Has anyone here had any problems with programs not working on a system
with XP SP2?
I just got a brand new Dell Dimension E521 & today I began the task of installing all of my programs/applications. It took most of the day after running into several little issues here & there (at one point I received an error msg that I never full caught before a reboot after which the system hung on the boot window where you can go into BIOS. When I shut down & restarted it was ok even though this happened a few more times).
But now, I have almost everything done & discovered that some programs wont start unless I use an associated file & 'open with' to get the program opened. VLC media player, a free application does this. Some others do it as well.
What I dont understand is, WHY ME?
Also, I had this happen on my old system when I attempted to install XP SP2 earlier this year & had to resort back to my old copy of windows that came with my first Dell.
Last year as well, I helped my mother get her new pc set up & programs like VLC, Firefox & Kazaa wouldn't work. It's still like it because I have no idea what to do so she's got to open some programs by way of 'open with' like I said before.
I CANT be the only one to whom this has happened.
PLEASE, someone help me.
I've heard bad things about SP2 but I refuse to believe everyone using it is having these problems. It CANT be insurmountable.
I'm still feeling panic.
THX.
with XP SP2?
I just got a brand new Dell Dimension E521 & today I began the task of installing all of my programs/applications. It took most of the day after running into several little issues here & there (at one point I received an error msg that I never full caught before a reboot after which the system hung on the boot window where you can go into BIOS. When I shut down & restarted it was ok even though this happened a few more times).
But now, I have almost everything done & discovered that some programs wont start unless I use an associated file & 'open with' to get the program opened. VLC media player, a free application does this. Some others do it as well.
What I dont understand is, WHY ME?
Also, I had this happen on my old system when I attempted to install XP SP2 earlier this year & had to resort back to my old copy of windows that came with my first Dell.
Last year as well, I helped my mother get her new pc set up & programs like VLC, Firefox & Kazaa wouldn't work. It's still like it because I have no idea what to do so she's got to open some programs by way of 'open with' like I said before.
I CANT be the only one to whom this has happened.
PLEASE, someone help me.
I've heard bad things about SP2 but I refuse to believe everyone using it is having these problems. It CANT be insurmountable.
I'm still feeling panic.
THX.