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Oct 20, 2001, 1:56am

1. Begin to install Windows XP RC2
2. Wait until the setup is about to begin, then quit.
3. Wait 2 weeks leaving the installer files on your machine.
4. Install Tribes 2 and tinker with your video card settings.

After 3 weeks your windows should only be able to boot 1 time per power-on
in 640x480 resolution with 16 colors in normal mode.

Steps to make it out for 2 weeks:
1. Take it to a shop that says it will be done in 1 week.
2. Wait the 2 weeks it takes for them to wait before doing it (while getting
bumped down from 2nd to 3rd on the list).
3. Take it home after paying $30 to hear you need to reformat.

Steps to wear out your hard drive:
1. Reformat, install windows, and it will be screwed because your drivers
suck with DirectX (goddamn DDHELP FAULTS!)
2. Reformat, put NIC drivers on first. Try to update video card drivers from
the net after installing them. Get DDHELP FAULT when trying to update them.
4. Use crappy computer for a week.
5. Delete the partition, format it manually, install windows, install NIC
drivers, download latest standard ATI drivers, download dx 8.0a, install
drivers, install DX 8.0a, presto.

Now my computer works. I can use AW and play Half Life. I am happy :D


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My Motto: If something is wrong with your computer, tell me what it is and
I'll give you 3 ways to make it stop working.

Oct 20, 2001, 4:26pm

It's your fault for not knowing how a computer works. I see these things all
the time at work.

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Oct 20, 2001, 4:55pm

what kind of education have you got? you probably haven't got any in the
domain of electronics, so you're probably clueless to how a computer works.

KAH

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Oct 20, 2001, 5:26pm

Personally I found that story quite amusing. ;)

SW Chris

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Oct 20, 2001, 8:23pm

LOL LMFAO hahaha...

very cute

do you even HAVE any electronics there in norway?

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Oct 20, 2001, 8:35pm

Well, if there aren't electronics in Norway, he must be magical to post to the AW newsgroups :)

-Agent1

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Oct 20, 2001, 9:04pm

I mean a widespread array of electronics. Major companies don't like
exporting to different markets that have a higher economical dollar value
than the US.

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Oct 20, 2001, 9:10pm

If I read the exchange table right, one Kroner is worth something like $0.11, so even if what you said is true, your original point is wrong :)


-Agent1

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Oct 20, 2001, 10:21pm

Again as I just posted in the community NG's about your personal attacks... bah I won't even say
it in the NG's :)

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Oct 21, 2001, 12:08am

Ok so then I am half right! That's better than being totally wrong.

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Oct 21, 2001, 12:09am

Umm...where did you post that?

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Oct 21, 2001, 6:44am

Actually all you technically have to do is install Windows 98 for it to be
broken :-)

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Lanezeri
Lead Bot Programmer at Stuff-X
http://aw.stuff-x.com


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Oct 21, 2001, 10:27am

Norway is a leading technological nation, gnome. 1NOK = 0.113USD (you were
quite accurate Agent!)
you shouldn't go around believing the US is the best technological nation...
guess who built Troll A, one of the greatest engineering succeses in the
20th century?

KAH

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Oct 21, 2001, 8:26pm

And guess which country is home to 8 of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in
the world?

Correct. The United States of America.


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Oct 21, 2001, 8:41pm

How does that prove that there aren't any electronics in norway?

"internal affairs" <biginsey at yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message news: 3bd34ba1$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> And guess which country is home to 8 of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in
> the world?
>
> Correct. The United States of America.

Oct 21, 2001, 10:05pm

Yeah, it's also home to Microsoft and Apple Computers. Personally, I'd run
over to Japan to play with their cool electronic toys than play with
anything electronic related in the US (silly capitalist monopolies). :)

Nornny

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Oct 22, 2001, 1:37am

I wonder how long it will take for you to figure out that 95% of the
population doesn't know how a computer works. Most of those people don't
give a rat's a$$ about it either. Just so long as it works.

My father's classic quote: "Why won't the GD thing just work. I paid all
this money for a computer, and I can't get it to do X" What he doesn't
understand is that installing crappy software and messing with settings has
sideaffects. He doesn't know this because he doesn't know how a computer
works.

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Jeremy Booker
JTech Web Systems
(www.JTechWebSystems.com -- Coming Soon)
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Oct 30, 2001, 6:17pm

Wow, this is the biggest post I've ever made! (now that I check it 3 weeks
later)

BTW guys, I built this machine from the ground up and it worked for 6
months, so excuse me for try beta software. (back then of course I thought
XP was cool :P)
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