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05-28-2006, 09:08 PM | #1 |
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Oddball WinXP Pro SP2 Problem
Well, this one's a new one on me ....
I have been trying to get my husband's new laptop computer set up for our trip to France and am really running out of time. I solved one major issue and am now confronted with another - three programs on CD simply will not install:
I have turned off ZoneAlarm prior to installing and - thanks to [expletive deleted] Norton - am currently not running any antivirus software until I finish installing other apps. (When I do I will not be reinstalling Norton. Aaargh.) I suspect the problem may be somehow related to an NTVDM.EXE error message (initialization failure error) I get occasionally on shutting down, and have read that this MS XP app (for dealing with 16-bit programs in a 32-bit world) can cause various difficulties ... but I've been unable to find my exact issue mentioned anywhere online. This will be the third or fourth XP Pro install for me and the first time this has ever happened. First time I've ever even heard of ntvdm.exe. The laptop in question is a Dell 620 Latitude running Win XP SP2. The only significant difference I can think of between this machine and the others running XP Pro is that I don't believe any of the others were preinstalled with SP2, whereas this one was. Anybody else seen this and know how to fix it?? __________________ .. ..Franca .. |
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