Re: SP 2 compatibility problem

"rogval" <rogval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> well...that didn't make any difference. I did the swapping around of the
> ram
> and then installed SP 2 from the CD that Microsoft mailed me and it's
> still
> the same crap!! It makes it almost through the startup, up to the point
> of
> about where it would show you the new security center before you go to the
> desktop...then it restarts. Every time it restarts...it makes it a little
> LESS farther through the startup.
>
> another thing that is interesting....when I do a repair install from my XP
> cd...for some reason it doesn't fix a certain issue with DCOM...which in
> turn
> doesn't let a couple of other things load during startup, and the computer
> just hangs there for 3 or 4 minutes and then once it gets all finished
> starting up then windows appears to work fine!! So i'm thinking that SP 2
> installs this DCOM thing and then when you run a repair with an SP 1
> install
> disk...it doesn't get rid of it. Sound firmiliar??
>
> Roger

It sounds like your motherboard may have a problem. It sounds like all your
problems started from the time you installed the new hardware.

If it's a software problem then try doing a clean install from a SP2
slipstreamed version of XP. To answer your earlier question, yes, you can
slipstream an upgrade version. You will still have to insert an eligible
media during the install. Make sure you have all unnecessary hardware
disconnected when you try the clean install. Connect one hard drive, one
CDROM, one DIMM, etc. After Windows is installed you can add things back in.
Be sure to delete any existing partitions on the hard drive when doing the
install. Make sure all BIOS settings are set to the default value before
starting the install. If it still doesn't install it's a hardware problem.

Kerry


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