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?

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

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
>
>

I recently wiped a HP laptop, then using the HP restore CD, restored the
entire HD which included a fresh XP. It said nothing about activation ever.

--
Jonny
"lucky luke" <luckyluke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B4F639C-A3B6-46C1-B512-4E4456CDF999@microsoft.com...
> 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
> >
> >

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.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:45:36 -0500, "Jonny" <billgates@scampublic.net>

>I recently wiped a HP laptop, then using the HP restore CD, restored the
>entire HD which included a fresh XP. It said nothing about activation ever.

That may in part be because it's BIOS-locked, and doesn't use the
change-monitoring approach to triggering the DoS payload.

Change the motherboard to a different one, and you're dead. This
matters less on laptops and proprietary PCs if these trap you into
using such parts from a single vendor anyway.



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