eh?....lots of program problems

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Deezerp

i just recently upgraded from 98 to xp professional...now
the only program i can get to work is IE6...i've updated
my directx AND my graphics driver

stupid thing is, my online games won't connect

i had norton (curse the day i got it!) and atleast i could
get my messengers to open with a bunch of error
messages...i uninstalled it tonight thinking it might be
part of the problem...now i can't even open the
messengers...everquest wouldn't go past the patcher, now
it doesn't work at all...star wars galaxies used to give
me a timeout error, now it won't work at all

a common error message i'm getting is "monitoring device
driver, error 997"

any insight would be appreciated, honestly
 
Glad to be of service! :-)

"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message | Hi Deezerp,
|
| That's your biggest problem right there. Upgrades really cause
| more harm than good, even though they seem easier at first.
|
| You really should backup your personal files, format and install
| a clean installation of Windows XP. You can insert your 98 CD
| during install for it to verify that you are legitimately upgrading OS.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Jimmy S.
|
| Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
| Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| _________________________________________________________
|
| | | and the trump card, no system restore dates...norton was
| | on it pre-upgrade
| |
| | >-----Original Message-----
| | >i just recently upgraded from 98 to xp professional...now
| | >the only program i can get to work is IE6...i've updated
| | >my directx AND my graphics driver
| | >
| | >stupid thing is, my online games won't connect
| | >
| | >i had norton (curse the day i got it!) and atleast i
| | could
| | >get my messengers to open with a bunch of error
| | >messages...i uninstalled it tonight thinking it might be
| | >part of the problem...now i can't even open the
| | >messengers...everquest wouldn't go past the patcher, now
| | >it doesn't work at all...star wars galaxies used to give
| | >me a timeout error, now it won't work at all
| | >
| | >a common error message i'm getting is "monitoring device
| | >driver, error 997"
| | >
| | >any insight would be appreciated, honestly
| | >.
| | >
|
|
 
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