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Skriven 2005-07-12 12:05:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av TOM WALKER
Ärende: Twins ?
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TW>JP>        Windows, like AOL, is for dummies. The run of the mill
TW>JP>  type of dummies. After a while you will get to know where and
TW>JP>  how you can manage/modify it to your liking. Believe me, it is
TW>JP>  there for you to find. I get a lot of help here. I have a friend
TW>JP>  that knows nil about how to set it to his liking and he still
TW>JP>  uses it and gets what he wants done. His XP Home is virgin
TW>JP>  still.

TW> I can see where WinXP woudl be Perfect for a parson sitting at a
TW> computer for hte first tiem. LOTs of Hand Holding, And few decisions to
TW> make.
TW>Of course I am being motived by the rappid decline of my Win98 install
TW>on my AMD 200.
TW>I was thinking of just starting form ground and building up a Win98
TW>system but then since I have aquired a few USB devices I thingh ot the
TW>HASSLE to get Win98 ot wrok with them. In fact my combo Multi Card
TW>Reader/USB-2 Hub device that fits in a 5 1/4 Drive bar I never could get
TW>ot work.
TW>But ALL the USB devices set themselves up and worked perfectly with NO
TW>intervention on hte XP install.
TW>I did have two minor problems though. One was my Creatiave Modem Blaster
TW>External Modem. WinXP would not set it up automaticly. But I had the
TW>drivers and they pluged in fine and it works great. In fact irritatingly
TW>it works better then my old 56K USR Courier V.Everything that I  paid a
TW>very dear price for many years ago.

My 56k USR Courier V-Everything works to perfection in my XP
installation. I could not ask for better.

TW>The ohter thing it asked for Drivers for a Raid Controller at every boot
TW>up. At first I mumbled to myself. I do NOT have a Raid Controller. I
TW>grunbled therogh disabiling it in the Devive manager only to have it HIT
TW>me, Hey Guy you have a SIIG Ultra ATA/100 Controller i na PCI slot. It
TW>is not a Raid controller but apparently WinXP thinks it is. It has a On
TW>Board BIOS, Just like my Adaptec SCSI controller and works without
TW>Drivers.
TW>So a combination of Best Buy having a sale on WinXP Home and my $10 Best
TW>Buy discount getting me it for $69 tipped the equation.
TW>Being one that likes to modify their computer I am not looking forward
TW>to the Problems with the Activation thing if I happen to make too many
TW>chenges. I already have made three hardware changes and I have not even
TW>finished tranfering some programs over.

I have had no problem with reactivation when changing systems/HDs. MS
seems to accept this rather easily - BY VOICE.

Jay
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