madboy33 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Nellie in a couple of hours will be an XP'er and not a 98se'rgood luck nellsfrom the madboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 yeah well either that or I will disappear into the XP ether.............never to be seen again. :( Would ya miss me??? No on second thoughts don't answer that. :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 you dont need luck nel as its a breeze and your well prepare,madboy will do a remote with you later on :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 madboy will do a remote with you later on :lol:Will that hurt??? :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 no nel you wont feel a thing :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Its a very small remote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Yoo hoo!!!!!Well I survived and I did it all by myself..... :) well, not strictly true, I had a little help from my friends...well a lot really but don't tell them that or they will get big heads!!!! Thankyou friends....you know who you are. ;) Anyone who has been following my ramblings over the last few months will know that I have been undecided over whether to upgrade or not. I was comfortable with W98, I knew what to do if it went wrong and it was like an old friend to me.I have had a lot of help and advice from the members here at Windows Forum...both from members who said 'yes go for it' and also from members who weren't too keen on XP. That helped me make an informed decision and also made me look very carefully at what I intended to do and how I was going to do it.I have been given good advice when I asked for it and no-one as berated me for being thick...(even if they thought it!!! :D )So once again, thanks to all the members here....I wouldn't have taken the plunge without you.I must dash as I am committing the terrible sin of being on the internet without any protection, so I must load some software now...and have a peek and a fiddle with my settings. love you all. Nellie2 :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madboy33 Posted May 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 well done nellie :D :D LIKE IT???????????????????? XP that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 yes thought you would have no probs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shirley_Crabtree Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 I was comfortable with W98, I knew what to do if it went wrong and it was like an old friend to me.But the beauty of XP is that it rarely goes wrong...and when it does it sorts itself out.....no more bsod....ever!I hope you enjoy your XP experience Nellie2.Cheers.Shirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LB Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 welcome to the XP club nell, now you're in you'll never want to leave (until longhorn that is!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 welcome.. to the real world ;) ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Oh I'll tell you what I have had great fun today exploring and fiddling and I probably haven't even scratched the surface.Where did scandisk go though?????And what happened to my little icon that used to bring up the desktop when I clicked on it???? No doubt I will find a few more things but right now it is brill.............and so quick too!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Calcutta Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 right click the hard drive in my computer and click properties under the tools tab u should find scan disk under error checking.. and are you talking about "show desktop" ? make sure the "quick launch " tool bar is ticked :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Oh thank you Prince.... I have my desktop button back again. :) I find that so useful... I also found the scandisk thing as well ta very much. I have set it to scan next time I launch windows... I am a bit of a scandisk nut on the quiet!!! <_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 not really needed in xp nel,by the way it will run chkdisk not scandisk :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Probably habit Ellas... I used to scandisk regularly, once every couple of days...just to keep things sweet.I just did another test at the pit and I STILL have problems with my C drive needing defragging, I thought I would have sorted all of that out with the re-format.....sigh!!!http://www.pcpitstop.com/techexpress.asp?i...N1HJWHZM00S139B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Your system will be fragmented after installing XP Nel and will need defragging.You don't really need to run Scandisk (chkdisk) either, you'll soon lose some of those 98se habits :) Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 I checked the analyse thingy on the disk and it said it was ok...so I'll leave it until XP tells me to do it. The system is working fine...in fact it is flying right now, even with my old 900mhz processor...as far as 98 habits go.... well, I don't want to get complacent it never hurt to be careful! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 900mhz :( bragging eh ;) Just cos yours is bigger than mine :blink: ....and a 14GB hard drive is plenty big enough for me as well :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Oh..........well before we know it we will have everyone whipping theirs out to compare so that we can find out who has the biggest...processor!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 You don't really realise how good it is, until you've had it for a few month's, and it suddenly dawns on you that you've stopped thinking about your OS and just got on with it....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inprofile Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 If you need some tips/tweaks/help Nellie. ;) http://www.rdisruption.com/xp/xpindex.htmhttp://www.kellys-korner-xp.com./xp.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nellie2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Thanks Inprofile... so far I have had all the help I need from my mates here but I will put them in my favourites and peruse them at my leisure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 And unless you do something silly XP is almost crashproof once set up correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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