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I don't remember when I updated the bios. The date of the bios is 2/02, but I don't remember if it was happening before that update. What is the address of that site? BTW the line where the message is is the last line in the boot screens: 'Verifying DMI pool data' if it shows it is after that.

I'm running 2000, ans again it is a bootup, a DOS screen in the BIOS. The M/B has the latest BIOS. Someone else suggested the battery, but the M/B is only 1 1/2 years old.

Yes it is in the Bios. All my connections are ok as far as I know. Everything shows up in Device Manager each time as far as I know, but I will check each time to be sure. I don't have auto anything running at startup including Windows update. I don't have a icon in control panel for Windows auto update by the way.

I have been running 2k for 7 months now logged in as a administrator. I have read in other forums that for security reasons AND for performance reasons you shouldn't do this. The administartor function runs additional processes that the regular or power users don't need. I finally got around to trying this and when I logged in as a regular user or power user, I still have the same 21 processes running at startup as I did as a administator (in task manager)! Also, I tried some basic changes as: moving and deleting shortcuts on the desktop, changing folder view options from those stupid Windows 3rd grade cartoon icon defaults to details, single click instead of double click, but everything returned to the default state after a reboot! Are the user permissions so strict you can't even do simple things like those?????????? I added the path from the administrator settings to the new user I created for the desktop shortcuts and start meun shortcuts, but the folder views for example never changed!

How can I hide or disable a printer so a child (11 year old, probably certitfied A+........) can't print to it other than removing the printer cable or disabling it in device manager (if you can)?

When I boot my Epox EP8-KTA MB with 2 Maxtor HD's when the drives start, there are 2 beeps together as a DTMF touch tone keypad sounds. This has started recently. The only thing that I can see is the drives are having trouble starting or some conflict when they both start at the same time. Usually one drives starts, then the other. But now many times they seem to start at the same time or nearly the same time. The only hardware change is a memory upgrade to 2 256 sticks of PC133 SDRAM. I'm running 2k w/sp2. VIA chipset and AMD 700 T-bird

I believe this is the formun that had the similar problem: http://forums.storagereview.net/viewtopic.php?t=2408&highlight=beeps

There is another thread on this topic somewhere, but I will be damned if I can find it. I thought I bookmarked it but I guess I didn't. The person seems to be having the same trouble and it is with Maxtor HD's. Most seem to think it is a P.S. issue, but it only started recently and that was after the memory upgrade, though I still wonder what the memory has to do with the drives starting up. The drives ARE reconized in ther bios and D.M. ok. By the way, the problem also happens when the drives go to sleep once the O/S is up and running. I have the drives spin down after 10 min.

Gee...................What have I done? I created a monster..............

What no memory at all?

No....... The memory uses a different voltage bus than the drives so that shouldn't have any effect. The way the beeps are seems not to follow any code reference.

I do run Via chipsets but I don't feel that is the problem. The chipset was out before the card! Their software is too bloated!

300W AMD approved. Same one from the last 1 1/2 years.

I have always had Creative's products. I have a Live now BUT I am very disappointed with their tech support or lack of. To make a long story short: They have too many products and too little support! I had to wait almost 3 mopnths and 4 phone calls to get the updated drivers for 2k for their SB Live card! Overall I also feel their software is bloated with alot of unnecessary additional software some of which you don't have a choice not to install and the drivers conflict with other programs/drivers (VIA especially). To sum it up they are over rated.

I have been running 2k for 7 months now logged in as a administrator. I have read in other forums that for security reasons AND for performance reasons you shouldn't do this. The administartor function runs additional processes that the regular or power users don't need. I finally got around to trying this and when I logged in as a regular user or power user, I still have the same 21 processes running at startup as I did as a administator (in task manager)! Also, I tried some basic changes as: moving and deleting shortcuts on the desktop, changing folder view options from those stupid Windows 3rd grade cartoon icon defaults to details, single click instead of double click, but everything returned to the default state after a reboot! Are the user permissions so strict you can't even do simple things like those?????????? I added the path from the administrator settings to the new user I created for the desktop shortcuts and start meun shortcuts, but the folder views for example never changed!

Supposedly, less processes are loaded, at least that's what I have read, but don't remember where.

