Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

[Guest Walter Cohen]

I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went through

just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't load internet

connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then finished the setup and,

upon first reboot, came back with another message : "File download - Do you

want to open or save this file?" for the file msobshel.htm from

C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

 

I choose open (for some reason) and it brought up the dialog box on what

program to open the file with. I just cancelled it out.

 

Anyway, after rebooting the laptop again XP 'seems' ok but I am unable to

setup an internet connection which should be able to pick up my wireless

internet at home.

 

Any thoughts on any of the above two error messages (why did I get them) and

what I should be doing? Can I do a repair of XP - would that help?

 

Thanks,

Walter

[Guest thecreator]

Re: Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

 

Hi Walter Cohen,

 

What makes you think that you need to run the Internet Connection Wizard

to get online? Why not do it manually?

 

 

--

thecreator

 

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:OHC7ZXfBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

>(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

> After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went through

> just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't load

> internet connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then finished the

> setup and, upon first reboot, came back with another message : "File

> download - Do you want to open or save this file?" for the file

> msobshel.htm from C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

>

> I choose open (for some reason) and it brought up the dialog box on what

> program to open the file with. I just cancelled it out.

>

> Anyway, after rebooting the laptop again XP 'seems' ok but I am unable to

> setup an internet connection which should be able to pick up my wireless

> internet at home.

>

> Any thoughts on any of the above two error messages (why did I get them)

> and what I should be doing? Can I do a repair of XP - would that help?

>

> Thanks,

> Walter

[Guest Daave]

Re: Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

 

 

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:OHC7ZXfBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

>(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

> After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went

> through just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't

> load internet connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then

> finished the setup and, upon first reboot, came back with another

> message : "File download - Do you want to open or save this file?" for

> the file msobshel.htm from C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

>

> I choose open (for some reason) and it brought up the dialog box on

> what program to open the file with. I just cancelled it out.

>

> Anyway, after rebooting the laptop again XP 'seems' ok but I am unable

> to setup an internet connection which should be able to pick up my

> wireless internet at home.

>

> Any thoughts on any of the above two error messages (why did I get

> them) and what I should be doing?

 

Did you install all the necessary XP drivers for this Acer laptop?

 

How do you connect to the Internet? Broadband or dial-up?

 

What is the model and model number? I just did the same exact thing last

night! It's my sister-in-law's Acer Aspire 5100-3357.

 

If you don't know about them, here are some useful links:

 

http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads.html

 

http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/

[Guest Walter Cohen]

Re: Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

 

Extensa 5620-4025

I obtained all drivers (XP) from the Acer website.

Internet is wirelessly to my home broadband network.

 

"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote in message

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>

> "Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OHC7ZXfBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

>>(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

>> After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went through

>> just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't load

>> internet connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then finished the

>> setup and, upon first reboot, came back with another message : "File

>> download - Do you want to open or save this file?" for the file

>> msobshel.htm from C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

>>

>> I choose open (for some reason) and it brought up the dialog box on what

>> program to open the file with. I just cancelled it out.

>>

>> Anyway, after rebooting the laptop again XP 'seems' ok but I am unable to

>> setup an internet connection which should be able to pick up my wireless

>> internet at home.

>>

>> Any thoughts on any of the above two error messages (why did I get them)

>> and what I should be doing?

>

> Did you install all the necessary XP drivers for this Acer laptop?

>

> How do you connect to the Internet? Broadband or dial-up?

>

> What is the model and model number? I just did the same exact thing last

> night! It's my sister-in-law's Acer Aspire 5100-3357.

>

> If you don't know about them, here are some useful links:

>

> http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/downloads.html

>

> http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/

>

[Guest Walter Cohen]

Re: Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

 

I don't necessarily need the wizard but it's those two setup errors that has

me concerned.

 

"thecreator" <thecreatorof Xuxa@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> Hi Walter Cohen,

>

> What makes you think that you need to run the Internet Connection

> Wizard to get online? Why not do it manually?

>

>

> --

> thecreator

>

> "Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OHC7ZXfBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

>>(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

>> After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went through

>> just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't load

>> internet connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then finished the

>> setup and, upon first reboot, came back with another message : "File

>> download - Do you want to open or save this file?" for the file

>> msobshel.htm from C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

>>

>> I choose open (for some reason) and it brought up the dialog box on what

>> program to open the file with. I just cancelled it out.

>>

>> Anyway, after rebooting the laptop again XP 'seems' ok but I am unable to

>> setup an internet connection which should be able to pick up my wireless

>> internet at home.

>>

>> Any thoughts on any of the above two error messages (why did I get them)

>> and what I should be doing? Can I do a repair of XP - would that help?

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Walter

>

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: Errors during XP Pro setup on laptop

 

"Walter Cohen" <w_cohen@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:OHC7ZXfBJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>I bought an Acer laptop that came with Vista and I am upgrading

>(downgrading) the OS to XP Pro.

> After wiping the hard drive and installing XP, the XP setup went

> through just about everything and failed with an error of "Setup can't

> load internet connection wizard" to which I replied OK. It then

> finished the setup and, upon first reboot, came back with another

> message : "File download - Do you want to open or save this file?" for

> the file msobshel.htm from C:\Windows\system32\oobe.

 

The wording of the first error message must be off because when I

Googled it, all I got was your post!

 

Please give us the exact verbatim message. Also, using the very detailed

step-by-step instructions on this Web page:

 

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/sp2installxpcdoldhdd/indexfullpage.htm

 

please tell us at exactly which point you received that message.

 

Is this XP Pro disk retail, branded OEM, or generic OEM?

 

Did you format the drive using FAT32 or NTFS? FWIW:

 

http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=56192

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308678