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re: XP Pro freezes
Friday, November 9, 2001 at 2:56 pm
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Posted by Ray Huffman (5 messages posted)


I believe that you have an hardware issue and it's not XP. Be sure all the machine hardware is on the HCL or have the updated drivers from the manufacture. Ray


On Friday, November 9, 2001 at 2:38 pm, Stan wrote:
>I first installed XP Pro, RC1. I experienced lock ups when running Norton AV, Norton
>Speed Disk, XPs CD burning SW, and other processor intensive apps. The machine would
>lock up hard. Only the reset button would work. I am aware that previous versions
>of Norton did not run on XP. I am running Norton 2002, the lastest version that is
>designed to run on XP.
>
>It seems to lock up during CPU itensive tasks, Sometimes it would just lock up for
>the hell of it. I have reinstalled several times, it would also lock up during the
>install. Many times it would get to 4 minutes remaining and lock up. That is EXTREMELY
>frustrating.
>
>I am experiencing the same problem with the official release version of XP. Not as
>frequent, but it still locks up. Any suggestions, please. I have installed the latest
>XP compatible hardware drivers and it still freezes.
>
>Stan


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XP Pro freezes (Stan: Friday, November 9, 2001 at 2:38 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-XP Pro freezes (Stan: Fri, Nov 9, 2001, 2:38 pm)
*re: XP Pro freezes (Ray Huffman: Fri, Nov 9, 2001, 2:56 pm)
-re: XP Pro freezes (Wildsurfer: Fri, Nov 9, 2001, 9:33 pm)
*re: XP Pro freezes (Jim Layton: Sat, Nov 10, 2001, 7:49 am)
-re: XP Pro freezes (michael: Sat, Nov 10, 2001, 3:25 pm)
*re: XP Pro freezes (Karl: Tue, Jan 22, 2002, 10:45 am)
*re: XP Pro freezes (Me: Wed, Jan 23, 2002, 8:03 pm)
*re: XP Pro freezes (Paul Fligg: Tue, May 20, 2003, 2:24 pm)
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