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stops at 100% install
(Cross-post added to Windows ME General NG)
"neverevereasy" wrote in message ... I have Windows ME with 512M RAM. I have removed everything I feel comfortable removing and the system shows 71% free RAM. When I download updates the install is very slow and if it gets to 100% it stays there (all night in one case). That said, two small files downloaded successfully, if not slowly. A manual install installs faster but still hangs up at 100% installed. Any ideas? Thank you Is one of the updates IE? Perhaps you have too much RAM for that OS and the WU application? titleKB303399 - You Cannot Finish Installing or Upgrading Internet Explorer/title quote h3Method 2: Limit RAM to 256 MB/h3 If you have more than 256 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM) installed, remove or limit the RAM that Windows uses to 256 MB or less. /quote EG Cross-posting to a Windows ME NG because I've never known whether to take this one seriously or not... ; } Otherwise look for clues in the logs which the would have been left by the updating. E.g. use Find Files to find all files which have a modification date on the day of the update and then sort them by the modification timestamp. Depending on which updates were being installed and on which phase in the update process they got to you would have different logs to look at. Good luck Robert Aldwinckle --- |
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stops at 100% install
Let me guess.....Norton involved??
Have you been running with the Quack? Are you running Norton System Quack - - errr - Doctor? If so, then read on...... You may have up to 32,000 empty OEM*.INF files sitting in your c:\Windows\INF folder, which prevents any program putting a legitimate *.INF file in there (it also slow your system down to stop, trying to read them and sort the [non-existent] contents!). You need to DELETE all 0byte (and ONLY the 0byte) OEM*.INF files. look here for information on how to do that , and how to prevent it happening again (i.e. TURN OFF NORTON SYSTEM DOCTOR - unless you are actively troubleshooting something) The Symantec site: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...122464806?Open also "Computer Stops Responding (Hangs) During Setup, Installing Updates, or Adding New Hardware" (http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q281967) also http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q301540 (which contains the fix for your problem in the NOTE under the patch description) Phone your Local MS office, and tell them your problem quoting Q301540 - they'll either send you the patch, or give you a one-use password, for the cost of the call. Good Luck -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote in message ... (Cross-post added to Windows ME General NG) "neverevereasy" wrote in message ... I have Windows ME with 512M RAM. I have removed everything I feel comfortable removing and the system shows 71% free RAM. When I download updates the install is very slow and if it gets to 100% it stays there (all night in one case). That said, two small files downloaded successfully, if not slowly. A manual install installs faster but still hangs up at 100% installed. Any ideas? Thank you Is one of the updates IE? Perhaps you have too much RAM for that OS and the WU application? titleKB303399 - You Cannot Finish Installing or Upgrading Internet Explorer/title quote h3Method 2: Limit RAM to 256 MB/h3 If you have more than 256 megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM) installed, remove or limit the RAM that Windows uses to 256 MB or less. /quote EG Cross-posting to a Windows ME NG because I've never known whether to take this one seriously or not... ; } Otherwise look for clues in the logs which the would have been left by the updating. E.g. use Find Files to find all files which have a modification date on the day of the update and then sort them by the modification timestamp. Depending on which updates were being installed and on which phase in the update process they got to you would have different logs to look at. Good luck Robert Aldwinckle --- |
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