Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 03:46:48 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: WinXP installation
Okay... I have my copy of WinXP, and I picked up a Chemtronics conductive pen. So I'm ready to connect those 2 solder points in the L100, overclock to 266, and see if it takes.
I've read a few things in the archives that maybe someone can give me help on.
* Pres wrote saying: "Setup.exe does not run in DOS mode. I had to reinstall Win98SE just to install XP."
Is this typical?
* Tom Stangl wrote: "You're running XP on a glacial Libretto and you're using backgrounds?? That's insane. Backgrounds chew up valuable RAM."
John Musielewicz doesn't seem to be reading the list these days. I gave the impression that XP actually ran pretty well, but just that it took a while to boot. Does XP require a few tweaks to get it to run with the 233/266MHz CPU and 64MB RAM if the L1x0s?
* George Derby wrote: "Remember also with its built in drivers in tends to recognise nearly anything going - you will not need Toshiba Libretto 110 driver at all. The downside is that not all equipment in compatible such as older network cards.."
* And Sherrill Martin wrote: "XP even automatically loaded drivers for my floppy drive."
This is what I was concerned about, Lib drivers. George is saying that XP will install all of the L1x0 drivers. Great! I just wonder if I'll have problems with my old Xircom combo modem card, or the HP M820E CD-R/RW PC card.
* drCursor wrote this about tweaking settings to speed up performance: "In System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings... It's the visual settings like if there is annimation in the menus, if there are drop shadows, transparencies, etc etc..."
If anyone has any suggestions for other tweaks to speed things up, that'd be very useful. As I recall when working on my brother's XP, MSCONFIG was >really< funky compared to the old versions. There was no way to maximize the window to be able to read the full file paths.
* Richard Hartzman wrote: "I miss the hairy lightbult (does anyone know how to get it back).." and "The Win2K power extensions downloadable from Toshiba run in XP and provide some extra tweaking of power settings."
I guess without the old Toshiba Power Saver for the L110, it might not be possible to set the monitor brightness, and some power settings lost. I suppose there's no chance XP will accept the old Power Saver drivers..
* Richard Hartzman also wrote: "However, I found a freeware utility on the web to replace the Toshiba display switch which resided in the system tray. Just do a google search for quickresNT." ... "..make the same kind of display switches which were available with the Toshiba utility."
Perhaps a useful tool.
* Pres wrote: "By the way, to get 800x480 for the L1x0 series, it starts in 800x600 panning. You go to the DIsplay Properties ( right-click the desktop as usual ) and on the Adapter tab, go to LIST ALL MODES."
And Lawrence Young wrote: "Pick 800x480 16-bit color mode. The video chip inside L1x0 is optimized to operate in 16-bit mode. If you play any kind of video on it, you will see the big difference. In 16-bit color mode, I can play 320x200 full screen VCD videos smoothly. In 24-bit mode, the video gets really choppy."
This is good to know. VCDs eh? Sounds like fun!
Chester Prudhomme wrote: "..the only criticism I have of XP on the Libretto is the slow boot but if I can't find a tweak to use on this issue it won't be all the big of a deal.."
I read someone's post saying that he just put his system into hibernation (standby?) when he was finished with it, and have never actually booted the system in a month of more. A nice fix for slow boots.
...
And I've forgotten about CPUIdle, Waterfall, and Neil's favorite tiny CPU idling software, amnHLT. With the L100 CPU clicked from 166 up to 266, I'm definatley going to be needing one of those in the heat of the summer.
Matt
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