Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:02:57 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] WinXP installation
From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tuesday 11 Mar 2003 3:50 am, Matthew Hanson wrote: > > * Pres wrote saying: "Setup.exe does not run in DOS mode. I had to > reinstall Win98SE just to install XP." > > Is this typical?
2k will work either way but really wants smartdrv running, or the file copying
is glacial. Sounds like it needs more than 640k to do the bootstrap. Loading
a minimum 98 first is not a bad idea, provided you have the cdrom drivers for
it.
CD-ROM drive? To install W98? I have the W98 installation directory on my D: partition. So I can either install W98 from there, or use a Ghost image I have. But the image has all of the Tosh and some other hardware drivers. Maybe just going with the basic W98 installation with nothing else might be better. Reason??? The CD-ROM drivers would be useful to install XP from Win98 though.
> * Tom Stangl wrote: "You're running XP on a glacial Libretto and you're > using backgrounds?? That's insane. Backgrounds chew up valuable RAM."
True. single colour background, not an image. An image takes up around a meg,
twice (once to paint it, once in a buffer while windows and suchlike move.
Really? I occasionally make a bmp graphic from photos I've taken or friends send me, and set it as a desktop graphic in W98. Have never tried testing the system's speed without it. Is it not as much of an issue in W98 as in XP?
> * drCursor wrote this about tweaking settings to speed up performance: "In
> System Properties > Advanced > Performance > Settings... It's the visual
> settings like if there is annimation in the menus, if there are drop
> shadows, transparencies, etc etc..."
Whoever thought they were a cool idea wants taking out to the back forty and
reintegrating with the environment. Lose'em.
I'm not quite sure how, but somehow 'm sure I'll find a way to manage life without them.
> If anyone has any suggestions for other tweaks to speed things up, that'd
> be very useful.
Er, install something other than MS bloatware?
Hey... It's like Harley Davidsons UK/Europeans seem to be so infatuated with! Big, heavy and loud, like much else from the US, such as tourists. ;-P
> And I've forgotten about CPUIdle, Waterfall, and Neil's favorite tiny CPU
> idling software, amnHLT. With the L100 CPU clicked from 166 up to 266, I'm
> definatley going to be needing one of those in the heat of the summer.
I don't think so - W2K and it's descendents actually have an idle cycle that
stops the processor as amnHLT do.
Okay... Good to know. Thanks for the tips Neil.
Matt
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