DS3Circuit

2 gig was another limit set upon hard drives ..... 512 MB, 8.4, and 127 being the other that I remember. You sure your jumper settings are correct? (Isnt there an 8.4 cap limit on WD models? I need the model #) Bios settings correct? How about setting your bios to default settings? Flashing it to the latest level? How did you format your drive? Unless there is some sort of hardware failure present, I double the above.

Quite a story APK..... I remember doing "tech support" as just a user, though quite sometime ago .... before the whole dal.net DOS attacks and the channel being no longer official. I was quite the newbie back then (memorizing IRQs, playing with NT 4 SP3, and using PICO for my mail instead of OL ) (Less of a newbie now ) I do recollect that the OPs and the voices were "high and mighty" with themselves *no offense* I remember seeing ya there with others like Dr P, NTLDR, Chavo, GLMMR, etc etc. My apologies for dredging up nostalgia lane. Funny you mention the drastic decrease in IRC. I dont believe I have fired up Klient or mIRC in over a year ..... We dont even allow IRC on our company networks ..... something about trojans using IRC bots to receive instructions 8) And about being online for a while .... lets say these were my connection jumps .... 2400 baud to 9600 to 10 Meg ethernet

Just a couple of quick comments to make ya smile. Quote: Originally posted by ds3circuit: Firstly, the caliber of people that participate here are not the typical script kiddies who just got their dell cause their father maxed out the credit card. LOL! Ya meenie... hey, we all gotta start someplace! Good glad someone got a laugh out of that. Quote: True! That's part of what Clutch & me got into it over... lol, he quoted me & changed my nick from "AlecStaar" to "Blabbertron" & that PISSED ME OFF, lol! So, I fired back... but, no names from me, just said basically "Hey, man, why the names...? It's your standing here, not mine!" LMFAO!! That Alex made my night. Thank you for sharing what the "plonks" were all about. I had an insane day with the HelpDesk being "slower" then usual. That statement made me choke on a chips a hoy lol I agree about the search function, though as you said, google has done quite well in indexing this site. Hey those novels you write maybe the next Dilbert 8) Ya never know

HA ! The local ISP that we deal with is unable to support BGP. So basically we got 6 T's going into a DigitalLink IMUX. Tried the Larscom IMUX but it was worth even less. A few more Ts and we will be on the same price for a T3 (going by mileage of course )

Direct Cable Connection http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techenthusiast/tricks/networking/netconnectwiz.asp Network connections - if both PCs have NICs you could use a crossover cable with statically assigned IPs. If you have a SOHO network then just do file transfers. As you said, install the old hard drive temporarily into the new machine (watch jumper settings) Burn the files onto a cdr and move them that way. Use a 3rd party app such as http://www.eisenworld.com/file-transfer-between-computer.asp In the end, you just need a medium that is present on both machines to do the transfering. Since you said your previous machine is rather old, I would suggest trying to remove the HD first and placing it into the new machine. Then going with the USB/Firewire/Network transfers. HTH

Holy Cr*p Scintex, thats sweet. Are those in your rig?

Right off the bat, since you are a student, a discussion about benchmarks, fps, and application compability seem to me, be on the back burner. At this point in your life, I would heavily suggest a PC. They are far more dynamic, flexible, and cheaper for a future college student (I am correct in assuming this??) If and when you decide to continue your graphics career, I would then re-exam the possibility of getting a mac. The industry of mass communication favors the mac platform (at least from my point of view). In the end save your money. Buy a console and mod it for games, and get a decent machine for schoolwork. Just my two cents.

http://www.memtest86.com/ If you still have DOS bootdisks around, himem.sys would also serve as a basic memory counter/tester.

APK gave a good answer quite sometime ago. http://www.ntcompatible.com/thread27031-1.html

http://www.xvsxp.com/ Depends on what you wanna do? Share with us what you plan to do with your new computer. With that info, I can push you into a better direction for your purchase.

Adam brought up some good point. I'll just add a few more. You can always build a user profile with the current specifications and add it to the Default User profile. All new created profiles from then on will receive those settings. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319974 Quote: you can either temporarily elevate the user's privliges EPAL would do this. Though is maybe a security risk. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/downloads/epal.mspx The best way of course would be GPOs attached to OUs containing User Accounts were you could manipulate default settings. Ping us back if you need more help.

