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mike stanz <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:10:48 -0500
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simplicity.. you never said what the problem was, only that your wife
couldn't
do what she wanted. what does she want to do? once you explain this then
maybe someone could help find a solution.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:12 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  I'm continuing to have problems getting my wife's new computer to do
> any of the things she wants it to.  It's an ASUS CSM-series tower with
> an i5 or i7 CPU and nVidia video card.  It came with 64-bit Windows 7
> Home Premium pre-installed, which appears to be a major complicating
> factor.
>
>  At this point, I'm kind of looking to salvage value from our
> investment and hopefully wind up with something that can actually do
> what she needs it to.
>
>  An option that occurred to me last night is to partition the hard
> drive and install Windows XP and/or Ubuntu.  That assumes, of course,
> that I can find the necessary drivers from ASUS and nVidia, but will the
> CPU have any problem running a 32-bit OS?  Is there anything else I need
> to watch out for?
>
> (Yes, this is the machine I wanted Brother HL-630 drivers for.  Thanks
> to all who tried to help, but I've not managed to get any of the offered
> solutions to work.  That's one of the reasons for considering this
> alternative....)
>
> David Gillett
>
>
>
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