Very good points! When Apple was a fledging business they had a strategy that introduced their product (I believe free) to schools believing...
"...go looking for some person with a CD [to install XP feature]." There may be a problem as M/S's software identifies and stores the original...
"...another line of endevour." Now I am impressed with your self-claimed pretension! If nothing else an endevour it will keep one busy...
Tinknocker, you are exactly correct in your latest comments. I am not arguing the computer industry is free of market deception or a given...
I believe you are restating, illustrating, and presenting some of the points already made. So I agree with that statement if the "all" wasn't...
Welcome back Tinknocker, did your forget to bring along your thinking cap! :D I believe the discussion relates to generic parts and proprietary...
Although the auto anology isn't without some inconsistent factors (they are a mutured industry!), the point I am trying to make is that...
Thanks for the details about activation. Also, as I understand, there is a 30 day time limit to activate or do a reinstall for another 30 day...
Some people may find it annoying to go into the archives expecting research material for topic in question and have to deal and sort irrelevant...
What does the last several posts have to do with the gains and benefits of XP? Arie is probably pulling out his hair trying to figure out how to...
I recently bought a Dell machine with XP installed. The disk with the purchase included a Reinstallation CD for Win XP. The reinstallation disk...
BillyBob, You present relevant examples. It does appear to be a lack of convergence as individual computer makers want to distinquish their...
Buying a new computer or any product it is the consumer's responsibility to know or be aware there are product differentiations. There is, nor...
While in Device Manager click on System Devices and verify DMA device usage is enabled. There is no advanced properties designation, but from the...
When I was having modem problems, I found there was difficulty for my 98 system to detect and/or identify the correct Win Modem's driver. The...
My quote as part of your response is a rhetorical question and in context the answer would be there are other considerations! As clear as I can...
Obviously a hardwired modem or (external modem? if there is a dedication) have attributes that avoid software setting protocol. But is it always...
Sandlady, To answer your e-mail, I assume you did a system restore due to a problem. If you had a problem and you restored the system to a...
I don't believe a bad p/s would just damage the hard drive. More likely it was a bad drive that zapped the p/s. It is possible weaker components...
gain/benefit, If you're content with your 98SE system, and don't need or wish to gain enhanced features of XP's photo, music, networking, or...
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