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  1. June 10th, 2002, 08:53 PM #1
    Carlitos_Way
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    I just got done upgrading from Win ME to XP Pro. The only hardware compatability issue was with the drivers for the video card (ATI Radeon 128mb). I installed the appropriate drives and problem solved. Now there is an issue with Norton Anti-virus 2002, it hangs whenever it is launched. I also played a couple of games for testing purposes (Max Payne and Red Alert 2). The games lauched without a problem and saved games loaded fine. Although when I completed the current stage on each game, rather than continuing to the next stage the game was shut down and I was returned to the desktop. Very strange. Has anything remotely similar happened to any of you?
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  2. June 11th, 2002, 11:40 AM #2
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    For teh norton issue- check the symantec knowledge base- several things that may be causing this are outlined there.
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  3. June 11th, 2002, 01:06 PM #3
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    Generally its best to backup you data and do a format+clean install, have never had very good luck with OS upgrades
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  4. June 11th, 2002, 01:10 PM #4
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Radical Dreamer:
    <strong>Generally its best to backup you data and do a format+clean install, have never had very good luck with OS upgrades</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'll agree to that. I tell people that when they "upgrade the OS, they upgrade there problems"

    I'd try a clean install.
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  5. June 11th, 2002, 03:06 PM #5
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Matridom:
    <strong>I'll agree to that. I tell people that when they "upgrade the OS, they upgrade there problems"

    I'd try a clean install.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I like that, I'm gonna start using it
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  6. June 12th, 2002, 11:54 AM #6
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    Thanks for the replies. Fortunately I was able to get patches for the games and updates for the Norton issue...all is well
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