Installing Nvidia Video card drivers

[Installing Nvidia Video card drivers]

Ubuntu automatically found the best Nvidia drivers during the install process and gives you a choice of whether to use it or a Linux generic driver.

[RE: Multi-boot managers]

Yes, you have the right idea. I am going to run Windows 7 and Windows 8 and probably won't be able to avoid the BIOS as the boot manager. James M Singleton will look into this before the release of Windows 8. We don't know what we are working with yet.

James M Singleton

[Lost Admin Password]

Remote Assistance is best handled through Windows Live Messenger if all is using a modern Windows PC.

Always look forward to a complete reinstall, it is the best thing you can do for your computer.

James M Singleton

[Trying to prevent reinstalling WinXP]

Working on a Dell laptop for a friend of a friend. WinXP takes forever to boot... over 3 minutes. Also takes about the same amount of time to shut down. There is no task bar, CTRL+ESC does nothing. Windows key does nothing. I can get into device manager and only driver missing is display driver. I have downloaded the chipset and wireless and ethernet drivers from Dell and they install but I still have no access to anything. It is WinXP SP2. Have downloaded the ISO of SP3 to install but pretty sure that is not going to fix it. I think he had a virus and had weak AV protection. Would run SFC but can't as I have no start button. Is there another way to run the command prompt? Ran CCleaner and got a few hits but nothing stands out in the registry portion. What is the best way to scan for virus when there is no anti-virus loaded i.e. best portable external scanner? USB seems to be hit or miss as well so something I can write to CD would be better. Any additional info I can provide. I don't want to have to reinstall if I can just recover it but I think I am headed down the new install path.

 

 

You should look forward to a reinstall of Windows. It is the best way to go and also it is sometimes quicker than troubleshooting. A reinstall will fix issues that you are not aware of. Make a repair disk and drive image so you don't have to do a complete reinstall next time.

James M Singleton

[vista will not boot up anymore]

Re-format your hard-drive and start all over again.