I have a new computer and after I boot from the windows cd, i press enter to install windows xp, but then it freezes up at Windows Xp Professional Setup "Please wait..." and the cd drive stops spinning. Any advice? Have I plugged something in wrong? I have the hdd set to master and the DVD/CD combo drive as slave on IDE 1.
View 14 RepliesI've built a new PC with following components:
ASUS P5W2D-E Premium mobo
P4 930 (dual core)
2gb 667 DDR2
2x250gb S-ATA drives
I've configure the HDDs as a raid 1 array and booted from my XPSP2 cd. I press F6 to load the raid drivers from floppy and the install then continues loading the rest of the drivers from the windows CD.
I then get the "Press enter to continue" message. I press enter and then get a blank blue screen with a "Please wait" message. I've waited for 30 minutes and nothing happens.
If I remove the raid array and try installing with just one drive it gets a little further. I get the next screen where I have to "Press F8 to agree to the license agreement and continure".
I then get another blank blue screen with a message at the bottom "Loading Setupp.ini". Nothing happens no matter how long I wait.
Any ideas? I've disconnected all unessecary components such as USB connectors etc in case they were intrefering. I've checked my bios version and its the latest (0501 although there is a 0601 beta release available).
my latest problem is having installed windows live on my daughter,s pc every time she uses it it freezes every few minutes and needs a reboot to sort out, i will say that it is the first time messenger has been used on the pc in ? so i dont know if its just a windows live issue or if it happens with all im,s,
View 3 Replies View RelatedAt 32 minutes in the windows XP home setup, in the "installing network" stage, my computer freezes. This has happened twice now
View 9 Replies View RelatedShould invest in Windows XP 64 or not. Would it improve my performance (I have an amd64 3200+) and if I would have to back up everything i want to keep on there. And would I be better off if I just waited for vista?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have XP pro on my computer that is not genuine. I have a legit copy of XP 64 bit.
Is there a way I can install my copy over top the existing one to solve my problem? Will it prompt me for a new key and I'll be good to go?
My question is that I am receiving this error message from Spy Sweeper that they have blocked this thing. Has anyone gotten this message within the last (5) days?
View 12 Replies View Relatedbuying a new Media Center PC and should I
wait for Vista to be released? Is it better to buy a Media Center PC with MCE
pre-installed by the company or is it better tp buy the CD-ROM when it comes
out and installing it over my Media Center 2005 edition?
For the past couple of months I have been getting an annoying Microsoft Pop-up that says Please Wait. It stays on the screen anywhere from a couple to as many as ten seconds. Then it disappears. It doesn't seem to be causing any problems but it's just a pain. I?m running Windows XP SP2. I'm going to try to attach a screen shot of it.
View 7 Replies View Relatedwhen i click on all programs, theres like a 10 second wait, i was wondering if there was a way to speed this up some, if some like to know.
View 14 Replies View RelatedI am running under W2k-SP4. Whenever I try to install a program, "Please wait while Windows configures Scansoft PDF Professional 3.0" pops up. It also pops up when I run some Utility programs installed months ago (such as Registry Mechanic).
I got rid of all Scansoft softwares weeks ago (Uninstall + deletion of registry entries using Resplendent Registrar).
I replaced msiexec with Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803-v2-x86). Nothing doing.
When i open My computer I wait for the items to display about 30 sec. Im using XP. Anyone know something?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI just looked at a previous thread with the hangup of Add/Remove program with it never populating. Never get a clear answer, just added a backup drive, may have something to do with it hanging up?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi have some problem with my windows. while start my windows after bootscreen a message appear plz wait.....................................................................................................................................................
these kind of dots appear.
everytime i boot up my puter i get this window showing that message and i h8 it cuz obviously somethings wrong n i have no clue n its DAAAMMNN slow... any help on how that happened n how 2 fix it?
View 14 Replies View RelatedWhen i turn on my computer I get the windows splash screen, then a blue screen that says Please Wait, followed by dots. The Windows logo is in the top right corner. Windows stays at this screen for a few minutes, then it goes to the log in screen. I believe that during the Please wait screen Windows is running chkdsk. Does anyone know how to turn this off? I am running Windows XP Home Edition SP2.
