<help!> Need help with HP Vectra

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tue Sep 26 17:51:32 2000

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
>I'm using W98, but I have the patch (or a speed related patch anyway).
>Lesson one for me was "carefully" make note of ALL the stinkin patches,


Yes! Also check out 98lite on the net. Take a few files from w95, a w98
cdrom(SR2!) and use that to script an install for a really nice fast W98
system.

>The KILLER though for a Pavillion at least, is that W98 always thinks
its
>stuff is the best, so if you redetect some hardware it will "SAY"
whatever
>it has is the "BEST". So many microseconds after the HP specific driver
>gets replaced you lockup and get to pursue manually restoring stuff in
safe
>mode.


That can be turned of and it helps to remove the offending files. Msot
of the
however they are better from a robustness stand point even if they are
slower and less feature laden.

>Its actually really stinking just how well this system is running right
>now. Everything I toss at it, and its been a loading testing frenzy of
>boxes of old games, has worked just fine EXCEPT some of the really old
DOS


Getting some dos stuff to run is a matter of setting up the properties
some
to make them happy. I've run Gcadd6.1 (DOS!) under w3.1, W95, W98
and it runs killer under WinNT4 and I was told impossible.

Allison
Received on Tue Sep 26 2000 - 17:51:32 BST