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Non-ACPI install?
Don't ask for a re-install. 6. And Afterward? Now that it's all done, and is stable, it's quite an enjoyable system. You just don't see the 'blue screen of I haven't yet decided whether I will run the Windows XP 'gold code' as an upgrade over my XP Beta, or will once again wait for bad weather on a weekend

should i *NOT* install Plextor Manager for IDE Plextor 12/10 ...
Chris Jackson cjackso...@earthlink.net microsoft public windowsxp beta setup-deployment I have had it sit there for quite some time on a few installs. How long did you wait? I've gotten impatient a few times and just hit the reset button, but it has always eventually gone. (Usually it's fine - I just see this now

ME now or wait for next vewsion?
Jerome Poudou jerome.pou...@merkurium.com microsoft public windowsxp beta setup-deployment I've waiting... and ... surprise ! I can see the next screen of the installation process... Except.... Between the first blue screen of the installation process and the first reboot (choosig partition and copying files) There

help...need help with a major issue
Graham Jose g...@melb.bull.oz.au comp os os2 beta I can not get Warp to install on my system. After inserting disk one and viewing the OS/2 logo, the screen displays "Loading, please wait" and that's where it ends. The diskette drive LED will eventually turn off and I know (by experimenting with various keystrokes)

Warp GA install story :(
Anyone else should wait for the final. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP MPS-D Please reply in newsgroup. There is no way of knowing what garbage is left behind when you install over a beta. So, later on, if you EVER get a BSOD or an IPF, you have no way of knowing if it's related to the old beta or something else... if

One experience installing beta drivers for W2K.
I sat staring at a blank blue screen for 5 minutes of nothing but the words "Please wait while Setup copies files to your hard disk". install is from a hard drive (D) with the whistler personal beta 2 download from my MSDN account to a clean C drive. i am using winnt.exe in the i386 sub directory to install,

Windows me installation difficulties
The victim: your software Even the simplest, routine operation, such as installing or uninstalling software, can knock your PC for a loop. Wait for a later version of the beta or for a formal demo. If you absolutely must try that newest beta, take a moment to back up your system or at least your important work.

IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL BSOD
Com alt comp periphs cdr BSOD's on startup (v1.06 and v1.07 only), Plextor is aware of the problem and is currently working on a fix/new version of PM (see other posts on the PM beta version for W2K available from Plextor or contact them yourself for more in depth information on the problem).

Danger: don't install Outlook
Before new installation make scandisk. But before that wait for some better solution (if somebody sends it to the group) I don't have any problem with D5 Ent. on NT4 and I'm working with it since beta version. Shalom, Mladen K. On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:09:35 +0300, "Sergey Y. Klokov" <klo...@tv-park.kiev.ua> wrote: I

WINDOWS 2000 NOT READY FOR RELEASE, WAIT FOR RC4
It seems to be a botched post install feature that's supposed to save settings to an xml file, I think. I've seen a few work a rounds that require changing or adding settings to the registry but I think I'll wait till they get it right. If you want to try the work around check here-

TREAT YOUR PC GENTLY
I downloaded the new beta drivers for W2K and ran the setup.exe as described in the txt. The setup ran with no errors. Note if your screen goes black during the install wait for at least 45 secs before drastic measures. This appears to be normal on my system. During first reboot, BSOD. Brought machine up in VGA,

XP crashes like clockwork
Corel word perfect (this was also a while ago, right when it was released as a free beta) was awkward and not nearly as straightforward as word. And LaTeX, which all the "real nerds" use? Hah. It is exceedingly difficult to do simple things like install a program in linux. Ok,It is more difficult, but you end up

XP Problems
Pop the install disk into the drive and cycle power. The familiar blue screen appears telling me to put disk #1 into the drive and press enter. I wait for a while as I figure that the system is trying to figure out what hardware I have. Warp beta II took 38 minutes to figure out what I had so I decide to give

Warp Install Problem with Stealth 32 PCI
Teal Rizzo Teal...@prodigy.net alt comp hardware aptiva Scott, If you do attempt to install that beta again. It is strongly suggested by Netscape to not install 4.5 over your current version, Since it's a beta and expires in October anyway, I think I'll just wait for the final release before I try it again.

FAQs
I downloaded Win2k from the MSDN site overnight through 1/20 to 1/21 and then burned a CD. I then proceeded to upgrade my system, during the first reboot of the install it stated that this was an evaluation copy in the lower right hand corner, similar to the way the beta and RC's showed their build numbers.

win2k + g400 = bsod
What choice does one have but to use the BIOS that comes on the motherboard? heheh Are you suggesting I download the latest released BIOS (Beta or otherwise), put it on floppy and flash Wait.."this is my first install using a soyo BA+IV board in combination with HPT66 and Win98SE" gosh you do know a lot.

NT4 + Delphi5 = blue screen
I didn't make an uninstall directory because I don't have the necessary disk space :-( I thought after the SP2 fiasco, Microsoft would wait a while before putting out One possible cause that seems to have caused more than just a few problems is installing service pack 3 with the MSIE 4.0 beta on the system.

Win2K Pro Final download on 1/20 is actualy 120 day timeout ...
But even the WPS itself is only SOM 2 it is on YOU to install SOM 3 and then using it in your own WPS classes - where they can simply all or some an override of the already existent ones. I blame IBM too for freezing SOM 3 on a beta level. But if you have the real need to use the WPS in multiprocessing there is

XP Pro Beta 2 Setup
I then got the new NT5 beta 2 build 1877, it did. I could not with build 1859. I am very happy with the 1877. It could replace my 98 in my peer-to-peer network at home. Everything works. But I have not got AGP yet. I will wait and see how that works. I reestablish the bootmanager by booting again on the OS/2

IE7 error message '...is null or not an object.'
Possible Solution: If you receive an error or the installer just quits when trying to install Roxio Easy CD Creator 5, then co to the folder: "C:\Program .... Problem: Even if I close all open Explorer windows before I restart, several reopen after the restart. Possible Solution: This is a bug with ie6 beta.