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In short I have used the Upgrade Advisor from Microsoft to confirm that my
system can be upgraded from ME to XP Pro. There were some issues with my
chipset but the advisor says they are not 'upgrade killers.' During the
upgrade process it notifies me that the following file cannot be found
"c\$win_nt$.~ls\i386\system32\smss.exe" if I try to ignore it and continue
every file after that seems to be unreadable.
In the MS message boards I found a suggestion about copying the I386 folder
from the CD to the hard drive and upgrade from my hard drive. I tried that
and it hangs up at something about "cannot copy 40: access denied" when
trying to copy a file called "40a.cab".
What I am to do is upgrade my OS so that I can MS Excel instead of that
"wussy" MS Works spreadsheet program. If it would be easier to find an older
copy of Office then try to upgrade, what version of Office would work with ME?
So many questions, so slow at typing, oh well.
Any help or suggestions that anyone has please post. This is my first time
posting to a board so forgive any newbie goofs I commited. Just point them
out and I will learn.
system can be upgraded from ME to XP Pro. There were some issues with my
chipset but the advisor says they are not 'upgrade killers.' During the
upgrade process it notifies me that the following file cannot be found
"c\$win_nt$.~ls\i386\system32\smss.exe" if I try to ignore it and continue
every file after that seems to be unreadable.
In the MS message boards I found a suggestion about copying the I386 folder
from the CD to the hard drive and upgrade from my hard drive. I tried that
and it hangs up at something about "cannot copy 40: access denied" when
trying to copy a file called "40a.cab".
What I am to do is upgrade my OS so that I can MS Excel instead of that
"wussy" MS Works spreadsheet program. If it would be easier to find an older
copy of Office then try to upgrade, what version of Office would work with ME?
So many questions, so slow at typing, oh well.
Any help or suggestions that anyone has please post. This is my first time
posting to a board so forgive any newbie goofs I commited. Just point them
out and I will learn.