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UserRemoved1 · 06-12-2009, 08:00 AM

Windows 2000 machine. Tried to upgrade to XP, gives error and says I need the upgrade cd not the oem cd. So I go buy an upgrade cd (sp1). Install new windows, it boots but has no speaker audio. hmmm. Then avg starts puking up it doesn't know my license number. When windows starts I get a black window asking to select one of TWO Windows xp operating systems. Click the top one there's no icons on the desk top and no audio but everything else says normal Windows operation.

Click the bottom one and you get the proper desktop with all the icons, the sound works, the avg program works.

Reboot and the black screen links to click to the operating system are reversed, the bottom one is on the top and the top is on the bottom. They both say the exact same thing. It's a crapshoot which one to click to get it to work.

One thing I noticed is when you get the initial black screen boot with the windows logo, there are two versions of the screen-one has a year date on it and one does not. One says MS Windows XP one says MS Windows XP PRO.

Calling all nerdnicks and geeks how do I get this thing back alive again short of reformatting the hard drive.

06-12-2009, 08:00 AM	#1
UserRemoved1 Permanently Disconnected iTrader: (-9) Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 12,647	2 copies of xp on one computer. Windows 2000 machine. Tried to upgrade to XP, gives error and says I need the upgrade cd not the oem cd. So I go buy an upgrade cd (sp1). Install new windows, it boots but has no speaker audio. hmmm. Then avg starts puking up it doesn't know my license number. When windows starts I get a black window asking to select one of TWO Windows xp operating systems. Click the top one there's no icons on the desk top and no audio but everything else says normal Windows operation. Click the bottom one and you get the proper desktop with all the icons, the sound works, the avg program works. Reboot and the black screen links to click to the operating system are reversed, the bottom one is on the top and the top is on the bottom. They both say the exact same thing. It's a crapshoot which one to click to get it to work. One thing I noticed is when you get the initial black screen boot with the windows logo, there are two versions of the screen-one has a year date on it and one does not. One says MS Windows XP one says MS Windows XP PRO. Calling all nerdnicks and geeks how do I get this thing back alive again short of reformatting the hard drive.