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    Installing Win XP Pro @ Command Prompt

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Sircas, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. Sircas

    Sircas Notebook Consultant

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    I am installing Win XP Pro on a machine with no Operating System.

    Any tips for getting a good Install at the Command prompt C:

    Then

    MS Office
    Ad-Aware
    AVG
    Sprint / MS software for Sprint PPC-6700 mobile phone

    Anything else good for a Fresh Hard Drive


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  2. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    Out of curiosity, why would you want to do a command line install? Just boot from the Windows CD (every BIOS has an option to boot from the CD) and install. There's no need to make things difficult.

    Personally, I suggest Avast over AVG, and you may want to install Firefox.

    I would also recommend 7zip ( http://www.zip.org/) for archive purposes.

    Adobe Acrobat or FoxIt Reader are also requirements, since .PDFs are so prevalent.

    If you don't already own MS Office, I would recommend the free OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org/)


    You may also want the Combined Community Codec Pack, or else the VideoLan Player ( http://www.videolan.org/) for video playback compatibility.
     
    Eleison, Oct 12, 2007
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