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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: davypipes on May 26, 2005, 16:34

Title: processor
Post by: davypipes on May 26, 2005, 16:34

i hope this aint a daft question...
i typed dxdiag on the dos prompt inorder for me to check the spec of the comp i was using.it showed the processor to be "intel x86 family 15 model 2 stepping 9" so my que is...is this a p3 or a p4? i checked  on some other sites which were even including the term "genuine intel? :? " so whatdoes all this mean?

Title: processor
Post by: Tony on May 26, 2005, 16:58

Go to >Start>Settings>Control Panel> System> General Tab...it will indicate your chip under Computer.

In my case it states its a AMD Athlon[tm]XP2000+ which I know it is ...as I built the PC

Title: processor
Post by: davypipes on May 27, 2005, 15:35

geezzzzz...thanks! its remarkable how simple somethings are(thanks to my ignorance! :blush: )...anyhooooo thank you! :D

Title: processor
Post by: Tony on May 27, 2005, 17:27

Quote from: "davypipes"

geezzzzz...thanks! its remarkable how simple somethings are(thanks to my ignorance! :blush: )...anyhooooo thank you! :D

No sweat davypipes, it is remarkably easy once you know. But prior to that it can be remarkably hard trying to figure it all out  :wink:

Title: processor
Post by: Sandra on May 27, 2005, 19:23

An even quicker way to get to the System Properties window is to just hit the windows and Pause/Break key at the same time  :)

Title: processor
Post by: Simon on May 27, 2005, 21:16

Brilliant, Sandra!  I never knew that one.  :thumb:

Title: processor
Post by: Sandra on May 27, 2005, 21:35

I think that Joudi posted the shortcut keys in his Tips and Tweaks section before but these are some others again :


Windows+Tab
 Cycle through open applications on the task bar
 
Windows+Break
 Open the system properties panel
 
Windows+F1
 Start Windows Help
 
Windows+E
 Open an instance of Windows Explorer, centered on "My Computer"
 
Windows+F
 Open the "Find Files or Folders" dialog box
 
Windows+Ctrl+F
 Open the "Find Computer" dialog box
 
Windows+M
 Minimize all open windows
 
Windows+Shift+M
 Undo the "minimize all" function (re-open all current windows)
 
Windows+R
 Open the "Run" dialog box

I find the last one useful too for doing CMD or MSCONFIG   :)

Title: processor
Post by: Clive on May 27, 2005, 22:18

What is this Windows key you speak of?  No such thing on my keyboard!   :grin:

Title: processor
Post by: joudi on May 27, 2005, 22:48

You should have normally two "Window" keys Clive, on the same row of the "Space" key.

- One on the left side of the "Space" bar: between "Alt" & "Ctrl" keys.

- The other to the right side of the "Space" bar: between "Alt Gr" & a "Menu" (I think) keys, (the second key to the right of the space bar, after "Alt Gr" key.)

Those two keys of "Window"; don't have the word "Window" on them, they have the symbole of "Windows" normally.   :)

Title: processor
Post by: Sandra on May 27, 2005, 23:34

Clives keyboard is so old Joudi that his was made before they added the windows key.

The windows key was only added to keyboards around 10 years ago  :)

Title: processor
Post by: Clive on May 27, 2005, 23:52

Yes, this keyboard is 1992 vintage and has nice hard keys instead of those horrible spongy ones.

Title: processor
Post by: Lona on May 28, 2005, 01:51

Quote from: "Clive"

Yes, this keyboard is 1992 vintage and has nice hard keys instead of those horrible spongy ones.

Clive, get modernised for goodness sake.  :D  :wink: