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"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> OS WinXPpro, Sp1 and all updates EXCEPT SP2
> (Installing SP2 causes BSOD, when Win splash screen should ghange to logon
> screen, event though I've kept all drivers updated. I suspect either a
> program or my TV-tuner (Hercules SmartTV) as culprits)
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> Small problem:
> msconfig doesn't work from Start->Run
> It works if DblClicked in C:WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\Binaries
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> Path=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
> PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
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> It also exist in C.\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache (and
> C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\I386 )
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> I don't remember that I have done anything to my machine, at least since
> last MSUpdate round Dec. 14th .......
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> And, Help and Support doesn't work anymore, but I found some instructions
> for that on Kellys_Korner
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> (Also, my Ghost 9.0 CD doesn't complete boot anymore. It does it's normal
> booting for ~10min (the progress bar at bottom finishes and some 2-3mins),
> and then BSODs, complaining about GOBACK2K.SYS)
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>
> System is: (HW) ASUS A7V133-C m/b (BIOS 1009), Athlon (T-bird) 1.2 GHz(FSB
> 100MHz), 512MB (SDRAM @133MHz, 256+2*128)), 120+80GB HDs (primary IDE),
DVD
> and CD-RW(sec. IDE), GF2MX200 (32MB), Creative SB Live!Value, Hercules
> SmartTV, D-Link NetNic(DRN-32TX),Godegen Noble ATX8012 case with 350 power
> supply, 80mm rear-mounted exhaust fan, external Zyxel P645R ADSL modem.
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> "Bruce Chambers" <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> > zeldaber wrote:
> > > can someone explain to me please how my product key relates to the xp
> cd. Is
> > > my key specific to my actual cd or is the cd more generic?
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Product Keys are bound to the specific type and language of CD/license
> > (OEM, Volume, retail, full, or Upgrade) with which they are purchased.
> > For example, a WinXP Home OEM Product Key won't work for any retail
> > version of WinXP Home, or for any version of WinXP Pro, and vice versa.
> > An upgrade's Product Key cannot be used with a full version CD, and
> > vice versa. An OEM Product Key will not work to install a retail
> > product. An Italian Product Key will not work with an English CD.
> > Bottom line: Product Keys and CD types cannot be mixed & matched.
> >
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> > Bruce Chambers
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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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> > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
> > both at once. - RAH
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