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Originally posted by Null
2. If memory serves me correctly. and this is kinda a Guess...... 1 of 2 possiblities...
A. When you setup the network Right click 'my network places' -> properties -> on the left side shoudl be setup small or home network. After doing that... or during it gives the option of Making something or rather 'Network Setup Disk' to run it on PC's not running XP (kinda a setup thing i guess) not sure cuz i never did it and now all the PC's in my network run XP anyway.
B. Might be that damned XP Firewall. We have to turn that firewall off to play Games over the network. which is right click on the network inside your 'my network places' > properties > advanced.
However A might be the better choice if ya want the little firewall on.
Then again Neither of these might not work...... Its just a guess or some ideas hehe.
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I'm about to try the thing XP tells me do to do on other OS's again, so I'll get back on that. And I don't think it was the firewall, because it wasn't even on =D, but I'm glad you mentioned it because it seems like a good thing to have on.
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Originally posted by gekko
1. win XP automatically creates an administrator account. Don't use that, use one you created with administrator permissions.
2. Have you checked the settings on the other computers? Then need to share the files before you can touch them.
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1. Thanks
2. I'm pretty sure the non-XP computer is set up to share right. It's been configured to share everything, and other non-XP computers pretty much automatically connect to the network and are able to access other computers, they just need to connect to our "Home" workgroup.
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Originally posted by The_Dunadan
congratulations! i'm working on building mine. i'm still stuck on which cpu to get. i think i'm going to go the amd rout, though it may not be as fast as the pentium, it only falls behind by a little and is much cheaper.
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I thought long and hard on which processor I should buy, but since I'm going to college this coming school year and most likely I won't be able to buy a new computer for at least four years, I thought I'd get the best (or close to it) right now so hopefully it will last longer.
Though the AMD price almost changed my mind..
Though I think the P4's are much easier to install than the AMD's because they come with the thermal grease already on them (at least I hope that was the grease on mine
), and I've heard they're so good about keeping the temperature down that you don't need thermal grease.
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Originally posted by Null
from my experience... AMD's suck. i had nothign but troubles with the damn thing when i had it. I even had a GFX card that wouldnt run worth **** on it.......... once i put in a P4 the gfx card worked beautifuly.
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My computer before I built this one worked perfectly with an AMD, and of course obviously they work often otherwise AMD would be dead. But it wasn't perfect the first month I had it, nothing worked right; but I think there was some conflict between the motherboard and some other part. Or maybe yours was overheating? That can cause erratic behaviour. That, or fry the metal. =D
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Originally posted by apu
so wut video card is it?????
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PNY GeForce4 Ti4200 64MB. Got it for $170, $30 less than the regular price and it is very powerful for what I'm doing now. Though the real reason I went cheap was because I heard the GeForce5 is coming out in the fall
, and I didn't want to spend too much.
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