fleamailman

No, this thread is not in support of them but more just so that I can possibly advise other sites of the risks or reasons why they should be banned.

Thanks, details are: dell model no: pp04L inspiron 2650 with charger only. No restore disk, license key under laptop. What are my options: - contact dell and replace cddrive? - put of linux via USB if I can get in to boot to USB - put harddrive in another comp, install linux then put harddrive back. Anyway, there is no rush here but if there is a way to get XP on the comp I would like to know.

Anyone got link to 'shared computer toolket', also what happens if a student leaves a usb key or extenal harddrive in the comp on reboot, nothing I hope.

Little question you wrote: I've also noticed that there's been an increase in performance since I stripped all the unneeded icon formats from Shell32.dll and other system files, sticking with the following: 48x48 XP, 32x32 XP, 24x24 XP, 16x16 XP. How does one go about doing the above then?

Ok, I hear everywhere that the all XPpro cds are the same, and that it is only the license key which differs, it this actually true and if not how can I tell which XPpro cd I have?

This thread I feel is out of date, apart form the direct pressure from fines, jails terms and the like, the music companies are now starting to allow downloading free of charge, Spiralfrog in the states springs to mind here, why, because they are bundling ads on the site and also they get revinue from the supplier this way. The likes of Yutube also undercuts the reason to download, I mean if the screen is always viewable on yutube why bother to fill the comp with buggy files, also if one really wants to catch flv files from yutube, nothing could be easier. Also, what with almost everyone having some sort of mp3 player, or telephone flashcard, or computer, whenever one hears a track one likes, the first thing one does is just takes a copy directly. My point with the above is not that ilegal p2p's will end but more likely that their use will deminish for the reason I have given here. What music companies must fear most is now happening: that people will directly swap stuff without the Internet.

Background, the boss has been nice to me but remains somewhat computer-deaf(clueless), so I was wondering if there exists, or I one could make, a bundle of XP drivers to burn onto a DVD so that he can just slip it into the slot, go to devmgmt.cpl and disinstall unrecognised driver, attivate and say " go fetch fido" and the DVD does the rest like as if it were a generic driver on a windows XP cd. I see that there are different levels of drivers, some with shells, etc., so what are we dealing with, what holds one back then and seeing that this sort of thing is far bigger than one DVD, I imagine that I would have to split this database between various DVDs. Anyway, your feedback would be appreciated, this then is my long term goal for being here.

Yes, I know I should have looked at the other posts here, seen whether I was with blue stocking geeks and pretended that I too knew something, but that isn't the truth, and if I am here now here it is because a member said with conviction this is the place to know about windows, and believe me I am fed up with not knowing about windows so here I am working at times in a computer repair shop questioning whether these comps do things they shouldn't with two simple questions: why and how. Wish me luck then. Sin., flea