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Some confusion here. If you are building a new machine, you install the complete version of WinXP, not the upgrade. You only use the upgrade version of WinXp if you already are running a machine with win98 on it.
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I thought that only pro version (except PC manufacturer) can be installed standalone, other edition has to have earlier version of window to upgrade. I remember that when I upgraded from 3.1 to 95 by tricking the computer to get a clean installation. I guess that I'm wrong.
 
Quote from chisel:



The faster machine uses the Soltek SL-75DRV5. This mobo also has an anti-burn shield, which I'd highly recommend.

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I have no idea about your mothrboard and what anti-burn shield is. But, I will use MSI kt3 ultra2. I can see that box looks pretty good. Is there any tweaking of settings to make it boot faster?
 
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I have no idea about your mothrboard and what anti-burn shield is. Is there any tweaking of settings to make it boot faster?
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I use an AMD chip. The anti-burn shield in the mobo automatically shuts down the computer if the chip gets too hot (heatsink fan failure, e.g.), so it saves the chip from burning up.

This may work to speed boot time, but I'm not sure: go to my computer/properties/advanced/startup and recovery. In the line that says "display list of operating systems," reduce the time to a few seconds.
 
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I just put parts together and installed win2000. Does anyone know how to eliminate the annoying password prompt screen?

Thanks.
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too late now, you had to do that upon installation.:(
 
Quote from wan2BTrader:

I just put parts together and installed win2000. Does anyone know how to eliminate the annoying password prompt screen?

Thanks.
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All too technical for a novice as more things can be caused by not doing it correctly. Bite the bullet, reinstall the OS. :)
 
Quote from canyonman00:



All too technical for a novice as more things can be caused by not doing it correctly. Bite the bullet, reinstall the OS. :)
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Sorry that I did not state clearly. I did not type in any password, I left it blank since I know I do not want to have that screen. During the restart processes, it asked me everytime to enter the password, so each time I left it blank. I thought that if I did that the password screen should go away. But it doesn't. Reinstall is not so bad since I added nothing after OS.
What do I need to do now to eliminate the password screen?
If I need to reinstall, what are the steps to eliminate the password?
Additionally, it is a 80 GB disk drive. Do you think that partition it into two is more efficient or just leave it as one? I do not have any particular need to have it partitioned, just thinking maybe it'll make scan and defragment much faster.

Thanks for the help.
 
Quote from LongShot:

yes but did you hit "enter" or "cancel" to those prompts?
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I definitely hit enter. Do you suggest hit CANCEL? Both admin time and user time? Or if cancel admin there would be no prompt for user?
Thanks.
 
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