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Mysticales - Apr 10, 2002

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		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			Ok for those interested in knowing a first persons reaction to XP... ARGSGFHK GRUNCGH ::Throws Machine at wall:: Man im sooooooooo pissed today with this thing. Trying to figure out WHAT works! Like geez! First I learned that Force Aspi works better then the 4.07 Aspi layer. Next this unit has a DVD and CDRW rom installed however put a cd in the burner nothing works...XP hangs up...odd its a fuitsu siemans. Anyways what else.....OH yes....trying to RPC set this to region free....SURE! Yea right, The tool I found NEEDS true DOS! Like ARGH! What else....oh yes I need to know if I can fucking change this out of German mode and make it fully in english..... Um...hmm ::Tries to to get pissed at world:: What else would be good to do on XP? Need to re study my tools and so on. Dont know WHAT of mine works with XP! Hmm Need a DVD player like power dvd but I think I can handle that one.....Um Anyways. I need some help, info, tips, HOW TO KILL XP....um Maybe install 98 without reformatting. How to get dos? How to crack my dvd firmware. But anyways thanks to all who wish to help me for once. Later all. Ill try not to bite anyones head off today...

		Ratamahatta		Apr 10, 2002
			Just install 2000

		IceDigger		Apr 10, 2002
			BWAHAHAHA. XP will forever haunt your system and spread its filth. format C or deltree c:windows from a bootdisc, then install win2k.

		ExCyber		Apr 10, 2002
			Next this unit has a DVD and CDRW rom installed however put a cd in the burner nothing works...XP hangs up Did you install the "Update for CD Burners" from Windows Update? They don't say this, but I'm told that installing it causes problems if you're not running into the specific problem that it fixes. Also blah blah firmware blah blah. OH yes....trying to RPC set this to region free....SURE! Yea right, The tool I found NEEDS true DOS! Like ARGH! Any chance that a boot disk... would work? What else would be good to do on XP? Turn off that Playskool interface and use the 9x/NT4/2K one?

		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			Look everyone...this is a OEM cpu....not much I can do here......everything came with it, now the burner is TOTALLY dead. I think they killed the motb in shipping really.....anyways yea I know how to tweak it up some. The boot disk I will try. Um I WISH I had W2k! Someone want to um......let me barrow it via ftp? I need a FULL version install....Then Id use it on my laptop with multi boot. I just need to barrow it. I swear Ill return your copy!

		IceDigger		Apr 10, 2002
			WinXP = Pure Evil!!! Go with a dual win98/win2k.

		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			Ill say again....let me "barrow" a Full W2k via Ftp and Ill give it right back....

		Captian Crazy		Apr 10, 2002
			You should be banned for mentioning warez. J/k

		Gallstaff		Apr 10, 2002
			yeah... Doesn't seem like you to mention this sort of thing mysticales... (Edited by Gallstaff at 7:24 pm on April 10, 2002)

		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			What are you guys talking about? In germany its PERFECTLY legal to hit a "block buster" and "backup" their games or dvds......im just doing same with 2k.....testing it out....see if I like it....and besides you all think im innocent? If I was I doubt it be the one informing you on all the worm updates.....If ANYONE REALLY has a issue about me asking this one little thing, let me know by all means.

		jastnorn		Apr 10, 2002
			i think my friend may have windows 2k on his FTP, next time i talk ill see if he does and if you may dl it from him.

		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			email me on this. Mysticales@yahoo.com... I respect board

		RadSil		Apr 10, 2002
			I don't think XP's that bad. *ducks* Seriously, I had/have no problem with anything after I rectified the problem of no ASPI layer. (I just installed the NT ASPI layer. Works like a charm.)

		gamefoo21		Apr 10, 2002
			the only thing i have against xp is the fact it doesn't like older hardware at all.

		Mysticales		Apr 10, 2002
			Well OEM cpus dont have that issue.. Yea Rata...funny eh? Officail aspi drivers suck yet force aspi works like a charm Aspi XP 4.07 Force Aspi 4.06

		Torx		Apr 11, 2002
			trust me myst.. i fuckin hated XP when i first tried it.. but YOU WILL get used to it, and youll grow to love it. as long as you tweak it out, and remove shit. sure theres those little annoying quirks that everyone hates but you'll realize it wont matter a bit and you'll learn to ignore it.. aspi layer 4.06 or whatever is perfectly fine, resort to that. Goto the MS update site, and update your OS, and dont forget to install the update for support for more drives. im a strong supporter of XP. #### my Win98se tweaked out like a mutherfucker couldnt last 4-5 weeks 24/7 like this XP install i got going, without crashing 50-100 times.. make sure next time, if you havent already done it, install the OS on NTFS.

		Mysticales		Apr 11, 2002
			Well I went to a ftp block buster got 2000...I hope this compaq isnt like the customers I helped before....compaq drivers were ONLY for 98 and me......sucks really.....I hope it works..

		Grifter		Apr 12, 2002
			Just decided to post up a goof CD-RW/DVD firmware site that anyone should use if they want to unlock the region code of their DVD drives and so on. http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/... it hasn't been updated for a while though. But MYstical, you should try using a DOS bootup disk or even a Windows 98/95 boot disk to update and crack your firmware. And considering that your PC is an OEM...I think its possible that a chunk of your problems with XP are hard drive related, just a hunch, but you could have one of those crappy Fujitsu hard drives in that machine sense most OEM sellers I've seen use those because they are cheap to buy. And those Hard Drives aren't worth anything at all. As for everyone completely having difficulties with XP....well....go with what you know works - simple as that. I personally have had no problems with my XP Pro system at all, and I don't think its too bad of an OS. But ####, we're talking computers here, nothing is ever perfect and "plug and play" when it comes to comptuers. Just my thoughts...

		Mysticales		Apr 12, 2002
			LOL You didnt read above I KNOW about THAT site. hehe my prob was it was PURE dos mode. I did a 98 boot disk, modified it so that the dvd would load ON the disk, then added the tool. Boom cracked the sucker. HOWEVER even tho I can play in all regions...for some reason XP doesnt see this and says cant play region....seems XP has a region lock =/ (I have DVD genie)

		Grifter		Apr 12, 2002
			oh, sorry about that, thought you said it the otrher way around. As for the XP having a regional lock, it doesn't surprise me at all. But I'm sure there has to be some way to unlock it...maybe a Registry edit or something. You could try DVD Region Killer: http://www.elby.org/english/corp/index.htm... that may help I hope. (Edited by Grifter at 8:06 am on April 12, 2002)

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