Windows 2000 Crashes At Will

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I have recently had to install 2000 because Win98 wouldn't
support my new hardware. There has been nothing but
trouble since. System information reports no conflicts or
problems but everything hangs up every few minutes(frankly
I'm surprised its holding together long enough to write
this). Sometimes whatever program I'm running just shuts
down by itself, sometimes the whole system "freezes" and
even Alt-Ctrl-Del won't do anything, and sometimes it just
restarts the whole machine by itself. This is driving me
crazy. Please HELP!!!
 
Greetings --

Without your having provided any salient details (machine
specifications, error messages, specific circumstances under which
each failure occurs, etc), there's little we can do to help.

Have you made sure that your PC's hardware components are capable
of supporting Win2K? This information will be found at the PC's
manufacturer's web site, and on Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility
List: (http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/default.asp) Additionally, run
Microsoft WinXP Upgrade Advisor to see if you have any incompatible
hardware components or applications.

You should, before proceeding, take a few minutes to ensure that
there are Win2K device drivers available for all of the machine's
components. There may not be, if the PC was specifically designed for
Win98. Also bear in mind that PCs designed for and sold with Win9x/Me
very often do not meet Win2K's much more stringent hardware quality
requirements. This is particularly true of many models in Compaq's
consumer-class Presario product line or HP's consumer-class Pavilion
product line. Win2K, like WinNT before it, is quite sensitive to
borderline defective hardware (particularly motherboards, RAM and hard
drives) that will still support Win9x.

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Otherwise, you might as well try here:

Psychic Friends Network
(800) 592-7827


Bruce Chambers

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