Major Computer Problems

I live in Toronto Canada, and I have some serious computer problems
First I will explain why I am angry .. then I will explain the problems I am
having with my computer lol

I tried installing Macromedia Dreamweaver...Fireworks and Microsoft Office
2003. Each time I got an error saying that I require a newer version of
windows. Windows 2000 or later!

So normally I would NEVER use WinME...but I have some serious problems with
my computer. I've taken it in to the repair shop a few times...but to no
avail..they say nothing is wrong with my board...chip...or memory. The
problems have been active since the day I purchased my computer...and as
stupid as I am, I did not send it back to them, and I lost out on warranty.
I'll eat whatever I have to in order to get it working properly however,
since it was my fault for not returning it!

What happens is I constantly get page faults when browsing with Internet
Explorer. Explorer will crash quite frequently, and I have to restart my
browser all over again. A few times it was some sort of HTML.dll
error....but not every time.

This is VERY annoying...but something I learned to live with. I have tried
installing WinXP on this computer...but for some reason after a month or two
... I will end up getting a blue code stop error (C00002x or whatever the
number is) ...or the computer starts acting VERY wierd...like losing all
icons on my desktop, and can't get them back no matter what I do .. and I'm
back to format and reinstalling an operating system....IF that even works.

My computer is a 1.9ghz p4...80gig HD .. 256ddr ram .. geforce 4 mx440 ...
and the thing runs 100000000X worse than my 700mhz hp used to lol

When I first purchased it, while installing an OS, the computer would go
blue code stop during install every time. When I took it in to a repair
shop, they said that when they unplugged my DVD Rom, it seemed to smooth the
problem out. They said there was some sort of conflict. So I learned to
live without the DVD Rom.

Then, I took the computer in to get it repaired again when my motherboard
shorted out. They replaced the board, and while they were doing that I
explained to them my problems with programs constantly crashing, and my OS
issues. They said that it could be either a memory problem, or a cpu
problem. They ran tests on the memory and cpu....everything checked out. I
tried using a different video card.....still problems.

Does anyone have any ideas? I am at a complete loss!!!
Thanks!
Arjay

Toronto Garage Door Company wrote:
I live in Toronto Canada, and I have some serious computer problems
First I will explain why I am angry .. then I will explain the
problems I am having with my computer lol

I tried installing Macromedia Dreamweaver...Fireworks and Microsoft
Office 2003. Each time I got an error saying that I require a newer
version of windows. Windows 2000 or later!

You're angry because you're incapable of reading the system requirements of
a piece of software?! It *CLEARLY* states on the Office 2003 box "requires
2000 SP3 or later or Windows XP". ME is newer than 2000, but it's 9x-based -
2003 requires an NT-based OS. Most *DEFINITELY* an ID-TEN-T error. The
latest DreamWeaver (TTBOMK) also requires 2000 or XP and ditto Fireworks.
You really are an idiot aren't you - wasting nearly a grand on software
(assuming they're all full versions) because you didn't think to read the
system requirements.


So normally I would NEVER use WinME...but I have some serious
problems with my computer. I've taken it in to the repair shop a few
times...but to no avail..they say nothing is wrong with my
board...chip...or memory. The problems have been active since the
day I purchased my computer...and as stupid as I am, I did not send
it back to them, and I lost out on warranty. I'll eat whatever I have
to in order to get it working properly however, since it was my fault
for not returning it!

Yep, you're stupid all right.

What happens is I constantly get page faults when browsing with
Internet Explorer. Explorer will crash quite frequently, and I have
to restart my browser all over again. A few times it was some sort
of HTML.dll error....but not every time.

This is VERY annoying...but something I learned to live with. I have
tried installing WinXP on this computer...but for some reason after a
month or two .. I will end up getting a blue code stop error
(C00002x or whatever the number is) ...or the computer starts acting
VERY wierd...like losing all icons on my desktop, and can't get them
back no matter what I do .. and I'm back to format and reinstalling
an operating system....IF that even works.



