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Which is a very bad idea, of course.

A bit old, so maybe it's already built, but hey, if you did already get it put together, why not let us know how it worked out? Here's another vote for Intel. The Pentium Dual-cores seem pretty good for a relatively low cost. AMD is looking worse all the time, and Intel keeps brining faster and better chips to the table. As for the video, I can't really say since I have integrated graphics, which is really all I need since I rarely game or do CAD/other graphic-intensive applications.

Unfortunately, I had nothing to do with building my rig. I wish I did, but I wasn't given the $$, I was given the computer. I'm just glad that it's mine and it works. Sigh. By the way... your profile says you have XP x86, but you say you have linux. Which is it? Or is it dual boot?

This looks like a more up-to-date version of that KB. Yours said applies to Windows 2000, this is for XP. Try following the instructions in the KB, or try reinstalling again. It's likely that something got messed up during the install, etc. Maybe another reinstall will "bring back" that other hard drive. Speaking of which, it looks like windows can't see it at all. Try looking in Devmgmt.msc and seeing if there are any icons with a red or yellow symbol next to them. If so, shoot the screen and post it. Please. Also, you may want to see if a different computer can see that hard drive, to determine if it's a problem with that machine or with the hard drive itself. Good luck! EDIT: Forgot to put the link. D'oh.

can you post one in color by any chance? Oh, and use PNG format for screenshots if you can. JPEG is lossy and has worse compression. It appears that the OS doesn't see the drive at all. Very strange. One more thing, can you link to that MS site you refer to?

Uhm, ok. Even though I don't quite get why. I don't get it either.

I tried that, but it didn't work. I think there is a way to turn it off completely as I seem to recall having seen someone's computer who had it set up that way, but I don't remember who's it was or how they did it. Oh, and thanks for the complement, I'm glad you liked it.

If this were slashdot, and if I had mod points, that would have a big ol' +5 insightful" on it. Probably the most moving piece I've ever read about a computer while reading an internet forum. Seriously. You raise a very good point. There are a lost of people out there who can't even afford a basic PC, let alone one like that or even a windows vista license. It makes me feel lucky to have the computer I have. It's not the latest and greatest, but it can kick the sh** out of the computers that many people are using. One thing though... you say that if the world were these forums, we'd be a lot closer to peace. Well, yes and no. Don't forget the spammers, the trolls, etc. And not to mention that there would probably be all-out war between those supporting Macs/Linux/Windows whatev version/whoever vs. all the others on the list. At my school it's considered lucky if you can sit down in front of one of the P4 or Celeron D machines before someone else does, leaving you stuck in front of a P3 or - ugh - a PowerPC mac. Things are getting better, but slowly. I think the bottom line is this: choose what OS that you can a. afford and b. suits you best - your likes and your needs. And c) be happy with whatever you get, because regardless it'll probably be better than what many, many people out there have. B.T.W., it's thanksgiving (or the day after, actually), so I'd just like to say that I'm thankful for the computer that I do have, and that it does what I need it to do.

In order to keep people from knowing the usernames of accounts on my computer, I have implemented the policy setting to hide the username of whoever logged on most recently. However, users can still right-click on any program or link to a program and choose runas and see a list of all the administrator accounts on the computer. Is there any way to hide them on this list, too?

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Hmm. Try calling MS. It gives you a phone # to call if you have activation problems.

THANK YOU!! Well said.

OK, calm down, take a deep breath, and relax. If it's an upgrade installation, then to my knowledge you're out of luck. It's in the EULA that you can't upgrade from Windows XP MCE to Windows XP Pro, you have to buy a full coppy of XP pro. It won't let you do otherwise. What you need to do is a clean install. Back up all of your files onto an external drive, then insert the CD and reboot. You'll boot off the CD and can proceed with setup from there. Please note that you will loose all of your settings, as well as any software installed on the computer and any documents on the drive you are installing windows onto. However, first consider why you are doing this. There is only one thing that Windows XP Professional has that Windows XP Media Center Edition doesn't: support for active directory. If you aren't going to be using a windows domain, then there's no need to upgrade from MCE to Pro. MCE IS pro with A.D. support removed. It still has remote desktop, encrypting file system, etc. So before you go ahead with this, consider whether you really need to. Additionally, XP MCE can be joined to a domain if you apply the necessary changes, however, that is unsupported by microsoft. And what do you mean by the "undo folder"??

