Re: Just what is XP Black???????
- From: "Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:05:46 -0400
You forgot:
7. Address what is currently wrong with your PC and fix it.
For starters, have a look at "Slow Computer":
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
If you still have questions/issues, simply post them here. I am
confident one of us will be able to assist you.
Also know that it is possible to create your own installation disk as
long as you have access to the i386 directory:
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml
Very useful for repairs! And then you could always perform a clean
install if the mood strikes you (then again, clean installs are almost
always unnecessary), and you wouldn't have to deal with any
pre-installed bloatware.
There is no reason whatsoever you should buy a new XP disk; you already
have the license! Pro, in your situation, probably won't provide any
advantages over Home. However, MS Office will need to be purchased if
you want to install it. Then again, Sun provides an excellent *free*
alternative suite:
http://www.openoffice.org/
Or you could just buy a Mac. ;-)
"Ken Springer" <wordworks.nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8EBC8249-E942-406F-8167-5FDA3F396D5F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Good Morning, PA Bear,
I've actually not made any decision on what to do. I'm still mulling
over
my alternatives.
My XP based computer is old and slow. At least 6 years old. And over
the
years, I've tried enough pieces of legitimate software that there's
lots of
"leftovers" scattered about that really seem to have had a negative
cumulative effect.
One thing I don't like about the restore/reinstall disks on the XP
computer
is they are simply a disk image or back up files of the original
machine. So
it's going to install the drivers for hardware that no longer exists
in the
machine (modem and hard drive come to mind at the moment), as well as
software I don't want. One advantage of this type of system is it's
good for
the less knowledgeable user who finds himself/herself needing to start
from
scratch.
At the moment, I've just got this list of alternatives:
1. The good old "do nothing" alternative, and just live with the way
it is
in order to avoid the work. LOL
2. Reinstall the original software and try to get things removed that
I
don't want. I've never been able to remove all the stuff associated
with the
original modem. It continues to show up in the add/remove control
panel even
though the modem went to the landfill many years ago. But this issue
may be
associated with the new modem and the vendor forgot to change a word
or two
in the coding for the current modem. The software disk for the
current modem
contains file references to the name of the original modem.
3. Buy a stand alone copy of XP, if I can still find one, and install
it.
I'd probably buy XP Pro. I've got Outlook 2007 installed now (I've
got a
cell phone with Windows Mobile 6 and I sync the phone to the computer)
and
Outlook 2007 spends so much time being pretty it takes forever to
display new
screens. And I've not found a single feature in it that didn't exist
in
Outlook 2000. In fact, there's one feature in 2000 I used but can't
find in
2007. I bought Outlook 2007 because Active Sync occasionally would
complain
about Outlook 2000. Hasn't been a good buy, IMO.
If I do buy XP Pro, I'd also look for Office 2003 Professional, and
basically start from scratch.
4. Buy and install one of the Linux OS's out there. At least the
software
is reasonably priced. And from what I've learned so far, a lot of the
Linux
software has the ability to read and write MS file formats as well as
being
almost as powerful as current Windows stuff. Still a lot to learn
here.
5. Buy a new off the shelf computer. My inclination here is, it
would be a
Mac. As posted earlier, I'll only buy a new off the shelf Windows
computer
if I need one for a job.
6. Take the existing computer, make it a dual boot computer and play
with
XP Black as a separate installation.
7. For no more computer needs than I have now, and the lessened
interest in
computers due to the Windows issues of software with useless features
for me,
continuing growth of program and filesizes that require more
horsepower,
viruses, spam, spyware, I may just blow off XP and go back to Win98 on
my 400
mhz Pentium II Dell. For what I do now, it gets the job done a lot
faster.
I will stipulate that if I reinstall XP and install all the updates,
the XP
computer will probably run my older MS software faster. But........
I don't
think most of the virus writers out there are targeting Win98. :-)
There
are some antivirus program available that still support Win98 where
the "big
boys" won't give you the time of day.
And possibly some variation of any of the above.
At the moment, my preferred alternative is to buy a Mac.
So I've made no decision as yet. :-)
.
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