simon
December 5th 03, 01:22 AM
I sympathise totally with yoy Ron. I've been trying to
update my XP beast and find that after 2+ hours,
everything freezes & I loose my connection. There must be
a better, quicker way
Simon
>-----Original Message-----
>I've been using 98SE for years. I have started to have
the
>old DHCP problem (freezes when trying to go on internet).
>Therefore, I have cut off internet access by dumping the
>lan card driver. I have now decided to go to XP home
>upgrade. The setup process starts fine. When it asks if
I
>want the online upgrades, I have to check "continue to
>load as is" because if I tell it to go online, the
>computer will freeze!
>Anyway, it gets to about 2/3 thru the check routine in
the
>blue setup screen. (all this time, the progress
indicator
>on the bottom right is moving and the paragraphs about
XP
>continue to change periodically (the mouse continues to
>work, also), but the progress indicator stops and the
>remaining time (79 minutes) stop also.
>After about an hour of waiting for this to change, I
press
>Esc to get out of it. Then the program says it will
>restore everything the way it was, then quit setup.
>This has happened about 6 times with the end result - me
>staying with a corrupted Win98 that I have to repair!
>Does anyone have a clue what is causing this setup
>stopping problem? (again, the computer doesn't freeze at
>that time but the setup just stops - apparently)
>I have had trouble with most MS products but never this
>much.
>Thanks for the help!
>Ron
>.
>
update my XP beast and find that after 2+ hours,
everything freezes & I loose my connection. There must be
a better, quicker way
Simon
>-----Original Message-----
>I've been using 98SE for years. I have started to have
the
>old DHCP problem (freezes when trying to go on internet).
>Therefore, I have cut off internet access by dumping the
>lan card driver. I have now decided to go to XP home
>upgrade. The setup process starts fine. When it asks if
I
>want the online upgrades, I have to check "continue to
>load as is" because if I tell it to go online, the
>computer will freeze!
>Anyway, it gets to about 2/3 thru the check routine in
the
>blue setup screen. (all this time, the progress
indicator
>on the bottom right is moving and the paragraphs about
XP
>continue to change periodically (the mouse continues to
>work, also), but the progress indicator stops and the
>remaining time (79 minutes) stop also.
>After about an hour of waiting for this to change, I
press
>Esc to get out of it. Then the program says it will
>restore everything the way it was, then quit setup.
>This has happened about 6 times with the end result - me
>staying with a corrupted Win98 that I have to repair!
>Does anyone have a clue what is causing this setup
>stopping problem? (again, the computer doesn't freeze at
>that time but the setup just stops - apparently)
>I have had trouble with most MS products but never this
>much.
>Thanks for the help!
>Ron
>.
>