tekkaman

There is also another thing that could cause hang ups in bios. Disable USB booting if you're not booting from USB. That could cause hang ups in some motherboards because they're checking if what you plugged is bootable.

I've had trouble with Realtek in the past. They can be a PITA. Just use those cheap TP-Links. They work fine on XP and you'll have less headaches. TP-Link Amazon

That's why I was avoiding having everything integrated. The motherboard that had that issue didn't had integrated video. And I used a separate PCI soundcard. But I guess it was time for it to die.

I had this problem with a Gigabyte AM3 motherboard I bought back in 2014. In 2023 it started having those symptoms. It would go into the future. I would fix it and then the next day it was in the future again. Later I would physically see the clock moving faster and XP would behave weirdly like if it was in fast forward. Like even the Loading bootscreen would move very fast. Anyways it lasted for a few months like that until eventually it died and wouldn't boot anymore. I'm just giving the example because it could be a hardware issue. Linux didn't show the problem because it would sync online immediately at boot.

Ahh ok. Now I understood what you did. There are some things you can try. 1- Call them to ask for it. 2- Use a key finder to see if it can find it on the system. Then you can download it again from MS servers. 3- Technically the Factory from the recovery partition should give you the Office back. The mistake was from the Dell Technician. He should've removed Office 365 before installing 2024. It's never a good idea to have different versions at the same time.

I think since about 2013 computers come preloaded with 365 version. And it's not the same as the yearly version. I don't think you can use the same key to activate it. You have to uninstall 365 version and install the yearly version.

I think Windows 11 comes with Office 365 installed. You have to uninstall it then download Office 2024 and install it because they're not the same. I think that's how it goes.

The only problems are the drivers really.

How did you disable Defender ? I tried editing the .ini but it still runs. I'm trying it on Windows 11 and no program can disable it. I was thinking about trying to delete it altogether but I don't know if that would give problems in other areas.

USB 3.0 requires drivers on XP. It is not plug and play.

The disk includes Windows Vista and 7 drivers. Maybe those can work on XP 64 ? My dad had that scanner and it worked ok on Windows 7 64. So maybe test those on XP.

XP only has problems creating the partition in 4K format. But if you create it elsewhere it can read it fine. What I do is I partition and format the hard drive using any Windows 7 setup DVD. Then restart and install XP in that partition. It installs fine and is correctly aligned.

The thing is that most of the people that do recommend disabling it do it with the assumption that it will make their computer magically fast. Like they got a new computer. But I don't think that's the case. In your case with 20 gigs, I think 4GB or 8GB is enough.

Many people don't recommend disabling it. I got 8GB in XP 64 and I just set it to 8GB and leave it be. Many do recommend putting it on another drive though. I think that's the best solution and it won't make your main drive work on many things at the same time. https://lifehacker.com/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-5426041 https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/fdvyi8/do_i_disable_pagefile_in_windows_10_with_64gb_ram/

You can also use the tool called autoruns. There you can easy find the startup entries and services in one place.