View 9 Replies View Relatedafter installing the HP all in one software, everytime windows start it shows me this msg: "please wait while windows configures photogallery"
over n over again, requesting me 2 restart the pc...
this is the hijackthis log file... in case that can help...
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 14:27:04, on 17/10/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
Running processes:
C:WINDOWSSystem32smss.exe
C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32winlogon.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32services.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32lsass.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spoolsv.exe
C:WINDOWSExplorer.EXE
C:Program FilesCompaqCompaq EAB Softwarecpqek.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32VTTimer.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32VTtrayp.exe
C:Program FilesMessengerPlus! 3MsgPlus.exe
C:Program FilesHPHP Software UpdateHPWuSchd2.exe
C:Program FilesVIAudioiSBADeckADeck.exe
C:Program FilesHPhpcoretechhpcmpmgr.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriversw32x863hpztsb10.exe
C:Program FilesTrend MicroInternet Security 2005pccguide.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital Imaginginhpqtra08.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital Imaginginhpqgalry.exe
C:Program FilesMSN Messengermsnmsgr.exe
C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1PcCtlCom.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32 cpsvcs.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32snmp.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32svchost.exe
C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1Tmntsrv.exe
C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1 mproxy.exe
C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1TmPfw.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32HPZipm12.exe
C:Program FilesAvant Browseravant.exe
C:WINDOWSSystem32svchost.exe
C:Program FilesHPDigital Imaginginhpqgalry.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32msiexec.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32MsiExec.exe
C:WINDOWSsystem32
undll32.exe
C:progshijackthisHijackThis.exe
O2 - BHO: AcroIEHlprObj Class - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:Program FilesAdobeAcrobat 6.0 MEReaderActiveXAcroIEHelper.dll
O2 - BHO: Trixie.Bho - {B0744341-96E0-4341-9ED2-8BC36CE0CCD0} - mscoree.dll (file missing)
O4 - HKLM..Run: [Cmaudio] RunDll32 cmicnfg.cpl,CMICtrlWnd
O4 - HKLM..Run: [cpqek] C:Program FilesCompaqCompaq EAB Softwarecpqek.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [VTTimer] VTTimer.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [VTTrayp] VTtrayp.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [ccApp] "C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedccApp.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [MessengerPlus3] "C:Program FilesMessengerPlus! 3MsgPlus.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HP Software Update] "c:Program FilesHPHP Software UpdateHPWuSchd2.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [AudioDeck] C:Program FilesVIAudioiSBADeckADeck.exe 1
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HP Component Manager] "C:Program FilesHPhpcoretechhpcmpmgr.exe"
O4 - HKLM..Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:WINDOWSsystem32spooldriversw32x863hpztsb10.exe
O4 - HKLM..Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%system32dumprep 0 -k
O4 - HKLM..Run: [pccguide.exe] "C:Program FilesTrend MicroInternet Security 2005pccguide.exe"
O4 - HKCU..Run: [CTFMON.EXE] C:WINDOWSsystem32ctfmon.exe
O4 - HKCU..Run: [MessengerPlus3] "C:Program FilesMessengerPlus! 3MsgPlus.exe" /WinStart
O4 - HKCU..Run: [msnmsgr] "C:Program FilesMSN Messengermsnmsgr.exe" /background
O4 - Global Startup: Adobe Gamma Loader.lnk = C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeCalibrationAdobe Gamma Loader.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Digital Imaging Monitor.lnk = C:Program FilesHPDigital Imaginginhpqtra08.exe
O4 - Global Startup: HP Image Zone Fast Start.lnk = C:Program FilesHPDigital Imaginginhpqthb08.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: &יצא ל- Microsoft Excel - res://C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11EXCEL.EXE/3000
