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Re: [OT] Windows XP?


 

Hello machineguy and all,
The updates are done, all of the printers have been installed, the
machine is on the network, the sound system is working again, and the
display is back up. The display went away several months ago. I narrowed
it down to either/or the motherboard, processor. But since the rest of
the system was still working I lived with it.
I was only using it as a print server and surround sound system.
Not having a display was no big deal until the audio system failed.
As most of us know changing the motherboard and/or processor almost
always entails reinstalling Windoze. That is what I miss about my Amiga.
You can change the hardware in a major way and not have to reinstall the
OS. You can't even do that with Linux.
It actually it turned out to be both the MB and Processor. Argh!
For now I have fallen back to a AMD 1.1 GHz MB and Processor. I have
another MB on the way and I have a good 3.0 GHz P4. So I will be doing
all of this again in a week or so but I have good disks now. I'm not
going to install any additional software for now.
Thanks all,
rich!

On 9/13/2014 1:19 PM, machine guy machineguy59@... [TekScopes] wrote:

Im really glad it worked for you. I wish the vendors still had those
OEM disks for their more recent products. Fortunately, todays hard
drives are much larger and I am able to keep iso files any time I get
my hands on an install disk. But complete install disks for Windows 7
and 8 OEM are nearly impossible to find. Instead, the OEMs ship their
computers with the ability to write back up Restore CDs which include
all the bloatware and are locked to specific hardware.

Anyway, Im glad the Dell OEM worked for you.


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From: "'Richard R. Pope' mechanic_2@... [TekScopes]"
<TekScopes@...>
To: TekScopes@...
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TekScopes] [OT] Windows XP?


Hello all,
I got the machine up and working. The audio and the display are

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