From: "Geo." 

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Geo. (rackmount)

"Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message news:402fce84$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> What model is your Dell? I'll have to check if I have the same one
anywhere.
>
>
> Antti Kurenniemi
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:402fbba8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Not quite antti, the setiqueue server I run is on one of those dells and
> I'm
> > still dealing with this nonsense. Dell still says for that model no
> service
> > packs from MS, I still don't listen to them. When I go to windows update
I
> > still have to be careful not to accept the IntelPro100 driver update as
it
> > will make it so I can't do a proper shutdown but I've solved that too by
> > putting a powerswitch there so I can powercycle the stupid box.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
> > news:402fb7d6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > This was something like 15 years ago - Geo got fed up with dell's
> because
> > of
> > > their non-standard drivers and hasn't updated his knowledge on the
> subject
> > > since . I've happily used windowsupdate on our 50
or so dell's at
> work
> > > with no problem. I haven't seen dell supplied service packs even
> mentioned
> > > anywhere.
> > >
> > >
> > > Antti Kurenniemi
>
>

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