Hey guys well im on a laptop now because i think my windows crashed on my pc. i have a copy of a windows xp pro cd so i think i may explain it? anyways i logged on the my computer and all i can see is my backround of my desktop and no icons or anything so i tried going in on another account and same thing so i tried to go in on safe mode but that would not work. so i formatted using the xp cd and it all worked great so i did all the updates and got sp2 and searched for sound drivers and found some but not to sure if they were the correct one for my onboard sound, i had to restart my pc after the instal and now the windows is messed up again it just saty at the screen where it sais "windows is starting up" ????
what was the last thing you installed before you restarted your pc, sounds like somthing you installed is causing this, i would make a 2nd instalation of windows xp to trouble shoot the problem by installing programs and restarting and then installing another program and restarting, and so on, untill you see the problem.
the last thing i installed was audio drivers. and i wasnt sure if they were correct. when the computer updated everything it also did the windows validation thing? i dont think my copy is valid . could that be a problem
well i had let the pc sit for a while and went and checked on it and it had booted up correctly, now i i have no internet(wireless) the icons at the botton right for internet is gone? im trying to uninstall the sound drivers(realtek which didnt even work) and it tries and then gives me an error that i either must make sure i finshed the previouse installation for make sure its not running to continue??? well nothing is running as far as i can see i went into the task managar and closed all the programs that i thought were related to it. i cannot acces the System file in control panel it just wont open???
well i got it from a friend (its on a burnt cd) he said he just copyed his valid windows xp cd onto the burnt one and gave it to me?? but this was like 2 years ago. i really want to buy the xp cd soon
ok...., its illigal, werez, get a propor copy, the admin will proberbly lock this when they see it. try different sound drivers.
ok well im going to buy xp home i guess today and throw this garbage cd out. im going to buy home because i think it is cheaper. but is there anyway to get the xp cd cheaper then 100 bucks?? in canada
cheapest i have forund an xp home cd in the uk is about £45, so i guess $100 ca it will not be much mroe in canada, i dont know anywere in canada though, i live in the uk.
ok well i put the xp cd in and tried to do the repair options and it brought me to the command prompt or dos w/e so it gave me an installation and called it numkber 1 so i typed 1 and pressed enter and then it said c:\windows so then i was screwed and did not know what to do ? so i just formated it again from there maybe i will have better luck because last time i formated it with the xp cd
