Dell boy

Thanks for the help guys.

It's a proper iso image I have used it many times before. It boots and gives the option of running Ubuntu 10.10 in memory or installing it. I have used it a few times to get online in an emergency. I also wanted this computer spare so that I could reimage old tivo disks which a modern pc won't do

Sorry I don't get that bit, do you mean if it passed memtest the 512 must be ok.

I've been playing with it between times today. PC Pitstop says it's ok, needs a audio driver update, which I can't find. and I don't expect it will make much if any difference. Ran it through the full Dell diagnostic and it passed everything. It also passed the windows genuine advantage thingy. Ran memtest and no errors, so I think maybe it' as good as it's going to be without upping the memory. I really only wanted it for a spare and it's well worth what it cost me. I tried earlier to boot it with a linux disk but got an error wonder why that wont work.

SP3 is in, went in smooth on the second try. Downloaded chrome and am now updating drivers from the Dell site. Downloads are being automatically downloaded so lookin' good.

Tried that but it hung after a while. I tried updating explorer so I could get to the other download page but got this message. "The procedure entry point SHRegGetValueW could not be located in the dynamic link library SHLWAPI.dll"

Hl SP1 512 ram

Hi guys. I couldn't figure out exactly where to put this saga but will try here. I picked up a Dell OptiPlex GX270 PC for not a big outlay. It had windows xp sticker on the side and was said to be "going". When I booted it up it said " your copy of windows is not genuine etc. so I ran a repair with a genuine disk and validated it over the phone. Still said, not genuine etc and would not download any updates etc and crawled along. So brainy me thinks, just wipe everything and start with a genuine copy of xp, which is what I did. Formatted the disk, took the battery out for a few minutes, to hopefully get rid of any nasties lurking, and reinstalled xp. But it still won't update and still goes at a snails pace. Any help greatfully recieved.