Comments on: PC Medic https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/pc-medic/ Wimminz Sun, 08 Apr 2018 01:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: DGAF in Miami https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/pc-medic/#comment-7878 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:55:33 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4507#comment-7878 Akshully, it’s maxed out on RAM (fur-get if it’s duh BIOS or Northbridge whut limitz dis board to 2GB…?)… used to know a lot more ’bout PC H/W, but then I nodded off…

… had planned on Linux all along (have Suse on a desktop), but NT-derived XP turned out to be so trouble-free, I couldn’t justify the hassle/admin overhead of l’ix… plus there was this obscure cross-compiler toolchain I needed (to re-program the embedded SCADA for the entire North American electric grid, lol), and even though it was based on GNU/gcc, it runs only on XP… the irony. Anyway, only seen Duh Blue Screen o’ Death like twice in 7 years, so gonna keep patching it up and chugging along… maybe set up a strong VPN to keep out Russians and Nigerians, and kick back with some Old Grand-Dad bourbon…

]]> By: Joe https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/pc-medic/#comment-7766 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:07:48 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4507#comment-7766 this is what’s great about this website, one stop shop for all things electro-mechanical and wimminz.

]]> By: wimminz https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/pc-medic/#comment-7764 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:07:09 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4507#comment-7764 akshully, pingpath is the only one you won’t find in XP

The dell bios and dell proprietary designs aren’t a killer, get an SSD and some more RAM and you can always upgrade it to win7, or leave it on XP, and see huge performance gains….

combofix/malwarebytes/avast are all windows version agnostic

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get the ssd and more ram, and whack Suse linux on there, it will fly.

]]> By: DGAF in Miami https://wimminz.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/pc-medic/#comment-7763 Sat, 14 Jun 2014 13:53:19 +0000 http://wimminz.wordpress.com/?p=4507#comment-7763 Good cogent stuff, but seems Windows7 specific. I’m looking at keeping a 2007 vintage Dell laptop (2GB DRAM) wheezing along on the now UNsupported XP Home, with help from the semi-pros on MSFN.org… suicidal? Get a NON-Dell BIOS for the long run?

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