My computer is a 1.9ghz p4...80gig HD .. 256ddr ram .. geforce 4
mx440 ... and the thing runs 100000000X worse than my 700mhz hp used
to lol

Did you check whether your hardware and software was XP compatible?! Did you
make sure that drivers were available for your hardware? That stop error is
caused when a kernel-mode process incorrectly attempts to perform memory
operations. This is typically caused by faulty drivers or buggy software. Is
all your software XP compatible? This isn't a hardware issue, so of course
no fault can be found with your hardware! More information can be found here
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm.


When I first purchased it, while installing an OS, the computer would
go blue code stop during install every time. When I took it in to a
repair shop, they said that when they unplugged my DVD Rom, it seemed
to smooth the problem out. They said there was some sort of
conflict. So I learned to live without the DVD Rom.

Then, I took the computer in to get it repaired again when my
motherboard shorted out. They replaced the board, and while they
were doing that I explained to them my problems with programs
constantly crashing, and my OS issues. They said that it could be
either a memory problem, or a cpu problem. They ran tests on the
memory and cpu....everything checked out. I tried using a different
video card.....still problems.

That's because the issues are software/driver, not hardware related.

Does anyone have any ideas? I am at a complete loss!!!
Thanks!
Arjay

You're welcome

Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure to
remember your email address....

putz.....


"Bastet" wrote in message
...
Toronto Garage Door Company wrote:
I live in Toronto Canada, and I have some serious computer problems
First I will explain why I am angry .. then I will explain the
problems I am having with my computer lol

I tried installing Macromedia Dreamweaver...Fireworks and Microsoft
Office 2003. Each time I got an error saying that I require a newer
version of windows. Windows 2000 or later!

You're angry because you're incapable of reading the system requirements
of
a piece of software?! It *CLEARLY* states on the Office 2003 box
"requires
2000 SP3 or later or Windows XP". ME is newer than 2000, but it's
9x-based -
2003 requires an NT-based OS. Most *DEFINITELY* an ID-TEN-T error. The
latest DreamWeaver (TTBOMK) also requires 2000 or XP and ditto Fireworks.
You really are an idiot aren't you - wasting nearly a grand on software
(assuming they're all full versions) because you didn't think to read the
system requirements.


So normally I would NEVER use WinME...but I have some serious
problems with my computer. I've taken it in to the repair shop a few
times...but to no avail..they say nothing is wrong with my
board...chip...or memory. The problems have been active since the
day I purchased my computer...and as stupid as I am, I did not send
it back to them, and I lost out on warranty. I'll eat whatever I have
to in order to get it working properly however, since it was my fault
for not returning it!

Yep, you're stupid all right.

What happens is I constantly get page faults when browsing with
Internet Explorer. Explorer will crash quite frequently, and I have
to restart my browser all over again. A few times it was some sort
of HTML.dll error....but not every time.

This is VERY annoying...but something I learned to live with. I have
tried installing WinXP on this computer...but for some reason after a
month or two .. I will end up getting a blue code stop error
(C00002x or whatever the number is) ...or the computer starts acting
VERY wierd...like losing all icons on my desktop, and can't get them
back no matter what I do .. and I'm back to format and reinstalling
an operating system....IF that even works.



My computer is a 1.9ghz p4...80gig HD .. 256ddr ram .. geforce 4
mx440 ... and the thing runs 100000000X worse than my 700mhz hp used
to lol

Did you check whether your hardware and software was XP compatible?! Did
you
make sure that drivers were available for your hardware? That stop error
is
caused when a kernel-mode process incorrectly attempts to perform memory
operations. This is typically caused by faulty drivers or buggy software.
Is
all your software XP compatible? This isn't a hardware issue, so of course
no fault can be found with your hardware! More information can be found
here
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm.


When I first purchased it, while installing an OS, the computer would
go blue code stop during install every time. When I took it in to a
repair shop, they said that when they unplugged my DVD Rom, it seemed
to smooth the problem out. They said there was some sort of
conflict. So I learned to live without the DVD Rom.