Glad to help.

Oh, I see. The problem is that when you reinstalled windows, you possibly got assigned a new SID. Meaning you don't own the drive. Take ownership of it. Click the owners tab, select the administrators group and click OK a few times. Close all the dialogs open, then try to give yourself permission again.

can you post a screenshot of what diskmgmt.msc looks like, please? And as for the WINNT thing, that's kind of strange, I'm not sure what to say.

Whatev. I guess we can agree to disagree. Some people prefer XP. Some prefer vista. He should get what he thinks will work best for him.

Geez, ripken. You sound like an advert for Vista! Winflip 3D for XP. I've tried it, it works pretty well. As people have mentioned, Vista has its pluses, but also its minuses. That's why I recommended getting vista and downgrading for now, or else doing a dual-boot.

Permissions are stored in each file, folder or drive's Access Control List (ACL), which is NOT changed when you reinstall on a different partition, move the disk to another computer, etc. Therefore, the permissions you set remain even after a reinstall. Why not just restore permission? Is there a problem with doing so?

Let me just say that under most circumstances, I would say DO NOT go with vista, and get XP. It's just a question with x64, and which would work better. If we're talking x86, then I'd say get XP. Why? XP has waaaay more useful applications + drivers developed for it. There's a broader support base - lots of people know sh** loads about XP, vista is new, so there isn't as much expertise floating around. XP is mature. Once SP3 comes out, it'll be even more mature. Vista is still in SP0, and has lots of issues. Way more than XP does. Vista is a resource hog, there's no other way to put it. Granted, with 4gb of ram, it shouldn't be an issue, but wouldn't you rather that RAM go to what you're working on, not flashy graphics? Same goes for CPU and GPU. You can get all that eye candy for XP, too. Google vista transformation pack. [*]If you're used to XP, changing to vista will be a PITA. Really. So, what I would recommend you do in this case is: buy Windows Vista business or ultimate (x64), then do a downgrade installation to XP (google it). Then, someday when you have to use vista for whatever reason, just install vista. Alternatively, you could buy both, and do a dual boot. Use XP for most stuff, and use vista for the gaming.

Well, I've never put my specs up, but here goes. Don't laugh too hard, it's not the best machine ever. I didn't order it, but hey, I didn't have to pay for it either. I'll upload a pic at some point, but not right now. Hardware: Dell Inspiron E1505/6000Intel Core Duo T2050 @ 1.60 GHz Toshiba MK8034GSX 80 Gb IDE ATA hard drive Sony DVD+-RW optical drive Intel 945 Graphics Media Accelerator integrated graphicsVGA out, S-video out and internal DVI Built-in LCD 15.4 inch widescreen display @ 1280x800 px [*]Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card [*]Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller [*]4 USB 2.0 ports [*]1 IEEE 1394 Firewire port [*]PCI express slot [*]Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard [*]Microsoft Optical USB wheel mouse [*]Synaptics touchpad [*]Integrated audio Software (a small sampling): Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 SP2 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional SP3 Microsoft Office 2007 Enteprise Adobe CS3 Design Premium Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 Opera 9.24 MS Internet Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Digital Image Standard 2006 PDFcreator The Gimp Google Earth Microsoft Intellitype Pro 6.1 7-Zip file manager Microsoft Virtual PC 2007

I dunno. I guess that wasn't a totally scientific answer. It's just that x64 in general is not totally developed and most stuff will probably be developed for vista not xp now, and there won't really be any older stuff for xp x64. Better drivers, etc. I would think. (disclaimer: I rarely use x64) If you have the $$, then you could get some x64 edition of Windows Server 2003, and use the workstation conversion mentioned somewhere on this site, but that would be a bit expensive.

I would say go with XP not Vista, but since it's x64, I'm gonna have to say Vista because it's x64 options seem a bit better.

(Pretend that is upside down --->) ?Si algún día yo estoy en México, podría ir a visitar su café de internet?

Logo is 3 years old. OK. Soo... who is the supervisor now? Your account still has the little logo.