ale2999 0 Posted February 26, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jinef @ Feb. 25 2003,23:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I decided to get a new PC and i got it with Win XP home. Damn i hate the user modes in that - Â i have to log off and go into 'administrator' mode to delete a file ffs! I liked 98 even though it was as slow as shit compared to XP. Does anyone know how to make win XP less 'user friendly'? Also i tried the benchmark 2003 thingy and it was suprisingly slow but i heard that Nvidia cards don't like it for some reason. But the wings of fury vid was cool and of course 'educational'!<span id='postcolor'> log in as admin, go to control panel, and then select user accounts. press change an account, select the account u use all the time, then select change type and select administrator. this is winxp pro so I dont know if this feature is different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mister Frag 0 Posted February 26, 2003 In XP Home, users have administrative priviledges by default, because in a home environment there usually isn't anyone else managing the system for you. If a given account doesn't have administrative rights, it's because the account was set up that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jinef 2 Posted February 26, 2003 i have administrative rights okay, they just don't seem very administrative, i can't even delete essential windows files now! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted February 26, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jinef @ Feb. 27 2003,02:00)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">i have administrative rights okay, they just don't seem very administrative, i can't even delete essential windows files now!<span id='postcolor'> Here's a hint from me, get rid of XP and go Windows 2000pro! I used to use XP, but I really did not like it. As you said its way too 'user friendly'. It takes so much more time to get anywhere because there are files upon files to navigate and it is so irritating when you want to get somewhere. Then theres those big bars in all those multi-coloured schemes. All that XP is is Windows 2000 with a new interface basically. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Col. Kurtz 0 Posted February 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Assault (CAN) @ Feb. 25 2003,08:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">[*] 164mb of DDR RAM<span id='postcolor'> The next thing you should upgrade is not your video card, but your ram. If you can get enough so you are running 512mb of DDR Ram. It will really improve your perfomance in OFP. I went from running 256mb of ram to 512 and the diffrence is quite notable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balschoiw 0 Posted February 27, 2003 yep I have recently upgraded to a MSI KT2 Raid board with XP 1800 a clanmate donated to me and 512 MB PC 333 DDR Ram. I had 850 Duron 256 SD Ram before and now OFP looks totally new to me. It is really great how a game can surprise you over and over again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R. Gerschwarzenge 0 Posted February 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Col. Kurtz @ Feb. 27 2003,01:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Then theres those big bars in all those multi-coloured schemes.<span id='postcolor'> You can use the dull old look of Windows in XP if you want. Personally I'm using the XP silver theme and I have reduced the size of the big bars so everything doesn't look so teletubby anymore. The same look has been in Windows since 1995 so after about seven years of looking at the same old taskbar and windows I decided to use the themes in XP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted February 27, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Balschoiw @ Feb. 27 2003,02:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">yep I have recently upgraded to a MSI KT2 Raid board with XP 1800 a clanmate donated to me and 512 MB PC 333 DDR Ram. I had 850 Duron 256 SD Ram before and now OFP looks totally new to me. It is really great how a game can surprise you over and over again.<span id='postcolor'> Indeed! I`m still upgrading my PC only for OFP Now I have an Athlon XP 2400+ with 1GB DDR 333 RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti 4200. These days it`ll be a Radeon 9700pro. Makes OFP almost photorealistic: 1280x1024, normal detail, 2500m visibility, all LODs to full and the textures also. When I have the Radeon installed I`ll go to terrain detail high and AA and AF Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wind195 0 Posted February 27, 2003 My Computer graphics card model- ATI Radeon 8500 LE 128MB motherboard / chipset- Intel 850 CPU type- Intel Pentium 4 Â 1.4 Â 128 RAM (few days 384 RAM) Operating system-WinME Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Badgerboy 0 Posted March 1, 2003 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Operating system-WinME <span id='postcolor'> Arghhh! Do yourself a favour, and get a better OS. MS took Win98SE, slowed it down, filled it full of bugs, and cashed in. Go for XP, or 2k. Current System - ABIT AT7 MAX Athlon 1900+ XP @1740 (145 FSB x12Multi) 2 x 256 TwinMOS PC3200 DDR400 GeForce 2 MX 64mb @ 215/185 (I really need a new card! ) Zalman Flower HS / 92mm variable fan. 3x 80 Asaka Blue LED fans And flashy neon IDE cables! Win XP Pro - SP1 I've got a buyer for the MB and CPU, so I'll be getting the AT7 MAX2 as it supports DDR400. Also the CPU is a 1900 Palamino, so it doesn't clock very well. (Machine heats up and falls over). So I'll probably replace it with a XP2100+ Thoroughbred, as they are great for clocking. (I've seen people getting up to 2500mhz on those buggers! ). For the Brits here, I recommend Overclockers UK for PC bits. All the stuff is the best quality and the service is great. (My board turned up bust, so they got a new one to me the next day. Those poor bastards on eBuyer have to wait up to 4 months! ). OH, and the forums are fantastic. A certain mod here has been spotted frequenting them. As for Dual CPU's. My server is a Dual PIII, and it ran OFP adequately. I stuck on Falcon 4.0 however and it flew. (F4 is multithread capable). Only get a Dual if you are running a highend server, or use programs that utilise multithreading (Imaging and coding etc). Then again, having a Quad Xeon sounds pretty cool! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Epita 0 Posted March 1, 2003 Well, i never said what PC i had... Athlon 850 (old) 640mbs of DDR RAM GeForce 4600Ti XP Cambrige works 4.1 Surround Sound Creative 5.1 Soundcard 20Gig HDD 2Gig HDD 19" CTR, 14" CRT (replacing with own built 14.1"TFT) Thats all Folks! Win 98SE This is just my OFP PC, i have 2 others too! Epita the polypusher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
