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Old December 7th 04, 02:21 PM
HH
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Real helpful answer there. Actually there are some differences other than
price, mainly in the areas of network security and operations. However,
personally, I've found XP Home to fill all my needs and have never had the
urge topay more for Pro. As I noted, Home is perfectly satisfactory for the
vast majority of home users. Some people have aparanoia about it and think
XP Pro is needed when in truth it is not for most of us.
HH

"Gale Ann" wrote in message
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50 dollars ;-)

"Anon" wrote in message
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What's the difference between home and pro editions? --Greg--


"HH" wrote in message
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Is Pro mandatory? XP Home suffices for 90% of all non-commercial users.
You can get XP Home OEM full installs from several places for $99. Pro

is
$50 more.
HH

"Anon" wrote in message
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You have been very helpful. I was able to install a hardware
pushbutton
switch and mount wires to the front panel connector. There were two

pins
that said RST, I tried it and it worked fine.

Thanks again for the help. Now if I only knew where to get my hands on

a
full install copy of XP Pro cheap!! --Greg--


"HH" wrote in message
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I see no reference to any connector pins on the motherboard for a
hardware reset switch. Likely not supported. The link to the

Maintenance
& Service (M&S) Guide for the 7000US is he

http://www.compaq.com/athome/support/msgs/7PL313-7001/

HH



"Anon" wrote in message
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Thanks for the response, How can I add a reset switch to the

computer?
I know that I can add it to the case, bit can the motherboard
accommodate a push button reset switch?

Also, how and where can I get a dos boot floppy? --Greg--



"HH" wrote in message
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With your 80GB HD, I'd definitely go NTFS for the file system. Just
get a DOS boot floppy with FDISK and run it, setting up one primary
active partition, then boot with your XP install CD and go from

there.
XP drivers for the 7000US can be found he


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...cc =us&os=228

Oh each DIMM slot can handle up to a 256MB Single Density DIMM, for

a
max RAM of 768MB. I'd recommend 512MB as a minimum for XP.

HH


"Anon" wrote in message
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I just received a Presario 7000US from my sister and it appears
that
it is working basically ok. There are numerous errors in the
Windows
ME operating system and I have decided to simply install XP
professional from scratch instead of trying to repair the old OS.

It arrived with one 128MB stick of memory and I have since

installed
another stick of 256MB so now I have a 384MB total. The system

(both
bios and OS) seems to recognize this correctly.

Unfortunately, it only boots now in 'safe' mode with this
corrupted
OS. If I let it boot in regular mode, the mouse becomes non
functional so I can only boot it up in safe mode.

What are the steps/sequences necessary (Fdisk, format??) to
completely start from scratch and install XP pro? What type of
file
system is recommended to install with XP pro?

Any other complications I should know about before I start to
undertake this job?

Also, the system does not have a restart switch built into the

case.
Can the motherboard accommodate a restart switch?? --Greg--























 




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