Slipstream in ME??

I think you're confusing coffee with whisky, Mart! An easy mistake to make,
I'll grant, especially when plastered!


Shane


"Mart" wrote in message
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Ah!... That's easy Shane, you only need to lay the PC on its side and
operate it from a horizontal position, hic..

Mart


"Shane" wrote in message
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"Mart" wrote in message
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Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral?

Only if you've got UPnP enabled g



I would have, Mart, if I could figure out how to program it to tip the
coffee down my throat for me!

Shane

Wow!!

I had no idea when I started this thread on slipstreaming that the
process also applied to efficient use of liquid libations. 8-) This
application of the process should make my upcoming upgrade efforts
almost painless. A couple of Sapphire martinis should do it. How much
pain can you feel when your brain is in never never land? :-p

sced13ri

Shane wrote:
I think you're confusing coffee with whisky, Mart! An easy mistake to make,
I'll grant, especially when plastered!


Shane


"Mart" wrote in message
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Ah!... That's easy Shane, you only need to lay the PC on its side and
operate it from a horizontal position, hic..

Mart


"Shane" wrote in message
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"Mart" wrote in message
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Got an Espresso machine for Christmas. Does that count as a peripheral?

Only if you've got UPnP enabled g


I would have, Mart, if I could figure out how to program it to tip the
coffee down my throat for me!

Shane

Shane,

28 or 30 all the same to me really. If I want to keep the system I've
usually been in a position to activate after 10 days or so but if it is
only a test install I will normally have killed the installation long
before either 28 or 30 days are up.

Not sure what you mean by your Athlon being positively creaky. Even my
best system would be called creaky by some. I never cease to be amazed at
what even Dell will sell you for UKP300 nowadays (2.66GHz celeron), for me
anything 2GHz or better is cutting edge even if a Celeron. :-) Where my
two main PCs may differ from the norm is the amount of HD disk space on
each (500GB on one and 650GB on the other). :-)
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Shane wrote:

Been on a spending spree then Shane?

Well, one monitor was progressively failing and the CDRW drive
finally did.
I wasn't aware of changes in the time to activation, what is it now?
Can you remember? Did it increase from 14 days to 28?

Something like that. I thought it was 30 actually, but maybe it was
28.
For myself the only Microsoft CD I have is an original copy of XP
Pro from 2001 which I received together with a number of licences
following the beta. I've since used that copy to make first my
slipstreamed SP1 and now SP2 CDs. I've also got copies of XP on DVD
as part of my MSDN subscription but those have somewhat different
licence and activation conditions from the retail versions - 60 days
and up to 10 activations with the difference being, I think, in the
PID than the actual media used (but could well be wrong).

I remember thinking the activation time had been increased to 2
months, but I must have been reading one of those loonies such as
inhabit the XP groups. Not that it matters, I've never had trouble
activating and since, despite checking *Remind me every few days* it
never fails to remind me after every restart so I do activate at the
earliest opportunity.

As for getting a new PC, wouldn't it be perhaps cheaper to build it
yourself using much from your present box?

Probably. I do have two HD's no more than a year old, and the new
CDRW along with the old Pioneer DVD drive are worth keeping, though a
DVD-RW instead would be nice. The Athlon and RAM are getting
positively creaky now and the case is plastic tat, but, yes, I think
you're right.

Got an Espresso machine for Christmas.

Only, as Mart says, if UPnP enabled, however such as machine is an
essential prerequisite for the successful operation of a PC. :-)


Yes, I'm wondering if the technology is up to IV feed yet!

Interested to read your comment about Mt.Rainier. That's something
I've never tried although it is supported by my Lite-On CDRW. Since
I have an aversion to using packet software I've never bothered with
Mt.Rainier. What software are you using - InCD? How much time does
Mt.Rainier support save? I seem to recall that all it means is that
you don't have to format al of the CD first before using it but am
probably wrong - as I said it's not something I've ever really tried
for myself.

Haven't really tried it yet, Mike. I'm interested to see what
difference it makes myself, though there presumably will be an
improvement simply because the drive is faster (and more-fully
supported by - yes, InCD) than the previous. However, since I mainly
use UDF for transferring from one computer to another, the fact that
the drive in the first doesn't support Mt. Ranier makes it rather
academic, the other drive being unable to see the disc formatted in
MR. sigh

Shane

lol That goes without saying g a good clip round the ear ole
wouldn't go amiss g
I can't remember exactly but I think it was the Great Central Steam
Railway which was originally known as the MS&LR ( Manchester,Sheffield
and Lincolnshire) this became the LNER in 1922 and then closed down in
the 60's due to Beeching.
Joan

Shane wrote:
Joan,

I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line -
seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd
have seen the Flying Scotsman?
snip
They'd sprayed the walls,
windows, seats and floor! Me, I'd throw them off the train. And I do mean
while it's moving.

Shane

lol This post has now set John off g he is busy on his machine going
through all about the railway systems past and present g
Joan

Shane wrote:
Joan,

I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line -
seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd
have seen the Flying Scotsman?
snip

vbg I had a feeling it would set *someone* off!



Shane


"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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lol This post has now set John off g he is busy on his machine going
through all about the railway systems past and present g
Joan

Shane wrote:
Joan,

I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line -
seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd
have seen the Flying Scotsman?
snip

'spect John has already turned this up then, Joan, but
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/ anyway!

Shane

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
lol That goes without saying g a good clip round the ear ole wouldn't
go amiss g
I can't remember exactly but I think it was the Great Central Steam
Railway which was originally known as the MS&LR ( Manchester,Sheffield and
Lincolnshire) this became the LNER in 1922 and then closed down in the
60's due to Beeching.
Joan

Shane wrote:
Joan,

I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line -
seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd
have seen the Flying Scotsman?
snip
They'd sprayed the walls,
windows, seats and floor! Me, I'd throw them off the train. And I do mean
while it's moving.

Shane

Not sure what you mean by your Athlon being positively creaky. Even my
best system would be called creaky by some. I never cease to be amazed at
what even Dell will sell you for UKP300 nowadays (2.66GHz celeron), for me
anything 2GHz or better is cutting edge even if a Celeron. :-) Where my

850MHz. OK it's not pre-historic but could use the increased speed on
occassion.

two main PCs may differ from the norm is the amount of HD disk space on
each (500GB on one and 650GB on the other). :-)

Jeez, Mike, you got the human genome on there or something???


Shane

Is John steaming Joan?

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"Joan Archer" wrote in message
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lol This post has now set John off g he is busy on his machine going
through all about the railway systems past and present g
Joan

Shane wrote:
Joan,

I suppose Nottingham was (and indeed is) on the East Coast Main Line -
seeing as how Grantham was apparently one of the fast bits. I guess you'd
have seen the Flying Scotsman?
snip

Shane wrote:

850MHz. OK it's not pre-historic but could use the increased speed on
occassion.

two main PCs may differ from the norm is the amount of HD disk space
on each (500GB on one and 650GB on the other). :-)

Jeez, Mike, you got the human genome on there or something???

Just the odd video capture. :-) Much of it is "work in progress". As it
happens one of the 200GB drives on this box was bought as an emergency
replacement when I lost a drive due to over heating and I needed a similar
size drive to aid in data recovery. Since then the original drive is back
working OK and sitting here essentially empty (actually it's backing up
another drive).

Oh, I've just realised that the 650GB I mentioned should have been 680GB
(3x200GB + 1x80GB). Try hanging that lot off Win Me. g
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP