Zopwx2 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I just upgraded from ME to Xp profesional and certain basic funtions in the control panel cannot be opened. "display", "add/remove programs", "internet options", etc. No matter how I try to open them. Maybe there are run commands I can use to open these programs. If I can't fix it where do I get the run commands. >:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 They just won't work? Or you get some error message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Cube Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I heard that upgrading from ME to XP is risky. As you have posted here I am guessing you still have the internet ;D So I would download the right drivers for everything first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 Mayby before you do anything tricky, is it possible for you to do a clean install of XP instead of an update ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Cube Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 I have a friend that has recently upgraded from ME 2 XP andhis comp. is *****d. Go on the micorsoft tech. support page and see what they have to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 ok i went to microsft .com nothing in their knowlege base. Also there is no error message. you just click and nothing happens. im trying to solve this without having to do a clean install. is there anyway to open control panel programs without using the control panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aox0m0xoa Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 use the repair function of the xp cd, that should fix her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 i not sure what to do there. i boot to the xp cd and press R and i get to this dos-like place. What do i do when i get there. Im not a big computer whiz. And dont be dissin my video card! sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 There should be a link to your controle pannel when you click on local computer. Do they work that way ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted April 14, 2003 Author Share Posted April 14, 2003 fuck this. XP has caused more problems than it solved. how do i downgrade back to me, plz tell me i can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Do you have Home or Professional? You can use the remote assistance program and let one of us check out your computer. I've helped out people using that option before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Is that where you can take over the other persons computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 Doesn't MSN have NetMeeting where you can take over the other person's computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted April 15, 2003 Share Posted April 15, 2003 Well with Home you can't login directly but you get some sort of chat interface and can see the other computer. You might be able to move the mouse... I'm not sure about that though.With Pro you can use Remote Desktop and login from another machine and its basically like you are using the computer directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zopwx2 Posted April 16, 2003 Author Share Posted April 16, 2003 wha, i have proffesional. handing my comp over to someone i dont know, i dont know about that. Any way i found a way to get around the problem anyway. i use another program to alter my computer settings. the only problem i have now is just the lagginess of the whole thing. any ideas on why programs that didnt lag on me would lag in xp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 XP requires more system resources to run.(I assume) When I upgraded win 98-millenium nothing would work as it was all too slow. So I bought a new computer.when you upgraded did it format the computer or just overwrite windows? youd be surprised how much faster your computer runs after formatting if you havn't and had lots of programs games file etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number6 Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 I think Gryphon mentioned this, but I will repeat it. You really should not upgrade XP from a previous install of Windows ME. You should format the disk or better yet run fdisk and delete the windows partitions and do a fresh install of XP. That way you don't run the risk of some incompatable files carrying over to your XP environment. I am pretty sure with the upgrade version of XP will just prompt you to put your ME full registered disk in to verify that you are eligible to upgrade to XP and you don't need to have ME installed prior to the install of XP.To answer your question though. I am guessing that the previous OS has old files in the Windows directory that XP does not like. It could also be the file system. I think XP works best with NTFS, but ME uses FAT32 and if you did not create NTFS partitions as part of the install that could cause slowness. I don't know for sure because I am still running Win 98, but I am familiar with the problems involved in upgrading from one OS to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Cube Posted April 16, 2003 Share Posted April 16, 2003 RAM is pretty cheap at the mo. and unless you have loads (in which case it is a settings problem) then it could be an idea to purchase some more RAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terror Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Yeah, i think that this problem comes from an unclean install. It's just best to clean at least one partition, install XP on it and set that partition to NTFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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