Recent content by SHealy

My XP install failed ("krnl386.exe not found") after it did the copy of my Windows 98 files that it wanted to replace. My machine is still in Fat 32 format and I have a Win 98 boot disk that will boot my old box. I have a backup copy of my c:\Windows directory. How do I uncompress the files...

I had that problem with a bad stick of memory. The machine would only reboot when my RAM was almost full (hitting the bad memory location). I didn't hit the problem with few/smaller programs. Of course, I suppose it could happen if your video RAM as bad/loose or you had a program conflict...

I had exactly the same problem when I installed one new machine with an 100 MB internal Zip drive using XP. I didn't notice it until I had a bunch of other software loaded. I got a copy of Partition Magic (PM) 7.0 at Fry's for $9.00 after rebate. This seemed to fix the problem OK. I did...

This may seem dumb but are you sure that your computer motherboard HD LED wire pin header is wired correctly? I've seen the HD light stay on if the HD header's + and - wires are reversed or cross-wired with the wrong pin header. (I hope this makes sense to you!)

I used www.Google.com with your Stop message and I found a lot of hits. I then added XP and got a manageable number. If you have a Sound Blaster card, once of Creative's site had a lot of hits. I would first do the Start/Windows Update and then check your vendor sites for later drivers on...

I haven't tried this (I'm still trying to get XP stable before I start hacking much), but my might want to checkout the beta freeware http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml SH

The qucik answer is, "I have no idea," but I saw this on the excellent Binks www.windowsxp.nu website and I thought that you might be interested: "Win XP Service Pack 1 is bullshit! There is no SP1 yet!. The package floating around on the Internet is leaked from MS or downloaded from...

This is not a earth-shattering question but, since it irks me, I ask you. I have a fast, single user AMD machine with a fresh, clean XP install on it. It works OK but as soon as XP boots Windows, Windows Explorer fills the screen pointing to My Documents. I then close it to reach my Windows...

Thank you! Who would have guessed???!!! SCH

I'm not sure if XP is my friend yet but I filled with consternation.... I installed a new ECS K7S5A mother board (with a BIOS dated 9/24/2001) and a AMD 1700+ CPU. Everything in the BIOS setup looked fine. The BIOS found my new Western Digital 120 GB HD, my Teac CD writer and my humble 100 MB...