Re: WinXP Updates

Posted on 2024-11-08, 14:31

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by KT7AGuy

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Robbbert wrote on 2024-11-08, 14:26: Some people claim to have it working, but I have my doubts. I agree. I finished my updates and disabled both Automatic Updates and its related service. There's no reason to enable it or run it anymore.

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Re: WinXP Updates

Posted on 2024-11-08, 13:29

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by KT7AGuy

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I've never had a problem with SP3. I slipstreamed SP3 into my installer ISOs when it came out and never ran SP2, SP1, or RTM ever again.

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Re: WinXP Updates

Posted on 2024-11-08, 12:44

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by KT7AGuy

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I finished building my VM. It turns out that my collection of WinXP updates was almost complete. I was only missing kb4500331. I determined this by first building my VM with the updates I had, then comparing it against some of the WSUS Offline collections available on archive.org. kb4500331 was the …

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Re: "Setup could not detect any Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on your System."

Posted on 2024-11-05, 13:06

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by KT7AGuy

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Damn, i got the same problem. Today my Audigy ZS 2 Platinum Pro came with dock. Installation CD do not see my soundcard. :( My model is SB0360. This is devastating. Time to keep re reeading complete post, and if i could not make it work, i`ll ask for further help to make it work. What a bummer. :( …

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Re: WinXP Updates

Posted on 2024-11-01, 13:00

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by KT7AGuy

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Thank you all for your tips and ideas. Fortune abounds as I have found a WSUS Offline copy for both WinXP and Office 2003 that I literally made on April 8th, 2014 . Apparently I was thinking ahead at the time. What good luck! Even better luck would have been to make it sometime in 2019, but alas, …

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WinXP Updates

Posted on 2024-10-31, 18:40

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by KT7AGuy

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I just started building a WinXP Pro VM in VirtualBox. This is the first WinXP build I've started since ~2016. Windows Update, Microsoft Update, and Automatic Updates don't work anymore. Huh. How about that? Fortunately, I saved copies of all the updates that were being pulled down from the updater …

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2024-08-07, 03:22

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by KT7AGuy

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3D Printing is also a valid solution. If I had that resource available to me, my response may have been different. I'm old and stuck (see what I did there?) in my ways.

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Re: Show us your retro computer cases

Posted on 2024-08-07, 02:38

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by KT7AGuy

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The white plastic fan casing at the bottom also broke off in transit (I guess plastic gets brittle with age) so I had to secure it with twist-ties. The careful application of two-part epoxy can repair and reinforce brittle old plastic. Go very slow. A little goes a long way. Start slow. Use …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2024-07-28, 05:57

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by KT7AGuy

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Good grief. No WinXP box needs a 970 or 980. I'm pretty sure they won't even work without some fuckery. I send more props to lordmogul for being practical, reasonable, responsible, and legit. Their response truly answered the question re: Best WinXP Video Card across all categories and concerns. …

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Re: Best WinXP Video Card

Posted on 2024-07-28, 01:01

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by KT7AGuy

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lordmogul wrote on 2024-07-28, 00:47: QFT

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Re: Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs for Retro Gaming

Posted on 2024-07-27, 06:07

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by KT7AGuy

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Is it possible to restore dual boot functionality with Win9x at all? For instance using fixboot /mbr from an XP CD? What does this have to do with WinXP FLPC in any way? Why are you posting in this thread? Mods: it may be time to lock this thread and merge betamax80's post with this one: https:// …

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Re: Windows 95 setup guide for the 2020's

Posted on 2024-07-01, 15:40

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by KT7AGuy

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Some games like Quake also don’t play well on 486/5x86 This is not entirely accurate. I originally played Quake when it was new on an AMD 486DX4/120 without a Voodoo card or other 3D hardware renderer. It ran just fine. Of course I ran it under DOS, not Win95, so that may have been the difference?

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Re: 3D Positional Surround Sound

Posted on 2024-06-16, 06:43

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by KT7AGuy

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This post is a correction and retraction. Just in case anybody new encounters this thread, Phil had already documented and explained these features here: https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/how-to-correct-settings-to-ensure-positional-surround-sound-over-headphones.844394/ https://web.archive …

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Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Posted on 2024-04-22, 18:19

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by KT7AGuy

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Dhigan wrote on 2024-04-22, 14:34: How about using racks ? That's so funny! At one time, I actually implemented this idea using that same exact rack system, except mine was white. I can't remember why I stopped doing that. I seem to recall that it worked well.

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Re: What Is the Best Way to Creating a Windows XP/98 Dual Booting Environment?

Posted on 2024-04-19, 20:33

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by KT7AGuy

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I definitely had problems with XP on the D: drive and 98 on the C: drive with some installers. Most software handles it just fine, but not all of it. I don't want software I install in Windows XP messing with my 98SE install, hence the "complicated" solution without ntldr. Agreed, 100%, totally, …

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Re: Your most shitty motherboard?

Posted on 2024-03-14, 21:56

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by KT7AGuy

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I suppose I've been pretty lucky. Some bad systems I've encountered: IBM ThinkPad T23 - The Worst! They have a bad habit of components on the bottom of the system board spontaneously breaking free of their solder joints. I have observed this failure in at least eight of these laptops. It is a …

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Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-10, 22:41

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by KT7AGuy

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Hey sorry for the long delay work stuff but had another question about this ThinkCentre if it is a BTX system would a modern PSU work with it? or do i need a special type of PSU? NotSure.jpg I am now curious along with you. I never replaced the PSU in my Dell T3400 because I never felt a need to do …

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Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-09, 05:42

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by KT7AGuy

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTX_(form_factor)

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Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-08, 16:16

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by KT7AGuy

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It looks like your M52 is a BTX system. Am I seeing that right? If so, how cool! I've got a Dell Precision T3400 that is BTX as well. I always thought this design was superior to ATX and never understood why it didn't catch on.

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Re: Hello again! I'm back from the abyss of the Internet with a new project called the $25 IBM ThinkCentre PC

Posted on 2024-03-07, 22:11

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by KT7AGuy

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The ABIT KT7A, my namesake, is the poster-child of the capacitor plague. Yep, I'm well aware of it. Chris Passalacqua over at BadCaps.net has earned plenty of my cash over the years. I highly recommend his services if you have an affected PC that you want to preserve. His service is expensive, but …

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