Why do all my PC problems seem to be caused by Microsoft products?

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Sat May 27, 2006 5:39 pm

heh... i had some fun with computers last week too!

I started the day by wiping windows and installing RedHat Fedora Core 5 (but i burned recovery discs first!). I couldn't find drivers for my laptop's hardware so i put windows XP pro on it. well, XP pro didn't come with drivers for my hardware either, and HPs driver download site was not working for me.. so i popped in the recovery discs and 3 hours later i find out that the recovery discs made a boo-boo, and i couldn't get into windows because the program that actually loads windows was missing (ntldr). So i wait a few horus and download Windows MCE, thinking it'd be fine. wrong. i install that and try to get drivers for it... blah! The next morning i did the recovery discs again and now everything is find.

so, the moral of this storey is: DON'T FCK WITH LAPTOPS! :P

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sat May 27, 2006 6:01 pm

should've asked me for help Chris :)

first:
slipstream SP2 onto the XP CD so SP2 is installed with XP.
Then go to:
http://www.autopatcher.com/
get autopatcher for XP
run it
THEN do live updates for the 3 or 4 you missed. Autopatcher is updated monthly.
Use Microsoft Updater and it'll handle the Office SP for you in the background.

Sat May 27, 2006 6:57 pm

Sweet!

I'm going to bookmark that site!!

This windows update crap has been pissing me off all day

Sat May 27, 2006 8:13 pm

OK, here is one I can't remember how to get rid of.

How do you remove Windows Messenger?
I had gotten rid of it before, but now I can't remember. I thought you had to go into the registry or something?

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:33 pm

Yep it sucks. Windows in general is a mess of work. Linux is great, but Windows is convenient for a lot of things, especially games.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Sat May 27, 2006 8:35 pm

GlassWolf, do you have a website that describes the slipstreaming process so I can burn the Windows install onto a cd?

Post by **GlassWolf** » Sun May 28, 2006 4:02 am

removing messenger:
for 4.7 autopatcher does it for you with a check box, or:
http://www.updatexp.com/disable-messenger-msn.html

slipstream Service packs into XP:
use:
http://www.nliteos.com/
or follow these instructions to do a straight slipstreaming:
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/wi ... stream.asp