Recent content by Wilcal

How do i save everything i have in that case? Is there a way to create another administrator?

W10pro. Was trying to get rid of one Admin user that i had long forgotten the password for. Using my known admin password i went into: computer management ; Local users and groups ; Users, clicked on that account looked at the properties and saw a click box to disable it. After clicking it and...

Damn! Im almost done getting it all together....last thing was to get a graphics card...Just loaded the OS's (dual boot W10 and XP)...Didnt have any problems until then ...but then again, i only started it a couple of times to run through the bios. As a temporary likely now permanent solution...

Power button on my Antec Sonata 3 500 case is not working most of the time. Can anyone give me a clue as to how difficult this is to get to and replace? Source for a new one?

In this thread you will find some posts by William P about older work stations for running XP. The issue for me was slots for DVD/CD...or i would have probably gone down that road... https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/xp-on-lga1155.3607584/

time to look at pics of the MB on line and see ..

also you should be sure that is your point of trouble. That is far from the area scratched in the original picture which seems to have disappeared. You could be closing the circuit in a different place... so you might want to do as suggested, consult with an expert They will have magnifiers to...

I didnt see he had tried a different GPU

As you have determined, you scratched though something that completes a circuit and it is now open. You might try to determine what exact points need to be in contact to close that circuit before you attempt any repair. You might be able to carefully apply solder...

I had a mobo with a faulty pcie slot. Can you try a different GPU in it? Also does your MB also have onboard graphics? If it does you may need to go into setting and change to external...

To each their own. One box and a tablet is enough for me.

Working hardware of the modern age will be your down fall. I will tell you, the best you can do is to dual boot in the now. W10 for the net and modern day needs and XP 32 bit for whatever you need it for. XP 64 bit has nothing to really offer... I am in the process of finalizing my last such...

I found what i need, this can be closed!

On the other hand, if you are in the market for an upgrade to an older system and dont need the latest greatest and new, this could be a good time to buy.

The problem for a person wanting to play XP era games in emulaton or VM is the use of legacy hardware game controllers that need a sound card with a gameport that is live in XP. In my dual boot W10/XP system i have a sound card that has the drivers for both and when i load XP the gameport is...