Re: Urgent! Need help. Can't boot into Windows!
From: P.C. (emailcounter-newsgroup_at_yahoo.com.tw)
Date: 07/26/04
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:18:57 -0700
Sorry for late response. I found the system became extremely slow after I
said "everything is perfect!" and started preparing my dinner... Well,
because I just reinstalled WindowsXP several days ago (senond time), as full
of experiences of installing the sofeware, I decided to reinstall.
As your guess, I installed the ATI driver from the recovery CD coming with
the laptop I purchased, not windows standard VGA driver. Just let you know
the error message which appeared when I tried to install the lastest ATI
driver:
"Setup was unable to find components that can be installed on your current
hardware or software configuration. Please make sure you have required
hardware or software."
It was very strange. During my first-time windows reinstallation, in fact, I
installed the lastest ATI driver I downloaded from the offical website
(supposed same as what you gave me), and the driver could reconized the
hardware. Do you think something have been "damaged" and may have not been
recovered even though I have reinstalled WindowsXP?
To cope with the potential "flying objects" in the future, I have installed
the firewalls of "Zone Alarm" and "McAfee", and others like "Spyware
Blaste", "Spyware Guard", "Spybot S&D", and "Ad-aware". Also, the wireless
router I'm using has two standard hardware firewalls. I hope they are enough
for countering future threats.
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Thanks
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"francis gerard" <spam@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:36c601c471fe$5909c1a0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > This place is wonderful because so many people are
> > willing to help those who need help. You guys contribute
> > to this.
> >
> > Unfortunately, an error message appreared and I couldn't
> > install the lastest video driver; fortunately, as you
> > inspired me, I installed the original driver through the
> > recovery CD, and now everything is perfect! I can start
> > preparing my dinner.
>
> hmmm, so you received an error when attempting to install the latest video
> driver, that's not good. did you write down what it said? when you say
> that you installed the 'original driver through the recovery CD' you don't
> mean windows standard VGA driver do you? it's ok to install the standard
> vga driver when something goes wrong with the video hardware's native
> drivers, but if you leave the standard vga drivers installed, your video
> hardware will be quite slow and operate in non-accelerated mode, some 3D
> features will not work at all. i assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the
> video hardware in your machine was an ATI Radeon of some kind. is this a
> notebook computer? if so, the ATI installer has a nasty habit of
> terminating the installation of the Catalyst drivers because of ugly
> licensing agreements b/w ATI and the notebook vendor, ie, the maker of the
> notebook is supposed to provide their own drivers, even though the latest
> ATI versions work great, and usually better than the OEM's. (there are
> tricks to get them installed, but we won't get into that here)
>
> in any case, let us know what the error is when you try to install the
> Catalyst drivers and whether you have a notebook computer.
>
> > (but I'm still thinking about the 50 flying windows. Were
> > they the sign virus has come to my computer???)
>
> yes, that worries me too... i'm curious if anyone else has seen the
'flying
> IE windows' thing too?
>
> > Once again, I appreciate about all your help!
>
> no worries... bonne appetit
>
> --
> francis
>
>
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