>hi people,
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>Presently i am facing few problems while installing Windows 2k SP4 or Windows XP SP2, the problem is, during the first phase of setup, (when i boot from a bootable CD and i do a fresh installation i.e. partioning of drives, formatting etc) my setup goes ok, but, at the time of first restart of PC (during setup) a BSOD appears stating a error message ( I am using a P-III 866 Mhz, 128 MB Riva TNT AGP, 128 MB RAM, 20 GB HDD, (2 Nos.) DVD -Drive) :
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>i)
>The Error Message are as follows :
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>Windows XP SP2 : 0xc000026c device driver failure error. System has shut down.
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>Windows 2000 SP4 : c000026c Error status 0xc0000221 (either) tcpip.sys / netbl.sys error.
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>after unpluging all the lan cards, extra dvd drives and all, i some how finish my setup.
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>But now i start to face a new problem, the problem is
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>The exception illegal intrustion for Explorer.exe
>(0xc000001d) occured in application at location 0x70d6017e.
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>and my windows starts to crash.
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>The resoultions i tried till now is
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>1) Changed my RAM tried to used another RAM (128 MB)
>2) Tried to use Windows 98, but the Explorer error still persist.
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>Please friends i require the solution as early as possible.
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>also do u think there may be the problem with motherboard or AGP card i am using, should i buy a new motherboard or AGP.

If you have a chance, try a different display adapter (not another Riva TNT). Years ago I ran into a similar problem trying to install NT4 WS on a box with one installed. Even today, "Riva TNT" in Microsoft Advanced Search pulls up 10 hits.