Re: Upgrade from XP Home to XP Pro Hangs

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From: Papa (bikingis_at_my.fun)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:22:13 -0400

Hello again:

Rick, I decided to do a clean install (remove the existing partition, create
a new partition, format as NTFS, and then install XP Pro).

The reason is because I purchased this machine used, as a gift for my
grandson. I felt that the previous owner may have garbled something in the
OS. So I decided to go with a clean slate.

After doing this, the XP Pro system runs perfectly. No glitches at all.

Regards,

Papa

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uDOCRwNKEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Boot to safe mode by hitting F8 at the startup right after the POST. Logon
> as administrator.
>
> Start/run regsvr32 regwizc.dll
> Then start/run regsvr32 licdll.dll
>
> If this doesn't help try these steps:
>
> Start the computer in Safe mode by hitting F8 at bootup. Start/run
regedit.
> Delete the following keys:
>
> HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
> HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Software\Microsoft\Cryptography\Providers
>
> Exit the registry editor, restart normally.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
> news:O4f1obNKEHA.3472@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "Papa" <bikingis@my.fun> wrote in message
> > news:%23UG89PNKEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> I just attempted to upgrade my grandson's Dell Inspiron 8200 from XP
Home
> > to
> >> XP Pro. At the 13 minutes remaining point, the following error
appeared:
> >>
> >> "UNREGMP2.exe - Entry point not found
> >>
> >> The procedure entry point GETIUMS could not be located in the dynamic
> >> link
> >> library MSDART.DLL"
> >>
> >> What is the problem? Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> > Well, I tried CTRL-ALT-DEL to get out of the hang-up, but that didn't
> > work.
> > So I just turned the computer off by holding down the power switch for a
> > few
> > seconds. Then I rebooted and the XP setup program resumed at about the
35
> > minutes remaining mark. It appeared to get through the rest of the
> > installation OK, but at the very end a screen page of text appeared
about
> > something that went wrong. However it disappeared from the screen too
fast
> > to read. So I rebooted and just as the boot was about to complete, I got
> > the
> > following error message:
> >
> > "Windows Product Activation - A problem is preventing Windows from
> > accurately checking the license for this computer. Error code:
> > oX80004005".
> > Then the only thing possible to do was to log off.
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
> >
> >
>
>

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