Hi folks…
Am sure someone can help me with all of this… though the last point may not relate to software…
I’ve just formatted my PC for the 5th time in the year (partly to have a clean slate) and each time, I’ve put in Win XP Pro. My PC is a PIII 550mhz, 512 cache, 384MB Ram, 15 + 6 GB Hardisks, a TNT Riva 32MB, Graphics card, …
This time, I’d like to install just whats necessary and would like to know …
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Is the installation of Directx 9 really necessary? Not really a gamer (well… I’m 37 and dont play these kinda Computer games
) but my son plays some of those games that Id on’t think is really graphics intensive… Mostly free ware stuff as I really can’t afford paying for games that outgrow the kids at the pace they grow.
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Do I really need to have the latest Graphics drivers or are the ones that come with XP Pro sufficient? Oh… one problem I have here is that at statup, I see the card shown as 32MB, but when it gets to the OS, it only shows as 16. Put in the latest drivers… and makes no diff… Read somewhere that the RIVA does have this problem with XP.
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Is there a way I can get rid of the Movie Maker… want to remove all the garbage…
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Ok… this does not relate to Software… Like I mentioned earlier, I’ve got 2 hardisks. Each have 2 partitions… After the last format, I get the 2 partitions of the first disk showing as dirves C & E and that of the second disk D & F. Why is this the case? I mean, should it not appear logically as C & D and then E & F for Disk 1 and Disk 2 respectively? Is there a way I can get it back to how it was and should be viz C&D and E&F?
Will really appreciate help.
Cheerios