- Oct 23, 2002
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At work I needed to load XP on a mini that came with ubuntu, and used the XP cd the thing came with.
Well, there is no IE, Windows installer is disabled at every startup, looks like xp basic (98), and I can't even run the driver cd because of a 429 active x error whenever the cd loads. Half the drivers don't install manually because they say it is not correct for this platform.
What the hell is the deal with this? We got 2 other mini's preloaded with XP that is completely normal.
I can't get this thing running correctly, no one here at work has even heard of the ultra low cost version.
They told me to just use the regular xp cd with the rest of the Dell's they get but doesn't dell put restrictions on the Mini operating system?
Well, there is no IE, Windows installer is disabled at every startup, looks like xp basic (98), and I can't even run the driver cd because of a 429 active x error whenever the cd loads. Half the drivers don't install manually because they say it is not correct for this platform.
What the hell is the deal with this? We got 2 other mini's preloaded with XP that is completely normal.
I can't get this thing running correctly, no one here at work has even heard of the ultra low cost version.
They told me to just use the regular xp cd with the rest of the Dell's they get but doesn't dell put restrictions on the Mini operating system?