O8 - Extra context menu item: ... פתח את כל הקישורים בדף זה - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserOpenAllLinks.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Add to AD Black List - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserAddToADBlackList.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Block All Images from the Same Server - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserAddAllToADBlackList.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Highlight - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserHighlight.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Open All Links in This Page... - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserOpenAllLinks.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Open In New Avant Browser - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserOpenInNewBrowser.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: Search - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserSearch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: הדגש - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserHighlight.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: הוסף לרשימת הפרסומות החסומות - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserAddToADBlackList.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: חסום את כל התמונות משרת זה - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserAddAllToADBlackList.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: חפש - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserSearch.htm
O8 - Extra context menu item: פתח מופע חדש של דפדפן אוונט - C:Program FilesAvant BrowserOpenInNewBrowser.htm
O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {20CCCFEC-D26F-4ffe-996B-388B39C8CCCA} - C:WINDOWSsystem32mscoree.DLL
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Tri&xie Options... - {20CCCFEC-D26F-4ffe-996B-388B39C8CCCA} - C:WINDOWSsystem32mscoree.DLL
O9 - Extra button: מחקר - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:PROGRA~1MICROS~2OFFICE11REFIEBAR.DLL
O9 - Extra button: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - C:Program FilesICQLiteICQLite.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: ICQ Lite - {B863453A-26C3-4e1f-A54D-A2CD196348E9} - C:Program FilesICQLiteICQLite.exe
O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:Program FilesMessengermsmsgs.exe
O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204
O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsu...?1128350171858
O16 - DPF: {AB86CE53-AC9F-449F-9399-D8ABCA09EC09} (Get_ActiveX Control) - https://h17000.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAV...oadManager.ocx
O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:PROGRA~1MSNMES~1msgrapp.dll" (file missing)
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Central Control Component (PcCtlCom) - Trend Micro Incorporated. - C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1PcCtlCom.exe
O23 - Service: Pml Driver HPZ12 - HP - C:WINDOWSsystem32HPZipm12.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Core LC - Symantec Corporation - C:Program FilesCommon FilesSymantec SharedCCPD-LCsymlcsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Real-time Service (Tmntsrv) - Trend Micro Incorporated. - C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1Tmntsrv.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Personal Firewall (TmPfw) - Trend Micro Inc. - C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1TmPfw.exe
O23 - Service: Trend Micro Proxy Service (tmproxy) - Trend Micro Inc. - C:PROGRA~1TRENDM~1INTERN~1 mproxy.exe
***my antivirus is "microtrend pc-cillin internet security 2005"
I have 1 memory slot left in my motherbaord and it supports a maximum of 1GB in that slot - I have used the previous 2 with 1GB in each channel running as dual channel memory.
Can Windows XP MCE 2005 work with more than 2GB of memory? I heard that XP with more than 2GB of memory is like Me with more than 512MB. Under Me when I used more than 512MB RAM (768MB) it worked but after performing intensive tasks I has incredibly slow performance to the point where the system almost grinded to a halt!! I wouldnt even dare make full use of the 1GB as I saw articles on MS website saying that 1GB will cause 9x OS's to completely not start at all!! Oh and lets not forget the glorious BSOD - those bring back some memories!
Once I upgraded to XP the 768MB of RAM worked fine. Then went onto 1GB and then afterwards a nice comfy 2GB.
Simply put, if I have 3GB of RAM, will I experience slowdowns or lockups in XP MCE 2005 much like I did in Me, when I had 768MB of RAM? Is 2GB of RAM the "ceiling" in XP MCE 2005 for good reliable performance.
Im running windows XP Pro. upon starting the computer, when it gets to 'Windows is starting' screen, I'm made to wait at least some 3 minutes before I get to the Logon screen.
View 2 Replies View RelatedWhenever I click on something, say, msnm or aim or whatever, a small installing window pops up and says "please wait while window configures Microsoft Office XP professional with front page". It's pretty annoying that this happens a lot. Please show me how to fix this and make this annoying thing goes away.
