re: HP Pavillion Computer Problems Tuesday, December 11, 2001 at 12:55 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Tori (2 messages posted) They told you What !? My Pavilion hasn't exactly taken to XP seemlessly, but I have not encountered the problems described in this thread. Instead, I've had to install all sorts of new software to access things like my CD-Writer Plus 8100i which doesn't seem to want to play audio CDs through anything but My DVD software or WMP. The most difficult problem I have so far is getting Norton Antivirus to work. My desktop icon has a big red X through it and LiveUpdate doesn't detect my cable modem although all my other software, ie. Firewall, etc. can. I've contacted my ISP and they confirm my LAN settings are correct. I have a query in to Symantec. It's my last hurdle. I've had to reinstall XP a few times and revert back to prior settings. At one point, I couldn't even get the Help menu open. I converted the system to NTFS since I couldn't get back to Windows 98 anyway. Now it's running much more smoothly. On Monday, December 10, 2001 at 5:59 pm, vickitee wrote: >I attempted the same upgrade and encountered similar problems. I contacted HP tech >support and they advised me that Windows XP will not work properly with their system..You >need to "purchase" a special HP version of Windows XP...I personally think they are >nuts! > > >On Sunday, December 9, 2001 at 4:18 pm, Dick wrote: >I have a HP Pavillion computer that is about two years old. It meets all the requirements >(plus some) of Windows XP, but unfortunately I had to uninstall it and return to >98. Why can't HP keep up with what's going on? My computer is 600 khz, 256 ram, >30 hard drive...is that not enough to install XP? > >When I did install XP the fonts, desktop themes and various program components constantly >kept changing on me. Can anyone offer any help? > >Thanks Written in response to: re: HP Pavillion Computer Problems (vickitee: Monday, December 10, 2001 at 5:59 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] HP Pavillion Computer Problems (Dick: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 4:18 pm) re: HP Pavillion Computer Problems (richard: Sun, Dec 9, 2001, 5:33 pm) re: HP Pavillion Computer Problems (vickitee: Mon, Dec 10, 2001, 5:59 pm) re: HP Pavillion Computer Problems (Tori: Tue, Dec 11, 2001, 12:55 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum