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hi out there

i read that some of you are now using win xp. i tried to install it over a running 98se installation, hoping xp would accept the drivers. but it didn´t work.
my question to you is, how can i get it working.

thanks in advance for any replie, felix

Use the drivers in the Win2K folder of the 3.01 driver package.

I used WinXP with Pulsar 2 and it was running fine, smoother than on ME or 98 actually, but then I added a Luna 2 and suddenly I could use only one midi in and out port!

I heard some other people had this problem too and I got no help from CW, so I installed ME on the side, just for audio - which sucks, I liked my tweaked XP better.

Anyone know how to fix this?

Toni L.
http://www.mp3.com/NativeAlien


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Funktastico on 2001-12-09 01:25 ]</font>

Don't even bother doing an 'upgrade' installation : reformat and install from scratch. If you bought an upgrade version of WinXP, you should be able to do a clean install by having your Win98 CD handy. I'm not totally sure about this though since I only have the full version.

Here's some brief pointers in how to get it working :

1. set PnP OS in BIOS to NO!

2. during first phase of install ("DOS screen, Windows is detecting your hardware") press F5, it should give you a choice to change from ACPI to Standard PC..
if you don't get this choice, reboot and start again!

3. once WinXP is installed, install all your drivers for your hardware such as Video card, motherboard (Intel INF/Via 4-in-1 drivers for example) etc.

It is a good idea to ghost your WinXP partition at this point so if things go wrong you won't have to sit through Microsoft's installer again.

4. Install Pulsar 3.0 drivers (by going to the Unknown Multimedia Device's properties, and clicking 'update driver'), reboot. Repeat this procedure for all Creamware cards in your system. Then run Pulsar 3.0 setup. Reboot.

5. Repeat the above for 3.01.


I haven't gone into much detail regarding tweaks and stuff... maybe I'll make a new posting in the Tips+Tricks section as there doesn't seem to be any WinXP/2K tweaking tips listed there at the moment.

peace

it´s true, best is clean install

felix

here's another vote for clean install

the procedure outlined by dArKr3zIn worked for me. ultimately, this of course means re-installing all apps too. Its a big job. Be sure to take a ghost image at key points in the whole long process.

You should also check out this growing thread

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... forum=3&22



<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: dblbass on 2002-01-13 22:30 ]</font>