When you are ready to begin installing your new DVD Drive, have plenty of roon on your desk or table to work. Allow enough space to move around and to be able to move the system unit as well.

Check to see if you have ample light. You may want to have a container to place small screws in. The system unit cover may have small screws and you don't want to lose them.

After you have plenty of work space and ample lighting, prepare your mind as well. Make this and every other adventure of working on your computer educational and fun.

REMOVE THE COMPUTER COVER

First
Turn off your computer and unplug all peripherals. Take notice of how you unplug or disconnect any devices.

Second
Remove the side panel of the tower system or the cover if you have a desktop. Place the panel in a safe place well out of the way.

Third
Before touching anything inside the system unit, remove electrical static charge from your body by touching a door knob or any unpainted metal surface.

Fourth
Remove the new drive from its protective wrapping and take the time to read through the manual. Be sure you have all components and save the box just in case it need to be returned.

Fifth
Check the jumper settings on the drive to be sure it is set to master. If you are adding this drive as a second drive, you will have to set one as master and one as the slave drive.

Your manual should make this procedure quick and fast. A small pair of tweezers can be used to remove the small jumper to the correct position. Most drives are set to master by default.

SLIDE NEW DRIVE IN COMPUTER

Sixth
Locate the drive bay for the cdrom drive. In most cases, its at the top of the case. If you are removing another drive, slide it out partially, disconnect cables, and slide the drive out completely. Take note of the location of all connections.

If you are installing a new drive the first time, use a small screwdriver to pop off the 5. 25 inch drive bay cover and bezel on the system unit case.

Seventh
Slide the new drive in partially and connect the data, sound, and power cables to the rear of the drive. Slide the drive in completely and use small screws to secure the drive to the case.

In some cases, the drive is secured to the case with the use of Drive rails. These rails should be mounted on the old drive if you had to remove one. Check the drive's manual if your new drive came with side rails.

When connecting the cable, carefully graps the cables by the ends and not the wires themselves. Carefully but firmly push the connectors into their sockets until you are certain of a good connection.

If you are installing this drive as a second drive and have made this drive the secondary or slave drive, connect the drive to the center connector on the Ribbon cable. The master drive must be at the end.

Eighth
After all cables are re-connected to the drive and the drive is secured to the case, replace the system unit cover, reconnect all peripherals. Be sure the faceplate of the drive is flush with the front of the computer.

SETUP YOUR NEW DVD DRIVE

Ninth
Boot up the computer and in nearly all cases, the operating system should detect the new drive and install the device driver if necessary.

In most cases, new cdroms and dvd drives will not come with a cdrom or diskette with a device driver. Windows should install the drive with ease.

Some new drives will come with a cdrom full of software, such as games, music, or movies. Check this cdrom for software utilities that you may need to help run and operate your drive.

Tenth
Check your new drive to see if Windows has recognized it. Click on My Computer and you should see the drives installed. Check for both drives if you installed the drive as a second drive.

And that's it. You can now use the drive as a huge data backup. Or you may want to make movies. Whatever the case, check the drive for compatbility with other drives.

Take the time to learn absolutely everything about that computer you're reading this with. Quickly master the art of installing not just the dvd drive, but all drives and other components.

CPU SOCKETS

Socket 7 (Socket7)

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Socket 7 was introduced by Intel for it's Pentium 133 - 200 MHz processors and for Pentium MMX processor family. The major feature of the new socket was support for dual plane voltage - the socket could supply different voltages to processor core and I/O logic. At the same time, the socket 7 was backward compatible with socket 5, and it was possible to run older (single voltage) processors in socket 7 motherboards. For their next generation of processors Intel chose different socket type - slot 1, and completely abandoned socket 7. Luckily, Intel competitors continued to support socket 7 architecture, and they even enhanced it by creating a "Super socket 7" specification by adding support for 100 MHz bus frequency, backside L2 cache and frontside L3 cache.

Socket 7 has 321 pin holes arranged as 37 x 37 pin matrix. The socket has the same size as the Socket 5, but the socket 5 has only 320 pin holes. The extra pin on socket 7 processors is not electrically connected and it's main purpose is to prevent socket 7 processors to be inserted into socket 5 motherboards.

Supported processors

AMD K5 (75 MHz - 200 MHz)
AMD K6 (166 MHz - 300 MHz)
AMD K6-2 (200 MHz - 570 MHz, often requires 100 MHz bus support)
AMD K6-III (333 MHz - 550 MHz, often requires 100 MHz bus support)
Cyrix 6x86, 6x86L and 6x86MX (90 MHz - 266 MHz)
Cyrix MII (233 MHz - 433 MHz)
IBM 6x86, 6x86L and 6x86MX (90 MHz - 300 MHz)
IDT Winchip C6 (180 MHz - 240 MHz)
IDT Winchip 2 (200 MHz - 240 MHz)
Intel Pentium (non-MMX) (75 MHz - 200 MHz)
Intel Pentium MMX (166 MHz - 233 MHz)
Rise Technology MP6 (150 MHz - 366 MHz)
ST 6x86 (90 MHz - 166 MHz)

Compatible package types

296-pin staggered Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA)
296-pin staggered Ceramic Pin Grid Array (CPGA or SPGA)
296-pin Flip-Chip staggered Ceramic Pin Grid Array
321-pin ceramic Ping Grid Array (CPGA)

Upgrading socket 7 motherboards

Although many socket7 microprocessors will fit into your motherboard, not all of them may be supported by the board. To determine the fastest processor for your motherboard you'll need to:

• Determine manufacturer and model of your motherboard,
• Search on manufacturer's website for the motherboard model.

To determine upgrade options for brand name computers (like Dell or HP) try to search for computer model on computer manufacturer website.

For upgrade information for ABIT, ASrock, ASUS, DFI, ECS, Gigabyte Technology, Jetway, MSI, PC Chips and Shuttle motherboards please check CPU-Upgrade motherboard database.

Socket 478 (mPGA478B)

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Socket 478 (mPGA478B) is a Pin Grid Array (PGA) socket for microprocessors based on Intel NetBurst architecture. This socket was introduced in August 2001 as replacement for short-lived socket 423. The socket 478 supports desktop and mobile Pentium 4 and Celeron processors from 1.4 GHz to 3.46 GHz with effective front-side bus frequencies 400 MHz - 1066 MHz (100 MHz - 266 MHz QDR). This socket was phased out in favour of socket 775 (LGA775).

