Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

[Guest Daave]

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Topazprincess77 wrote:

> Ideally I prefer w98 SE, as it truly is my favorite OS

 

<snip>

> ALSO I assure you that this is NOT an illegal machine

 

<snip>

> The machine is aprox. 7yrs old.

 

<snip>

> I am completely un-concerned about what is currently on the PC...I

> want it wiped clean, don't want nothing from it. Just wanna get the

> darn thing running again...

 

It sounds like you have a license to run Windows ME on this particular

PC. What is the make and model? Does it have a Certificate of

Authenticity sticker affixed to the case? If so, what operating system

is it? DO NOT tell us the product key!!!!!

 

You already know about http://www.restoredisks.com/ . If you prefer

98SE, you could perform a cleean install of that as well. Disks can be

found at:

 

http://www.pricewatch.com/software_oper_system/windows_98_se.htm

 

Make sure you buy from a reputable business. Get the disk (not just a

license)! Retail or generic OEM will suffice. Here's one hit:

 

http://www.trustprice.com/Microsoft_Windows_98_2nd_Second/730-00847_CD_/partinfo-id-555674.html

 

And more:

 

http://www.9software.com/Windows_98_SE_Second_Edition_OEM_p/win98seoem.htm

 

http://www.9software.com/product_p/win98seretcd.htm

 

And another:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-98-Second-Edition/dp/B00002JV62

 

For further assistance, you should check out the following newsgroup (to

which I am now cross-posting):

 

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

[Guest Topazprincess77]

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Alright...

Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

authenticity sticker on it as well.

I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Right-click My Computer, then click Properties. What are the Speed and RAM

numbers?

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Alright...

> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

> authenticity sticker on it as well.

> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Alright...

> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

> authenticity sticker on it as well.

> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your

original post.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message

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> Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.

>

> --

> Gary S. Terhune

> MS-MVP Shell/User

> http://www.grystmill.com

>

> "Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

>> Alright...

>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

>> authenticity sticker on it as well.

>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Topazprincess77 wrote:

> Alright...

> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

> authenticity sticker on it as well.

> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

Restoredisks.com will sell it to you for $26.99, including standard

shipping.

 

Or you can install 98SE instead if you wish.

 

If you need drivers, see:

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en&

 

Note the operating systems.

[Guest Daave]

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Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Gary, she was replying to me. The problem is that she snipped

everything! Here's the post:

 

news:eJAaXJqhIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl

 

 

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see

> your original post.

>

>

> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message

> news:ON5z%23GrhIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.

>>

>> --

>> Gary S. Terhune

>> MS-MVP Shell/User

>> http://www.grystmill.com

>>

>> "Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

>>> Alright...

>>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

>>> authenticity sticker on it as well.

>>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

Full thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

 

OP's first post:

 

<QP>

I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable

background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get this

computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I have DSL

and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a week, night

and day removing unwanted programs/ spywares/viruses/adwares/etc.

Straightening out annoying settings and so on, either way she worked

beautifully....for a fews months, went online and did everything you could

ask of it.

 

And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the

computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky website

and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and was

constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all the

time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best shot

was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on the

inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a working

floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for a few

seconds and then does nothing.

 

If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on

with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area I

know nothing about....

</QP>

Source:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f

--

~Robear

 

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your

> original post.

<snip>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://www.grystmill.com

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Full thread:

> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

>

> OP's first post:

>

> <QP>

> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable

> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get

> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I

> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a

> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/

> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so

> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online

> and did everything you could ask of it.

>

> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the

> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky

> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and

> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all

> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best

> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on

> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a

> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for a

> few seconds and then does nothing.

>

> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on

> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area I

> know nothing about....

> </QP>

> Source:

> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f

> --

> ~Robear

>

> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your

>> original post.

> <snip>

[Guest MEB]

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This post is to summarize where the issues presently stand for those who

might wish to help you.

 

To answer the question "Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me", NO based upon

your statement lower in the threads that it is infected. An upgrade would

likely just transfer whatever is infecting your computer to the XP OS.

To use XP you would need the FULL install disk, as you would have to format

the existing disk to remove whatever is corrupting it. You would also need

to ensure the computer is XP capable. This would also cause you to loose the

HP restore partition, as well as ME restore points, if they were used.

 

IF it starts at all [apparently use Millenium], then the normal procedure

would be to further attempt to remove the existing corruption code via

removal tools. You also state that for some reason anti-virus and

anti-SpyWare tools could not be installed, perhaps an explanation is order

for WHY you though they could not be installed.

In the lower threads, I see that you now have no CD or floppy disk. Here

the issue MAY be that someone messed up the BIOS settings so these are no

longer detected at POST. You state its an HP Pavilion XE748:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en

 

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MEB

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_________

 

 

"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

| Alright...

| Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

| authenticity sticker on it as well.

| I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

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Thought so! <eg>

 

Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.

>

>

> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eJ%23UKkshIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Full thread:

>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

>>

>> OP's first post:

>>

>> <QP>

>> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable

>> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get

>> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I

>> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a

>> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/

>> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so

>> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online

>> and did everything you could ask of it.

>>

>> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the

>> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky

>> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and

>> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all

>> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best

>> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on

>> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a

>> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for

>> a

>> few seconds and then does nothing.

>>

>> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on

>> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area

>> I

>> know nothing about....

>> </QP>

>> Source:

>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f

>> --

>> ~Robear

>>

>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your

>>> original post.

>> <snip>

[Guest Bill in Co.]

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Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

 

I agree with Daave. Stick with WinME or Win98SE. And forget XP with

that old computer.

 

Daave wrote:

> Topazprincess77 wrote:

>> Alright...

>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its

>> authenticity sticker on it as well.

>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

>

> Restoredisks.com will sell it to you for $26.99, including standard

> shipping.

>

> Or you can install 98SE instead if you wish.

>

> If you need drivers, see:

>

> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en&

>

> Note the operating systems.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

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Why is Gary staying away?

 

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:

> Thought so! <eg>

>

> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.

>>

>>

>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eJ%23UKkshIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Full thread:

>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

>>>

>>> OP's first post:

>>>

>>> <QP>

>>> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable

>>> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get

>>> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I

>>> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a

>>> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/

>>> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so

>>> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online

>>> and did everything you could ask of it.

>>>

>>> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the

>>> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky

>>> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and

>>> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all

>>> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my

>>> best

>>> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out

>>> on

>>> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a

>>> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for

>>> a few seconds and then does nothing.

>>>

>>> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go

>>> on

>>> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area

>>> I know nothing about....

>>> </QP>

>>> Source:

>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f

>>> --

>>> ~Robear

>>>

>>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>>>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see

>>>> your

>>>> original post.

>>> <snip>