Re: Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me?

[Daave]

Topazprincess77 wrote:

> Ideally I prefer w98 SE, as it truly is my favorite OS

<snip>

> ALSO I assure you that this is NOT an illegal machine

<snip>

> The machine is aprox. 7yrs old.

<snip>

> I am completely un-concerned about what is currently on the PC...I
> want it wiped clean, don't want nothing from it. Just wanna get the
> darn thing running again...

It sounds like you have a license to run Windows ME on this particular
PC. What is the make and model? Does it have a Certificate of
Authenticity sticker affixed to the case? If so, what operating system
is it? DO NOT tell us the product key!!!!!

You already know about http://www.restoredisks.com/ . If you prefer
98SE, you could perform a cleean install of that as well. Disks can be
found at:

http://www.pricewatch.com/software_oper_system/windows_98_se.htm

Make sure you buy from a reputable business. Get the disk (not just a
license)! Retail or generic OEM will suffice. Here's one hit:

http://www.trustprice.com/Microsoft_Windows_98_2nd_Second/730-00847_CD_/partinfo-id-555674.html

And more:

http://www.9software.com/Windows_98_SE_Second_Edition_OEM_p/win98seoem.htm

http://www.9software.com/product_p/win98seretcd.htm

And another:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-98-Second-Edition/dp/B00002JV62

For further assistance, you should check out the following newsgroup (to
which I am now cross-posting):

microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

 

[Topazprincess77]

Alright...
Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
authenticity sticker on it as well.
I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Right-click My Computer, then click Properties. What are the Speed and RAM
numbers?

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alright...
> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
> authenticity sticker on it as well.
> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> Alright...
> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
> authenticity sticker on it as well.
> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
original post.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
news:ON5z%23GrhIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
> www.grystmill.com
>
> "Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>> Alright...
>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
>> authenticity sticker on it as well.
>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.
>

 

[Daave]

Topazprincess77 wrote:
> Alright...
> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
> authenticity sticker on it as well.
> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

Restoredisks.com will sell it to you for $26.99, including standard
shipping.

Or you can install 98SE instead if you wish.

If you need drivers, see:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en&

Note the operating systems.

 

[Daave]

Gary, she was replying to me. The problem is that she snipped
everything! Here's the post:

news:eJAaXJqhIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl


Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see
> your original post.
>
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
> news:ON5z%23GrhIHA.4744@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Max out that RAM to 512MB and you should be fine.
>>
>> --
>> Gary S. Terhune
>> MS-MVP Shell/User
>> www.grystmill.com
>>
>> "Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>>> Alright...
>>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
>>> authenticity sticker on it as well.
>>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Full thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5

OP's first post:

<QP>
I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable
background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get this
computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I have DSL
and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a week, night
and day removing unwanted programs/ spywares/viruses/adwares/etc.
Straightening out annoying settings and so on, either way she worked
beautifully....for a fews months, went online and did everything you could
ask of it.

And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the
computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky website
and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and was
constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all the
time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best shot
was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on the
inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a working
floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for a few
seconds and then does nothing.

If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on
with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area I
know nothing about....
</QP>
Source:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f
--
~Robear

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
> original post.
<snip>

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eJ%23UKkshIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Full thread:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5
>
> OP's first post:
>
> <QP>
> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable
> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get
> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I
> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a
> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/
> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so
> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online
> and did everything you could ask of it.
>
> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the
> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky
> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and
> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all
> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best
> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on
> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a
> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for a
> few seconds and then does nothing.
>
> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on
> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area I
> know nothing about....
> </QP>
> Source:
> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f
> --
> ~Robear
>
> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
>> original post.
> <snip>

 

[MEB]

This post is to summarize where the issues presently stand for those who
might wish to help you.

