I am trying to upgrade from Windows 98 SE, but when I try and install XP Pro it goes for a few minutes then I get a blue screen with the following error
***STOPx0000007B (0xFCC3B63C,0xC0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000)
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I try to install something using windows installer, I get the "preparing to install" screen and then it says that windows installer couldn't be accessed. I'm not running in safe mode, and I didn't do anything to change this. I looked online and it said to go into the registry and check the msiexec file to make sure its in the system folder, and it is. I've tried re installing and even though it says it successfully reinstalled, it still wont work.
Whenever I attempt to reinstall Windows I receive a stop error warning about a possible virus to instructing me to remove any newly installed hard drives and/ or controllers. I elliminated hard drives disk by disk but was met with the same results. I then elliminated all HDs and my SCSI controller, booting from my XP CDROM.
Trying to reinstall windows with no luck! Boot from cd, get to "enter to install windows" screen and as soon as you press enter the message "inspecting drive etc etc" at the bottom flashes, then it bsods with the stop 0x0000008e error.now please, no cries of "oh thats a well known bug! check your ram!" i am aware
I formatted the drive and tried to reinstall XP. It goes fine for most of the installation but when it comes to the "Registering Components" part it gets about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way done and then just stops with 12-13 minutes to go. I've tried using the repair option, and totally reformatting again
Major virus infection on computer resulted in fdisk and reformat. I used Win 98SE to fdisk and reformat, as I couldn't for the life of me find a format on the Dell Operating reinstallation CD. (could be first mistake)
Used Win 98 SE startup diskette to start system w/CD rom support.
Navigated to D: Drive which containe the XP OS reinstallation. Navigated to I386 folder and typed WINNT to begin reinstalling files.
Start WIn XP setup and began copying files to HD.
Screen shows: The MS-DOS based portion of setup is complete. Setup will now restart you computer. After your computer restarts, WIN XP Setup will continue. Remove floppy, etc.
Computer restarts - did inspection of system, shows Win XP Setup, loading files (drivers, controllers, etc.)
Starting windows - Welcom to Setup: 1. Setup - press enter 2. Repair (using Repair Console) 3. Quite - F3
Pressed enter
Next message:
Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer. This may involve running a mfg supplied diagnostics or setup program.
Setup cannot continue Press F3
System then attempts reboot, attempts installation again by booting from HD. Then error message:
Dell Deminsion 4600 series p4 processor @2.4 GHz 512 MD DDR SDRAM @ 400 MHz 128 MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card 80GB 7200 RMP Ultra ATA HD Win XP Pro SP1 48x/24x/48x CD-RW Drive SoundBlaster Live! w/ 5.1 support
I have looked on MS site for the error code and think I understand that the problem is either a hd controller device driver is not installing from the Dell Reinstallation CD and therefore stops the installation of the software. How I can possibly extract and install the driver setup may be looking for.
I'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?
STOP 0x00000050 (0x8CCC1345, 0x0000001, 0x808A65A1, 0x00000000) These both happen when installing windows, either when at 95% of copying files or when booting into windows.
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.)
I need to install Windows XP Pro on my laptop. Currently it has Vista. Some people are selling these installation CDs (and keys) on ebay. Can I buy it from there?
Whenever 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.
I am trying to install SP3 on a Windows XP Home (currently SP2). The installation is hung on "Finishing Installation - Performing cleanup". I downloaded the installer from the MS Download center (it didn't appear in Windows Update). Is it safe to turn off the computer (since I can't close the installer), or should I let it sit for a while longer (it's been hanging for a few hours)?
I have a home built pc with an Asus P5Q-E motherboard, E4600 cpu, 4g's ram and a WD 640g hard drive. The HD is brand new as of 1 week ago. I formatted all partitions to NTFS. Partitions are C-49g, E-244g and F-303g. I've separated the software programs from system software. I had not done this before, but it has no bearing on my problem. OS is XP Pro w/SP3 and all updates and patches that were needed have been installed. Had a problem initially with installing updates but fixed the installer with a method found on the MS Help and Support site.
Hard drive is thrashing around constantly. The HD light is blinking around 1 per second during idle times. When at idle Task manager shows 99% cpu idling. No activity shows up anywhere including I/O read and writes. I already turned off Indexing Service. I tweaked according to the suggestiosn at Blackviper's site and also used Harden-it for a bit more security. Nothing I have done has helped with the thrashing. I'm a novice and really don't have a clue of how to fix this.
