Rick, Thanks for the references
JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Glazier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:40 PM Subject: Re: Help with upgrading Hard Drive. > Several different choices of links for the KB number I gave yesterday. > (Sorry I did not give a link then. I got the KB number out of my D/Led copy > of the then current page.) > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q223188/ > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q223/1/88.ASP > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223188 > > Those also lead to: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249321/ > > Anyway, If you get this problem, you can NOT log-in to Windows, EVEN IN > safemode, so there is no way to fix the problem or do anything in a "normal way" > for repairs, etc. (Plus re-activation is blocked since WPA does not get far enough > to do anything EXCEPT cause major pain and grief...) Other people report that > this happens on machines that never required WPA, and even on the Corp. builds!!! > (I have no real way of confirming that.) > > I have found that once WPA is triggered, it is generally not fixable with-out > re-activating, IF you can get far enough to do that... THAT is what the KB > above is for... (I am aware of certain files that can be moved around, but even > "that" has failed me...) > I have always just restored a slightly older image that did not have the problem... > snipped > > Rick Glazier > > From: "Rick Glazier" > > See the MS KB Article ID:223188 for the type of problems you might > > run into... (This describes getting out of trouble, NOT how to change > > a drive letter in advance...) > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
