I have been trying to upgrade from Windows XP Tablet Edition to Vista Ultimate on my Travelmate C300 laptop. I have found the following error file after the install fails in the location: C:$WINDOWS.~BTSourcesPanther. The file is called: setuperr.log. The content is quite long but i will post it here - advise how i can upgrade to Vista?.................
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I ran Windows Update, and checked that my sytem had the required specs (everything was above 5.0 except the video card was only rated 3.8 which is OK, I don't do gaming). I tried the upgrade a couple of times to no avail. I would have tried in safe mode but the only option was to do a clean install. I would rather not do a clean install as I have personalized everything. How can I find out what caused the upgrade failure.
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setuperr.log *** Content 2008-01-10 20:29:48, Error [0x0808f5] MIG AddDriverFiles: SetupDiBuildDriverInfoList failed[gle=0x00000002] 2008-01-10 20:38:21, Error [0x08081e] MIG Failed to load manifest at :$WINDOWS.~BTSourcesdlmanifestserrorreportingfaults-dl.man: class UnBCL::XmlException: hResult = 0x0, Line = 2, Position = 134; . . void __thiscall UnBCL::XmlDocument::Load(class UnBCL::String *)....................
I had a nice network set up allowing my Laptop and Main PC to communicate both ways and transfer Video recordings from my Main to Laptop to play on the main TV running as a PC Monitor. Come the most recent set of Upgrades and Fixes last week I found that my network had died. Luckily I subscribe to Windows Secrets and last week they listed this Tech Net Article on DHCP.
Article ID: 928233 - Last Review: June 17, 2008 - Revision: 3.1Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers..........
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