Forum said:Why would the DEA be confiscating gaming set ups? Unless you were caught selling drugs over the internet or some shit. Just wondering, if you don't want everyone to know your story please pm me becuause I'm interested seeing as DEA is a drug enforcment agency. Thbaks!
There is an operating system that exists that is built on the Windows XP engine, called Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. It is used for "point of sale" electronics, such as cash registers, but luckily, you can use it on a regular PC just fine.Ironhide said:Well, ever since my gaming rig was confiscated by law officials (DEA) back in June, I've put together a temp desktop with many different parts/brands and specs. It's quite possibly the slowest and most unequipped computer known to man.
The actual case, motherboard, and power supply were not replaced....the base computer is an HP Compaq DC7100, it came with Windows XP. I put 2 gigs of PC3200 RAM (old and slow), a 40GB Western Digital hard drive (which is starting to fail). Since there was no processor installed in the computer when I found it, I put a Pentium 4 @ 3.2GHz in it....the socket only supported Pentium 4 and like Athlon 64's. There is no video card installed as I couldn't find a compatible one in my house, they are either too old, or too new. The operating system is Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit, which is extremely hard to run on this hardware. All of this hardware was designed for XP or lower.
Some problems that I run into daily with this machine:
1.) Since there is no dedicated video card, I am using the onboard video provided by intel...problem is, it's not compatible with Windows 7 so it shows up as "Standard VGA" and will not play ANY sort of game what-so-ever, I'm surprised youtube still works.
2.) Only 2 gigs of ram are installed, and on Windows 7, only about 1.5 ~ 1 gig is even usable at one given time...making it extremely frustrating to do anything two tasks at once (A.K.A: Playing a youtube video in one tab, and refreshing a website in another, it will lag the browser/video)
3.) Porn buffers way too slow.
I have been using this computer every day for about 2 months now. It's starting to get real annoying.
Neutral said:There is an operating system that exists that is built on the Windows XP engine, called Windows Embedded POSReady 2009. It is used for "point of sale" electronics, such as cash registers, but luckily, you can use it on a regular PC just fine.
There are 2 things good about this operating system:
1: It's supported until 2019, so you don't need to worry about the OS going out of support any time soon.
2: It's an extremely lightweight version of Windows XP, so you can use it like you would use XP. The thing is, the stuff that usually comes with XP, such as Paint, or Windows Media Player, doesn't come installed. Plus it supports older hardware, so you'll be able to use it just fine.
Oh, and you can download it for free on Microsoft's website. It's an evaluation copy(180 days) but you can find a way to extend that period.
If I grave-digged this thread, I apologize.
Damn, I feel bad for you like really. I would cry if my rig got confiscatedIronhide said:Damn, I've never heard of the POSReady shit, can you give me a link or site that I can download it, so I don't mistakenly download a fake or incorrect version of it.
Odyssey said:No offense, but I highly doubt the DEA out of all people would take your gaming set up. DEA has busted me for selling weed and molly over the internet, big deal, they didnt take my setup or anything. I highly doubt the DEA would take the gaming set up. If they did you should have proof of them taking it. A letter, e-mail or something, I want proof because its just no believeable.
You can download it here. If you need a product key, it's pretty easy to find. You do have to burn it onto a DVD though.Ironhide said:Damn, I've never heard of the POSReady shit, can you give me a link or site that I can download it, so I don't mistakenly download a fake or incorrect version of it.
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