One major difference between the socket 478 and older sockets is the socket size. The distance between pin holes in socket 478 is twice smaller than the distance between pin holes in the socket 370, which was used by older Celeron, Pentium and Pentium III families, and in the socket 423 used by first generation of Pentium 4 microprocessors. This results in much smaller socket size - only 1.38" x 1.38" (3.5 cm x 3.5 cm). Another difference between socket 478 and earlier sockets is the arrangement of pins. Pentium and newer CPUs, including socket 423 Pentium 4 microprocessors, had pins arranged as two grids where one grid was diagonally shifted relative to another grid by 1/2 of the distance between pins. In mPGA478B the pins are arranged as one grid, that is the same way as in Intel 80486 and older microprocessors.

The mPGA478B has grid size 26 x 26 with a 14 x 14 section removed from the center of the grid. Two pin-holes in one corner of the socket are plugged, so there is only one way to install the CPU. The total number of pins is (26 x 26) - (14 x 14) - 2 = 478.

Supported processors

Celeron Willamette (1.5 GHz - 2 GHz)
Celeron Northwood (1.5 GHz - 2.8 GHz)
Celeron D in 478-pin micro FC-PGA4 package (2.13 GHz - 3.2 GHz)
Desktop Intel Pentium 4 (1.4 GHz - 3.4 GHz)
Desktop Intel Pentium 4 Exteme Edition (3.2 GHz - 3.46 GHz)
Mobile Celeron (1.2 GHz - 2.5 GHz)
Mobile Pentium 4 processors in micro FC-PGA4 package (2.4 GHz - 3.46 GHz)
Mobile Pentium 4-M processors (1.4 GHz - 2.6 GHz)
Note: All processors are in 478-pin micro FC-PGA2 package, unless stated otherwise.

Mobile Pentium III-M and Pentium M microprocessors use different type of socket. There are no CPUs from other manufacturers compatible with socket 478.

Compatible package types

478-pin micro FC-PGA (does not contain integrated heatspreader)
478-pin micro FC-PGA2 (with integrated heatspreader)
478-pin micro FC-PGA4 (with integrated heatspreader)

Please note that there are three different 478-pin packages, and only one of those packages is compatible with socket 478. The picture on the right shows the package that fits into the mPGA478B socket.

Upgrading socket 478 motherboards

Even though there are many Pentium 4 and Celeron CPUs that will fit into your motherboard, not all of them may be supported by the board. To determine the fastest processor you can upgrade to you'll need to:

• Determine manufacturer and model of your motherboard,
• Search on manufacturer's website for the motherboard model.

To determine upgrade options for brand name computers (like Dell or HP) try to search for computer model on computer manufacturer website.

For upgrade information for ASUS, DFI, ECS, Gigabyte Technology, Jetway, MSI and PC Chips motherboards please check CPU-Upgrade motherboard database.

ASSIGNMENT No:2-PACKAGE TYPES

PGA is short for Pin Grid Array, and these processors have pins that are inserted into a socket. To improve thermal conductivity, the PGA uses a nickel plated copper heat slug on top of the processor. The pins on the bottom of the chip are staggered. In addition, the pins are arranged in a way that the processor can only be inserted one way into the socket. The PGA package is used by the Intel Xeon™ processor, which has 603 pins.

PPGA is short for Plastic Pin Grid Array, and these processors have pins that are inserted into a socket. To improve thermal conductivity, the PPGA uses a nickel plated copper heat slug on top of the processor. The pins on the bottom of the chip are staggered. In addition, the pins are arranged in a way that the processor can only be inserted one way into the socket. The PPGA package is used by early Intel Celeron processors, which have 370 pins.


Micro-FCPGA

The micro-FCPGA (Flip Chip Plastic Grid Array) package consists of a die placed face-down on an organic substrate. An epoxy material surrounds the die, forming a smooth, relatively clear fillet. The package uses 478 pins, which are 2.03 mm long and .32 mm in diameter. While there are several micro-FCPGA socket designs available, all of them are designed to allow zero-insertion force removal and insertion of the processor. Different from micro-PGA, the micro-FCPGA does not have an interposer and it includes capacitors on the bottom side.

Micro-FCBGA

Micro-FCBGA (Flip Chip Ball Grid Array) package for surface mount boards consists of a die placed face-down on an organic substrate. An epoxy material surrounds the die, forming a smooth, relatively clear fillet. Instead of using pins, the packages use small balls, which acts as contacts for the processor. The advantage of using balls instead of pins is that there are no leads that bend. The package uses 479 balls, which are .78 mm in diameter. Different from Micro-PGA, the micro-FCPGA includes capacitors on the top side.

FC-LGA4 Package Type







The FC-LGA4 package is used with Pentium® 4 processors designed for the LGA775 socket. FC-LGA4 is short for Flip Chip Land Grid Array 4. FC (Flip Chip) means that the processor die is on top of the substrate on the opposite side from the LAND contacts. LGA (LAND Grid Array) refers to how the processor die is attached to the substrate. The number 4 stands for the revision number of the package. This package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate land-carrier. An integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) is attached to the package substrate and core and serves as the mating surface for the processor component thermal solution such as a heatsink.You may also see references to processors in the 775-LAND package. This refers to the number of contacts that the new package contains that interface with the LGA775 socket. The pictures below include the LAND Slide Cover (LSC). This black cover protects the processor contacts from damage and contamination and should be retained and placed on the processor whenever it is removed from the LGA775 socket.

MOTHERBOARD FORM FACTORS

ATX and Mini ATX

The first significant change in case and motherboard design in many years, the ATX form factor was invented by Intel in 1995. After three years, ATX is now finally overtaking AT as the default form factor choice for new systems (although AT remains popular for compatibility with older PCs, with homebuilders, and with some smaller PC shops). Newer Pentium Pro and Pentium II motherboards are the most common users of the ATX style motherboard (not surprisingly, since the Pentium II is the newest processor and uses the newest chipset families.) Intel makes the motherboards for many major name brands, and Intel only uses ATX.

