I installed drivers from the manufacturers, not dell drivers.  I replaced a lot of stuff, and the Dell drivers were way out of date anyway.  I won't buy another Dell, but when the need arises I'll build what I want. I should donate the dell to a charity.




Hugh Vandervoort <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Did you use the Resource disk to install the drivers?
>Take a look in Control Panel for any yellow entries.
>
>
>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>> I have the same question about Dell computers.  I put a new HD on a 2001 Dell Dimension 8200 with Win XP Pro
>
>  (I used a Dell OEM XP Pro CD), and it never ran right after that.  It
>is the slowest running installation of XP
>
>  I have ever seen.  It boots, but slower than molasses in January.
>When I bought the computer it had Win Me on it.
>
>  The 8200 is now sitting in a closet gathering dust because no one
>could stand using it.
>
>  We timed the boot at nearly 15 minutes, and there wasn't that much
>software on the machine.
>
>  These proprietary machines must have some built-in self destruct
>mechanism if you remove their special partition.
>
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