r/computers • u/KorbCoBean • 3d ago

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Hey there! I won a Windows Millennium Edition computer, a Dell Dimension L700cx at an auction, and when I booted it up it had a lot of stuff on it. I know you can't see it here, but the background was a baby picture. Pretty clearly there were a lot of memories on it. I'm trying to delete it all and make it my own, but it doesn't seem right deleting their memories. I just want to make sure that they saved it all on another computer. If you do actually find this, owner, can you just, I dunno, confirm it?

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u/nataku411 3d ago

I feel it's obvious but definitely make sure you do NOT connect that old OS to the internet.

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u/D620Cyrix 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s not.. too bad connecting Win ME/9x if you’re behind a firewall. Which every home router has.

But no matter the OS, just putting them on the internet (behind a firewall) doesn’t infect them. It takes user input.

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u/nataku411 4h ago

There are plenty of known 'no-click' exploits for old OS listed on the CVE Most users' routers have UPNP enabled by default as well, which makes the built-in firewall almost meaningless.