 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  | |  01-08-2008, 08:25 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern California - Orange county Posts: 978 |  MS XP?
anyone recently install microsoft xp home edition?
having probs with my os just wondering if anyone is having probs if they have installed MS in the past 2 monthes __________________ 1995 318ti Cosmos Black
Bilsteins w/ H&R Sport, Depos w/ angeleyes and HID 5K, 50% short throw kit, Custom fogged intake, AC schnitzer pedels w/ deadpedels, leather stickshift knob, vitesse tuning Ebreak boot w/ shift boot, X-Brace, 325/328 brake upgrade, Gray millpoint leather and cloth interior, custom computer multimedia system, and Style 5 BBS 17" rims, M3 Mirrors, CF Hood
 |  |  | | 01-08-2008, 08:28 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
What kind of problems? __________________ 
BMWCCA #403399
2012 Mini Cooper S Clubman, 6-Speed
Loaded
2001 325xi, Winter Package, 5-Speed
Traded
1998 318ti, Active, Automatic, TOTAL LOSS R.I.P. 10/20/08
Bilstein Sport Shocks/Struts . H&R Sport Springs . Strut Reinforcement Plates . RSM Reinforcement Plates . Fogg Airbox . X-Brace . Bosal Brospeed Catback | | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:33 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern California - Orange county Posts: 978 |
well i have been installing XP with the same key and CD but just recently on the last computer i built its been giving my probs with installing certain software and i registered it in engilsh and it was displaying everything in spanish lol talk about some of the horrible bugs that MS has, its probly because its just billions upon billions of code stacked up on top of each other, and vista is just a joke __________________ 1995 318ti Cosmos Black
Bilsteins w/ H&R Sport, Depos w/ angeleyes and HID 5K, 50% short throw kit, Custom fogged intake, AC schnitzer pedels w/ deadpedels, leather stickshift knob, vitesse tuning Ebreak boot w/ shift boot, X-Brace, 325/328 brake upgrade, Gray millpoint leather and cloth interior, custom computer multimedia system, and Style 5 BBS 17" rims, M3 Mirrors, CF Hood
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:33 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
i installed xp pro about a month ago and had no problems whatsoever.
what is the problem? __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:35 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
weird! did you start from scratch (format the harddrive?)
or just reinstalling the os?
seems like i would just try again. something might have just freaked out __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:38 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern California - Orange county Posts: 978 |
its a new HD clean partition everything is new its just freaking out on me, i dunno well on a side note when i got my windows xp cd i was installing it and then it just happened to fall and i was eating an apple with a knife and i accdently dropped the knife on the cd  (dont ask me how the hell that is all possible) but anyways the cd had a scratch so i managed to copy it and make my own version __________________ 1995 318ti Cosmos Black
Bilsteins w/ H&R Sport, Depos w/ angeleyes and HID 5K, 50% short throw kit, Custom fogged intake, AC schnitzer pedels w/ deadpedels, leather stickshift knob, vitesse tuning Ebreak boot w/ shift boot, X-Brace, 325/328 brake upgrade, Gray millpoint leather and cloth interior, custom computer multimedia system, and Style 5 BBS 17" rims, M3 Mirrors, CF Hood
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:38 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
Check your Region and Language settings in control panel.
I'm running Vista Ultimate x64 w/o any probs. Vista has come along way, and i'm just drooling for SP1 __________________
BMWCCA #403399
2012 Mini Cooper S Clubman, 6-Speed
Loaded
2001 325xi, Winter Package, 5-Speed
Traded
1998 318ti, Active, Automatic, TOTAL LOSS R.I.P. 10/20/08
Bilstein Sport Shocks/Struts . H&R Sport Springs . Strut Reinforcement Plates . RSM Reinforcement Plates . Fogg Airbox . X-Brace . Bosal Brospeed Catback | | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:40 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern California - Orange county Posts: 978 |
you actually vista is better then XP?
are there any bugs that you have noticed in vista ?? __________________ 1995 318ti Cosmos Black
Bilsteins w/ H&R Sport, Depos w/ angeleyes and HID 5K, 50% short throw kit, Custom fogged intake, AC schnitzer pedels w/ deadpedels, leather stickshift knob, vitesse tuning Ebreak boot w/ shift boot, X-Brace, 325/328 brake upgrade, Gray millpoint leather and cloth interior, custom computer multimedia system, and Style 5 BBS 17" rims, M3 Mirrors, CF Hood
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:44 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
i have seen only bad things from vista. i wont use it for a long time.
until its proven itself to be all better __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 08:47 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Southern California - Orange county Posts: 978 |
Quote: Originally Posted by thesk8nmidget  i have seen only bad things from vista. i wont use it for a long time.
