Hey Rock that was a lightning quick reply!
O/S disc came with the new laptop labeled "Hi-Grade" which is the maker of
the machine, supposing this makes it a branded one.
Many thanks.

"Rock" wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>
>