I wouldn't term it, 'lucked out ", all indications were that your old video card was on its way out. Regardless, you made a good decision. ;)
I had to wrestle with this one for a while but decided I'd better post as my experiences with AVG 8.0 Free have been a little uncomfortable. One...
Clean out your temp files, dump your prefetch and clean out your browser cache. Set your cache to no more than 80MB if IE and if you are running...
Pete: I just went through this myself with my laptop albeit not quite as large a drive. I like Acronis, but its not real well suited for this...
Ti4200 - very nice card in its day. I could be wrong but I don't suspect drivers at all. I'd pull the card, clean the contacts with a pencil...
As to a solution - Elvis, there are a few contradictions in your post. You wouldn't be able to do an installation (even a failed one) if your...
Laughable ........ nothing more need be said. :eek:
Nice work. ;)
I admire your thinking and theoretically, you are right on. However, I'd still be inclined to take a different approach and try the suspected...
Why not just create another slipstreamed CD using her XP disc and slipstreaming SP3? Then she has a CD that will work for sure and, down the road,...
Nothing is certain but I'd call that a pretty safe bet, yes. ;)
Another thought here - you may want to uninstall anything you can that is ATI related - drivers, Catalyst Control & etc. and then run Driver...
To clarify Steve's comments further. If she also has a Dell with the same version of XP, you should be OK. Anything other than that and you have a...
Since you are F2 for setup, I'm going to assume this is a fairly new Acer (last couple of years). F2 should also throw you into a system restore...
Before you tear things apart or go any further, check your IDE cable and the molex connector to your system drive. Its possible that one or the...
A few words of caution may be helpful. Although it sounds good to talk about 2.5-3 gigs of memory, there's more to this (re: optimizing...
Download and install an older (free) version of Everest (2.20 or earlier) and it will give you mfg., speed, latency, configuration and about...
I'd tend to agree with your assessment except .......... Again, if it was a clean installation on a single drive that had been freshly...
Make yourself a restore point then run 3 & 4. Then reboot. That should do the trick but you'll have to monitor this and keep us posted. I'm...
Yes, I would suggest you follow the instructions from Microsoft. Note the reference to reinstalling your correct chipset drivers after disabling...
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