The ATX design has several significant advantages over the older motherboard styles. It addresses many of the annoyances that system builders have had to put up with. As the Baby AT form factor has aged, it has increasingly grown unable to elegantly handle the new requirements of motherboard and chipset design. Since the ATX form factor specifies changes to not just the motherboard, but the case and power supply as well, all of the improvements are examined here:

• Integrated I/O Port Connectors: Baby AT motherboards use headers which stick up from the board, and a cable that goes from them to the physical serial and parallel port connectors mounted on to the case. The ATX has these connectors soldered directly onto the motherboard. This improvement reduces cost, saves installation time, improves reliability (since the ports can be tested before the motherboard is shipped) and makes the board more standardized.
• Integrated PS/2 Mouse Connector: On most retail baby AT style motherboards, there is either no PS/2 mouse port, or to get one you need to use a cable from the PS/2 header on the motherboard, just like the serial and parallel ports. (Of course most large OEMs have PS/2 ports built in to their machines, since their boards are custom built in large quantities). ATX motherboards have the PS/2 port built into the motherboard.
• Reduced Drive Bay Interference: Since the board is essentially "rotated" 90 degrees from the baby AT style, there is much less "overlap" between where the board is and where the drives are. This means easier access to the board, and fewer cooling problems.
• Reduced Expansion Card Interference: The processor socket/slot and memory sockets are moved from the front of the board to the back right side, near the power supply. This eliminates the clearance problem with baby AT style motherboards and allows full length cards to be used in most (if not all) of the system bus slots.
• Better Power Supply Connector: The ATX motherboard uses a single 20-pin connector instead of the confusing pair of near-identical 6-pin connectors on the baby AT form factor. You don't have the same risk of blowing up your motherboard by connecting the power cables backwards that most PC homebuilders are familiar with.
• "Soft Power" Support: The ATX power supply is turned on and off using signalling from the motherboard, not a physical toggle switch. This allows the PC to be turned on and off under software control, allowing much improved power management. For example, with an ATX system you can configure Windows 95 so that it will actually turn the PC off when you tell it to shut down.
• 3.3V Power Support: The ATX style motherboard has support for 3.3V power from the ATX power supply. This voltage (or lower) is used on almost all newer processors, and this saves cost because the need for voltage regulation to go from 5V to 3.3V is removed.
• Better Air Flow: The ATX power supply is intended to blow air into the case instead of out of it. This means that air is pushed out of all the small cracks in the PC case instead of being drawn in through them, cutting down on dust accumulation. Further, since the processor socket or slot is on the motherboard right next to the power supply, the power supply fan can be used to cool the processor's heat sink. In many cases, this eliminates the need to use (notoriously unreliable) CPU fans, though the ATX specification now allows for the fan to blow either into or out of the case. See here for more on system air flow and cooling.
• Improved Design for Upgradability: In part because it is the newest design, the ATX is the choice "for the future". More than that, its design makes upgrading easier because of more efficient access to the components on the motherboard

Embedded ATX

The Embedded ATX [EmbATX] MotherBoard size is 9.6 inches wide by 9.6 inches deep [243.84mm x 243.84mm]. The Embedded ATX motherboard is smaller than the ATX: format which is 12" wide x 9.6" deep (305mm x 244mm). However the EmbATX has the size format as the microATX motherboard but with the additional height constraint of only 2.0 inches.
The Embedded ATX specification supports one PCI riser card using a 5 volt 32-bit PCI connector.

A PC riser slot allows for an expansion card to be attached to the motherboard, but in this case the card is mounted horizontal, flat with the motherboard [but raised up].

The EmbeddededATX standard was released by Intel in 2002, as; EmbeddedATX Motherboard Interface Specification.
Pinout tables for embATX power connectors are listed below. The Infrared Port header, USB header and Audio header are not listed
The ATX pin out is really a group of dual pin headers located on the Mother board.

MINI ITX

The Mini-ITX mainboard form factor is a highly integrated native x86 mainboard measuring only 170mm x 170mm and enables the development of an infinite variety of small form factor PC systems. More than 33% smaller than the FlexATX mainboard form factor, the Mini-ITX is aimed at the development of Thin-Clients, wireless network devices, digital media systems, set-top boxes and more. The Mini-ITX mainboard successfully integrates various combinations of readily-available chipset and processor components from VIA that come with rich feature sets that include ultra low power native x86 processors, onboard LAN and various integrated AGP graphics and audio options. Further enhancing its versatility, the Mini-ITX mainboard can include CompactFlash and CardBus slots, TV-Out connector, SPDIF 5.1 audio, USB 2.0, 1394 (Firewire), integrated MPEG2/MPEG4 decoding, support for up to DDR400, Serial ATA and much more. A key advantage of the Mini-ITX mainboard is that it is based on the low power VIA processor platform that comprises of either a VIA C3™ processor or a fanless VIA Eden™ ESP processor, together with a choice of highly integrated VIA chipsets and VIA companion chips. VIA processor platforms are unique in that the workload is shared across the whole platform rather than being focused on the CPU, i.e. platform centric as apposed to CPU centric. Due to their low power consumption, these platforms generate less heat and therefore require less active cooling, allowing the use of quieter, lower profile coolers that are better suited to the ergonomic, small form factor systems that have more application flexibility than the more traditional tower PC.

VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Mainboard from VIA Embedded Platform Division Through its mainboard business unit VIA Embedded, VIA produce the VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Mainboard for small, quiet PCs ranging from silent desktops to digital media rich Hi-Fi and entertainment PCs. You can download high and low resolution pictures, BIOS, drivers, manuals, and datasheets for VIA EPIA Mini-ITX mainboards from the VIA Embedded website. Trailblazing into an exciting new market, there is an increasing number of independent chassis, power supplies and other accessories manufacturers for the Mini-ITX form factor. For information on where to buy VIA Embedded Mini-ITX mainboard as well as information on what chassies are available, please go to the VIA Arena web site or contact our VIA Embedded channel partners from the VIA Embedded web site.

VIA EPIA Mini-ITX Case Mods and Car PC Projects With the I/O ports as the tallest components on the board (including the CPU cooler), the Mini-ITX mainboard is also becoming increasingly popular among the rapidly emerging enthusiast user group. The small size, quiet operation and low profile of the VIA EPIA Mini-ITX makes it ideal for moving the PC to different parts of the home, from stylish case modifications for the living room to in-car PCs. With the VIA EPIA Mini-Itx, your imagination is its only limitation!

