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Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed'
Wednesday, November 21, 2001 at 1:31 am
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Posted by H (3 messages posted)


I have a few questions about the HAL on Windows 2000: I believe I have a problem with APM: my computer will not turn itself off when I shutdown. It is a dual boot system, and will shut down fine in Win98. Therefore, the BIOS is working fine. Question #1: Should I search the website/contact technical support of the computer manufacturer, the motherboard manufacturer, or Microsoft to determine if I should upgrade my HAL? Question #2: If I do have to upgrade (i.e., reinstall, according to the instructions of this article), will backing up my registry and reloading it afterwards make my programs work so I don't have to reinstall them? Question #3: I have trouble with my floppy drive: everytime I try to read a floopy disk, I get the following message: "A:/ not accessible. The floppy disk controller reported an error that is not recognized by the floppy disk driver." Could this also be resolved my reinstalling a new, correct HAL? My thanks to anyone who can help.


Responses to this message:
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Paul: Friday, November 23, 2001 at 4:25 pm)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (David Evans: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 at 8:14 pm)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (KB: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at 7:48 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (H: Wed, Nov 21, 2001, 1:31 am)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (Paul: Fri, Nov 23, 2001, 4:25 pm)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (David Evans: Wed, Dec 26, 2001, 8:14 pm)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (John Terry: Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 4:11 pm)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (David Evans: Tue, Jan 1, 2002, 6:20 pm)
-re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (KB: Wed, Aug 14, 2002, 7:48 am)
*re: Question about 'Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed' (John Bennett: Sat, Mar 12, 2005, 11:07 am)
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