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I bought a computer from someone online.
Mistake? Perhaps, but the specs were good (I thought) and the price
was good.
Intel duo core, 4 gigs of ram, dvd burner, 640 gig harddrive and 160
gig harddrive, also a 512 meg gforce video card. I was also told the
motherboard is one of the latest ones out there.
I got the computer and used my copy of Windows XP Professional (I
think its XP Pro with service pack 1)
I installed it, but did not run windows update yet. My internet at
home is currently down, and I wont be able to get back to the computer
for a week or so.
But I noticed 4 strange things, I hope someone can help me out with
their thoughts on the cause/fix of these problems:
1. When I open up windows explorer (my computer/my documents/etc) and
then try to drag the window, it moves VERY jerkily. Like when you have
a ton of processes running and the computer slows to a crawl.
** I think this is due to the video card driver, and once I run
Windows Update and get updated drivers it will fix this.
2. I right clicked on My Computer and choose properties.
It said I have 2.75 gigs of ram.
** I think this is due to service pack 1...maybe service pack 1 has a
3 gig limit? Maybe once I run windows update, it will show 4 gigs.
3. I did not plug my speakers in...but I went to add the sound
(control panels -> Sound & Audio Devices) to my task bar, and it said
I had no audio devices installed. Everything was greyed out.
** Again, I think once I update windows, it will take care of this
problem. (he told me the motherboard has 7.1 audio ability)
4. When I went to install XP, I choose "Format and install" so the 160
gig drive was formatted. Once XP started up, I formatted (fully) the
640 gig drive also.
But Everytime I try booting up the computer it gives me an option of
booting using XP Pro or XP Home.
Which is very strange since I fully formatted both harddrives.
I have no idea why it thinks XP Home is there. Any ideas?
Thanks
Mistake? Perhaps, but the specs were good (I thought) and the price
was good.
Intel duo core, 4 gigs of ram, dvd burner, 640 gig harddrive and 160
gig harddrive, also a 512 meg gforce video card. I was also told the
motherboard is one of the latest ones out there.
I got the computer and used my copy of Windows XP Professional (I
think its XP Pro with service pack 1)
I installed it, but did not run windows update yet. My internet at
home is currently down, and I wont be able to get back to the computer
for a week or so.
But I noticed 4 strange things, I hope someone can help me out with
their thoughts on the cause/fix of these problems:
1. When I open up windows explorer (my computer/my documents/etc) and
then try to drag the window, it moves VERY jerkily. Like when you have
a ton of processes running and the computer slows to a crawl.
** I think this is due to the video card driver, and once I run
Windows Update and get updated drivers it will fix this.
2. I right clicked on My Computer and choose properties.
It said I have 2.75 gigs of ram.
** I think this is due to service pack 1...maybe service pack 1 has a
3 gig limit? Maybe once I run windows update, it will show 4 gigs.
3. I did not plug my speakers in...but I went to add the sound
(control panels -> Sound & Audio Devices) to my task bar, and it said
I had no audio devices installed. Everything was greyed out.
** Again, I think once I update windows, it will take care of this
problem. (he told me the motherboard has 7.1 audio ability)
4. When I went to install XP, I choose "Format and install" so the 160
gig drive was formatted. Once XP started up, I formatted (fully) the
640 gig drive also.
But Everytime I try booting up the computer it gives me an option of
booting using XP Pro or XP Home.
Which is very strange since I fully formatted both harddrives.
I have no idea why it thinks XP Home is there. Any ideas?
Thanks