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I'm writing this during my Windows XP installation... - Page 1

I'm writing this during my Windows XP installation...

Posted by: MissingNo
Date: 2006-11-08 16:04:43
… literally while it is running.
I decided to ditch kiddie-linux Linspire and put XP Home on my computer. During the second part of setup, the graphical part, at any time you can press SHIFT+F10 to bring up a command prompt. A while into Setup, (during "Registering components") you can run Internet Exploiter from the prompt!
Say C: is the XP drive.
SHIFT+F10 to pull up Command Prompt
Then at the prompt:
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
A few seconds later, and…
I'm surfing Glitch City during the install!!!
I could also run 3D Pinball (hahaha…), and some other programs.
I can't get Paint to run to get a screenshot, it's not found…

I also just as I was writing this got a package from UPS. It's sent by Analog Devices, some converter chips to build a VGA to S-VIDEO adapter.

Re: I'm writing this during my Windows XP installation...

Posted by: MissingNo
Date: 2006-11-19 14:38:57
… and I've got pictures now to prove it. I had to wipe the ENTIRE COMPUTER today so my parents could get iTunes.

Firefox 2.0 was able to install during setup, it appears…

Re: I'm writing this during my Windows XP installation...

Posted by: PokemonPichu
Date: 2006-11-19 14:51:55
That's kinda cool. :P