on xp program problems

[shaunfla]

Well my name is shaun i have a 800 megahertz computer with 40gigz of free space and a built in video card/directx 8.0....in any matter i had windows me and on windows me is easy to catch a virus at any time so i reformatted and put xp on my computer all the programs i have on xp which are xp compatable kazaa,imesh,flashget,my games everything that i like on my computer works for only like 30 sec then the program shuts off and i have to restart the program again....then it does the same thing it just keeps shutting down my programs....by itself....its getting on my nerves..can anyone help me in my situation?

Aim-Majinx84

Email-Shaunfla171@msn.com

thank you all have a nice day

[Drewdatrip]

Did you actully format the drive With the Xp Cd to NTFS or did u do an upgrade with the previous install of Win ME?

=Drew

[Doggie]

well it seems u use some known spyware programs so maybe either remove them or get a spyware remover and do a few virus scans as well

also;

same question as drew, install over me or fresh install?

Edited May 16, 2003 by Doggie

[.PsychoMerc.]

Back everything up, download the trial of Partition Magic 8, and do a delete and secure erase of all partitions, then it will ask you if you want to make a boot disk. Make one, and then boot from it, while its booting, stick the XP disk in there and shut the PC down.

Then remove the floppy and let the XP disk boot, this will freshly install Windows XP, and most compatibility problems are just a click a way from being resolved, so go to the TechTV website and the manufacturer of the software you are trying to use and go under known compatibility issues.

They usually have a quick fix.

[XPerties]

well you guys haven't pointed out one main problem that XP has...Memory

I see you have a lower end PC. Me wasn't as much of a RAM hog as XP is. Programs will shut down if there isn't enough ram in your pc. You should have at LEAST 256 but I recommend everyone to have 512. If you have enough memory then you would move on to the other stuff as above, such as did you do a upgrade.

From what I can assume you did a upgrade which is a no no. I know microsoft makes it easy for people to d a upgrade but its bad. It leaves parts of ME on the disk and that can cause allot of problems.

When you right click on the icon "My computer" and choose explore, if you only see one drive icon ( ex. C: and then your cd-rom drives) then you only have one drive and its not partitioned (split in half). Just simple put in your XP disk and choose a new install ( not upgrade) following the instructions, make sure you choose format and I suggest you use NTFS file system. You will get 2 choices, fat and NTFS.

I assume you bought the upgrade version of XP so you might get a prompt to insert your ME disk, this is verification that you had a previous version of windows. Just drop that ME disk in click ok and then cont.

Good luck. One thing if you do a new install make sure you back up everything and save any personal information as everything will be erased.

[.PsychoMerc.]

I helped him (i feel honored), hes installing the eval. of Windows Server 2003, I told him how to take care of everything.

[shaunfla]

well when i had windows Me i just installed XP then XP reformatted it and thats what i have XP =P

[XPerties]

no sense in trying to help someone who doesn't answer question...oh well good luck

[.PsychoMerc.]

true..

and unblock me on MSN

i was trying to get back at someone, not p*** you off

[Aaron]

Take this conversation elsewhere, othewise just stay on topic.