XP = Experience (fluff)

by Elsewhere 14 Replies latest jw experiences

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  ve9gra

  Vivamus: Here's a tip that might give some new life to your computer.....

  When you are not planning on using your computer for a good while.. do these little steps...

  Go to Start, then Run and type this in

  Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

  Then hit OK and walk away.

  Your computer will then do its scheduled cleanup, file reorganization, etc... Using that command line and a little utility (BootVis) I've managed to tweak my dual proc server to boot under 30 sec (and that includes initialization of my SCSI drives, starting all the services that are running, etc... nothing that a home computer should need).

  If that still doesn't fix the speed thing, you can always turn the XP interface off and go back to how 2000 looked like.
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  Simon

  I presume you mean the product activation?

  I'll try and get this right ... it is based on your hardware but will allow you to upgrade certain things without having to reactivate. If you want to do a complete install then you can do 10 (or is it 4? ... I get confused with the number if licenses my MSDN subscription gives me) a year. Not sure what happens after that ... I think you have to speak to someone.

  It's to beat piracy and does not seem to be intrusive - you just have to click a button when you've installed it. I tend to go through quite a few machine setups (while testing things) but have never come up against any restriction yet.

  For my main work machine I have not had any problems since I put XP on. It's been rock solid despite having quite a bit of test software and development stuff loaded.
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  ve9gra

  Simon: Are you using the XP that was sent with your MSDN sub (if you got it there)? Cuz I know that they distributed the Corporate version with the MSDN.. and that version doesn't have the Product Activation "feature".
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  Simon

  Yes, it is the MSDN version but no, it isn't the corporate version. I did have to activate it.
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  Elsewhere

  The XP that I have does not have any activation. Just enter a valid CD Key and you are ready to go.