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[RoSs_bg2_rox]

Ok, on the net now, and its beautiful,lol, the scrolling is perfect, so maybe this Dell/winxp thing is just a heap of crap I deleted the dell folder, the only thing i cant get rid of is the Dell Solution Center which is on the right handside of the start menu, but I couldnt find a bit for it in the start folder in windows.

[Zero Alpha]

Originally posted by Bokken: I wouldn't switch it back. Set it to Floppy, CD Rom, Hard Drive by default in every comp I get myself. It should be that way from the beginnig under my opinion.

just a note: setting anything but hard disk as first boot device can be a security risk (if you are trying to secure your machine)

granted, not many people are, but its good to know these things.

[Vaskez]

Originally posted by Bokken: I wouldn't switch it back. Set it to Floppy, CD Rom, Hard Drive by default in every comp I get myself. It should be that way from the beginnig under my opinion.

Do you mean floppy first? I'd set it the other way around: hard drive first then cd-rom then floppy: you don't want the system to waste time checking the floppy and CD-ROM drives during a normal boot. If you need to boot off the cd or floppy then you can change it back in the BIOS but most of the time I'd rather have a quicker boot sequence.

[Bokken]

Yeah floppy first. I have mine set that way by default whenever I upgrade. It takes about 5 seconds longer but I don't mind it.

As for the secure thing, it's fine if you've password protected your bios but if not then it makes no difference. I've been repairing and upgrading computers for a number of years now and to be honest I've probably only seen a handful where the bios is actually protected.