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"Your CD-ROM is not responding to the standard drivers, please insert the drivers CD to install the manufacturer-supplied drivers." (or message to that effect).This very odd and suggests that maybe there is something wrong with the drive. For many years now a standard CD ROM driver, which is built into every version of Windows from 95 on and even appears on most DOS based start-up disks, has been able to cope with any optical device thrown at it. I have not had to load a CD ROM for over five years. As I said. This suggests a problem with the CD_ROM.
(Reminds of me of "Keyboard failure, press F1 to continue.")
Err, OK, no CD drive to install the CD drivers. Fine. Its next suggestion is get a driver fof the net. Of dear, no internet connections set up yet, because no modem, which needs drivers...off a CD.
Again odd because basic drivers for most things are built into WIN XP for this very reason. I often build a machine from scratch and find everything working by the time Windows has finished installing. It is not a Packard Bell (spit!!) by any chance is it?
Newly installed WinXP. The modem needs drivers (this was a modem which came with the PC from its manufacturer) from a CD but it is not at all clear how to do this, because the drivers are buried deep in an obscure folder level. The leaflet says "refer to instructions on the CD" which turns out to be a PDF file. Where are the two places I can get a PDF file reader? Off a CD, or off the net. Ummmm....help.
I do agree with you about PDF files. They are bloated and generally nasty things. I tried to convert one to word recently using the 'Adobe Acrobat Professional' which costs a small fortune and is designed for just this. The result was a mess.
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