Then, I took the computer in to get it repaired again when my
motherboard shorted out. They replaced the board, and while they
were doing that I explained to them my problems with programs
constantly crashing, and my OS issues. They said that it could be
either a memory problem, or a cpu problem. They ran tests on the
memory and cpu....everything checked out. I tried using a different
video card.....still problems.

That's because the issues are software/driver, not hardware related.

Does anyone have any ideas? I am at a complete loss!!!
Thanks!
Arjay

You're welcome

"Toronto Garage Door Company" wrote in
message le.rogers.com...
Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure to
remember your email address....

putz.....

you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you. Someone told you what
your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using your head now
your in a snit.

claus

santa wrote:
"Toronto Garage Door Company" wrote in
message
le.rogers.com...
Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure
to remember your email address....

putz.....

you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you. Someone told
you what your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using
your head now your in a snit.

claus

HEHE!! I think we *BOTH* know what his problem is...I don't think he's been
laid for YEARS!!

santa wrote:
"Toronto Garage Door Company" wrote in
message
le.rogers.com...
Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure
to remember your email address....

putz.....

you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you. Someone told
you what your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using
your head now your in a snit.

Bull****. Someone gave their opinion, they didn't 'tell you what your
problem was'.

That opinion is simply that, and most likely incorrect. The OP was quite
right to reply in the same tone in which he was adressed.
--
~misfit~

"~misfit~" wrote in message
...
santa wrote:
"Toronto Garage Door Company" wrote in
message
le.rogers.com...
Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure
to remember your email address....

putz.....

you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you. Someone told
you what your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using
your head now your in a snit.

Bull****. Someone gave their opinion, they didn't 'tell you what your
problem was'.

That opinion is simply that, and most likely incorrect. The OP was quite
right to reply in the same tone in which he was adressed.
--
~misfit~



Oh I'm so sorry I'll get out my sackcloth and ashes where can I do penance
and get absolution? How much does a good dispensation cost these days I
wonder, one choir boy, two choir boys?

Ok now its your turn!

claus

"santa" wrote in message
...
you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you.

Grateful for what? Posting a problem and being insulted in return? I'm
hard pressed to see where he would be grateful. Even if he ("Bastet") had
anything useful to say, do you think the OP will listen to it with the
answer being mixed in with arrogant retorts?

Someone told you

Yeah, "Someone" of no consequence...

what
your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using your head now
your in a snit.

So tell me, what advice do you give the OP to help him solve his problem?
After all, he/she comes here for advice, do you have something useful to
contribute?

@drian.

"@drian" wrote in message
...
"santa" wrote in message
...
you really are an ungrateful little **** aren't you.

Grateful for what? Posting a problem and being insulted in return? I'm
hard pressed to see where he would be grateful. Even if he ("Bastet") had
anything useful to say, do you think the OP will listen to it with the
answer being mixed in with arrogant retorts?

Someone told you

Yeah, "Someone" of no consequence...

what
your problem was and he just agreed that you weren't using your head now
your in a snit.

So tell me, what advice do you give the OP to help him solve his problem?
After all, he/she comes here for advice, do you have something useful to
contribute?

@drian.


YAh I can contribute. First off I'd strip the box down to the bare minimum,
clear the cmos, check that there are no critical bios upgrades, set all the
bios settings to default then load the OS then apply all the SPs to it then
make sure I had the latest level of Explorer. If its still working then I'd
put back one of the extra devices try loading Office 2003 (after making sure
I've got all the patches in). At that point if everything is working I'd
say I'd be out of the woods and then put all the rest of the boards in make
sure the drivers are up to snuff and then start loading games.
BTW I've been running XP since it came out and I've never seen a BSD. It
does crap out though and explorer goes for a Burton periodically, repair or
reload usually clears that up.

you have a nice day
claus

Toronto Garage Door Company wrote:
Next time I want to be insulted by an ignorant asshole, I'll be sure
to remember your email address....

putz.....

You waste a grand on software because you can't be bothered to check system
requirements and you're calling *ME* ignorant?!

Maybe you should take a quick look in the mirror...