Topic: WinXP Pro >:)

[amberz]

After installing winxp pro onto a pc I've had disaster after disaster,Is there anything I can download to fix these problems(dont ask what problems)toooooooooo many to relate on here without being banned from my "anger management" class,I've just enrolled into >...(haha) only kidding.It's as if I get rid of one virus then another appears,or trojans or whatever.I've installed the latest updates,also latest updates with AVG.Is there a quick fix for win xp?.If there's too much agro to fix I maybe aswell installing win millenium.I have that on another one and it's working fine.This pc is my nephew's who wants xp.Can anyone advise me?.
P.S. Sorry it's a bit garbled but my eyes are weary my fingers sore!It's got me mixed up and can't take much more!lol...
Eagerly awaiting a reeeeeeeeplyyyyyyy
AmberZ...

[Camstop]

Hi ambers and  

I'm not a techie but a good start is to install Ad-aware and run it is safe mode and make sure you have the windows critical updates too  8)

Hopefully a techie will be along soon to add to this  

P.S. If your pc keeps shutting down every few minutes you may have the Blaster virus and the removal tool and instructions are here

[Tony]

was the XP install a clean install or an upgrade from what?

Did you experiance problems from the word go of the install, ie: before you connected to the Web?

What are the symptons your PC is displaying ?

It could be driver issues, it could be virus infection, but without telling us what the symptons are, we may wrongly diagnose your PC as being pregnant  

[amberz]

Hi Cam,Hi Tony,The problems were (to start with) the blaster worm which I got rid of.And it only starts giving problems once you go online!.The winxp pro was a copy so windows update doesnt give me updates for it,but I downloaded as much as I could using my Stable pc lol and installed them.I have three friend's who have the same problems,but they havent looked any further into whats wrong.I just dislike being beat lol. I'm going to boot it up once more and try to see if I can find an explanable explanation of just what's going on in there lol.I turned it off on Saturday and havent went back near it as I was loosing my sanity ...
I'll be back! lol
AmberZ

[Sandra]

Hi AmberZ.
Are you saying that you havent even got the original SP1 installed  
That fixed a lot of problems with XP.
If the problems only happen after going on line then it sounds as if some of the security updates arent installed.
I would persevere with XP or get 98SE rather than put ME on if it came to the worst :doggie:

[joudi]

The winxp pro was a copy ... I have three friend's who have the same problems

Well, it seems to me that your copy (with the copies of your friends) is not a correct copy. It has problems in it probably.

[Dack]

You may want to do an internet search for something like "Change windows XP key". Then, if you were lucky enough to have a valid key - and not search for one on such places as astalavista.com - you might be sucessful in getting it all nice and stable

Actually the only update you can't do on-line is the service pack1 - if you deselect it from the critical updates then you can install the rest. Or so I've heard - actually all my machines have legal copies (and a complete pain to activate).

[ketamininja]

Out of all the things you are really going to buy, instead of using copies, buy XP!!! Its less than £80 now. Still a bit of an expense, but worth it for trouble free computing.

SP1 will only install with a legit key. Find one somewhere. Use a key changer. Do what you need to do! If you don't have SP1, then things will never get better.

Windows ME is one of the worst versions of Windows ever to plague this fair world... IMO.

[Michelle]

how does one know if one has a legit key?   :-[

[Sandra]

Uncle Bill, being the nice chap he is, gives you a serial number when you buy XP, this allows you to install and run XP for a varying number of days depending on which version of XP you have.
Before this time expires you have to "Activate" it or it stops working and wont allow you to start windows.
You do this either online or by telephone where you get another serial number to enter which then makes it a fully functional version  

[amberz]

Thanks for everyone's input in my dilema with winxp.Oh and my friend did'nt have a "copy" was the real one.The problem was solved when I ask a technical guy.I did'nt have enough memory and neither did my friend.So I went out and bought more and hey presto! My nephew's with the "copy" and my friend's with the "real one" are both running fine .Thanks anyway folk's for trying to help!.
A very grateful AmberZ...

[TR]

how does one know if one has a legit key?   :-[

 :whistle:  KEY