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I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was
running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)

While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer
won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it
starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login
screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all.

Now what???

Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.


I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...

If you can still bring up the Advanced Boot Options Screen (start the
computer and tap F8 frequently), choose Last Known Good Configuration.

You may have simply had the rotten luck to be the one running something when
a component failed.

"Paul Pedersen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was
>running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)
>
> While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer
> won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it
> starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login
> screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all.
>
> Now what???
>
> Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.
>
>
> I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
>
>
>
>

"Colin Barnhorst" <> wrote in message
news:C78EC5D2-12CF-4317-9F47-...
> If you can still bring up the Advanced Boot Options Screen (start the
> computer and tap F8 frequently), choose Last Known Good Configuration.
>
> You may have simply had the rotten luck to be the one running something
> when a component failed.
>

Certainly sounds like it.

To the OP, tell your friend then program came from microsoft, so if anyone
is to blame it is them...

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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:01:53 -0800
"Paul Pedersen" <> wrote:

> I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that
> was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)
>
> While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the
> computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it
> looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk
> in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it
> won't boot at all.
>
> Now what???
>
> Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.
>
>
> I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
>
>
>
>
For those of you who want to upgrade, here is a free guide with a
fallback plan
http://www.conejonetwork.com/upg.pdf

--
Live & let live, or leave.
:-)

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:01:53 -0800
"Paul Pedersen" <> wrote:

> I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that
> was running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)
>
> While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the
> computer won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it
> looks like it starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk
> in the Windows login screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it
> won't boot at all.
>
> Now what???
>
> Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.
>
>
> I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
>
>
>
>

On a side not, why not run in-place repair?
Stick the XP cd in, boot from the CD and select repair the SECOND time
you get an option, after setup detects your XP. Hope for luck.

--
Live & let live, or leave.
:-)

Fix it!

"Paul Pedersen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was
>running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)
>
> While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer
> won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it
> starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login
> screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all.
>
> Now what???
>
> Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.
>
>
> I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
>
>
>
>

"Xenomorph" <> wrote in message
news:88DE6D95-629A-4EF4-9D18-...
> Fix it!

Loosely translated means....
As a noob I have absolutely no idea what the problem could be.
As a noob I strive to find people who I can give pointless/unhelpful answers
to.
If I do this often enough I may pick up enough knowledge to know where the
caps lock key is or how to insert a DVD.

Jay

"HeyBub" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>
> "Neither a borrower nor a fixer be."

Good advice. Fixing other people's computers has cost me hundreds of hours
of work over the years.

"Paul Pedersen" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor on a friend's computer that was
>running XP Pro. (Which computer WAS working fine.)
>
> While the test was running, I got a black screen crash. Now the computer
> won't run. Sometimes it starts, then freezes, sometimes it looks like it
> starts but there's all kinds of flashing, moving junk in the Windows login
> screen (video is on the mobo), sometimes it won't boot at all.
>
> Now what???
>
> Looks like my friend lost a computer, and I lost a friend.
>
>
> I suppose this means that computer is not compatible with Vista...
>


The problem seems to have been bad RAM. I upgraded it last week, and it
worked fine for a while.

As a word of warning, don't buy RAM on EBay. Or at the very least, get an
ironclad (and believable!) lifetime warranty.

I have bought RAM on EBay about half a dozen times over the last year or so,
and almost half of it has gone bad. Maybe they get it by dumpster diving at
the manufacturer's, then sell it as new.