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhen I am in as admin user I do not get this message, however, when not in as the administrator and logged in as any other user, and I run any microsoft office application, I get this, message. "Preparing to install, please wait while windows configues Microsoft Office edition 2003, then a second dialogue box appears, which says: Error 1309. Error reading from file: D:SKU011.CAB. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it". When I click cancel in the Dialogue box, I am then able to go into the application.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy hard drive with my OS on it ended up going bad. When it went bad, I had a slave drive with some data on it set up that happened to get corrupted along the way. So I removed the bad drive, put a new drive in and installed a fresh copy of xp w sp2. Did all my updates, everything ran perfect. Now I left my slave drive alone with my date on it. Some of my data got corrupted and if you went looking around in there, a message would come up drive not formatted if I opened certain folder on that drive. Some of the data was still good. Well anyways I noticed on my brand new fresh install, if I went to add/remove programs it would sit there and hang. It would say please wait while list is being populated. If I let it sit long enough it would eventually come up but something was definitely wrong. So while I am sitting here waiting for the list to load, I noticed my hard drive activity light was lit on my tower and seemed like the hard drive was very busy. So after googling some more and not finding any help I figured I would try and fix it myself.
I ended up getting what I could off my slave drive and downloaded maxblast and cleared everything out and re-set the drive and deleted and created a new partition. Well guess what, my add remove programs now works perfect after clearing out my slave drive. I'm guessing what was happening was for whatever reason the add remove programs was trying to scan Drive D: for whatever reason and it had corrupt data on it which is why it took so long. I'm not saying this is going to solve all hang ups, but I tried every tip I could find and no dice. This actually worked. So if you are having trouble take a good look at your hard drives and make sure they are in good working order.
I installed SP2 for XP then I got the critical updates for SP2 installed. Now when I go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel no list is displayed, just the window saying to wait for list population. I've waited up to 15 min but there's no icon or any indication that anything is trying to happen. Other categories in CP work fine. So I'm not sure if the culprit would be the applet itself, the service pack or one of the priority updates, if any. I considered doing a system restore, I'll do it if so advised. I've run a spyware scanner and CleanUp!
View 7 Replies View RelatedEvery time open Internet Explorer, Word or Excel, a box pops up that says: Windows Installer: Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage. With Explorer I end up hitting cancel about 10 times and it takes about 30 seconds and it asks me for a CD I don't have, I hit cancel some more, and then Explorer finally loads. With Word and Excel, I just hit cancel once, and then Word and Excel never do load.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI've lately had some problems with my win-xp (home) following installation/ un-installation of daemon tools that corrupted some registry files. After an unsuccesfull repair-instalation of xp, i re-installed xp onto the secondary partition of my hard drive (d:, the original instalation being on c. I was intending to format the c: drive, then instal a copy of xp-pro i have onto it
finally moving the files i want to keep back from the d: drive onto the c: drive.The problem i'm now having is on formatting i recieve the error message 'system partition is not allowed to be formatted', as it is the primary partition. Can i go about formatting this drive in partitions and proceed with the re-install without having to remove the files i have on the d: drive? How might i go about this?
I started up the computer, watched the BIOS detect the RAM, hard drive, etc, and then was greeted by a blank screen instead of the Windows boot screen. It proceeded though, and after a few seconds flashed to another black screen, this time displaying the cursor. I'm guessing this is the logon screen, but nothing displays but the cursor. (Note that the video card and monitor are both fine...I tried swapping them out just in case.)
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View 6 Replies View RelatedWhenever I try to install something, the window that shows thats its installing closes and installation stops. I restart the install, but it keeps on closing and at different times.
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View 2 Replies View RelatedHowyd all i just got a new computer and I am afraid it might have a weird bug/glitch? When I go to sleep/ work I leave my computer on. This computer is four days old and this has happened twice (this morning and last night).Last night when I got home it would let me "alt-tab" but the screen stayed black and nothing would ever come up.I rebooted it and everything was fine... worked for several hours till I had to go to bed @ 6am.I woke up and moved the mouse and the screen came back.. but nothing would work. I noticed the time on the computer was 11:07 AM. I could move the mouse but not use anything.I rebooted and everything came back.. but i had to go to work (where i am now)
View 22 Replies View RelatedAs my computer boots up it flashes Dell for just a second then black screen, Windows XP, black screen, Windows XP, black screen, then desktop.. Is this normal? This Dell is a replacement for my first one that didn't work out. kept freezing up The first one did not load up like this, went to Dell then straight to Windows XP and to desktop.
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