lucky luke wrote:

> 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
>>
>>

Yes it's a branded one.

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Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User