linux box couldn't see anything. Neither does my housemate's Windows 11 machine. I think the firmware is just too old to work with modern operating systems.
It's long out of support. I'm going to open the thing up and rip out the hard drive and wipe it. The chassis will get recycled. I'm disappointed but it was a learning experience.
I'm getting to old for these kind of time wasting learning experiences.
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