To answer the question "Will Windows XP Upgrade Help Me", NO based upon
your statement lower in the threads that it is infected. An upgrade would
likely just transfer whatever is infecting your computer to the XP OS.
To use XP you would need the FULL install disk, as you would have to format
the existing disk to remove whatever is corrupting it. You would also need
to ensure the computer is XP capable. This would also cause you to loose the
HP restore partition, as well as ME restore points, if they were used.

IF it starts at all [apparently use Millenium], then the normal procedure
would be to further attempt to remove the existing corruption code via
removal tools. You also state that for some reason anti-virus and
anti-SpyWare tools could not be installed, perhaps an explanation is order
for WHY you though they could not be installed.
In the lower threads, I see that you now have no CD or floppy disk. Here
the issue MAY be that someone messed up the BIOS settings so these are no
longer detected at POST. You state its an HP Pavilion XE748:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en

--

MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
_________


"Topazprincess77" <topazprincess77@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8388af16-0c01-4abc-9936-85b540744128@c33g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
| Alright...
| Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
| authenticity sticker on it as well.
| I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Thought so! <eg>

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eJ%23UKkshIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Full thread:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5
>>
>> OP's first post:
>>
>> <QP>
>> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable
>> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get
>> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I
>> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a
>> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/
>> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so
>> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online
>> and did everything you could ask of it.
>>
>> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the
>> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky
>> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and
>> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all
>> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my best
>> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out on
>> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a
>> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for
>> a
>> few seconds and then does nothing.
>>
>> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go on
>> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area
>> I
>> know nothing about....
>> </QP>
>> Source:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f
>> --
>> ~Robear
>>
>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see your
>>> original post.
>> <snip>

 

[Bill in Co.]

I agree with Daave. Stick with WinME or Win98SE. And forget XP with
that old computer.

Daave wrote:
> Topazprincess77 wrote:
>> Alright...
>> Yes I do have a liscence, the PC is 100% legal, it does have its
>> authenticity sticker on it as well.
>> I believe it's a HP Pavillion XE748 and it runs ME.
>
> Restoredisks.com will sell it to you for $26.99, including standard
> shipping.
>
> Or you can install 98SE instead if you wish.
>
> If you need drivers, see:
>
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=59947&lang=en&
>
> Note the operating systems.

 

[Bill in Co.]

Why is Gary staying away?

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Thought so! <eg>
>
> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>> OK, then I think I'll stay away, thank you, <g>.
>>
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eJ%23UKkshIHA.6084@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Full thread:
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/47c9ae0ae9c8e6d5
>>>
>>> OP's first post:
>>>
>>> <QP>
>>> I have Windows ME OS on one of my computers, it came from a questionable
>>> background with many viruses and spyware, I have tried and tried to get
>>> this computer up and running. The original goal was to get it online, I
>>> have DSL and it refused to load webpages. I spent a little more than a
>>> week, night and day removing unwanted programs/
>>> spywares/viruses/adwares/etc. Straightening out annoying settings and so
>>> on, either way she worked beautifully....for a fews months, went online
>>> and did everything you could ask of it.
>>>
>>> And then...this is where it goes bad...because the of issues with the
>>> computer there was no virus software on it...it was taken to a risky
>>> website and it all went downhill from there. It started running slow and
>>> was constantly lagged down with nasty bugs running in the background all
>>> the time. I wanted to fix it the right way this time so I figured my
>>> best
>>> shot was the get the floppy drive working, I sent it to be cleaned out
>>> on
>>> the inside, removal of dust and what not. Well it was returned without a
>>> working floppy drive or cd drive! Any disc put in it now just whirrs for
>>> a few seconds and then does nothing.
>>>
>>> If I get an XP upgrade will it still force the computer to boot and go
>>> on
>>> with the install? As of currently it will only boot in safe mode an area
>>> I know nothing about....
>>> </QP>
>>> Source:
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/8f2ae26263ebac5f
>>> --
>>> ~Robear
>>>
>>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:
>>>> Sorry, forget that. I thought you were upgrading to XP. I can't see
>>>> your
>>>> original post.
>>> <snip>