until its proven itself to be all better | couldnt have said it better myself  __________________ 1995 318ti Cosmos Black
Bilsteins w/ H&R Sport, Depos w/ angeleyes and HID 5K, 50% short throw kit, Custom fogged intake, AC schnitzer pedels w/ deadpedels, leather stickshift knob, vitesse tuning Ebreak boot w/ shift boot, X-Brace, 325/328 brake upgrade, Gray millpoint leather and cloth interior, custom computer multimedia system, and Style 5 BBS 17" rims, M3 Mirrors, CF Hood
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 09:26 PM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stamford, CT <-> Boston, MA Posts: 1,393 |
I'm running a Q6600 (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad) on a ASUS P5K Deluxe. Sitting on 4 GB of Corsair Dominator RAM, WD Raptor 74GB for my boot drive and a WD 500GB SATA II as my data drive and an evga 8800GTS (G92). No complaints here, other than they need to start making more 64-bit apps  Only real issues I've run into are the small free/shareware apps that aren't mainstream and are outdated wont run. I'll just throw this in, 2x Samsung 22" 2ms LCD's, Logitech G15 KB and G7 Mouse Going to use my old box as a seedbox / server. __________________
BMWCCA #403399
2012 Mini Cooper S Clubman, 6-Speed
Loaded
2001 325xi, Winter Package, 5-Speed
Traded
1998 318ti, Active, Automatic, TOTAL LOSS R.I.P. 10/20/08
Bilstein Sport Shocks/Struts . H&R Sport Springs . Strut Reinforcement Plates . RSM Reinforcement Plates . Fogg Airbox . X-Brace . Bosal Brospeed Catback | | | | | 01-08-2008, 09:57 PM | #12 | | doesn't care about you. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,925 |
Quote: Originally Posted by ATF I'm running a Q6600 (2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad) on a ASUS P5K Deluxe. Sitting on 4 GB of Corsair Dominator RAM, WD Raptor 74GB for my boot drive and a WD 500GB SATA II as my data drive and an evga 8800GTS (G92). No complaints here, other than they need to start making more 64-bit apps Only real issues I've run into are the small free/shareware apps that aren't mainstream and are outdated wont run. I'll just throw this in, 2x Samsung 22" 2ms LCD's, Logitech G15 KB and G7 Mouse Going to use my old box as a seedbox / server. | Can you post pics of your monitor setup? I'm running 2x 17" ViewSonics at work and I'm thinking about taking them home and ordering 19s for the office. Just curious how big 2x 22" is.  __________________ 
'99 Dinan M3 | | | | | 01-08-2008, 10:00 PM | #13 | | aka Stabby Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mead, CO Posts: 5,336 |
does it have clear plexiglass and neon? big pimpin'
i'll be getting a new macbookpro 17, 4GB ram, 7200rpm disk (i think 200GB), hi-res screen, running mac os 10.5 ... can't wait! would love to launch this damn dell D600 craptop like a clay pigeon and blow it away!
from what i've read, vista is typically slower at tasks than XP. many people downgraded back to XP. maybe by SP2 it won't be a bucket of sh!t. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
current mods: bilstein sports, bavauto springs, e30 m3 LCABs, solid metal ball joints, bavauto RSMs w/reinforcements, e30 3.73 LSD & halfshafts, supersprint cat-back exhaust, turner rear sway bar reinforcements, IE poly subframe & RTABs + camber/toe kits, powdercoated e36 32x front calipers, sport mirrors, H&R 28mmF/19mmR sway bars, x-brace, auto solutions SSK w/poly bushing upgrade, BMW CD43 head unit, DICE HD Radio w/iPod integration and "stealth" HD antenna, staggered style 68s, orange electronic TPMS, leather arm rest, JT Designs metal undertray
acquired and awaiting install: heated seat kit, cali top switch relo, lumbar support kit, park distance control kit, heated washer nozzle kit, m-coupe rear subframe, trailing arms, differential, and halfshafts, m-coupe front/rear brakes with master cylinder, under hood light kit, mud flaps, rear sun blind, auto-dimming rear view mirror, tilt steering wheel retrofit, apexcone 5000K HIDs with 55W ballasts
2002 X5 4.4 Sport Package, 53.5k miles
Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 01-08-2008, 10:24 PM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
ohh dusten i like the mirror on the monitor thats a great idea! __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 01-08-2008, 11:00 PM | #15 | | Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 28 |
Its all about what you are used to. If you have XP and everything works and there are no compelling features in Vista that you want. Then don't upgrade, save your money. Right now, there are no "killer apps" for Vista over XP. | | | | | |
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