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I just installed Windows XP and it seems to have really slowed down the boot. The problem is, when it's on the initial black screen, just after displaying the configuration table and the "PCI Device listing", it seems to just hang without any activity for quite a while before launching into XP...

Hi, I have an AMD Athlon T-bird 1.33Ghz CPU and an ASUS A7V133 motherboard. The motherboard is set to JumperFree mode. On the initial boot-up screen it says: AMD Athlon 1000 Mhz Processor. Does anyone know why it does not recognize my processor as being 1333Mhz? Should I change anything in...

Hi, I know it's not really possible to reassign the drive letters in win98 (like in win2K), however I was wondering if anyone maybe knows of a workaround or perhaps some software that can do this. Using the DOS subst command will work to some extens however I also want to assign another...

Hi, I've just received the free upgarde for Windows XP home edition having purchased win98SE just prior to the XP release. Does anyone know if this upgrade is successful (i.e. from win98SE to Xp) or is it better to do a clean installation from scratch. I know a clean install is usually better...

Thanks guys for all yo answers. I actually installed win98SE in the end with 98lite. 98lite is really great - thanks for this tip. Do you happen to know, after configuing Windows with 98lite, is it possible to delete the 98lite directory, which includes the win89 set up files or will this...

Hi, I have an old pentium 166 (pre MMX) with a 1.2GB Disk and 48MB RAM. My question is, will it be ok to install Windows 98SE on this machine or is it best to stick with Windows 95 in this case. It's not going to be used a performance machine, just a very basic home PC with mainly Office 2000...

actually, there are some ad programs running but they're not open at this time. I have to have them installed in order for some other shareware apps that I run. I don't think they'll interfere as these shareware apps aren't open when this problem occurs. By the way, will it help to upgrade to...

Thanks for the tip. I tried it and actually found that even after closing IE, the process iexplorer.exe was in fact still running so I ended the process but the problem is still there. Do you know what else could be causing this? Also, howcome the iexplorer.exe process is running even when IE...

Hi, I'm having a problem with IE 5.5 on win2K professional. When I'm in a website and choose to open a link in a new window (right click, "open in new window"), the frame of the new window opens and then everything freezes for a few seconds until the contents of the new window starts to...

Hi, I'm having a problem with IE 5.5 on win2K professional. When I'm in a website and choose to open a link in a new window (right click, "open in new window"), the frame of the new window opens and then everything freezes for a few seconds until the contents of the new window starts to...

Hi, My win2K professional has become extremely slow lately, especialy if I switch between programs or open a window while another is still opening. It's almost like a swop file problem. It didn't used to work like this. I have a very fast system with enough RAM and disk space. This is my...

I have a Duron 850Mhz with 128MB, 100Mhz RAM and quite a slow HDD (DMA 33). I'm thinking of installing Win2K. Will my system be string enough for this or should I stick with Win98? Will it be more sluggish with Win2K? Thanks!

I'm presently running Win2K Advanced Server and would like to replace it with Win2K Professional as I'm not using this PC as a server and I'm having some driver and software problems with this version. My question is: Is there a way I could replace Win2K server with Win2K Professioonal without...

Thanks for replying. I actually have the monitor already. I just don't want to break it by making the refresh rate too high. What would be a safe way to test it to see it I could set it on 100Mhz - what should the resolution be set at for this? (Graphics card is Asus GeForce 2 V-7700). Thanks!

I have a Sampo KM-712 (17") monitor. I'd like to set this to 100Mhz but can't find any speca on it to see if this is possible. How do I know what the maximum refresh rate can be and what should the resolution be for 100Mhz refresh rate? Thanks!