Re: New computer - problems with lots of software issues

In article <4glu83F1njn8aU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, John Jordan
<junk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
Wedell wrote:
Got a new computer and have had to install Windows XP several times, as
everytime I do it there is always something gone wrong with the installation
or something fails to work.

If you're getting different problems on each install, it's often a
memory fault. Give the machine a few hours of memtest and a few passes
of Prime95.

Plus, on the stuck IE home page, did you download the latest version of
ZoneAlarm free for your install? If so it has bugs and that symptom is one of
them, revert to v6.1.744.001 from here:
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/information/zass/releaseHistory.html

Also if I have a failed install, I wipe the partition table and early part of the disk
to avoid windows getting confused (it often appears to). I use and ancient tool
from IBM called zap.exe (.com?) to do this which is available here:
http://www.isgsp.net/files/ibm-wipe-zap.zip
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla
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