when we first upgraded from Me to xp professional every thing was fine and working well.
But the next day when we truned on the computer it was in a completely different lanuague and we couldn't do any thing. Because we could not read nothing
could not even turn the computer off so we had to use the pictures in the book so we could see where we could trun of the computer,
Because at the time we were on dail-up and we rang up to get some help. But they couldn't help
it wasn't until the next day my husband put the disk back in the computer and did the whole thing over agian did it worked.
has this ever happened to you .?
2006-10-28 20:53:54 · 12 answers · asked by jan d 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I have to say, no it has never happend to me. However it does sound like additional languages where installed when you upgraded to XP (check out the language toolbar, this is something that I normally disable when I build PC's).
Another thing that you could have done to get round this is either:
1. uninstall Windows XP, then reinstall Windows XP. As you upgraded a 9x system (eg 98, ME) you do have the option to uninstall XP and revert back to ME. Or
2. Instead of installing everything all over again, you could have repaired the installation (the first repair option ignore, but when it asks you where to to install Windows it will detect that you have an installtion present and them ask you again if you want to start from fresh or repair that one)
Anyway back to your question, "No" sorry.
2006-10-28 21:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by shotokan1978 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ME is fairly widely agreed to be the worst OS Microsoft ever issued.
Upgrades from ME to XP are very much not recommended as you are building on shaky foundations.
It is highly recommended that you take a copy of any files you want to keep (documents, pictures etc) then format the hard drive and install XP from clean to remove any trace of nasty old ME.
2006-10-28 23:19:55 · answer #2 · answered by jan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that when u went from ME to XP you simply did an upgrade which is a BIG no-no. When working with OSes, you should ALWAYS do a clean install which requires you to reformat the HDD. This is expecially important since you are moving from ME.
2006-10-28 21:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by Medscript 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
But then again, I never upgraded, just installed from scratch on re-formatted drive. But I had to re-format and re-install 3 times before it would run right ...
I have heard that Windows ME causes untold problems when using upgrade packs on.
2006-10-28 23:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by lucrx440.rm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have I ever installed an entire operating system in the wrong language? No, I haven't.
2006-10-28 21:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Any chance your husband did it as a joke? Or maybe someone else. Windows reeks but still, it could've been a setup joke someone played.
2006-10-28 21:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some time with computer software you have to do it twice bucause it doest fix all the way like when wiping ur motherboard i usually have 2 do it twice cause it dosnt get everything
2006-10-28 20:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by fighter93203 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is strange....... i would call microsoft support. Maybe you purchased an upgrade disk that was not intended for the US
2006-10-28 20:56:54 · answer #8 · answered by mhp_wizo_93_418 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope never happen to me .when setting up winxp .remember to pick the country ur in .
2006-10-28 20:57:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-10-28 21:08:24 · answer #10 · answered by liemcomy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