Having no luck upgrading ME to XP, would appreciate any issues that you may have experienced with my basic system. FIC 503+ K6-2 500mhz When I upgrade I get fatal error Stop C000021a {Session Manager Initialization system process terminated unexpectedly OXC000003a When I clean install I get a system clock and date wrong, and in the activation screen “remind me later” goes back to the welcome screen in a loop. Thanks for reading.

well i cant say that i have seen your problem but...I have the same setup as you and im running xp pro and have formated 2or3 times scence i got the program. so at least for starters you know it will work, just have to find out what that error means

Yes, I have upgraded from Win98 to XP-Pro on a AMD K6-2/333 Mhz, 256 MB-RAM System. And I must say it works great. I think it is not your K6-2/500 Mhz that causes the problem.

I have the same AMD K6/2 500 i SPENT SIX HOURS WORKING O PUTTING XP PRO ON MY COMPUTER IT IS RUNNING FINE NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO CALL YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR NUMBER

I successfully upgraded from ME to XP pro on my FIC 503+ K6-2 500mhz last January. I found the same error message on MS KB (Q316503). C000021a (fatal system error). The session manager initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000003a (0x00000000, 0x00000000) The article says it has to do with Norton System Works so I don't know if this pertains to your particular situation.

I upgraded from Win 98se to XP on my IBM with the AMD K6 500 processor and it took me six (6) nights, four to five hours each night. All kinds of errors came up. My main problem was a file that would not install. Plus another week at nights to install Norton 2002. Then, my USB ports wouldn't work along with my brand new X83 Lexmark printer/copier/scanner. A windows 2000 driver fixed that. Then my keyboard volume control wouldn't work along with the help button. An updated keyboard driver from IBM fixed that. Then, my old Lexmark Z52 printer wouldn't work right with the new XP driver, so I put the settings for it to windows 98 on the XP's compatibility feature Now it seems to work ok. Plus, the XP package instructions never said to uninstall all old programs on my windows 98, so, I spent 2 weeks deleting old files once I got the XP installed. So, it took me about 5 weeks steady going at nights and weeknds to get XP going and fine tuned. Good luck ! You will need it. Plus tons of help and patience. I got all my help at the Microsoft XP Newsgroup web site. They got some real genius people there.

Thanks guys for all the comments atleast i feel like success is possible now.. if i can find the many hours necessary that most of you spent working on it.