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XP problems - Can you help me fix em?
Timoe:
Any tips on how to work the Red files?
headkaze:
If your machine is XP Home edition use the DefaultHomeAll.reg and for Pro edition use the DefaultProAll.reg. All you do is double click the reg file and say yes to the question to adding the info to the registry. That should set your services back to default settings. The zip archive also includes his settings for Safe, Super and Gaming settings (read the BV site to get more detail to what these are). You can use the reg files to try out the different settings until your system runs stable. Saves you going through each service and setting it manually.
After you run the reg file it's probably best to reboot your machine.
jcrouse:
--- Quote from: spystyle on September 17, 2006, 09:31:06 pm ---My favorite way to fix XP is to format the hard drive and install 2K :)
--- End quote ---
That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Well, not really, but pretty close.
John
Havok:
Actually, I would do a system restore - easiest way back. Click Start, then Run, type msconfig. Click Launch System Restore. Click Next, select the date on the calendar to before you made the changes, click Next, and let the machine reboot. Those changes should be reversed after it restarts.
Try that with 2000!!
Good luck...
spystyle:
--- Quote from: jcrouse on September 18, 2006, 08:19:37 am ---
--- Quote from: spystyle on September 17, 2006, 09:31:06 pm ---My favorite way to fix XP is to format the hard drive and install 2K :)
--- End quote ---
That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Well, not really, but pretty close.
John
--- End quote ---
It may sound stupid to you, but I have been fixing computers for home users for years, and if I don't make the computers "bullet proof" they "boomerang" back to me and I lose allot of time.
I found that people who used XP, AOL, and MS Internet Explorer had the worst trouble. Dell's software suite is full of junk too.
The software I install now has them running rock solid, I install the following:
Windows 2000 SP4 with updates
ACDSee classic picture viewer
Avast antivirus
Disk Keeper lite defragmentor
FireFox web browser
SpyBot spyware remover and immunizer
WinRAR to zip and unzip
WinAmp media player with Klite codec pack
Nero 6 for burning disks
TCP IP Optimizer
DirectX9
VBR
Java
Adobe reader
PowerDVD
Paint Shop pro
That's what keeps my customers up and running. Happy and productive.
I'm not trying to start an "OS war" - he asked "can you help me fix XP" and I answered. I know how frustrating it can be when the computer dosen't work.
Cheers,
Craig
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