Re-install after wiping it out is best bet for a hassle free setup.
If it's a royalty licensed XP disc, the oembios will facilitate full activated
install w/o doing an activation. How it will do the install is a function of being a
"restore disc" or a Dell customized real OEM windows install. Assuming the latter,
I'd slipstream the disc to SP3, install it, and then use a DVD w/ Autopatcher to do
the rest.
RAM I'd add a 1GB like this:
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=5872ED06A5CA7304
Better would be replace original SODIMM for 2GB, the max.
Winterlight wrote:
A friend has been given a circa 2005-6 Dell Inspiron 700m. It is a nice
little ultra light, in great condition and will be a great laptop for
her needs. The previous owner had installed some junk, AOL, which is
embedded worse then a virus, and lots of spyware.A online Karparsky scan
reveals about sixty infected files and 25 threats..Not so much, but I am
thinking it is probably easier to just restore it back to it's original
factory condition and then remove Norton internet security which is
expired in 07 ,and all the other stuff Dell put on it to slow it down.
I would do this with the Dell Restore windows program right .. just
start it up and let it go? When it finishes will it boot up like a new
laptop where I put in the new user and passwords etc. Will windows make
me re-certify? How dos that work?
Or is there a way to clean it up I can be sure about?
It only has a half a gig of ram. Anybody have any PC2700 DDR SODIMM
sitting around in your junk pile you want to sell?
