-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:33:34 -0400
Fun time, good learning experience and excellent outcome. You can't beat
that at all! lol
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400
> Turns out it was just a really messed up Windows XP. After I finally
> managed
> to get my own software on there (as the USB was completely not working, as
> drivers would not install for NOTHING), we realized that he did indeed
> have
> some nasty stuff on the system.
>
> I had already tried the Ethernet card replacement, as well as other
> systems
> on that specific JACK to make sure it wasn't the JACK... as well as
> putting
> that system on another JACK altogether, still no go. I usually have all my
> tools on both USB sticks AND CDs AND DVDs. However, I took the CD/DVD
> holder
> out of my work bag a few nights before and forgot to replace it. Hence, no
> way to install and run tools using the USB... which WAS enable, btw, in
> the
> bios.
>
> Since I left the job site only to come back and dominate yet another day,
> I
> then came back with the tools on DVD, which of course changed the whole
> story. However, the only fix was a complete reinstall and reinstallation
> of
> the office financial-specific software. Tool all freakin' day, but worth
> it
> when at the end of the day the guy says to me, "I'll probably have you do
> some regular maintenance jobs on my workstations."
> :o)
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ SirTroth
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