Is it true that the SoftEx software for the Latitudes work on the Inspirions??
I know that Dell offers the software on their site for Latitudes and not
Inspirions.
Thanks
Jason
Chris Randall wrote:
> I have an Inspiron 3000 and a 7000, both running NT 4.0. The 3000 runs
> NT Workstation right now, but spent most of last year running Server. I
> use a secondary hard drive on that one to play with learning Red Hat
> 5.1.
>
> Other than getting the (Latitude) video and sound drivers from Dell for
> the i3000, running NT has never been a problem. The parallel port floppy
> connector worked just fine for installing (and reinstalling, and
> reinstalling) NT. It detected and used my PCMCIA cards (network/modem,
> SCSI, flash RAM, WebCam, etc) just fine without 3rd party drivers. True,
> I wish NT4 supported power management, but even with SoftEx drivers, my
> PCMCIA network card didn't support suspend, so I got used to shutting
> down before I got on the train and restarting at home.
>
> The i7000 dual-boots between Win98 (for DVD and games, mostly) and NT
> Server (for work). I did need to use SoftEx PCMCIA drivers for this
> machine, as it couldn't detect the cards otherwise. SP4 has been just
> fine on this. The only noticeable weirdness has to do with dual-booting.
> I can't restart from Win98 into WinNT without fully shutting down, or NT
> will blue-screen on startup. If I cold boot into NT it's fine. A warm
> boot from NT to 98 is OK though.
>
> Anyone who wants help on putting NT onto one of these is welcome to
> email me.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Chris Randall, MCT MCSD MCSE
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 8:24 AM
> Subject: Windows NT on Inspiron 3200
>
> >
> >Hi! I'm new to the list and I was curious if anyone was running
> >Windows NT 4.0 on their Inspiron 3200? I am currently running
> >RedHat 5.2 and Windows 95. I'd like to do some development that
> >requires Windows NT on my Inspiron but based on my experiences
> >with Latitudes and NT I'm hesitant to mess with my favorite
> >laptop.
> >
>
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