Re: New computer - problems with lots of software issues

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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

I've seen a copy of zap.com on an old Tiny PC recovery boot floppy.
F-Prot's heuristic algorithm (rather sensibly) flagged it as "A
Destructive Program" :-)

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Regards, John.

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