You're welcome to beat Microsoft around the head as far as I'm concerned, and going into an infinite loop certainly sounds like something that shouldn't happen. But if the video card doesn't work properly with Windows XP, maybe the video card company bears some share of the blame -- given that XP has been the standard operating environment since 2001.
Sounds a bit weird that professional attention is needed to yank out a video card. Sounds as though your computer is rather constricted internally.
When I upgraded to XP in 2001, I installed XP into a new folder and deleted the old Windows and Program Files folders. Meant I had to reinstall all software and hardware, but I figured it was safer and cleaner to start afresh. Windows tends to get gradually messy and cluttered up with junk as you use it, and I didn't want my XP installation to start off with all the accumulated junk of my previous Win 98 SE installation.
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Re: Just when you think that it can't get worse
Date: 2005-07-09 05:21 am (UTC)Sounds a bit weird that professional attention is needed to yank out a video card. Sounds as though your computer is rather constricted internally.
When I upgraded to XP in 2001, I installed XP into a new folder and deleted the old Windows and Program Files folders. Meant I had to reinstall all software and hardware, but I figured it was safer and cleaner to start afresh. Windows tends to get gradually messy and cluttered up with junk as you use it, and I didn't want my XP installation to start off with all the accumulated junk of my previous Win 98 SE installation.
-- Jonathan