Re: upgrade from windows 98

From: Andre Da Costa (andred25_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:05:37 -0700

Make sure that any peripheral devices such as Printers or Scanners are not
attached during upgrade to Windows XP, or its going to try to detect them.

Andre
"sglasstetter" <sglasstetter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D75D3247-C791-4D39-BB61-292BB0FC62B1@microsoft.com...
> Pardon me, but I don't think you've answered the question. I too am trying
> to
> upgrade a machine from 98se to XP Pro, and have had it freeze repeatedly
> during installation (usually with 74 minutes left). I ran the
> compatability
> test and had it freeze at the DVD Movie Player part of the progress bar.
> This
> is a PIII with plenty of ram and HD space, but NO DVD PLAYER of any sort.
> How
> can I uninstall something that isn't there in the first place?
>
> Is there any other advice you can give?
>
> Thanks very much for your kind attention in this matter
>
> "Alex Nichol" wrote:
>
>> Rory wrote:
>>
>> >You're right: it is handy to have, but it sounds like your
>> >DVD player is causing the issue. If your system is 4 years
>> >or older you may not be able to upgrade to XP
>>
>> XP normally uninstalls the codecs for DVD players, so it may pay to
>> uninstall the player manually first. It may then work perfectly well if
>> you reinstall it on XP - my PowerDVD 3.5 did. Read Gary Woodruff's
>> article on upgrading to XP at http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpupgrad.htm
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>> Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
>>

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