Recent content by capteric35

OK!! I got it. After Googling for it I found a university website that reminded me how to do it. I am NOW using XP to get to THIS site (and all the others)!

The installation is in the old machine. I have two hard drives. Right now I am running 98SE off of one of them. When I restart my computer I have the option to boot to either the C: (98SE) or th (XP) drive.Since I have so far remained with FAT32 both operating systema can read or write to both...

Hi All, I am trying to install a Windows XP Home Edition onto a Windows 98 SE hard drive. Every time I boot onto the CD drive it starts fine but after a minute or so I get an error. It says something like "Initialization Error" and then I have to turn off the computer/ Now I got help...

Hello All Again, I got my new motherboard and read the manual. There is almost no information on the IDE interface in the manual, but it looks to ME that the motherboard's built-in IDE ports do NOT support Cable Select for the disk drives. Does anybody know for sure? Asrock hasn't...

Well there is one application where it is imnportant. A lot of people on other lists I have joined ("Live-Aboard" and "Trawlers and Trawlering" ) use their comoputers for navigation purposes. These PCs have all the charts of the USA on them (mine does too, they are now FREE from NOAA) and...

Hi All, I was wondering if Windows Vista ACTUALLY needs to contact Microsoft occasionally to continue running? Or is this just another web rumor without any truth to it? Thanks.

Thanks! I already downloaded Tweakui, although I'm not sure about it. When I used it with 98SE it resulted in a VERY unstable OS. As long as I just don't enter any passwords while doing the upgrade I will never need any, right? I use AVG and SPYBOT for security, but I don't insert...

Hi All, I am about to finally upgrade to Windows XP Home . I am a 98SE user for about 10 years so I want to keep things simple. Since I live alone on this sailboat I don't need or want any security at all. Is there any way to get XP Home to always boot up in adminestrator mode? And do...

Sorry about that. I kept looking and found that those "Versions" of BIOS were just the flashing program, DOS or Windows. Sheepishly Yours, Eric

Hi Again All, I got my 4 core dual VSTA today! The bios sticker says 1.7- 10B. Does anybody know anything about that version of the BIOS? Also I eas looking at the ASROCK website and I see several versions of the bios are labeled "DOS" and others are labeled "Windows". Would I prefer...

Hello Again All, I have been reading the CPU reviews on Newegg. It seems the Prescott 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 I am going to buy runs pretty darn HOT. Can I get reccomendations on the best (air only, now water cooling please) afrermarket CPU heatsink and fan? Thanks, Eric

UH, ummm, maybe I mean 1.1? I'm trying to talk about the older slower USB standard. Anyway my printer and my ATI Remote Wonder both use the slow USB but my scanner needs USB 2.0. I got the scanner with the hope I could scan and then use character recognition software to allow me to more easily...

Hello All, I have ordered a 4CoreDualVSTA motherboard. I hope to use it with the following add-on boards from my current computer: ATI AIW 9000 Pro AGP card Sound Blaster "LIVE" Dolby 5.1 sound card PCI to PCMCIA adapter board A USB board that is the ONLY one I ever saw that allows the...