New processor? - Page 3

divine · 28-01-2010, 20:42

Buy an SSD

Nutcase · 28-01-2010, 21:21

Yeah... maybe next week

Going round in circles now, enabled VT in the BIOS and the poxy detection program just keeps saying it's not enabled

Gonna try and install virtual xp anyway...

Nutcase · 28-01-2010, 21:50

Nope

Any thoughts? All the VT and VA options are enabled in the BIOS but no luck

Nutcase · 28-01-2010, 22:00

Any thoughts? How about I'm an idiot! I didn't read the bit in the BIOS about having to cycle the power before it would come into effect. Switched it right off and on again, and we're there

edit: Hurrah for hours of updates etc. :/

divine · 28-01-2010, 22:55

Go and sit in the corner, your dunce hat will be here shortly

Stan_Lite · 29-01-2010, 06:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutcase

Any thoughts? How about I'm an idiot! I didn't read the bit in the BIOS about having to cycle the power before it would come into effect. Switched it right off and on again, and we're there

edit: Hurrah for hours of updates etc. :/

D'oh

That's the worst bit of a new install, doing the ****ing updates and installing all the stuff you need. Especially nowadays with Windows 7 being so much quicker to install than previous Windows versions. Twenty minutes to install Windows 7 and two hours to install programs and updates etc.

Dymetrie · 29-01-2010, 18:56

I found this a few months ago.

Looks like a nice little idea to make installing standard programs nice and easy after a fresh install

Nutcase · 31-01-2010, 10:10

Interesting

Although probably the only stuff installed on this virtual xp is all the windows updates and a couple of old Saab progs that are too obscure for that

Might be usefull for if I ever have to do a reinstall of 7

Admiral Huddy · 02-02-2010, 17:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dymetrie

I found this a few months ago.

Looks like a nice little idea to make installing standard programs nice and easy after a fresh install

Used this a lot

dead handy.

Service packs would be handy but it breaks Windows licensing - apparently.

Nutcase · 08-06-2010, 19:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nutcase

Previously:

Now:

Processor: 7.2
RAM 7.2
Aero Graphics 6.8
Gaming Graphics 6.8
HDD 5.9

First time I re-ran it there was no change!

Now how to get that HDD up to speed?

Quote:

Originally Posted by divine

Buy an SSD

Now:

Processor: 7.2
RAM 7.2
Aero Graphics 6.8
Gaming Graphics 6.8
HDD 6.8

Put one of these in

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kingston-SSD.../ref=de_a_smtd

Slightly slower than the V+ version, but was £40 cheaper at the time!

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Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Yeah... maybe next week Going round in circles now, enabled VT in the BIOS and the poxy detection program just keeps saying it's not enabled Gonna try and install virtual xp anyway... Last edited by Nutcase; 28-01-2010 at 21:24.

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Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Any thoughts? How about I'm an idiot! I didn't read the bit in the BIOS about having to cycle the power before it would come into effect. Switched it right off and on again, and we're there edit: Hurrah for hours of updates etc. :/ Last edited by Nutcase; 28-01-2010 at 22:37.

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divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Go and sit in the corner, your dunce hat will be here shortly __________________

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Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Nope Any thoughts? All the VT and VA options are enabled in the BIOS but no luck

31-01-2010, 10:10	#28
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Interesting Although probably the only stuff installed on this virtual xp is all the windows updates and a couple of old Saab progs that are too obscure for that Might be usefull for if I ever have to do a reinstall of 7