Re: Post Diagnostic software Tool for Windows XP

William,

Use your many years in the field of computer technology to assess your
problems and repair them - OR take the computer to a professional who
can/will repair it for a price!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew half as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"William" <William@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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