<help!> Need help with HP Vectra

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed Sep 27 15:36:19 2000

>>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"

>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 more of a w98 sees a "chip" it recognizes and assumes its a card, not
some onboard stuff that is half proprietary HP. Remove the Hp software and
it locks up, crashes, GPF, etc. and then its "safe mode" until you have the
HP software restored, which for a bit meant "Recovery CD" wiping everything
(now I am a little smarter and know how to grab single items".

Rather than saddle my K6-2 366 Voodoo3 system with old bit map DOS
programs, I think I will rely on my hoard of vintage systems where DOS is
native.
Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 15:36:19 BST