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Windows 2000 upgrade fatal error
Name: frenchfry Date: September 12, 2003 at 09:05:48 Pacific OS: Win 98 se CPU/Ram: PIII 600/ 256
Comment:
Hi all,
when trying to upgrade from Win98 to Win2000, after putting product key, I get following fatal error: 'Cannot continue. Contact your MS technician'.
Name: hallsy Date: September 12, 2003 at 09:50:08 Pacific
Reply:
Maybe there is something wrong with the Microsoft CD.
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Response Number 2
Name: forkys Date: September 13, 2003 at 06:27:00 Pacific
Reply:
Might have something to do with a language locale setting. Seems odd but I had a similar error when upgrading from 98 to Win2K. Perhaps a long shot but it did the trick in my case see links
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