Honest Opinions of Win XP

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Budster64:

I would sincerely like to know how this happened since I have never seen the CPU fry the MOBO out....I've seen it the other way around though.

So I'd sure would like to know what happened, and how you came about this diagnosis??[/B]</font>

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Heh Budster64, ya haven' seen an Athlon meltdown yet? We've had two in our shop. First one just melted the fan on the heatsink, mobo was fine. The second one we saw melted the fan too but also welded itself to the socket. Needed a 2ft crowbar to pry the sucker out. So which did what? The mobo or CPU?



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What I know about computers would fill volumes - what I don't know would fill a wharehouse.

I like Win XP and think it will be a great upgrade. I haven't had any problems with it so far except the OPK Preinstallation part. One cool feature that will help alot of techs who troubleshoot it is the Remote Assistance. Its like a PC Anywhere program that is setup in the OS already. You will be able to take control of a customers computer from an e-mail. Also, I really like the profiling. A user can go into XP even if another user is is running a program. YOu can log into the system while the other user still has everything running. I give it a thumbs up. The preinstallation is alot easier that Win 2000, I think to, with the new Winbom.ini and the WinPE enviorment. Alot of new features. https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Thats easy, PEZ.....Cherry flavored PEZ!

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
I must admit though that one of the new MP8 visualisations in the ****! for Windows XP is very humourous https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/

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I assume you're talking about Munch, DW? Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Yes this is THE Cobra....

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Cobra:
I assume you're talking about Munch, DW? Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Shhhhhh nobody is supposed to know about Munch yet https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Froghead:
Heh Budster64, ya haven' seen an Athlon meltdown yet? We've had two in our shop. First one just melted the fan on the heatsink, mobo was fine. The second one we saw melted the fan too but also welded itself to the socket. Needed a 2ft crowbar to pry the sucker out. So which did what? The mobo or CPU?

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traditionally Athlons run hot...but that's not the CPU that was mentioned. He said a Pent, which does not run as hot as the Athlons. Also don't forget where the CPU get's it's voltage...the mobo.



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Through quiet reflection and great dedication
Master the art of karate
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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by DVader:
The Ugly: Microsoft Product Activation, need I say more.</font>

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I have the full FINAL release of WindowsXP PRO 'select edition'. It's runs sweet! And as for the activation problem. I didn't have to do it and wont ever have too eather. Because I got hold of a 'Select'copy you don't need to do any of that c**p. And everything runs great.

Nero 5 works fine (with ASPI drivers). Only real problems I have is with my SB live 5.1. Creative wont supply any XP drivers untill WinXP is realeased.

Norton AV 2002 and partion magic 7 pro both work fine but anything below that doesn't.

Not sure if it's me but my 56k modem seams faster aswell, probably something to do with IE6.

It's a bit on the colourfull side, but that fish screensaver is great!

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Stuffygibbon:
Norton AV 2002 and partion magic 7 pro both work fine but anything below that doesn't.
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NAV 2001 works fine on XP if you download the latest SYMEVNT.EXE file from Symantec.

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Yes it is the real deal
Let the Boobies hit the floor

I have XP pro build 2600 and love it! HP doesnt have drivers for xp yet for my scanner but say they will soon. My SBLive works fine,and did from install. the windows update feature did download newer creative sblive drivers but I saw no problems before or after the driver switch. My computer seems faster than win 9x,ME or 2000 pro. I'd reccomend it.

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Computers are only as smart as the user, well... in some cases the computer IS smarter.

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<font face="Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva" size="2">Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
Shhhhhh nobody is supposed to know about Munch yet https://forums.windrivers.com/ https://forums.windrivers.com/

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Munch Rox!

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