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    XP + OSD not working..

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by jl1989, Aug 28, 2008.

  1. jl1989

    jl1989 Notebook Evangelist

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    OSD keeps crashing on startup.. tried reinstalling but doesnt work.. and it's the latest one from the hive site... any help? xp is 32bit.

    edit: additional info - xp is on drive D:\ if it makes a diff. vista is on C:\ .. i'm using an alienGUI theme.. the red one... and mcafee anti virus.
     
    jl1989, Aug 28, 2008
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    Sorry, never tried running both OS' on this system. Did you make sure that the OSD installed on the XP partition the XP version of the OSD driver and that the Vista partition has the Vista version of the OSD drivers?
     
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    yup.. my vista one works.. just not xp.. keeps crashing on startup
     
    jl1989, Aug 28, 2008
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