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Originally posted by matrix3000k: Quote: ok your very first problem is using Windows ME...... this verison of windows was not built to use on a network but more for multimedia and games. i mean yes of course you can network it up together but its not that good. that is why you are having this problem. or your networking hub is not 10/100 its probably 10mbps which is really really really slow. so you might wanna look into that. ok so you have a windows xp machine that is good. but i would not try to network it with windows ME if i were you i would reformat the windows ME machines and installed either windows xp or windows 2000.....i would not suggest upgrading from windwos me cause you will deffently run into problems later on and you will finally end up reformating your system. trust me i have been through hell and beyond that with windows ME.......let me know if this information helps or if you are still having problems have a nice day EH winME is Win98SE with new directX and ie5.1 sp1 if i remember correctly. The problem lies with trying to get Win98,98SE or Me to join a workgroup/domain with a W2k/XP master browser. ~IT is well documented and has many items that can cause it. One can be the XP machine always checking for shared printers AND scheduled tasks.

Originally posted by ross_aveling: Quote: I am pretty sure (until I am corrected ) that borrowing a friend's disc and installing from that (even taking a copy) still keeps you in the green. The COA is the important bit. You are correct its the licence serial code that is your proof of authenticity. I use the same OEM XPhome and XPPro cds for repairs to customers pcs

you have no chance in getting a corp serial for xpp. the disks are to be used with the licences issued by mircosoft to the corporation who has bulk bought them in probably microsofts assurance scheme. you are not legally entitled to use the Corp edition

A half decent games pc setup with either an ati radeon or geforce based card is more than powerful enough for 3d modelling

yer dood i agree with what your saying. NT4 Server was the best at the time. I work with nt4 on a daily basis alongside W2k servers and as a file server or print server its just about bearable. but multimedia just aint possible. For one it doesnt know what all the addons for latest directx are let alone plug and play. The question he posted asked which one would be best and W2k server or w2k still wins in my book nt4 should be retired gracefully its well past its sell by date. Besides MS have now stated that post sp6a patches will not be followed up so thats it basically dead due to worms and trojans and such like. may you rest in peace old os

no problemo dood

ive got a top tip for ya *shoot it* heheheh nah seriously good luck with it. 8)

it spossible dood but whenever ive tried the system hasnt been the most stable. I prefer a clean install evvery once in a while anyway so it doesnt really bother me as ive got my mp3s and divx etc and games/apps on seperate partitions

if you have the users setup in groups within your active directory you can assign the authorised users etc of any object or container within active directiory. This goes for printers also if you have chosen to publish them in the active directory. This would save you loooooooooooads of time 8) :x

Hi this is the only way ive found how to with win NT,2k and XP hope this helps http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=2311 ((http://www.emco.is/downloads.html)) EMCO licence modifier

Dood W2k wins hands down NT4 is old crap and as stable as a jello. may NT4 rot in pieces hehehe did you know it doesnt know what plug and play is :| never mind USB. Its that cack that even if you install an external modem via a com port you have to restart NT4 after installing it.... WTF! I know because i still provide support for two NT4 servers and 10 NT4 WS clients (die ye bassas) all rest of my domain at work is W2k including PDC and PBC, nt4s are print and AV servers. :x

Dood if you use msn messenger or icq ill zip it all up into a zip file and we could transfer it if you liked? get back to me if you want it dood

thanks dos freak ive unselected it but what im wondering on xppro even when u have it unselected in the connections options it is still got 20% reservable bandwidth within gpedit.msc im just wondering if it is the same for my XPhome install here at home?

Hi i ahve XP home and you dont get gpedit EEK and i was wondering if there is any way to stop this feature?