Guest Paul Pedersen Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all. Now what??? Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
Guest Colin Barnhorst Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar If you can still bring up the Advanced Boot Options Screen (start the computer and tap F8 frequently), choose Last Known Good Configuration. You may have simply had the rotten luck to be the one running something when a component failed. "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message news:eCCAUi0eIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was >running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer > won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it > starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login > screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all. > > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... > > > >
Guest Onsokumaru Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message news:C78EC5D2-12CF-4317-9F47-16F22DDFED29@microsoft.com... > If you can still bring up the Advanced Boot Options Screen (start the > computer and tap F8 frequently), choose Last Known Good Configuration. > > You may have simply had the rotten luck to be the one running something > when a component failed. > Certainly sounds like it. To the OP, tell your friend then program came from microsoft, so if anyone is to blame it is them... <snip>
Guest Holz Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:01:53 -0800 "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote: > I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that > was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the > computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it > looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk > in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it > won't boot at all. > > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... > > > > For those of you who want to upgrade, here is a free guide with a fallback plan http://www.conejonetwork.com/upg.pdf -- Live & let live, or leave. :-)
Guest Holz Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:01:53 -0800 "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote: > I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that > was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the > computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it > looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk > in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it > won't boot at all. > > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... > > > > On a side not, why not run in-place repair? Stick the XP cd in, boot from the CD and select repair the SECOND time you get an option, after setup detects your XP. Hope for luck. -- Live & let live, or leave. :-)
Guest Xenomorph Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar Fix it! "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message news:eCCAUi0eIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was >running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer > won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it > starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login > screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all. > > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... > > > >
Guest Jay Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar "Xenomorph" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message news:88DE6D95-629A-4EF4-9D18-B677F4CF63F9@microsoft.com... > Fix it! Loosely translated means.... As a noob I have absolutely no idea what the problem could be. As a noob I strive to find people who I can give pointless/unhelpful answers to. If I do this often enough I may pick up enough knowledge to know where the caps lock key is or how to insert a DVD. Jay
Guest HeyBub Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Re: fubar Paul Pedersen wrote: > I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that > was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the > computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it > looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk > in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it > won't boot at all. > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... "Neither a borrower nor a fixer be."
Guest Paul Pedersen Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Re: fubar "HeyBub" <heybub@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23f6V4O6eIHA.3940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > > "Neither a borrower nor a fixer be." Good advice. Fixing other people's computers has cost me hundreds of hours of work over the years.
Guest Paul Pedersen Posted March 2, 2008 Posted March 2, 2008 Re: fubar "Paul Pedersen" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message news:eCCAUi0eIHA.288@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was >running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.) > > While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer > won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it > starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login > screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all. > > Now what??? > > Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend. > > > I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista... > The problem seems to have been bad RAM. I upgraded it last week, and it worked fine for a while. As a word of warning, don't buy RAM on EBay. Or at the very least, get an ironclad (and believable!) lifetime warranty. I have bought RAM on EBay about half a dozen times over the last year or so, and almost half of it has gone bad. Maybe they get it by dumpster diving at the manufacturer's, then sell it as new.
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