"CoMpFreaK321" <muibonito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I bought vstudio.net academic v2003,
> i also at this moment had to buy windows 2000 and upgrade
> from win98. I upgraded and then ran the vstudio setup.
> It ran fine until in the middle of step 2 when without
> a warning icon or anything the system just stopped.(froze)
> I would like some help from anybody with an idea thanks.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"CoMpFreaK321" <muibonito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:00a401c34d57$09e82c50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> I bought vstudio.net academic v2003,
>> i also at this moment had to buy windows 2000 and
upgrade
>> from win98. I upgraded and then ran the vstudio setup.
>> It ran fine until in the middle of step 2 when without
>> a warning icon or anything the system just stopped.
(froze)
>> I would like some help from anybody with an idea thanks.
>
>Do you have any anti-virus software, firewall, etc.
running? If so shut all
>that off, then retry the VS.NET install.
>When you say "just stopped (froze)", do you mean you
entire system locked
>up, requiring a reboot, or that the install froze? If it
was the
>installation, try shutting down, restarting, then restart
the installation.
>If it was your entire system, and it does it
consistently, see the bad news
>below.
>Upgrading from Win 98 to Win 2000 can produce
instabilities. As a last
>resort, I would suggest that you do a clean install of
Windows 2000, then
>try the VS.NET install.
>
>
>--
>Peter - [MVP - Academic]
>
>
>.
>

"CoMpFreaK" <muibonito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
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> I did do a clean install of windows 2000 and installed the
> updates.
> I eard about the anti virus thing i went to administrative
> tools to shutdown all nonmicrosoft programs
> running like the help suggested but i dont know how to
> tell if it is a microsoft program. Yes my computer froze
> the
> entire system requiring a reboot, i couldn't even move the
> mouse.

"CoMpFreaK" <muibonito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >"CoMpFreaK321" <muibonito@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:00a401c34d57$09e82c50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I bought vstudio.net academic v2003,
> >> i also at this moment had to buy windows 2000 and
> upgrade
> >> from win98. I upgraded and then ran the vstudio setup.
> >> It ran fine until in the middle of step 2 when without
> >> a warning icon or anything the system just stopped.
> (froze)
> >> I would like some help from anybody with an idea thanks.
> >
> >Do you have any anti-virus software, firewall, etc.
> running? If so shut all
> >that off, then retry the VS.NET install.
> >When you say "just stopped (froze)", do you mean you
> entire system locked
> >up, requiring a reboot, or that the install froze? If it
> was the
> >installation, try shutting down, restarting, then restart
> the installation.
> >If it was your entire system, and it does it
> consistently, see the bad news
> >below.
> >Upgrading from Win 98 to Win 2000 can produce
> instabilities. As a last
> >resort, I would suggest that you do a clean install of
> Windows 2000, then
> >try the VS.NET install.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Peter - [MVP - Academic]
> >
> >
> >.
> >
> I did do a clean install of windows 2000 and installed the
> updates.
> I eard about the anti virus thing i went to administrative
> tools to shutdown all nonmicrosoft programs
> running like the help suggested but i dont know how to
> tell if it is a microsoft program. Yes my computer froze
> the
> entire system requiring a reboot, i couldn't even move the
> mouse.