I have a suggestion about Making Sure the Correct HAL is Installed:

I have ran into this problem a few times and found a way around it. When you boot off of the Windows XP or Windows 2000 cd, there is an option for a repair or install, select install. Then there will be a "where to install" option, select the drive with the OS already on it and continue. It will find the installed os and give you a second opertunity to select Repair. This second option will reset the HAL. The complete reinstall will reset the HAL but it will also reset the registery forcing you to reinstall all your programs. The first repair only checks for missing files

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what is the HAL?


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:53 am, Jeff Pitman wrote:
>I have a suggestion about Making
>Sure the Correct HAL is Installed:

I have ran into this problem a few times
>and found a way around it. When you boot off of the Windows XP or Windows 2000 cd,
>there is an option for a repair or install, select install. Then there will be a
>"where to install" option, select the drive with the OS already on it and continue.
> It will find the installed os and give you a second opertunity to select Repair.
> This second option will reset the HAL. The complete reinstall will reset the HAL
>but it will also reset the registery forcing you to reinstall all your programs.
> The first repair only checks for missing files
>
>

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On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:53 am, Jeff Pitman wrote:
>I have a suggestion about Making
>Sure the Correct HAL is Installed:

I have ran into this problem a few times
>and found a way around it. When you boot off of the Windows XP or Windows 2000 cd,
>there is an option for a repair or install, select install. Then there will be a
>"where to install" option, select the drive with the OS already on it and continue.
> It will find the installed os and give you a second opertunity to select Repair.
> This second option will reset the HAL. The complete reinstall will reset the HAL
>but it will also reset the registery forcing you to reinstall all your programs.
> The first repair only checks for missing files
>
> Bless you Jeff! I am looking at this web page for the first time and wanted to ask the very question that you just answered. I have also "repaired" Windows XP and wiped out its memory of my applications by overlaying the registery.

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Hardware Abstraction Layer. It is where all your drivers are located in Windows NT, 2000 and XP. You could also say that reseting the HAL is like reseting Plug and Play.


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 9:15 am, Richard Masters wrote:
>what is the HAL?
>
>


>On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:53 am, Jeff Pitman wrote:
>I have a suggestion about Making
>Sure the Correct HAL is Installed:

I have ran into this problem a few times
>and found a way around it. When you boot off of the Windows XP or Windows 2000
>cd,
>there is an option for a repair or install, select install. Then there will be
>a
>"where to install" option, select the drive with the OS already on it and continue.
> It will find the installed os and give you a second opertunity to select Repair.
> This second option will reset the HAL. The complete reinstall will reset the HAL
>but it will also reset the registery forcing you to reinstall all your programs.
> The first repair only checks for missing files
>
>

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Not to mention that it also removes all service packs and screws up networking (if you have more than microsoft networking) installed. This sucks big time, why can't Microsoft make the OS to work right the first time? This is nightmare for us IT guys that are trying to deploy this on 1000 computers a time.


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 9:20 am, Jeff Pitman wrote:
>Hardware Abstraction Layer. It is where all your drivers are located in Windows
>NT, 2000 and XP. You could also say that reseting the HAL is like reseting Plug
>and Play.
>

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So Just select repair the 2nd time and it wont mess up regestry or other program settigns... i dont understand? eariler peopel said to re-install not repair... but you say that will reset everything? how to i make it so i just repair the HAL and not messup any of my settings?


On Wednesday, February 13, 2002 at 8:53 am, Jeff Pitman wrote:
>I have a suggestion about Making
>Sure the Correct HAL is Installed:

I have ran into this problem a few times
>and found a way around it. When you boot off of the Windows XP or Windows 2000 cd,
>there is an option for a repair or install, select install. Then there will be a
>"where to install" option, select the drive with the OS already on it and continue.
> It will find the installed os and give you a second opertunity to select Repair.
> This second option will reset the HAL. The complete reinstall will reset the HAL
>but it will also reset the registery forcing you to reinstall all your programs.
> The first repair only checks for missing files
>
>

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