SSI CEB

The Compact Electronics Bay Specification (CEB) is a standard form factor for dual processor motherboards defined by the Server System Infrastructure (SSI) forum. The specification is intended for value servers and workstations based on the Intel XEON processor.

An SSI CEB motherboard is 305mm x 267mm [12” x 10.5”].

The SSI CEB specification was derived from the EEB and ATX specifications. This means that SSI CEB motherboards have the same mounting holes and the same IO connector area as ATX motherboards, although SSI CEB motherboards are larger in size than ATX motherboards. The rear panel aperture is identical to the EEB and ATX specification and expansion cards mounted on an SSI CEB motherboard appear much the same as they would on an ATX motherboard.

To standardize thermal behavior of such motherboards the position of the processors is defined, including the identification of the primary processor and the secondary. For motherboards with only one processor, it is recommended that the primary processor should be provided first.

PC/104

PC/104 (or PC104) is an embedded computer standard controlled by the PC/104 Consortium which defines both a form factor and computer bus. PC/104 is intended for specialized embedded computing environments where applications depend on reliable data acquisitionCOTS vendors, which benefits many consumers who want a customized rugged system, without months of design and paper work. despite an often extreme environment. The form factor is often sold by

The PC/104 form factor was originally devised by Ampro Computers in 1987, and later standardised by the PC/104 Consortium in 1992. An IEEE standard corresponding to PC/104 was drafted as IEEE P996.1, but never ratified.

Unlike the popular ATX form factor which utilizes the PCI bus and is currently used for most PCs, the PC/104 form factor has no backplane, and instead allows modules to stack together like building blocks. The stacking of buses is naturally more rugged than typical PCs. This is a result of mounting-holes in the corner of each module which allow the boards to be fastened to each other with standoffs.

The standard size of boards complying to the form factor is 3.55 × 3.775 inches (90.17 × 95.89 mm), while the height is typically constrained to the boundaries of the connectors. A constrained height region guarantees that modules will not interfere with their neighbors. Vendors often follow these design restrictions to ensure proper stacking of modules, although it is not uncommon to find boards which ignore the form factor requirements.

While a typical system (also referred to as a stack) includes a motherboard, analog-to-digital converter, and digital I/O (data acquisition) module, other peripherals are finding their way into the market including GPS receivers, IEEE 802.11 controllers, and USB controllers.

Form factors

[edit] PC/104

The PC/104 computer bus (first released in 1992) utilizes 104 pins. These pins include all the normal lines used in the ISA bus, with additional ground pins added to ensure bus integrity. Signal timing and voltage levels are identical to the ISA bus, with lower current requirements.

[edit] PC/104-Plus

The PC/104-Plus form factor adds support for the PCI bus, in addition to the ISA bus of the PC/104 standard. The name is derived from its origin: a PC/104-Plus module is one which has a PC/104 connector (ISA) plus the PCI connector. One design concern of PC/104-Plus is available board real estate, which is mostly consumed by the bus connectors.

[edit] PCI-104

The PCI-104 form factor only includes the PCI connector (with the ISA connector omitted), in an effort to increase the available board real estate. The vast majority of boards still use only the ISA-based PC/104, and are thus incompatible with PCI-104.

[edit] EBX

EBX (Embedded Board eXpandable) is a single board computer formfactor, 5.75” x 8.00”. The EBX is based on the IEEE-P996 (ISA), PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI and PCMCIA. EBX supports the PC/104 boards.

[edit] EPIC

"EPIC" -- an acronym for "Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing" -- the new form-factor sits smack in the middle between the size of the popular PC/104 and EBX embedded SBC standards.

The EPIC spec allows I/O connections to be implemented as either pin-headers or PC-style ("real world") connectors. The standard provides specific I/O zones to implement functions such as Ethernet, serial ports, digital and analog I/O, video, wireless, and various application-specific interfaces

Form factors

[edit] PC/104

The PC/104 computer bus (first released in 1992) utilizes 104 pins. These pins include all the normal lines used in the ISA bus, with additional ground pins added to ensure bus integrity. Signal timing and voltage levels are identical to the ISA bus, with lower current requirements.

[edit] PC/104-Plus

The PC/104-Plus form factor adds support for the PCI bus, in addition to the ISA bus of the PC/104 standard. The name is derived from its origin: a PC/104-Plus module is one which has a PC/104 connector (ISA) plus the PCI connector. One design concern of PC/104-Plus is available board real estate, which is mostly consumed by the bus connectors.

[edit] PCI-104

The PCI-104 form factor only includes the PCI connector (with the ISA connector omitted), in an effort to increase the available board real estate. The vast majority of boards still use only the ISA-based PC/104, and are thus incompatible with PCI-104.

[edit] EBX

EBX (Embedded Board eXpandable) is a single board computer formfactor, 5.75” x 8.00”. The EBX is based on the IEEE-P996 (ISA), PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI and PCMCIA. EBX supports the PC/104 boards.

EPIC

"EPIC" -- an acronym for "Embedded Platform for Industrial Computing" -- the new form-factor sits smack in the middle between the size of the popular PC/104 and EBX embedded SBC standards.

The EPIC spec allows I/O connections to be implemented as either pin-headers or PC-style ("real world") connectors. The standard provides specific I/O zones to implement functions such as Ethernet, serial ports, digital and analog I/O, video, wireless, and various application-specific interfaces

Pico-ITX

Pico-ITX is a PC motherboard form factor announced by VIA Technologies in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT. The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call the board to be 10 x 7.2 cm (3.9 in x 2.8 in), which is half the area of Nano-ITX. The processor can be a VIA C7 or a VIA Eden V4 that uses VIA's NanoBGA2 technology for speeds up to 1.5 GHz, with 128KB L1 & L2 caches. It uses DDR2 400/533 SO-DIMM memory, with support for up to 1GB. Video is supplied via AGP by VIA's UniChromeGPU with built-in MPEG-2, 4, and WMV9 decoding acceleration. The BIOS is a 4 or 8 Mbit Award BIOS.^[1][2] Pro II

EPIA PX (currently the only motherboard series that uses the Pico-ITX form factor) has been demonstrated running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista^[3]. Major current flavours of Linux, including Fedora Core 6 and Ubuntu 7.10, have also been shown to be able to run on it.

EPIA PX10000G

Top view of the EPIA PX10000G, Rev B with a dime for comparison of size.

Bottom view of the EPIA PX10000G, Rev B with a dime for comparison of size.

The first motherboard in this form factor is called EPIA PX10000G. It is 10 x 7.2 cm and 10 layers deep. The operating temperature range is from 0°C to about 50°C. The operating humidity level (relative and non-condensing) can be from 0% to about 95%. It uses a 1 GHz VIA C7 processor a VIA VX700 chip set, and is RoHS compliant.^[4] It has onboard VGA video-out, VIA VT6106S 10/100 RJ45 Ethernet, UDMA 33/66/100/133 44-pin PATA (1x), and SATAI/O. DVI and LVDS video-out, USB 2.0, COM, PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard, and 7.1 channel audio (supplied by a VIA VT1708A chip) are supported through the usage of I/O pin headers and add-on modules.^[5][6] (1x)

The VIA PX-O add-on module supplies access to: 1 RCA-out for S/PDIF usage, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 1 Line-in, 1 buzzer/speaker, 1 CN9 Connector (function TBC), and 1 CN10 Connector (function TBC). (Note: Either the VIA PX-O add-on module or 4 USB 2.0 I/O are supplied in retail packages.)^[7]

The VIA VT1625M add-on module supplies access to 1 External TV-Out and 1 Video Capture Port.^[8]

WINDOWS 98

To install Windows 98, you must have one of the following products:

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The "Microsoft Windows 98 Upgrade" product. This upgrade product is available on CD-ROM. When you use the Windows 98 Upgrade version, you must have a copy of the previous version of Windows on CD-ROM or on floppy disks for the compliance-check procedure during Setup. Make sure that you have your qualifying version of Windows on CD-ROM or on floppy disks before you run Setup. Note that you must also have a Windows 98 Startup disk to install this product.For additional information about how to create a Windows 98 Startup disk, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 187632 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/187632/EN-US/) How to Create a Windows 98 Startup Disk that Supports FAT32

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The "Microsoft Windows 98 for PCs Without Windows" product. This version is available on CD-ROM. A Windows 98 Startup disk is included with the product.

Minimum Hardware Requirements to Install Windows 98

The minimum hardware requirements include:

