Posts by Drew Allen77

Using DAZ Loader works just fine too.

Yeah, you're definitely going to need those drivers installed if you want everything to run smoothly...

Was it just a cleaning, or did you swap out the thermal paste too?

So, I guess pirated software isn't such a bad idea after all?

And why would anyone even bring up cracking or activation methods?

I'm familiar with all those kinds of sites, but you can never be 100% sure about them...

LMAO. So that’s the plan now? Just leave the prehistoric OS ISO untouched while it sits there waiting on a Microsoft server...

So you're talking about piracy? Yet in another thread, you're out here acting like using pirated Microsoft Office is perfectly fine.

rowdybadger18 said:I’m catching wind of some pirated versions out there. 😉 Honestly, it seems pretty pointless. Why bother pirating Microsoft Office when you can just use LibreOffice?

Sniff all you want, but I have to disagree with you on this one.

What do you mean there aren't any drivers? You can just grab them right from Dell's website. They should have them available for Windows XP.

Well, I haven't. You still seem stuck on this idea that everyone needs to be constantly showing off...

Must be nice being so much smarter than everyone else... especially when you talk down to me like that.

I already told you quite clearly that that window has never been seen before. I can see what the picture shows just fine myself.

rowdybadger18 said:What you're saying isn't quite right. Every version of Office, starting from the 2010 release, asks you which file format you want to use as the default—either Office Open XML or OpenDocument—the very first time you launch an app from the suite. It looks like this, and I'm sure you've seen it before. Regardless of what you pick, Microsoft Office 2010 and newer have native support for OpenDocument (for both saving and opening), and even Office 2007 handles it pretty well. So, there's really no argument here—those using Microsoft Office can be just as compliant with standards as anyone else using OpenDocument...

I've installed Microsoft Office 2010 through 2013 more times than I can count, and I've never run into that. Even if that prompt pops up, I honestly wonder how many people actually bother to read it...

The point isn't whether Office has the capability—I already said it does. My point was that it doesn't save in that format by default, so it doesn't really solve your problem...

Sure, ODF is an official standard, but since Microsoft defaults to saving everything as .docx, there isn't much chance they'll change that. Besides, I doubt 99% of users would even care enough to bother with it...

Motherboards also come equipped with one ATA slot.

Are the speakers working?

You probably need to install the drivers for your sound card.

Just leave it be. Honestly, you don't really seem to have a handle on this, and you're risking total system instability just to save a measly 2 MB of RAM.

So, you're saying you can't even get into the BIOS when both hard disks are plugged in?

Again?

Who really cares about making a reservation? You can always upgrade without one...

What exactly isn't working? Is the computer failing to power on, having trouble loading the OS, or can you not even get into the BIOS?

Windows update? It can definitely suggest some drivers...