Re: Sunkfilt.sys error in Blue Screen during Windows XP ugrade

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From: Hilary Karp (hilarykarp_at_comcast.nospam.net)
Date: 06/29/04


Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:12:56 -0700

Sorry to hear that. Have you tried removing all attached printers and
devices except for the mouse, keyboard, video card and CD Rom drive?
Also after removing the printer then go into My Computer | Properties |
Hardware | Device Manager and uninstall the printer. Keep the printer
unattached and reboot. See if you can delete that file. Then try the
upgrade. If it works, attache the peripherals and install their drivers.

V & T wrote:

> Thanks for the advice. I did call HP up as soon as it
> happened. But they said I should call Microsoft because I
> was upgrading from Home Edition to Professional Edition.
> And they only help if I have the original configurations.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>You should talk to HP. This file may be one of their
>
> driver files.
>
>>V & T wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I just bought a new HP Pavilion a475c with Windows XP
>
> Home
>
>>>Edition from the store. When I attempted to upgrade it
>
> to
>
>>>Windows XP Professional Edition (with legal license),
>
> the
>
>>>PC turned into a blue screen with error warning about a
>>>corrupt sunkfilt.sys file. I tried it twice but failed
>>>before XP Prof got to install on the PC.
>>>
>>>Any ideas or assistance is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>T
>>
>>.
>>



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