[newbie] WIN XP and all that

2003-12-20 Thread John Richard Smith
If it's any consolation, A relative of mine has been provided a computer to complete a project with WIN XP. No say over choice of equipement, and software, the provider controls choice. The MOBO is a MS-7005(v1.X) Micro ATX Mainbord the onboard graphics chip is a SiS 651M-L / 650GM-l Series

RE: [newbie] Win XP

2003-08-29 Thread Frankie
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Heather/Femme Sent: Friday, 29 August 2003 6:31 AM To: Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Win XP On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 01:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1100. Reading all lately on the dual

Re: [newbie] Win XP

2003-08-29 Thread HaywireMac
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:52:36 +0800 Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: But the tradeoff is an even more restrictive license then Win2000, and the fact that they give themself permission to look around your hard drive and load whatever they see fit.. Not to mention that it is responsible for a

Re: [newbie] Win XP

2003-08-29 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 17:34, Lee Wiggers wrote: I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1100. Reading all lately on the dual boot problems w/winxp, I have to ask: Is there any reason to keep winxp on the computer? I own a win2k that seems to work just fine. Can't I nuke the drive, put win2k on

Re: [newbie] Win XP

2003-08-28 Thread Todd Slater
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 03:34:19AM -0400, Lee Wiggers wrote: I just bought a Dell Inspiron 1100. Reading all lately on the dual boot problems w/winxp, I have to ask: Is there any reason to keep winxp on the computer? I own a win2k that seems to work just fine. Can't I nuke the drive,