I finally got XP(thank my Dad)

[Whistler]

I have just got a Windows 2000 Advanced Server (120-day trial version) and installed it - but man, it takes 5 minutes to boot up on my computer. I suspect M$ has something to do with hardware providers....

[Pierre-Marie Baty]

Yeah, that's the problem with Windows 2000... windows XP boots MUCH faster

[biohazerd87]

Originally Posted by SoUlFaThEr

i have Home Edition

i reformatted 2 times even

the only 3rd party driver i have is Nvidia

i cant go get another OS

i have many partitions on 2 HDD

so i need Partition Magic and im ok.....but im not buying that im calling in some help to make that happen(friend)

i was using a crossover cable and my networks were set up by me in about 5 minutes with 98se and never had problems......its not important that im able to do this tho.....it might be nice but i dont NEED it.

so far i have everything running ok but my sound is fucked up. im under water it seems and i cant fix it.....and its the XP provided driver.

Well the first sentence explains everything. XP home is almost as bad as WINDOWS ME. But everyone saying how bad XP is, is entitled to there own opinion. But the reason you people think it is so crappy is cause you are using it the noob way. And yes it is really easy to reformat the drive, with out hassle. I can think of at least 7 ways to do it. Thats all

[SoUlFaThEr]

ok well im stuck with xp home.

disabled restore...

consilidated partitions giving 4 g to the windows thing....all my main progs installed nad have 1.8 g left over so thats ok. used partition magic8(an expert friend came to my house today)

my biggest problem is that my mainboard(which houses my sound card) is now fucked up for some reason. i cant even do a listenserver with steam because it lags like hell.....and the sound wont get fixed.

i dont plan on reformatting anything because i cant lose anything i have.........if i do i can just give up with CS alltogether. all of my partitions are FAT 32. my friend also said NTFS...

the only thing i will do is give up 100 euros for a Motherboard from MSI...but i dont know when i have the freedom to do that. im broke as we all know.

i checked up on that screen recording program and windows moviemaker does it......but i dont have a video card so thats not going to happen and i dont have enough disk space.

what i need is a new computer altogether. which isnt going to happen anytime soon.

i just have to deal with what i have for probably the rest of this year.

[biohazerd87]

OK. Look go to www.newegg.com and get an 80 Gig hard drive for like 60 bucks and they have free shipping. When you get that format it with NTFS and install XP onto that. And if money is tight just get like a 20 or 30 gig or something.

[SoUlFaThEr]

new news

my motherboard is broken. thats why some things were doing strange shit. i had an expert here yesterday. got 2 of my partitions broken down to 1, got a direct internet connection(not through my providers CPU eating software)

and if i really want to take the time to do it.....i can consolidate things from other partitions onto my big one(much space left) and format them NTFS one by one by doing a lot of file moving......but AFTER i get a new mainboard

pooooooooo, wheres that "money tree" that used to be in my backyard..........

[Huntkillaz]

its best to wait for the next 2 years b4 buying a new comp....apparently longhorn ..graphics put to full blast will be an 'OKaY' for today's high end pc's...so for it to be 'great' 'super' u'll need something better 8o

i was gonna buy one but i decided to wait it out...

[TruB]

long horn is only a operative system.. it should work on any PC.. like linux do now..

however.. the 64 processor is something that you should consider before buying a new comp.-. comes inte full scale this fall.. atleast should come..