Another hassle . . .

[pfgpowell]

Thanks for the replies about the nVidia graphics card. I sorted that
out by re-installing XP, but this time XP home, which I bought on eBay
a while back. Now it wporks a treat.

BUT I now have another very curious problem. Or rather two: first off,
although my speakers are connected, via a simple quarter-inch jack, to
the Dell Ibought, I get no sound and the PC reports 'no sound device'.
Also, although I had no trouble connecting to the net via an ethernet
broadband connection before re-imstaling XP (albeit Home), now (since
XP home was installed) the Dell rpeorts that there is no LAN
connection. This is stupid becuase there was before when I was running
the Dell with XP Office (it came pre-installed) and I have made no
changes apart from re-installing the OS. So what gives? As I said
before I am used to Macs, but not PCs. Please help and advise, Patrck.

 

[Jim]

Thanks for the replies about the nVidia graphics card. I sorted that
out by re-installing XP, but this time XP home, which I bought on eBay
a while back. Now it wporks a treat.

BUT I now have another very curious problem. Or rather two: first off,
although my speakers are connected, via a simple quarter-inch jack, to
the Dell Ibought, I get no sound and the PC reports 'no sound device'.
Also, although I had no trouble connecting to the net via an ethernet
broadband connection before re-imstaling XP (albeit Home), now (since
XP home was installed) the Dell rpeorts that there is no LAN
connection. This is stupid becuase there was before when I was running
the Dell with XP Office (it came pre-installed) and I have made no
changes apart from re-installing the OS. So what gives? As I said
before I am used to Macs, but not PCs. Please help and advise, Patrck.

You are a long way from being done.

"no sound device" means that you haven't installed the drivers.
You get them from the Dell driver disk (a separate CD)

"no LAN" means that you haven't run the Network Setup Wizard.


You see, reinstalling XP cleaned out everything. Thus, you must reinstall
Microsoft Office.

Jim

 

[pfgpowell]

(With relief) thanks, that's sorted it out. Installed drivers and now
everything is hunky-dory.
PP