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Major Windows XP problem.. any ideas?
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| wayne62682 2004-06-28, 11:26 pm |
| Recently my XP machine has been acting up a hell of a lot, and I'm at a loss for what the heck is causing it. Here's some examples of what I mean:
- Internet Explorer "forgets" cookies periodically. For example, I'll log into a website and it shows "Welcome back [username]" but if I try to view something that you need to be logged in for, or say post a message on some forums, it'll prompt me to log in again. Repeat ad infinitum. Some websites won't even let me access them and give me a "you have cookies disabled" error. I've made sure my cookies are enabled. I've even tried removing IE and re-installing it, but when I try to run version 6 w/SP1 it says I have a newer version of IE installed and won't let me continue (this is AFTER I uninstall it)
It also gives me random JavaScript errors even though nothing is wrong with the site (front page of Microsoft.com, for example. It gives me a little error warning and the page doesn't function properly)
- The icons in Outlook Express will expand on their own. What I mean is..
The icon starts like this: code:
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A while later I check it and its like this: code:
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- For some very strange reason, my PC dual-boots XP and 2000 on the same partition. I only have an upgrade version of XP so I used 2000 to wipe the hard drive and then upgraded to XP. Oddly enough, this happened, even though I only have a C: drive. Maybe because XP's system folder is WINDOWS and 2K's is WINNT? BTW the IE error I mentioned above doesn't happen on 2K, only XP.
And now, I ran 2000 to see if it would work right on that, and upgraded to IE6 on that. Well, now IE and OE on XP won't even load anything; IE automatically gives me a "cannot find DNS" error and OE won't connect to my POP3 server. Mozilla works fine, however.
The only solution I can think of is to start over with 2000, upgrade to XP and make sure I only have one boot partition created. Any other ideas, or is that basically my only choice?
Thanks for the advice/opinions. I'm fairly certain I'll just wipe the drive anyways (about time for my spring.. err.. summer cleaning) but figured I'd see if I can do anything for a "quick fix" of sorts. | |
| curiousgeorge 2004-06-29, 12:35 am |
| You're on the right track.
You can't dual boot two Windows OS's on the same partition.
Either stay with 2000 or XP, not both. | |
| npo3po 2004-06-29, 4:54 am |
| personally i think 2k is better than xp, although i am running xp, i do regret switching, oh well. | |
| wayne62682 2004-06-29, 8:39 am |
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You can't dual boot two Windows OS's on the same partition.
That's what I thought. Yet strangely enough I can, because I've used 2000 sometimes and used XP. Still, I'll reinstall 2000 and then run an in-place upgrade of XP. Hopefully that'll fix it.
npo3po, I like both systems. I use 2000 at college all the time, but personally I like XP's new features and capabilities. Absolutely hate Product Activation, though (and no, I'm not a pirate). | |
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| npo3po, love that Goldorak avatar of yours  | |
| badpapajj 2004-06-29, 4:01 pm |
| Sometimes when you do things that are considered a no-no in a computer, and they work, you tend to think you beat the system or you did something nobody ever thought of. The fact is there is a reson for the no-no's in cumputers. The computer starts acting up, doing processes not asked for by itself, changing configurations on its own, locking up. These are all signs of incompatibility. Are you running two different explorers also? Dual booting on the same partitions causes the computer to do two different processes when you only ask for one. When you configure for one OS, what about the other OS, do you think changes are made simutaniously? How does the computer know which one is dominant, did you tell it? | |
| hscott63 2004-06-29, 5:20 pm |
| I have 2000 and XP dual booted. I installed windows 2000 pro first then xp from within 2000 and select new installation along with let me choose where to install xp(different partition). It works for me. | |
| yanqui 2004-06-30, 4:41 pm |
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Originally posted by curiousgeorge
You're on the right track.
You can't dual boot two Windows OS's on the same partition.
Either stay with 2000 or XP, not both.
Would he be okay keeping them on separate partitions? And would that provide what he seems to want, that is access to both operating systems?
When you have a dual-boot system, does the system default to one OS at startup, or does it prompt you to select the desired OS, or is that something you tell the system you want it to do? | |
| wayne62682 2004-06-30, 6:38 pm |
| UPDATE: Well I reinstalled XP and it's working fine now. Outlook Express still mysteriously increases the spacing in its icons, but aside from that everything's working perfect. | |
| enforcer 2004-06-30, 7:14 pm |
| Dual booting is not a problem if both OS's are on seperate partitions or drives.
if they are install on the same partition then they will have to share the "Progam Files" folder and the "Document & Settings" Folder.
This will start to cause many problems.
You install an application with one OS the other OS may think it's there, but won't have the correct registry settings. for example.
other things, like the accessories programs, common files, outlook express, windows update, your antivirus programs, these will all bes shared but might not match up in the different OS's.
There are probably lots more reasons not to have two OS's share a partition, but the above is more than enough not to do it.
side note: Of course you could always hack the registry to rename those folders for one of the OS's, but it would be strongly not recommended |
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