M$ Config does the same thing! I don't get too excited over anything M$ BUT in this case I will. I have used this from the start and it works fine. No other program necessary. Besides it's free and you don't have to install it. Just copy it in the System32 directory and create a shortcut for it. I can send it to you as 2 files if you wish for 2k. Send me your e-mail address. I'm not at the audio level you are at. I just burn CD's no editing. I don't understand just what is a "ASPI layer"?

You can also try MS Config (leftover from 98/ME) I use it in 2k (the 98/ME version will work but you get a error message, there is a 2k version) to stop programs from loading at startup that I can't stop from within the program itself. 2k is great, don't go back to 98! Audio programs like that are intensive, coupled with SB cards!

I have a mail account with Verizon DSL but they don't support Opera or Netscape V6.2 (only V4.73). I'm confused between the damn acronyms used in POP mail (pay, non web based or whatever you want to call it). Anywhere I can go to learn about the terms and how NOT to get them mixed up which is easy to do. There seems to be numerous entries of 'name' in the so called wizards used that gets confusing. My personal name, my nickname, the username Verizion gave me, or my e-mail name??? I use Opera all the time but their help doesn't really answer the questions I have. I am always missing something and can't get it to work. I have grown tired of the poor web based services between being slow, not sending jpegs properly all the time, limiting your mail attachments size and not being to interact with web page e-mail links that use POP mail.

I look through event viewer to find error logs that come up in the O/S (not other programs) but can't find them in event viewer. Where are they???? 2k w/SP2

Nice reply, thank you..........I will try that next time.

I really don't know just how to explain this. I have 2 bootable drives with 2k on each. The second is a image of the first done using Ghost. I've done this before, but this time the drives are hooked up to a Highpoint controller which, I assume is causing the problem. I disconnected the first drive since there is no way to disable it in the bios, then I booted using the 2nd drive, there was no page file and it was not created as I thought it was suppose to be after the image was made. I got the error message but it wouldn't load any further. I reconnected the 2nd drive, booted using the first drive and created a page file for the other drive and then shutdown, disconnect the 1st drive and booted. I get a 'looping effect' with the dialog boxes for network connections etc. durning the msgina stage (for lack of a better term). Another observation is the 2nd drive is ID'ed as 'D' not 'C' In other words the first drive is always 'C' and the 2nd drive is always 'D' no matter which is the boot drive, a problem I have seen before using 2k. When the 2 drives are both on line the 2nd drive is using the pagefile from the first drive and probably associated itself with other files from the first drive. When I remove the 1st drive, I also assume the 2nd drive is confused by the missing 1st drive. I have read all the stuff from M$ and Noton Ghost, but that only seems to confuse the issue more. I haven't hooked the drives up to the IDE buss yet since the controller is ATA66 and the IDE is 33. It is a Highpoint HPT366 on board controller.

I did see that article. That seemed to be the problem with the Ghost image. Couldn't find how it works though.

I went thru and check both drives together and then separately and all is well..........wonders never cease! Both boot, either with both connected, or with the other one disconnected. No drive letter or page file problems. I am interested in this MBR issue. If I understand you correctly, D.I. rewrites the MBR to load this virtual floppy (as they call it) into the root of 'C'(I assume) and writes a command line to point to this folder or file to load this program on the reboot?

I really don't know just how to explain this. I have 2 bootable drives with 2k on each. The second is a image of the first done using Ghost. I've done this before, but this time the drives are hooked up to a Highpoint controller which, I assume is causing the problem. I disconnected the first drive since there is no way to disable it in the bios, then I booted using the 2nd drive, there was no page file and it was not created as I thought it was suppose to be after the image was made. I got the error message but it wouldn't load any further. I reconnected the 2nd drive, booted using the first drive and created a page file for the other drive and then shutdown, disconnect the 1st drive and booted. I get a 'looping effect' with the dialog boxes for network connections etc. durning the msgina stage (for lack of a better term). Another observation is the 2nd drive is ID'ed as 'D' not 'C' In other words the first drive is always 'C' and the 2nd drive is always 'D' no matter which is the boot drive, a problem I have seen before using 2k. When the 2 drives are both on line the 2nd drive is using the pagefile from the first drive and probably associated itself with other files from the first drive. When I remove the 1st drive, I also assume the 2nd drive is confused by the missing 1st drive. I have read all the stuff from M$ and Noton Ghost, but that only seems to confuse the issue more. I haven't hooked the drives up to the IDE buss yet since the controller is ATA66 and the IDE is 33. It is a Highpoint HPT366 on board controller.