I cant install powerpoint 2002

[threeofhardts]

"Keep in mind that XP, like earlier versions of NT, shows
you what I assume (uh-oh) is a pretty complete list of
running processes, where Win9X variants
only show you programs, as I recall."


Ah-ha! I didn't know that!

The machine is a Sony Vaio, 60 GB HD, 256 RAM with a 1.3
GHz Celeron Processor. It has the same specs as mine but
I have a Compaq with an AMD Athlon processor.

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[Mike M.]

There is seriously something wrong with the configuration of the machine.
There are lots of people running XP on machines similar to yours. However,
many people have tried to upgrade to XP and have problems. Just visit the
WindowsXP NG some time. It gets about 1,000 posts a day. I have been using
XP for about a year now with no ill effects. I also have dial up and my
machine never tries to dial out. Sounds like you might have spyware on the
machine that keeps trying to phone home. Could also be a virus. Download
"Zone Alarm" and you will see what is trying to dial out and where to. That
might help you track down your problem. It is a shame to have a perfectly
fine machine you can't use. If it continues to offend, ship it to me and
I'll give to one of my kids! ;-)

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

There's some kind of log with all kinds of usernames that

we can't figure out. But it looks like others
are 'networking' with their computer all day if it's left
on and connected to the phone lines. I have never dealt
with networking.

Their son-in-law told them that's not what it is or what's
happening. But my other sister, (who also has XP and
hates it) does use networking at her office and says that
is what's going on.

Whichever one's right, there's something badly wrong here. This isn't
typical of XP, FWIW.

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

The machine is a Sony Vaio, 60 GB HD, 256 RAM with a 1.3

GHz Celeron Processor. It has the same specs as mine but
I have a Compaq with an AMD Athlon processor.

I'm working on a Tosh Satellite 1.1 Celery, XP Home, smaller HDD.
I've bumped the memory to 512, but it came with 256.
There was no especially noticeable speed difference after the upgrade; my
wife's got an identical laptop w/o the memory upgrade and hers is fine also.

IOW, the computer itself should be just fine. Not a rocket, but plenty fast
for normal work.

 

[John O]

There's some kind of log with all kinds of usernames that

we can't figure out. But it looks like others
are 'networking' with their computer all day if it's left
on and connected to the phone lines. I have never dealt
with networking.

My virus/worm sensors are flashing big time...what you've described just
isn't right. NOBODY should make it far enough into the system to generate a
login attempt. This is maybe premature, but that system has a *serious*
security problem.

BTW, this machine might be a part of a network as described at
http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm. This is a long and fascinating article by
Steve Gibson, and how his Website was taken offline for many days by a
13-year old and how nobody would help. The kid used machines carrying his
worm to generate denial-of-service attacks on command. Scary...very scary.

John O

 

[threeofhardts]

No, that's not it. That was the first thing we checked.


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[threeofhardts]

I have conversed on-line with a person who has the exact
same set-up/specs with Windows XP installed and he does
have some performance problems but nothing of this
magnitude. The machine came with XP on it so an upgrade
isn't an issue.

I've been to the Windows XP newsgroup many, many times.
Nothing they've suggested has helped and I'm not sure they
believe what I'm telling 'em.

My sister does have Spybot. They run it fairly regularly
but I'm not sure they keep it updated. When I was there
last week it hadn't been, so I updated it and ran it.
Can't recall now what was found but some was.

They have PC-cillin (sp) anti-virus. We've scanned for
viruses and found nothing. But there again, I don't know
if it is regularly updated.

About all they use it for is e-mail and for digital photos
that they take with their digital camera. When they don't
want to be on-line, they unplug the phone line to it.
Otherwise, it will dial-up all day long - by itself!
Spooky!!!

They can't download anything. It goes on for an eternity
and if it does appear to have downloaded a file, you can't
find it where they saved it to, or anywhere for that
matter. A 30 minute search, no less - and while it's
searching, you can do NOTHING else with the machine. It
is totally 'involved' in that search!

I don't know enough about computers to reformat it for
them and being somewhat unfamiliar with Windows XP makes
me even more afraid to attempt it. With the slowness
being what it is, by the time what I'm looking for finally
appears - I've forgotten what I wanted to do once I got
there! )

That's how slow it is!

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[threeofhardts]

I sure believe there's something wrong but their son-in-
law tells them that XP is a heavy OS and on a machine with
these particular specs, they'd have to expect some
performance issues. He's not bothered at all by the
slowness. They trust his advice because he is computer
savvy and have just resigned themselves to it.

Since I don't use it much anymore to update their web site
I should just let it be, too. But I must admit - it has
me curious! And I'll also admit, this is the reason I
will never put XP on my machine.

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[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

I sure believe there's something wrong but their son-in-

law tells them that XP is a heavy OS and on a machine with
these particular specs, they'd have to expect some
performance issues.

He's out to lunch.

He's not bothered at all by the
slowness. They trust his advice because he is computer
savvy

or does a good enough imitation to fool them?

Still if they're going to take is advice instead of yours, about all you
can do is refer questions to him and shrug it off.

Since I don't use it much anymore to update their web site
I should just let it be, too. But I must admit - it has
me curious! And I'll also admit, this is the reason I
will never put XP on my machine.

I play a computer savvy guy on the internet, and I'm here to tellya that
that's probably not good evidence to base the decision on. I'm not
suggesting that you change, necessarily, just that if you decide to for
other reasons, don't let what you've seen of that computer scare you off.