On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:58:58 -0500, Warp wrote:

>> Same way you do for Linux errors. You google the text of the error
>> message, or search for it on MSDN.
> 
>   Yes, like once I tried to install some modem drivers into a WinXP
> system, and at the end of the installation it said "failed to install
> driver", nothing more, nothing less. Not a single hint about why it
> failed.
> 
>   Now, try to google without an internet connection because you just
> failed to install the driver necessary for the internet connection.

Really frustrating experience here - my stepson's machine (during one of 
it's recent rebuilds) needed to be re-activated.  Problem is, the 
wireless card driver wasn't yet installed.  Do you think you could 
*possibly* install a wireless driver prior to activation?  Hah, he had to 
pack the whole thing into a different part of the house in order to plug 
it into an ethernet jack (older house, we don't have a wired network 
setup other than here at my desk).  I was *really* surprised that he 
didn't get the grace period after reinstalling the OS (reinstalled over 
the prior installation, apparently that means you have to activate again 
- which also means finding the damned license key again).

Jim

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