I read of someone else w/the same problem. He unplugged his Optical SATA drive and the thrashing stopped. I tried that and the flashing light slowed down then stopped but the system was slow and unstable. I re-connected the drive and the pc works ok except for the thrashing. The person who first tried this never posted again.
I Googled this for a while and have found that this is not specific to my hardware. Seems to be an XP problem.
Running Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer on Windows XP SP3.Have annoying pop-up ads that open new browser windows constantly.Tried about 5 different antivirus freeware packages to no avail. (AVG 8, Kaspersky, etc.)
My wrist is getting sore by this doubling or tripling of mouse-clicks to get rid of the pop-up's that has the audacity to steal focus constantly. Make my day and tell me how I get rid if it.
Computer was was suffering from a corrupted NTFS.sys file. (see http://forums.techguy.org/windows-nt...ml#post3285980) and I didn't have the recovery disk from when I got the OS, so I used Elvandril's recovery disk thing to fix it. After I did this, XP started to load, but then it goes to a blue screen that says "***STOP: 0x00000071 (0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000) SESSION_INITIALIZATION _FAILED
If this is the first time you have seen this stop error screen restart your computer. If this screen appears again follow these steps:
check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed. if this is a new installation ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows XP updates you need.
If problems continue disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. disable bios memory option such as cacheing or shadowing. if you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components restart your computer and press f8 to select advanced startup."
I'm running XP Pro SP2, and when I tried booting up in Safe Mode, it still came to this screen.I wasn't able to backup my Hard drive, solve this without having to reformat my Hard Drive?
I am running Win 2000. My computer will restart (no hanging even, just turn off and back on) while I'm looking at flash media on the net, using photo/art programs, or viewing a word document with pictures in it. Mostly media related things. It also crashes for running defrag or disk cleanup.
When it restarts it's a blue screen stop error. I don't recall what it said exactly, but it's not difficult to get it back. If I keep restarting, I'll keep getting that error. If I wait a minute or so and then restart, it'll come on correctly.
Win 2000 is on D and Win 98 is on C. When 2000 crashes it does something to C because then 98 won't start untill 2000 comes on and repairs the C drive. But now 98 won't come on at all. If I turn on 98 I get an error, so then I'll try 2000 but it won't start for a while after 98 crashes. I don't see why crashes on D affect C and vice versa.
That probably wasn't enough to tell what's wrong.what I should do?
Continually getting STOP: 0x0000007B when installing XP on an Acer Aspire E700. Drive had Vista installed. Have deleted all partitions - drive is empty.
I believe it's related to the SATA drive, but haven't figured a way around it, and time is money.
last night i installed the software for my sony mini dv handycam to transfer my video to disc. the software is poor at best and did not offer dvd burn, just video cd. there seemed to be an issue finding the driver for the cam but after a second attempt it seemed to work.a found a program called ulead that captures video and burns to dvd. i downloaded a trail version and played with it for a bit and than decided to delete it. shortly after when i connected my digital camera via usb and ran picasa 2 windows crashes and gives me a stop message.
Basically MS is stopping updates on XP Service Pack 2 so no updates to 32bit/64bit. This Means the Only Option is Windows XP SP3 which is 32bit only! If we want DirectX 11 we have to update to Windows Vista 32bit or 64Bit!
I using windows XP Pro SP2, one running Pro and the other running Home. All appeared to be well until I requested chkdsk to run on next re-boot. Both computers (I was doing both simultaniously) came up with the same blue screen error:
This even happens when I start in Safe mode. I looked up MS knowledgebase and found article 815021 which deals with all sorts of problems but near the end says that this problem was fixed in XP with Service Pack 2. As that is what was just installed,
What is partition table (MBR) When I first turn the power on, it says boot from CD (I wait), the n there is two options: XP Pro I press enter on this one I think this could be why i have a C and D drive. How do I stop booting from the CD. If I don't have the CD in the drive its wouldn't work. do I get my computer to work normally (so I could just turn on the power, so it load up and goes straight to the login screen
One of my friend using lenovo notebook with windows xp professional. after installting other required softwares including anti virus itself.notebook getting slow, at that time i checked with taskmanager, no.of svchost.exe file is running How to stop the no.of svchost file, because cpu get 100% processes speed for this file only
how to stop programs stating up on their own,i.e. I have real player which I rarely use, however it is permantely in my system tray, I think that what you call it, where the little icon tell you what is running, I would like not to have real player there.
Im having trouble with my mouse not working in all places. Sometime it will and sometime it doesn't. Ive even replaced it and it is still not working in all place. Mostly it happens inside a box.