Yea I did do that drivers CD, but minus the mcafee, works 9.0 and roxio. It
only being used for law documents.

Right now the machine is ready, but SLOW! It takes it ten minutes to boot.

I did a GWSCAN and DFT on the drive (HDD) and it passes.
Memory passes as well.

I don't know what else to do.


"Phillips" <afn18721@afn.org> wrote in message
news:ui7dBGKYIHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Inspiron comes with about 3 CD's that have all the software and drivers
> you need. I ordered one for wifey - MacBook has been abandoned as a
> useless iPiece of iCrap - and it has 1 OEM OS CD, 1 Inspiron Drivers CD,
> and 1 Roxio 9 CD.
>
> Michael
>
> "Andrew Harris" <aharris46@tx.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:BB79A458-A93C-478F-85BA-736140AB67C0@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>>I am fairly good with OSs but Vista has me bummed on this laptop:
>>
>> The unit is a Dell Inspiron 1721
>> 2 GB DDR2 633 memory
>> 160GB Hard Drive.
>> AMD Turion x2 2.2GHZ processor. TL somethign
>>
>> In the systems settings, after a full reinstall because I hated all the
>> problems (fully erased hdd) and reinstalled Vista Home Premium, it says
>> 776mhz instead of the 2.2 ghz
>> It is plugged into the ac power. All I have is the drivers and no
>> software installed.
>>
>> Is there a driver I need to install in Vista for the Turion X2 processors
>> like you had to do in XP?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Andrew Harris
>> 10814 Steppington Dr, Apt 3320
>> Dallas, TX 75230
>> Cell: 214-870-2000
>> Home: 214-257-7698
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