•	486DX 66-MHz or faster processor (Pentium recommended)
•	16 megabytes (MB) of memory (24 MB recommended)
•	195 MB of free hard disk space (the required space may vary from 120 MB to 295 MB, depending on your computer's configuration and the options you choose to install)
•	CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
•	3.5-inch high-density floppy disk drive
•	Video adapter and monitor that support VGA or higher resolution
•	Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device System Updates, Device Drivers, and Other Considerations CMOS Antivirus Utility It is important to disable any CMOS antivirus utility that is enabled on your computer before you run Setup. If you are not sure if this feature is enabled on your computer, view the documentation that is included with your computer, or contact the computer manufacturer. Drive Overlay Software If your computer uses drive overlay software to enable large hard disk support, the drive overlay software must be installed before you install Windows 98. To install the drive overlay software, view the documentation that is included with the software or contact the software manufacturer. System Updates and Device Drivers To ensure that your hardware and software is compatible with Windows 98, verify that you have the latest drivers, Basic Input Output System (BIOS), or patches for your hardware and software before you run Setup. If your computer uses proprietary hardware and you try to install Windows 98 on a clean hard disk, you may receive error messages. Before you install the retail or upgrade version of Windows 98 on your computer, check with the hardware manufacturer and verify that there are no known issues. Also, if your current version of Windows was preinstalled on your computer and was bundled with a software package that is on a Restore CD-ROM, you may not be able install the programs that are on the Restore CD-ROM. If this is the case, use the hardware manufacturer's Restore CD-ROM to install Windows 95 and the included programs first, and then run Setup from the Windows 98 Upgrade version. View your original hardware documentation if you are not sure how to run the Restore CD-ROM. WARNING: When you run the Restore CD-ROM, it may delete all of the data on your hard disk. Real-Mode CD-ROM Support The Windows 98 Startup disk contains generic CD-ROM drivers that work with most CD-ROM drives. The Windows 98 Startup disk contains generic, real-mode ATAPI CD-ROM and small computer system interface (SCSI) drivers that can enable CD-ROM drives after you boot from the Windows 98 Startup disk. These CD-ROM drivers are not guaranteed to work with all CD-ROM drives. They may work as a replacement driver if the real-mode CD-ROM drivers that are included with your CD-ROM drive are not available. If these drivers do not work with your CD-ROM drive, view the documentation that is included with your hardware, or contact your hardware manufacturer. Back to the top How to Prepare the Hard Disk for the Windows 98 Installation Procedure WARNING: The following information applies to preparing an empty hard disk for the installation of Windows 98. If you use the following steps on a hard disk that is not empty, all of the data that is on that hard disk is deleted. Before you install Windows 98 on an empty hard disk, you must first create a primary partition and then format a file system on that partition. Each allocated space on the hard disk (primary partition or logical drive) is assigned a drive letter. Windows 98 supports the FAT16 and FAT32 file systems. When you run the Fdisk tool on a hard disk that is larger than 512 MB, you are prompted to choose a file system. The FAT16 file system has a maximum of 2 gigabytes (GB) for each allocated space, or drive letter. For example, if you use the FAT16 file system and you have a 6-GB hard disk, you can have three drive letters (C, D, and E), each with 2 GB of allocated space. The FAT32 file system supports drives up to 2 terabytes in size and stores files on smaller sections of the hard disk than does the FAT16 file system. This results in more free space on the hard disk. The FAT32 file system does not support drives that are smaller than 512 MB. For additional information about the FAT32 file system, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 154997 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/154997/EN-US/) Description of the FAT32 File System 118335 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/118335/EN-US/) Maximum Partition Size Using FAT16 File System More information about file systems is also available in the "Getting Started" manual that is included with the Windows 98 CD-ROM. For additional information about the Fdisk tool, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 66706 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/66706/EN-US/) The Four Steps Needed to Make a Hard Disk Usable How to Partition the Hard Disk After you decide which file system you want to use, run the Fdisk tool: 1. Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer. 2. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER. 3. At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press ENTER. 4. If the hard disk is larger than 512 MB, you receive the following prompt: Your computer has a disk larger than 512 MB. This version of Windows includes improved support for large disks, resulting in more efficient use of disk space on large drives, and allowing disks over 2 GB to be formatted as a single drive. IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems, including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not designated explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or older disk utilities, do no enable large drive support. Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N)? If you want to use the FAT32 file system, press Y, and then press ENTER. If you want to use the FAT16 file system, press N, and then press ENTER. 5. After you press ENTER, the Fdisk Options menu is displayed. Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive option, and then press ENTER. 6. Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS Partition option, and then press ENTER. 7. After you press ENTER, you receive the following prompt: Do you wish to use the maximum available size for primary DOS partition? FAT32 File System: a. If you chose the FAT32 file system in step 4 and you want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER. b. Press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt. c. Skip to step 10. FAT16 File System: a. If you chose the FAT16 file system in step 4, and you want the first 2 GB on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press ENTER. b. Press ESC to return to the Options menu, and then skip to step i. c. If you want to customize the size of the partitions (the logical drives) on the hard disk, press N, and then press ENTER. d. A prompt is displayed for you to type the size that you want for the primary partition in megabytes or percent of disk space. Note that for a Windows 98-based computer, Microsoft recommends that you make the primary partition at least 500 MB. Type the size of the partition that you want to create, and then press ENTER. e. Press ESC to return to the Options menu. f. Press 2 to select the Set active partition option, and then press ENTER. g. When you are prompted to type the number of the partition that you want to make the active partition, press 1, and then press ENTER. h. Press ESC to return to the Options menu. i. To assign drive letters to the additional space on the hard disk: 1. Press 1, and then press ENTER. 2. Press 2 to select the Create Extended DOS Partition option, and then press ENTER. 3. The option that appears displays the maximum space that is available for the extended partition. You can adjust the size of the partition or you can use the default size. Note that the default maximum space is recommended, but the space can be divided between multiple drive letters. Type the amount of space that you want, press ENTER, and then press ESC. 4. The Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition menu is displayed. This is the menu that you use to assign the remaining hard disk space to the additional drive letters. Type the amount of space that you want to assign to the next drive letter at the Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%) prompt, and then press ENTER. 5. A table that lists the drive letter that you created and the amount of space that is on that drive is displayed. If there is still free space on the hard disk, it is displayed near the bottom of the table. Repeat steps 1 through 4 until you receive the following message: All available space in the Extended DOS Partition is assigned to local drives 6. After you receive this message, press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the Fdisk tool and return to a command prompt. 8. After you create the partitions, restart you computer with the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive. 9. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer without CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER. 10. When a command prompt is displayed, type format c:, and then press ENTER. NOTE: If you receive a "Bad command or file name" message, you may need to extract the Format.com utility to your Startup disk. To do this, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER: extract ebd.cab format.com After the Format.com utility is extracted to your Startup disk and a command prompt is displayed, type format c:. 11. When you successfully run the Format.com utility, you receive the following prompt: WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (Y/N)? Press Y, and then press ENTER to format drive C. 12. After the format procedure is finished, you receive the following prompt: Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)? This is an optional feature that you can use to type a name for the hard disk. Type an 11-character name for the drive, or leave it blank, and then press ENTER. 13. Repeat steps 10 through 13 for any additional drive letters that you created in step i. Back to the top How to Install Windows 98 After you partition and format your hard disk, you can install Windows 98: 1. Insert the Windows 98 Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer. 2. When the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, choose the Start computer with CD-ROM support option, and then press ENTER. 3. If CD-ROM support is provided by the generic drivers on the Startup disk, you receive one of the following messages, where X is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive: Drive X: = Driver MSCD001 Drive X: = Driver OEMCD001 NOTE: If your CD-ROM drive is not available after you boot from the Windows 98 Startup disk, install the CD-ROM drivers that are included with your CD-ROM drive. For information about how to obtain and install the most current driver for your CD-ROM drive, view the documentation that is included with your device, or contact your hardware manufacturer. 4. Insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following command at a command prompt, and then press ENTER X:\setup where X is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive. 5. When you receive the following message, press ENTER, and then follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Setup procedure: Please wait while the Setup initializes. Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system. To continue press Enter.

Installing; Windows 2000

Installing Microsoft Windows 2000

To prepare for creating your domain controllers, you must first install Microsoft Windows 2000 onto the computers that will be promoted to be domain controllers. In the Microsoft CRM architecture, the domain controllers are named AD01 and AD02.

Installing Windows 2000 Server for the First Domain Controller

The first step is to install Windows 2000 Server in a workgroup, including the components in the following list:

• The DNS Server service on AD01

• The Support Tools from the Windows 2000 Server CD

• Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)

• The latest fixes from the Microsoft Update site (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)

Prepare the AD01 server

1. Perform a default installation of Windows 2000 Server by using the CD boot or floppy boot method. Include Terminal Services in remote administration mode. Also install the Support Tools from the Windows 2000 Server CD. Use appropriate naming conventions for your environment; however, for the purposes of this guide, the first domain controller should be named AD01. Enable only an internal facing, or private interface, which will be on the same Ethernet segment as the private interface of your front-end Microsoft Exchange servers.

2. Apply Windows 2000 Server SP4 (or later version) and any post-service pack updates.

3. Install Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 (or later).

4. Change the event log size for the Application, Security, and System event logs to 80000 kilobytes (KB).

Deploy AD01 as the first domain controller

1. Log on to AD01 using an account that is a member of the local administrators group.

2. On the Start menu, click Run, type DCPROMO, and then click OK to start the Active Directory® Installation Wizard.

3. On the Welcome to the Active Directory Installation Wizard page, click Next, select Domain Controller for a New Domain, and then click Next.

4. On the Create Tree or Child Domain page, select Create a New Domain Tree, and then click Next.

5. On the Create or Join Forest page, select Create a New Forest of Domain Trees, and then click Next.

6. On the New Domain Name page, type the full DNS name for the new domain, and then click Next. (For example, in this architecture, the full DNS name is adventureworks.com.)

