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Ken Blake, MVP kbl...@this.is.an.invalid.domain microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:22:00 -0800, C. Moore <CMo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: I need some education. I get into the newsgroups by starting IE, going to the MS web page and searching on Windows XP newsgroupsto get to

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SteveH st...@italiancar.co.uk uk comp sys mac Tim <n...@spaced.me.uk> wrote: On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:42:30 +0000, pjwalt...@nospamdsl.pipex.com (Phillip Walters) wrote: I wonder if there is going to be much difference if any, between the Linux and XP models ? Hardware wise. No, I don't believe there will be other

Ongoing Computer Corruption issues
But that if I could find some XP drivers for my Acer laptop, I was probably going to go back to XP. And maybe actually enjoy the laptop isntead of tolerating it. Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot from a *nix, Jix You don't need to discuss much Install XP,

Indian language fonts to be included as default fonts in windo
You can back up to file, and still not have it overwrite so quickly. In fact, with a Terastation, there should've been no need to overwrite until, like, .... The next issue that has been ongoing is that users where not able to login from time to time to the domain Not surprising! at the bootup screen of XP Pro.

Moving from W2k to XP with a Big HD
I created a slipstreamed XP/SP2 Bootable CD and tried to Repair Windows. The process of repair proceded as expected to normal conclusion but did not correct the Lots of sites with Clean Install step by step solutions if you need them. If there is ANY way you can get at your data, back it up so you have the most

Article: Why Windows XP should be available until Windows 7
Invalid microsoft public windowsxp general Per Mike Hall - MVP: Sure it needs more power than XP, but not that much more. Not everybody has a lot of money - and things aren't going to get any better over the coming years. Place I worked a couple jobs back, a Linux enthusiast had a sign on his cubicle wall:

Moving from W2k to XP with a Big HD
However - there is something to be said about going in prepared. 3) This used to be about getting the updates before you started installing Windows XP. Particularly SP2. Your CD has SP2 - so to shorten this document - I am leaving this out... 4) Now that you have all the updates you will need to install Windows XP,

With 7 years to work, how can things be so bad?
I was perhaps too hasty to say that SP1 made vista that good.. after installing more programs Vista started going back its its sluggish and buggy ways. Clive Get a New Mac , Jack Y'don't need that crap toy, Roy Just get yourself free Boot from a *nix, Jix You don't need to discuss much Install XP,

Please rip apart a Noob's pathetic attempts...
I'm going through hell with a laptop...having all sorts of problems getting it to boot up. I hope my friend will learn never to take a computer for I contacted HP (this is an HP Pavilion N5135) and they told me I need to use my restore disc to completely restore windows, and that's the only way to repair the

Problems installing a new mouse
If you're using XP or earlier versions, click on the start button, then on "Run," then type "regedit" into the field, then click "OK" 2. When the registry window opens, your going to next make a quick back-up of these files before you attempt to change anything (in-case that detrimental mistake we discussed earlier

Protected Mode
I would never go back to XP. "RC White" <r...@grandecom.net> wrote in message news:B330799C-3120-4F1C-9481-10F6D7D9D48C@microsoft.com... Hi, Therese. It is so good, to finally have a 64 bit OS, my 4gb of ram recognized, and with drivers available that I need, I think I am going to enjoy this very much.

Windows XP Pro
I tried that back in Win98 days and a few were okay, but most were just too flashy and annoying. I'm not really eager to search through 20000 themes just to find one If I'm going to be forced to live with it or do without, then I guess I need to hunt around to make sure I can find drivers for XP on the laptop.

Missing Features in Excel 2008!?
That pre-allocation saves you time if it turns out that it needs to use it, but costs you nothing if it doesn't use it. Read this article by the late MVP Alex Nichol, "Virtual Memory in Windows XP" at http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm Monitor your page file *usage* (not allocation) with Bill James Page File Monitor

Next Session
FYI, system is Athlon XP 2700+, tower case, inlet and exhaust fans and case temp runs about 35C with a 70F ambient. I need to back up a bit. Cases cool by circulating air through specific areas. If you remove a cover, temperature might be cooler at a specific sensor, but you will have less airflow -where

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Oh Yea, How Is Your Anger Management Classes Going? Are You Getting The Help You Need? Just FYI Get it fixed under Warranty! "SacredHeart" wrote: I was happy when I moved to Vista but could not These were all right there in XP...WTF??? I hope all these are fixed in SP1. If not I am going back to good ol XP !!!

Reinstall Windows
Once the hard drive bearing WinXP has been "transplanted," you'll need to perform a repair installation. Normally, and assuming a retail license (many factory-installed It just isn't going to fit.) WinXP, like Win2K before it, is not nearly as "promiscuous" as Win9x when it comes to accepting any old hardware

VISTA (does not boot) get a BLUE SCREEN
Regarding MBR remembering: It's been a long time since I messed with partitions like this, but in the back of my head I have this fragment about boring .... Something that I'm not going to do. So, in a logical volume, I have a freshly installed, working and active Windows XPP-system disc (assigned E:) -- or at

Display on screen
I don't need to. I did that back in 2000 with Windows 2000 Advanced Server and compared it to Mandrake 7.2. I've been with Linux ever since. What Mrs. Phist _wants_, because she sees it's what is _productive_, is a dual boot Linux/XP machine. The only reason she wants XP is so she can play her games.

Installed Vista dual boot, think I screwed up!
In terms of performance you only need to worry about programmes that load on StartUp and appear as a process in Task Manager. Is there a way to improve things without going back to Windows Me? Forget about that idea. Many thanks in advance for any help whatsoever. Some suggestions to increase free disk space on C.

Where to buy a Windows XP restore disc.
The only painful thing I do when installing XP is with the swap file. After the initial install is complete, I turn off VM, reboot and degrag the C: drive. Then I turn VM back on, set a fixed swap file size (min and max equal) and reboot again. The gives a contiguous swap file. There are lots and lots of opinions