[pchelpers] Re: Windows XP Home Validation Problem

Gerald Gollinger wrote:
> When I re installed Windows XP Home  Microsoft would not at first validate it 
> to give me SP 2.   I was lucky I was using Compaq OEM  since from a Compaq  
> Menu  there was a validation item.  Before re installation I had the 
> following problems:
>    
>   * Globalscape  CuteFTP would not install.
>   * Office 97 corrupted.
>   * Verizon DSL wanted me to insert a disk
>   * SmartBridge problem and even though IE 7 beta 2  was un installed there 
> may still have been issues
>    
>   I still have my scanner and PC  tuner to install.  And find the darn disks 
> (although the lastest files for  Hauppauge is on the Web).   I may purchase 
> Scansoft Version 11.   Version 10 is giving me problems.
>    
>   Meanwhile after re installation shut down and start up is faster.  I 
> thought I let you know...............................Gerald
That combination of problems suggests there were (may still be) 
maintainance issues. When programs won't install, it suggests either the 
media contains errors or the operating system/registry does. Did you 
re-install on top of XP or format the disk (or delete the files) first?
Have you run disk maintainance checks (scandisk) to make sure the media 
is ok?

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