A friend got a new laptop: the Dell 600m. Nice balance between the power of a desktop replacement & the lightweight portability of a road warrior. I have since retired from installing & configuring computers for friends, but this impressive piece of wireless (Centrino) technology was too sweet to pass up. Spent the last day & a half configuring it. Re-partitioned the 40-gig hard drive into: 16+12+12. The last partition (FAT32) is dedicated solely for Ghost images. Installed Windows XP Pro & all the programs to the first partition. The middle partition is dedicated for downloads, drivers, audio, video, graphics and non-program-related stuff. Seems like I'm coming out of a digital fog now. Only had one problem, where Windows wouldn't see/recognize a newly inserted CD. Racked my brain on that one. Finally found a fix here (after finding a clue here), which led me to edit a registry value (change from 0 to 1) for the Autorun key: ••• continued ••• HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom Description: I hate giving someone their computer and saying, "Here it is. It's all set up .. except for this one problem that I can't seem to fix." Soon as I finished installing the wireless network adapter, the laptop detected a stray signal, and asked me if I wanted to log-on to the mystery network. So I guess one of the neighbors has a wireless network installed. On a less geeky note, everyone here is excited about tonight's final episode of Sex and the City. We're going to a party where you dress as your favorite character. (I'm going as Aidan.) Sex and the City is *not* about sex. Rather it's about the idea that it's okay to be a single, professional woman, and the (comic) trials involved in trying to find love. Maybe not here in SoCal or NYC, but in many parts of the country, single women, who don't breed, are viewed as a waste of good oxygen and other environmental resources. This validation is why Sex and the City is such a hit with single, professional women. |
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My brother has that same problem. Never was able to fix it. Cannot install multi-CD programs/games. I'll send him the link.
Posted by: Adam at February 22, 2004 04:50 PM