Upgrade advisor freezes up

[Chucktronic]

Hi, I have downloaded the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor program
and got it up and running with the latest updates available online.

It freezes up while running when It gets to this stage:

Processing system files ...
DVD movie player

If I hit [Alt] [Ctrl] [Del], it shows that
Msgsrv32 is not responding

I'm using Windows 98 (4.10.1998)
And I don't have any DVD movie player software installed

Please help,
Charles A. Gilbert
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Guest]

Thier is no XP Upgrade advisor download,thier is a upgrade advisor on the
xp cd that pre-checks a computers software/hardware before installation,but
thats it.Thier is a windows server update advisor,however its not compatable
to xp,i'd uninstall it,thats why its freezing up,event viewer would give more
details.

 

[Richard Urban]

Wrong again - as usual!!!

Guess you never saw this (bottom of the page):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/upgrading/advisor.mspx

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Thier is no XP Upgrade advisor download,thier is a upgrade advisor on the
xp cd that pre-checks a computers software/hardware before
installation,but
thats it.Thier is a windows server update advisor,however its not
compatable
to xp,i'd uninstall it,thats why its freezing up,event viewer would give
more
details.

Hi, I have downloaded the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor program
and got it up and running with the latest updates available online.

It freezes up while running when It gets to this stage:

Processing system files ...
DVD movie player

If I hit [Alt] [Ctrl] [Del], it shows that
Msgsrv32 is not responding

I'm using Windows 98 (4.10.1998)
And I don't have any DVD movie player software installed

Please help,
Charles A. Gilbert
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Malke]

Hi, I have downloaded the Windows XP Upgrade Advisor program
and got it up and running with the latest updates available online.

It freezes up while running when It gets to this stage:

Processing system files ...
DVD movie player

If I hit [Alt] [Ctrl] [Del], it shows that
Msgsrv32 is not responding

I'm using Windows 98 (4.10.1998)
And I don't have any DVD movie player software installed

If the Upgrade Advisor freezes during its scan, that does not bode well
for a successful upgrade to XP no matter what the error message. What
are the hardware specs of this computer?

XP is a better operating system than Win98, but forcing the upgrade on a
machine that may be 6 or 7 years old and was designed for Win98 may not
be the best decision.

Malke

 

[Chucktronic]

Problem solved !
I disabled the screensaver and the Upgrade advisor
processed my PC all the way thru.