lucky luke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> I have two machines, one a PC with XP Home and another a laptop with XP Pro
> both which suffer from the above problem.
> I have tried everything I can think of but to no avail.
> 1 In the case of the PC I finally managed to fomat the HDD and repartition
> it using Partition Magic floppy discs then reinstalled Win XP. It booted up
> ok started loading the O/S then a blue screen with problem detected
> shutting down ect.....but also message;
> IRQL_NOT_LES_OR_EQUAL. Any ideas?
>
> 2 In the case of the laptop I formated and reistalled the O/S but cannot
> register it with MS as it is an OEM instal disc. Will it die on me in 28 more
> days?
>

Here are a couple of links to look at.

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
0x0000000A: IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Windows XP logon screen does not appear and the computer continuously
restarts
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310396

Yes if you can't activate it, then it will only allow a safe mode boot
after 30 days. What kind of OEM disk is it - retail OEM or a branded one?

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User