Re: XyWin on XP

["Patricia M. Godfrey" PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx]

RJW823@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>
>My desktop has same processor and RAM. XyWin runs fine.
>Bob White
>

We've apparently eliminated CPU and RAM, or at least gross amount of
RAM. So the next things to look at are BIOS and chipsets. Unfortunately,
they're harder to find out, esp. in Name Brand systems. The BIOS brand
and version usually flashes on the screen at the PC boots, but with
modern screamingly fast systems (before they start trying to load
Redmond Rubbish), that can fly by too fast to be seen. If you cannot
catch the name and version, look for the key that you're supposed to hit
to enter the BIOS (you may well need it sometime, so you should know it
anyway), and hit it. DON'T do anything once you're in it, just look and
see; it should say, e.g., AMI BIOS version xx.xxx. Write it down, then
hit escape and accept "Exit without saving?"
The chipset maker and version should be listed in the docs that came
with the machine. It also probably appears in Control Panel's Device
Manager: things like the IDE controller, USB controller, IRQ steering
will specify whom they're by.
I will check next time I'm in the office and see what the XP box has. If
we can amass enough data, we may be able to discern a pattern. (If two
people have the exact same hardware, and one can run XyWin and one
cannot, then we know that the problem is in some setting, either in XP
or XyWin. If no one with Brand X BIOS or Chipset can run it, and
everyone with Brand Y can, we know it's a hardware issue.)

Patricia M. Godfrey