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Gary Watson
I have a P4, 1.4MHZ, 60 GB (2-partitions 20GB,40GB), CDRW, USB hub, Webcam,
AgfaE20 Scanner. Olympus Smart reader (for my diital camera).
I did a new/clean install of W2K Pro when i got the machine 2 yrs ago. Have
installed Office 2K, Visual Studio6, and a bunch of other software. I am an
application/website devloper. I have installed SP3 for W2K.
I installed IE6.... several times.... but when it is installed, I frequently
get my windows explorer (not IE), abending on an addresing exception. The
only solution for this is to revert back to previous version of IE (5.5).
But now my on-line banking institution has implemented new software, and
will not let me in unless I have IE6. So I have installed it (again!!!!),
and have to live with my windows explorer abending 50% of the time.
I also have a couple of helpful applications I run, not sure what they are
written in. But 2 of these apps, when started, don't even show a window, but
just go into a cpu run-away... between 95-100%. I can see this with Task
Manager. But that's as far as they go. Then of course, my machine is very
sluggish, and I can't really do anything. I try to shut them down via Task
Manager, it says it does it, but it doesn't. Then I get an error message if
I try to shut them down again. My ONLY recourse is to "trip over the power
cord" (power-off/on hard boot).
When I try to run SP4 for W2K, I get the first screen up, then it does
exactly the same thing. Just does a cpu runaway.
So I can't install SP4, I can't run these 2 very helpful apps, and my
WinExplorer abends 50% of the time.
No-one has been able to help me at all... even from JSI (which is a very
good site).
So... my Question.... sorry to take so long....
What do you think about me installing WinXP Pro?????? to try to solve my
problems????
(Don't email me to the address I have specified....it is fake, because of
all the virus spam I receive when I used my correct EMail address)
AgfaE20 Scanner. Olympus Smart reader (for my diital camera).
I did a new/clean install of W2K Pro when i got the machine 2 yrs ago. Have
installed Office 2K, Visual Studio6, and a bunch of other software. I am an
application/website devloper. I have installed SP3 for W2K.
I installed IE6.... several times.... but when it is installed, I frequently
get my windows explorer (not IE), abending on an addresing exception. The
only solution for this is to revert back to previous version of IE (5.5).
But now my on-line banking institution has implemented new software, and
will not let me in unless I have IE6. So I have installed it (again!!!!),
and have to live with my windows explorer abending 50% of the time.
I also have a couple of helpful applications I run, not sure what they are
written in. But 2 of these apps, when started, don't even show a window, but
just go into a cpu run-away... between 95-100%. I can see this with Task
Manager. But that's as far as they go. Then of course, my machine is very
sluggish, and I can't really do anything. I try to shut them down via Task
Manager, it says it does it, but it doesn't. Then I get an error message if
I try to shut them down again. My ONLY recourse is to "trip over the power
cord" (power-off/on hard boot).
When I try to run SP4 for W2K, I get the first screen up, then it does
exactly the same thing. Just does a cpu runaway.
So I can't install SP4, I can't run these 2 very helpful apps, and my
WinExplorer abends 50% of the time.
No-one has been able to help me at all... even from JSI (which is a very
good site).
So... my Question.... sorry to take so long....
What do you think about me installing WinXP Pro?????? to try to solve my
problems????
(Don't email me to the address I have specified....it is fake, because of
all the virus spam I receive when I used my correct EMail address)