7. On the NetBIOS Domain Name page, click Next to accept the network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) domain name.

   Note If you have additional disks in your domain controllers, the recommended configuration is to keep the Active Directory database on a hard disk drive different from the log file.

8. On the Database and Log Locations page, click Next to accept the default database and log locations.

9. On the Shared System Volume page, click Next to accept the shared system volume location.

   Note If the following message appears, click OK: "Wizard cannot locate the DNS server that handles the name adventureworks to determine whether it supports dynamic update. Confirm your DNS configuration or install and configure a DNS server on this computer."

10. On the Configure DNS page, select Yes, install and configure DNS on this computer [recommended], and then click Next.

11. On the Permissions page, select Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000 servers, and then click Next.

    Note For more information about this option, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base - 257988 at support.microsoft.com/?kbid=257988.

12. On the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password page, type a strong password (for example, "DS#Restore%1"), and then click Next.

13. On the Summary page, click Next to accept the settings shown in the summary. This starts the creation of the Windows 2000 domain and installs the DNS server. (Unless you installed DNS components when installing the server, you will be prompted for the location of the files. Insert your installation CD or type the location on your local disk.)

14. When the process is complete, click Finish, and then select Restart Now to restart the server.

After the server restarts, check the DNS zone for adventureworks.com and ensure that you have four new folders in your zone (msdcs, sites, tcp, and udp). These new folders reflect the proper registration of your new domain controller in DNS. Without these four folders, your domain controller will not function correctly.

Check the DNS zone for your new domain controller

1. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and click DNS.

2. Expand AD01, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and expand adventureworks.com.

3. Confirm that the folders exist.

If you do not see all four folders, your domain controller is not functioning properly. However, you can fix this problem by forcing the registration of the domain controller in DNS by using the NETDIAG support tool. Go to the command prompt and type NETDIAG /FIX. After this command is complete, you should see all four folders in your DNS zone. You can also force registration by stopping and restarting the Net Logon service. However, the NETDIAG tool provides a great deal of additional useful information.

To validate that your domain controller is working as specified, run DCDIAG from a command prompt. DCDIAG was installed as part of the Windows 2000 Support Tools. The most important test you will see is the first one: connectivity. This test will tell you whether your domain controller is properly registered in DNS. If your tests are successful, you have a healthy domain controller and can go on to the next section.

Setting Active Directory to Native Mode

Active Directory must be in native mode before you can install Microsoft CRM.

Note You must perform this procedure on an Active Directory domain controller.

Set Active Directory to native mode

1. Log on to AD01 using an account that is a member of the Domain Administrators group.

2. On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Domains and Trusts.

3. In the console tree, right-click the domain name for the domain that you want to administer, and then click Properties.

4. On the General tab, if Mixed Mode is displayed, click Change Mode, and then click Yes.

5. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box, and then click OK on the replication message.

How to install Windows XP

My Windows XP installation has reached its half-life. (You do know that Windows has a half-life, don’t you? Every installation of Windows naturally degrades along a logarithmic curve until it becomes annoying, then unbearable, then unusable. Each successive revision of Windows has featured a slightly longer half-life. Back in the day, Windows 95 would last me about 3 months, while my copy of Windows XP has lasted me almost 9. I’m not bitter; when you realize that you’re measuring on a logarithmic scale, a factor of 3 improvement is really quite impressive.)

Still, the fact remains that my Windows XP laptop can no longer (a) print, (b) sleep, or (c) change network settings without crashing. This is not multiple choice; it can’t do any of those things. It’s time for a clean re-install.

