terrel....i need help :)

[canuck]

hi T
need ur help or anyone,s help lol.
im trying to setup xp home sp 2 on a second older computer. i have a xp disc from my new computer.

the hard drive has been reformatted. now the problem....i can get xp setup started, but when i get to the point where it says ....To set up windows xp now,press ENTER....my keyboard does not work anymore lol . my keyboard does work in the bios.

i have googled this and am trying a few things.

chris

[terrell]

interesting. are you using a usb keyboard? do you have an old keyboard to connect to the ps2 connector until you get xp sp2 installed?

[canuck]

he he ty pard
usb keyboard, but i have a adapter to connect usb to ps2. and have tryed both methods of connecting.
i gave away my old keyboard, might havta borrow it back lol or another.
chris

[canuck]

the disc is xp home with service pack 2

[MasterMontgomery]

Chris
I had the same thing happen to me at work this week. New keyboard(usb)
with or without ps2 adapter would type in bios but no where else. So i put in and older ps2
keyboard and it worked great. Still not sure. Maybe what terrell said.

gl
Doug

[terrell]

doug is 100 percent correcto mundato. even with a usb=>ps2 adapter, the usb keyboard will not work. borrow the old ps2 keyboard for a few minutes and you'll be good to go.

[canuck]

hmm ok....my keyboard is my old one, i never bought a new one.
but it is usb, i will get a old ps2 keyboard and try.

was also wondering, im trying to use xp home sp 2 from one disk on 2 computers. is this allowed?
offline im sure its possible , but online and getting all MS updates. is that allowed ?

chris

[Crissy]

hmm ok....my keyboard is my old one, i never bought a new one.
but it is usb, i will get a old ps2 keyboard and try.

was also wondering, im trying to use xp home sp 2 from one disk on 2 computers. is this allowed?
offline im sure its possible , but online and getting all MS updates. is that allowed ?

chris

No its not legal to use the same copy of XP on more then one PC, unless you have a corporate license or something along that line. Now can it be done, yes it can there are millions of the same copy of XP on home computers all over the world. And one can run windows updates and it works also just like a bought copy, but when you get down to it none of this is legal.

Crissy

[terrell]

ditto what crissy said.

hi, crissy. (8

[Grant_M]

Chris, if it is an old pc and you are likely to run it offline anyway, maybe try the ubuntu linux o.s.

Or just pick up the oem home xp from the mom & pop pc store (with a part) for under $100.

It depends on what you want to do with the pc though.


Oh & btw....What the heck is Yawn Booolis on.....piggyback, then tackle the goalie? WTH?

[grim_x]

I had a heck of a time putting xp on one of my machines. Could be a bit of a lack of ram I guess, but ended up having to install 98 SE and then do an upgrade from there. Took a bit, but seems to be fine now.

[sonnycul]

Could be your win xp was only an update ver and not the full win xp ver but heck what do I know

[canuck]

interesting. are you using a usb keyboard? do you have an old keyboard to connect to the ps2 connector until you get xp sp2 installed?

that was the fix ty T.
funny thing after xp was installed the ps2 keyboard didnt work anymore , but the usb one does lol

chris

[canuck]

[quote="Grant_M"]Chris, if it is an old pc and you are likely to run it offline anyway, maybe try the ubuntu linux o.s.

Or just pick up the oem home xp from the mom & pop pc store (with a part) for under $100.

It depends on what you want to do with the pc though.


Oh & btw....What the heck is Yawn Booolis on.....piggyback, then tackle the goalie? WTH?[/quote] i was listening to the radio feed from the game , tom larscheid the color man slammed booolis
said he had hockey skills but no hockey sense .
then proceeded to call him a st upid id iot lol

chris

[Grant_M]

Chris. Luckily someone recorded the bonehead shift by Booolis for our youtube viewing pleasure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXbte11XANo

Un-[censored]-believable! Luckily, the recent addition of Bryan Smolinski should replace some of Bulis's wasted minutes of ice-time.