Re: Post Diagnostic software Tool for Windows XP

Hi,

Thank you Ron Martell, You are a gentleman and most likely have gone a long
way in helping me solve my situation, unlike Mr Richard Urban who held up the
hand of extreme experience while he trashed and tarnished my abilities in the
simple field of Computer Technology that I have worked within for many years.
Microsoft should emphasise those facts as well to the end user like me on all
their software that I will come across persons like him, Maybe he does or
does not work for Microsoft, but he certainly sounds like a person that has
the abilities or capabilities to know what he is talking about as he tends to
look forward to a good nights rest and then he gets back to his place of
employment and reads mail such as mine and thinks to himself, "Well I will
just add another accolade to Microsofts abilities or his own, which ever the
case may be, while I trash this guy for, all that know me well" except the
Guy you attempted to trash knows possibly as much as you do". So that is two
thimble fulls each that we both posess on Microsofts abilities with this SP2.

Mr Ron Martell on the other hand read my mail and I am so thankful to him
and he understood the situation and provided good advice to the best of his
ability. I do not think that Mr Ron Martell will ever have any problem with
a good nights sleep or shed any worry or anxiety about his employment. He
knows how to deal with a situation and provide an intelligent reply as well
unlike some who wish to create mountains from Mole Hills. Then again you
possibly do need to worry about your employment and your rest Mr Urban


"Treeman" wrote:

>
> Ron Martell Wrote:
> > "William" William@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > -
> > Other than Windows support tools as they appear to not function at the
> > point
> > that my computer hangs up. Does Microsoft have a Post Diagnostic
> > Software
> > Tool that I can download that will give to me some clues as to what is
> > going
> > wrong. It would be also useful if the same tool would also operate
> > after
> > window XP has booted up and fully installed itself.-
> >
> > POST usually means Power On Self Test which is a function of the
> > computer's BIOS and has zero to do with Windows
> >
> > -
> > How come service Pack two has so many problems once installed with
> > Windows
> > XP Home Edition such as I am using on my Tulip Vision Line md Computer
> > and
> > 252 MB RAM. I have Service Pack 2 on CD. But rather than install it
> > from CD.
> > I have installed it from the Internet. Still no change there.-
> >
> > As a general rule installing Service Pack 2 from the CD has been more
> > problem free than installing from Windows Update.
> >
> > -
> > Is Microsoft bringing out any newer OEM on CD ROM based operating
> > system
> > that will hopefully have fewer problems than Windows XP and all the
> > service
> > packs do is make the apparent problems it appears to be suffering from
> > many
> > times worse with what appear to be no apparent remedies. You repair
> > one
> > problem and then something else appears to go haywire-
> >
> > If you could describe at least some of the specific problems you are
> > experiencing, including the complete text of any associated error
> > messages, then it should be possible to help you to resolve these
> > issues. Service Pack 2 has been installed without difficulty on
> > millions of computers, but there have been some instances of problems
> > such as you seem to be experiencing.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> >
> > Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
> > --
> > Microsoft MVP
> > On-Line Help Computer Service
> > http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
> >
> > In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
> > http://aumha.org/alex.htm
>
> _Reality_Check,_
> "Service Pack 2 has been installed without difficulty on
> millions of computers, but there have been
> _some_instances_of_problems_
> such as you seem to be experiencing."
> In the SP2 forum here alone, there has been 6,024 threads started about
> SP2. (slow to update it'self I might add)
> And I'm sure all the postings weren't congratulatory.
> Sure the OP doesn't define his problems, he's just ranting. For your
> part it's easy to dismiss his problem by saying, "Hey, SP2 worked on
> millions of computers!" For the end-user with problems, that statement
> is tantamount to the kind of corporate justification, that people just
> don't buy anymore.
>
> For myself, I wish that MS would have given us more control over how
> SP2 was deployed. SP2 for Power Users, (Custom Install) SP2 for
> everyone else, (Express Install)
> Well the genie is out of the bottle, and we have to work with what we
> have.
>
> From past experience on this computer, I know what I have to do for a
> successful SP2 install. (extract & re-insert certain SP1 drivers into
> the SP2.cab folder) remove all unnecessary hardware; (pci cards,
> scanner, printer, ext. drives, usb media reader, turn off usb 2.0 in
> the bios) then update to SP2. Now all SP2 will see is an Intel
> Processor, Intel Motherboard, WD H. Drives, and Kingston Memory. After
> the update, I'll re-install everything back in the order it came out.
>
> As you can see this computer isn't like "millions of other computers,"
> that took SP2 well. I know what to do, many others with problems
> don't.
> Please keep that in mind when you post.
> Thanks,
> Treeman
>
>
> --
> Treeman
>
.

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