1. Back up entire d: drive to iMac upstairs. rsync rocks.
2. Find Windows XP install disc.
3. Reboot with Windows XP install disc.
4. Asked for product activation. Curse Microsoft.
5. Search my house in vain for my original, 100% legitimate, retail Windows XP box.
6. Reboot.
7. Search control panels in vain for a window, dialog, tab, or pane that displays my current product key.
8. Search Google for “windows xp get current product key”.
9. Find a utility on a cracker web page in Russia that displays the current product key. This is one of the more lame utilities, since most of the good ones allow you to change it. I don’t wish to change it; I actually have a perfectly good product key, I just don’t know what it is.
10. Reboot with Windows XP install disc.
11. Reboot repeatedly as required.
12. Boot screen. Choose between “Windows XP Professional” and “Windows XP Professional”. Brilliant. Pick one. The wrong one. Boot into fucked Windows XP install. Hard reboot. Pick the right one. Make mental note to hack boot.ini later.
13. “Welcome to Windows XP. You have no useful programs and no internet access. You have 30 days left for activation. Would you like to activate now?” Yes, I would, but I have no internet access.
14. Unnecessarily loud and cheerful startup noises. Make mental note to turn off all sounds later.
15. Search the “Network and Internet Connections” wizards in vain for some way to set up my Linksys wireless card. Having never done a clean install of XP (I previously upgraded from Windows 2000), and having been moderately impressed by the new wireless networking features in XP, I naively assumed this would “just work”. Silly rabbit.
16. Search my house for my Linksys wireless card driver install disc. Find the install disc that came with the old card, that broke and was replaced by the new-and-improved version 3.0 card. Wonder if that will suffice.
17. Fight with the “Add New Hardware Wizard” trying to install the obviously inferior drivers off this disc.
18. Wonder where the “Device Manager” is hiding.
19. Find the “Device Manager”. Right-click on the unknown device, “Linksys_Instant_Wireless_Card”. Update driver. “Windows was unable to locate a driver for this device. Would you like to search on the internet?” Yes, I’d love to, but I can’t, you moron. Install driver from specific location. Specify WIN2000 folder on old-and-inferior install disc.
20. “This driver is not digitally signed.” OK.
21. “This driver may cause your computer to become unstable.” OK.
22. “This driver may anally rape your mother while pouring sugar down your gas tank.” OK.
23. Nothing. No connection, no internet access, no acknowledgment of any device whatsoever.
24. Reboot.
25. Doesn’t work.
26. “Take a tour of Windows XP!” I am.
27. Reboot.
28. Doesn’t work.
29. Dig out old wired PCMCIA card. Take computer upstairs. Plug directly into switch. cmd. ipconfig. We have an IP address. ping www.google.com. We have name resolution and internet access.
30. Fire up Internet Explorer. runonce.msn.com. No. www.linksys.com. Support. Downloads. WPC11. Windows XP. Linksys.com rocks.
31. Insert Linksys wireless card.
32. Back to Device Manager.
33. Uninstall old-and-inferior driver.
34. Update driver.
35. “This driver is not digitally signed.” OK.
36. “This driver may cause your computer to become unstable.” OK.
37. “This driver may…” OK.
38. cmd. ipconfig. We have internet access.
39. “Add your .NET Passport to Windows XP!” No.
40. Fire up Internet Explorer. www.msn.com. No. www.mozilla.org. Download Mozilla.
41. Realize I should create an “f8dy” user because it will make my life easier later.
42. Create “f8dy” as an administrator. Log out. Log in.
43. Install Mozilla. Yes, I would like to make you my default browser. The world is happiness and glee.
44. “Take a tour of Windows XP!” Sigh.
45. “30 days left for activation!” Click. Yes, I would like to activate Windows over an active internet connection, now that I have one. No, I would not like to register with Microsoft. Yes, I have read the privacy statement and agree to give up my computer, my civil rights, and my first-born child. I wasn’t using my civil rights anyway.
46. Back to Mozilla. Set up IMAP server. Set up SMTP server. Set up LDAP directories. Fiddle with endless settings. Ooh, 1.5 alpha has auto-login scripts in Chatzilla. Make mental note to get on IRC when this is all done and bitch about it to a bunch of Linux-loving hippies.
47. Search Google for “windows xp tweakui”.
48. Download TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe. Run TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe. “The procedure entry point GetDllDirectoryW could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll”
49. Dig. Dig. Dig. Aha. TweakUI requires Windows XP Service Pack 1.
50. Fire up Internet Explorer again. windowsupate.microsoft.com. “Do you want to install and run Windows Update V4 Control?” Yes. “Always trust content from Microsoft Corporation?” No.
51. “Windows Update has found 39 critical updates and service packs.” Install now.
52. “Service Pack 1 must be installed separately from other updates.” OK.
53. Yes, I agree to bend over, grease up, and accept the End User License Agreement.
54. Wait. Time passes.
55. Wait. Time passes.
56. Wait. Time passes. It is getting dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
57. Reboot.
58. “Take a tour of Windows XP!”
59. “Add your .NET Passport to Windows XP!”
60. Fire up Internet Explorer. “Windows Update has found 26 critical updates.” This we call progress. Install now.
61. Wait. Time passes. Reboot.
62. “Take a tour of Windows XP!”
63. “Add your .NET Passport to Windows XP!”
64. Control Panel. Display settings. Use Windows Classic theme. No desktop picture. Blank screen saver. OK.
65. Folder options. Use Windows classic folders. Toggle virtually every View option. OK.
66. Sounds and Audio Devices. Mute. No sound theme. OK.
67. Taskbar and Start Menu. Don’t hide inactive system tray icons. Use Classic Start menu. Customize. Show small icons in Start menu. Expand Control Panel. Don’t use personalized menus. OK.
68. Try TweakUI again. Success.
69. Don’t beep on errors.
70. Disable combo box animation.
71. Disable cursor shadow.
72. Disable list box animation.
73. Disable menu animation.
74. Disable menu fading.
75. Disable menu selection fading.
76. Disable mouse hot tracking effects.
77. Disable tooltip animation.
78. Disable tooltip fade.
79. Disable window animation.
80. Don’t optimize hard disk when idle.
81. Don’t show Help on Start menu.
82. Don’t show Recent Documents on Start menu.
83. Don’t allow web content to be added to the desktop.
84. Clear document history on exit.
85. Disable smooth scrolling.
86. Don’t maintain document history.
87. Don’t maintain network history.
88. Don’t manipulate connected files as a unit.
89. Don’t prefix “Shortcut to” on new shortcuts.
90. Don’t show Links on Favorites.
91. Don’t show My Documents on Start menu.
92. Don’t show My Pictures on Start menu.
93. Use Classic Search in Explorer.
94. Use Classic Search in Internet Explorer.
95. Don’t use intuitive filename sorting.
96. Do use Tab to navigate Autocomplete.
97. Hide places bar in common dialogs.
98. Disable balloon tips in Taskbar and Start menu.
99. Don’t show any desktop icons.
100. Disable all document templates.
101. Auto-login as “f8dy”.
102. Quit TweakUI.
103. Delete everything in Start menu. Windows Catalog. Windows Update. Outlook Express. Tour Windows XP. Games. Accessories. MSN Messenger. Make mental note to look up how to completely uninstall MSN Messenger.
104. Set up command prompts. 3 for home. 4 for work. 5 for incoming. 125 width, 3000 height. 125 window width, 57 height. Do not let system position window.
105. Fire up Mozilla. www.cygwin.com. Download and install Cygwin.
106. bash
107. binutils
108. bzip2
109. cron
110. crypt
111. curl
112. cvs
113. diff
114. gawk
115. gcc
116. grep
117. gzip
118. less
119. links
120. lynx
121. more
122. naim
123. ncftp
124. ncurses
125. openssh
126. patch
127. rsync. rsync rocks.
128. sed
129. tar
130. texinfo
131. tidy
132. unzip
133. vim
134. wget
135. which
136. whois
137. zip
138. Copy over old ssh private keys. Test ssh diveintomark.org. Oh glorious king, thy name is ssh.
139. Copy over old Emacs installation. Dig up my .emacs file that makes Emacs bearable.
140. Search Google for “proxomitron”. Download. Install. Configure Mozilla.
141. Search Google for “uninstall msn messenger windows xp”. Discover that SP1 actually makes this visible in Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components. Delete a bunch of other crap while we’re there. Outlook Express. Windows Media Player. MSN Explorer.
142. www.activestate.com. Download ActivePython. Install.
143. Fire up Emacs. Test interactive Python shell in Emacs. The world is happiness and glee.
144. Search Google for “kerio firewall”. Download. Install. Reboot. Boot menu still lists duplicate installations.
145. Fire up Emacs. Open boot.ini. Remove old installation. Add “/noguiboot” flag to new installation.
146. Reboot.
147. Search Google for “apache 2.0 win32″. Download. Install. Copy and paste custom stuff into httpd.conf. Restart Apache service.