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I'm trying to get a new computer up and running.
Unfortunatly, every time I do it some problem occurs and
it refuses to do any more software installs. At first I
thought it was associated with a driver for a scanner or
a printer. However after the 5th attempt to laod the
software, where everytime this happened at a different
time after a different software install I don't know what
the problem is. What I do lknow is that microsoft
updates download but refuse to install. Other
applications also refuse to install. If I kill the
install from the task manager, any other programs I
attempt to install tell me to finish the previous
install. If I restart and try to install software, it
hangs halfway through the install. Restarts take for
ever. Seems to hang once the desktop comes up but I get
an hourglss for about 10 minuts before it will let me use
anything on the taskbar. I can't look at the properties
of any of the folders on any of the hard drives. I can
look at properties for files and the roots of a hard
drive. I can look at properties of anything on a CD or
over the network.
Any suggestions for some troubleshooting? It looks to me
like something is getting corrupted or not cleaned up
following a software install. How can I find the problem
and clean it up? Repeated installs of the OS are getting
me know where. All of the software is Windows XP
compatible and so is all the hardware.
..
Unfortunatly, every time I do it some problem occurs and
it refuses to do any more software installs. At first I
thought it was associated with a driver for a scanner or
a printer. However after the 5th attempt to laod the
software, where everytime this happened at a different
time after a different software install I don't know what
the problem is. What I do lknow is that microsoft
updates download but refuse to install. Other
applications also refuse to install. If I kill the
install from the task manager, any other programs I
attempt to install tell me to finish the previous
install. If I restart and try to install software, it
hangs halfway through the install. Restarts take for
ever. Seems to hang once the desktop comes up but I get
an hourglss for about 10 minuts before it will let me use
anything on the taskbar. I can't look at the properties
of any of the folders on any of the hard drives. I can
look at properties for files and the roots of a hard
drive. I can look at properties of anything on a CD or
over the network.
Any suggestions for some troubleshooting? It looks to me
like something is getting corrupted or not cleaned up
following a software install. How can I find the problem
and clean it up? Repeated installs of the OS are getting
me know where. All of the software is Windows XP
compatible and so is all the hardware.
..