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Xp Installed over over crap in system
Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed XP
Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. So it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting popups galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP again but, would it help? Thanks for any help Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message ... | Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed XP | Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my | system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. So | it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, | fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I | went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting popups | galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted | everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP again | but, would it help? | Thanks for any help | Paul What was the OS you upgraded? What do you mean, XP "didn't recognize" your applications? What "crap" did you delete, and how did you delete it? It sounds to me like you need to format and clean install. Before reinstalling any of your applications, find out if the versions you have are compatible with XP and then update those that aren't. It's possible that some older applications will run on XP in compatibility mode--look it up. |
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All the programs mentioned should be compatible with XP. If
the programs were not installed properly or more likely, you had some security suite running that prevented changing the registry entries. Slow running computers are caused by several conditions...you need to properly prepare the computer prior to making software and operating system changes, defrag, close running programs, disable programs that will interfere with the installation such as anti-virus or security suites. You need an adequate amount of RAM and hard drive capacity. Defrag after the install, too. Of course you need to have a clean system before the OS upgrade which means no spyware, viruses or Trojans. -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "Raymond J. Johnson Jr." wrote in message ... | | "Paul" wrote in message | ... || Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed | XP || Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my || system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. | So || it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, || fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I || went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting | popups || galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted || everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP | again || but, would it help? || Thanks for any help || Paul | | What was the OS you upgraded? What do you mean, XP "didn't recognize" your | applications? What "crap" did you delete, and how did you delete it? It | sounds to me like you need to format and clean install. Before reinstalling | any of your applications, find out if the versions you have are compatible | with XP and then update those that aren't. It's possible that some older | applications will run on XP in compatibility mode--look it up. | | |
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Thanks for the responses. Ok, I upgraded from Win98 second ed. The programs
won't work that were there before because the systems says some of the DLL and the EXE files needed to run the program are no longer there. How can I do a format and be able to install XP Pro AGAIN? Thanks Again. Paul "Paul" wrote: Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed XP Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. So it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting popups galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP again but, would it help? Thanks for any help Paul |
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Don't format, reinstall the applications but first make sure they are
versions that are compatible with XP. As to removal, it would be better if you went to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel and first removed the applications but given that we don't have any idea what was deleted, it's possible you would receive an error message when trying to use this applet first. Nonetheless, it would be advisable to try Add/Remove first, then reinstall the applications. -- Michael Solomon MS-MVP Windows Shell/User Backup is a PC User's Best Friend DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/ "paul" wrote in message ... Thanks for the responses. Ok, I upgraded from Win98 second ed. The programs won't work that were there before because the systems says some of the DLL and the EXE files needed to run the program are no longer there. How can I do a format and be able to install XP Pro AGAIN? Thanks Again. Paul "Paul" wrote: Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed XP Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. So it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting popups galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP again but, would it help? Thanks for any help Paul |
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Just reinstall the programs.
-- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. "paul" wrote in message ... | Thanks for the responses. Ok, I upgraded from Win98 second ed. The programs | won't work that were there before because the systems says some of the DLL | and the EXE files needed to run the program are no longer there. How can I do | a format and be able to install XP Pro AGAIN? | Thanks Again. | Paul | | "Paul" wrote: | | Can someone help me with an issue with my XP Pro installation? I installed XP | Pro months ago and it did not recognize most of the programs I had on my | system. Like Frontpage, Dreamweaver, AdobePagemaker, CorelDraw etc, etc. So | it looked like a crap install. Everything did work fine, little slow but, | fine. But now I have the need to use some of the programs and couldn't. I | went into the system and deleted most of the crap and now I'm getting popups | galore. Question(s): When I installed XP Pro should that have deleted | everything on the system that it could not use? And, Can I reinstall XP again | but, would it help? | Thanks for any help | Paul | |
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