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Answer» Hi there. I recently bought a new comp, and i've been having some trouble trying to keep the thing stable for more than a three day stretch of time. Every so often it simply crashes to a blue screen and begins a physical memory DUMP. That screen remains until i switch it off and back on again... Before anyone tells me to resort to my warranty, I don't have one. I don't go by them and nobody touches my computer(s) but me. At this point, i'm blaming the OS. The comp came with XP Media Center EDITION (SP2), and it seems every bit as reliable as Win ME. On to my new problem. I resolved the Media Center problem by taking the hard disk out of my old compaq and sticking it in my new HP. It booted up XP Home edition, detected most of the HARDWARE just fine, but refuses to talk to my cable modem and i can't get online. Does it sound like it's not detecting the network adapter? In the device manager, it doesn't list the "Nvidia Nforce networking controller". That's about the only conclusion i can make so far. Thanks for reading, and for any help you might be able to give me. Quote Before anyone tells me to resort to my warranty, I don't have one. I don't go by them and nobody touches my computer(s) but me. Incredible Quote Does it sound like it's not detecting the network adapter? In the device manager, it doesn't list the "Nvidia Nforce networking controller". That's about the only conclusion i can make so far. Well you have completely different hardware in the machine from that which Windows was loaded on so there are some problems. Some people FAVOR a Repair Install, but you need to have a real WIndows CD to do that. Usually Compaq's do not come with that, so you WOULD have to have a similar version to do that. You may be able to buy one from Compaq. If you go that route: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx You will most likely have to reactivate with Microsoft unless you are planning on using some hack for some reason to avoid this. As it a totally different machine than the OEM license that it was sold with they can be reluctant or refuse to do this. I recommend a fresh install of Windows on whatever hardware you are expecting it to run on. I am assuming you do not have a Media Center CD as well, so you will need to decide on the next course of action. Everyone will need a real Windows CD sooner or later. In your case it looks like sooner.

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Hi there. I recently bought a new comp, and i've been having some trouble trying to keep the thing stable for more than a three day stretch of time. Every so often it simply crashes to a blue screen and begins a physical memory DUMP. That screen remains until i switch it off and back on again...

Before anyone tells me to resort to my warranty, I don't have one. I don't go by them and nobody touches my computer(s) but me. At this point, i'm blaming the OS. The comp came with XP Media Center EDITION (SP2), and it seems every bit as reliable as Win ME.

On to my new problem. I resolved the Media Center problem by taking the hard disk out of my old compaq and sticking it in my new HP. It booted up XP Home edition, detected most of the HARDWARE just fine, but refuses to talk to my cable modem and i can't get online.

Does it sound like it's not detecting the network adapter? In the device manager, it doesn't list the "Nvidia Nforce networking controller". That's about the only conclusion i can make so far.

Thanks for reading, and for any help you might be able to give me. Quote

Before anyone tells me to resort to my warranty, I don't have one. I don't go by them and nobody touches my computer(s) but me.

Incredible

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Does it sound like it's not detecting the network adapter? In the device manager, it doesn't list the "Nvidia Nforce networking controller". That's about the only conclusion i can make so far.

Well you have completely different hardware in the machine from that which Windows was loaded on so there are some problems. Some people FAVOR a Repair Install, but you need to have a real WIndows CD to do that. Usually Compaq's do not come with that, so you WOULD have to have a similar version to do that. You may be able to buy one from Compaq. If you go that route:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

You will most likely have to reactivate with Microsoft unless you are planning on using some hack for some reason to avoid this. As it a totally different machine than the OEM license that it was sold with they can be reluctant or refuse to do this.

I recommend a fresh install of Windows on whatever hardware you are expecting it to run on. I am assuming you do not have a Media Center CD as well, so you will need to decide on the next course of action.

Everyone will need a real Windows CD sooner or later. In your case it looks like sooner.

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