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XP Home installation Acceptance key not active
I installed a new motherboard, new hard drive, and a new copy of XP Home. In running the Win CD the license acceptance key (F8) is not active. Tried two different keyboards, different hard drive, but the F8 key is still inactive. I am doing a clean install with only a video card in (no modem...- GlennDuck
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- Forum: Microsoft: Windows
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Format old HD for XP in new home built computer
Using a old HD with Win98 installed in a new computer I put together. Bought the Win XP home edition for new computers. How do I partition and format the old drive with NTFS.- GlennDuck
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Video, 3D Accelerator Problem
Thank you for your input. I was thinking the chipset might have a problem because everything seems to work except the 3D-Accelerator, (direct draw was working). I bought another motherboard (same type) to put together another computer, and every thing works ok, (including the Rage video card...- GlennDuck
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- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
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Video, 3D Accelerator Problem
Video, 3D Accelerator Problem Built new computer Installed MSI K7T Pro 2-A Main board, VIA KT133 Chipset Based. With AMD Athlon 800, and 256 Mb of PC133 RAM Installed Video card AGP ATI Rage 32 Mb 128 platform (could not get 3D Accelerated to run) Installed different Video card AGP 64 Mb...- GlennDuck
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- Forum: PC hardware - Video issues
