A
Alex Chapin
I recently upgraded, installing some of my old hardware
onto a new Intell 865g motherboard and a intel p4 2.8
ghz. I bought a Serial ATA HDD to install Windows XP on
and was finally able to reconfigure the Bios so I could
boot Windows from the SATA.
My first question is, can anybody tell me the bios
configuration that make windows load faster? currently I
get about 10 seconds of the intel screen, 12-25 seconds
of a black screen and 12-15 seconds of the windows load
screen before the welcome screen shows up...
My next question is, is it normal for three folders with
labels
like "aeaec889b75043b7ecf5471b84961", "e441083c4187c188da9
192a081", and "fde" to appear in the system root
directory, each containing folders labeled "SP1"
with "update" in that and then a setup file and
a "spcustom.dll" file in them...can I delete these? Are
these a sign of a some secutiry threat?
Finally, After getting windows relatively well setup I
restarted my computer and windows decided it need to
check the file system of drive D, a 200 gig Hdd(ide) that
I had just reformatted, so naturally there should be
nothing wrong with it...
I'm getting really pissed off here, since Microsoft
refuses to help me, because My windows came with my dell,
and dell refuses to help me, because I'm no longer under
warranty...
onto a new Intell 865g motherboard and a intel p4 2.8
ghz. I bought a Serial ATA HDD to install Windows XP on
and was finally able to reconfigure the Bios so I could
boot Windows from the SATA.
My first question is, can anybody tell me the bios
configuration that make windows load faster? currently I
get about 10 seconds of the intel screen, 12-25 seconds
of a black screen and 12-15 seconds of the windows load
screen before the welcome screen shows up...
My next question is, is it normal for three folders with
labels
like "aeaec889b75043b7ecf5471b84961", "e441083c4187c188da9
192a081", and "fde" to appear in the system root
directory, each containing folders labeled "SP1"
with "update" in that and then a setup file and
a "spcustom.dll" file in them...can I delete these? Are
these a sign of a some secutiry threat?
Finally, After getting windows relatively well setup I
restarted my computer and windows decided it need to
check the file system of drive D, a 200 gig Hdd(ide) that
I had just reformatted, so naturally there should be
nothing wrong with it...
I'm getting really pissed off here, since Microsoft
refuses to help me, because My windows came with my dell,
and dell refuses to help me, because I'm no longer under
warranty...