Saw this in my travels and I remembered this thread. Enjoy The Ultimate Guide to Terminal Server Printing - Design and Configuration http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=62

No problem For any casual editing I also play with www.goldwave.com and recently have begun to mess with Adobe's Audition. Audacity on the mac is decent as well.

1. Are they all in the same Workgroup? 2. Can each of the clients ping the other? 3. Can you browse each machine by going through the UNC path from START \ RUN \ "\\Mymachine" without the quotes (or "\\192.168.1.12") ? 4. The windows firewall is disabled? 5. Simple file sharing is disabled? 6. As a side note, double check your Share AND NTFS permissions. 7. An internal LMHOSTS and/or HOSTS file may help resolve internal names. The computer browser service is what establishes what you wish to view in My Network Places. It is an unreliable / archaic method to retrieve machine share information. It is based on timed (though sometimes sporadic) broadcast advertisements. I would recommend using static drive mappings to those shares as they are MUCH more stable. I would also search this forum as I am sure that myself and others from APK, clutch, and Adam have covered this topic in great detail. http://www.wown.com/ is the place for all your SOHO networking needs.

To expand more on the driver theory, the original NT 4 print drivers were written for kernel mode access. From 2000 on up, they are now in user mode access. Now I realize this is a scanner, but hey ya never know. A "Stop: 0x0000000a" Error Occurs After You Install an HP ScanJet 5100c or 5200c Scanner http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315377 http://www.scanner-drivers.com/drivers/18/18594.htm I would rip it out in Safe Mode and then follow the directions above. HTH

As a comparason DOOM 3 wont install on Win2k3 without using a "/a" with the setup.exe Perhaps it might be worth a try using setup.exe /a Adam had the correct idea about OS dependencies within the MSI db.

Have you tried motherboard monitor? http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ And if you wanna cool it further down. http://vcool.occludo.net/

Configure it using Disk Management. http://www.techtutorials.com/tutorials/xp/xpdiskmanagement.shtml http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/win2k/win2kmantools.html HTH

Depends on the enviroment and the user base Firewalls could be anything from hardware to software based. Watchguard, raptor, sonicwall, and as adam mentioned, pix. ISA, Zone Alarm, and Tiny for software bases. You might want to add more information so that we can have a better understanding of your requirements.

Well I just spent some time going through the posts in this thread. The title most certainly caught my eye and I did wish to add a few comments to this fray. Firstly, the caliber of people that participate here are not the typical script kiddies who just got their dell cause their father maxed out the credit card. I believe that user base is growing far faster than the one that this board caters too. Correct me if I am mistaken, but arent most of us power users, developers, administrators, and engineers? Its difficult to find a forum that is as professional as this one. Just look at neowin, activewin, and iexbeta as examples. If I read one more post about "pictures of your workstation" or "photoshop this" I would cry Secondly, with regard to the posts of some of the members here. Look at it this way, we learn something everyday. Be it from the tangents of a posted idea to a direct answer. If you dont wish to read the post, I'm sure we are all capable of pushing the down arrow button Finally, most of you are correct in the fact that some of us have experienced points in our lives where we werent able to fully pariticipate in this forum. I myself took a year to finish a degree among other personal ventures. But hey, we always come back for more lol Whew .... well that was refreshing. Hope you folks dont mind the $0.02 I wanted to throw in. 8) And Philipp, you are doing a damm good job.

Event ID 49 Is Logged After Adding Random Access Memory http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=226448 Event ID 49 After You Start Your Computer http://support.microsoft.com/default.asp...;NoWebContent=1 Event ID 49 Entry Is Added to the System Event Log When You Use the 3GB Switch in Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=319931 Quote: As per Microsoft: "A Memory.dmp file is created when a kernel mode STOP error occurs on a computer that has the "crash dump" feature enabled. If the page file is unable to accommodate a Memory.dmp file, debugging the problem is not possible. The page file is configured for crash dump when your computer starts, and the behavior described earlier in this article is logged when the physical memory on the computer is greater than the size of the Pagefile.sys file.". Q319931 refers to all W2K servers: This problem is caused by a bug in the Memory Manager when it tries to allocate a contiguous run of free memory" and provides a fix. I just wanted to add some quicks links and quotes that I saw in my travels to help resolve your issue. Ping us back with the answer

3dfx has been out of business for quite some time now. I would HIGHLY suggest getting a new video card. Hardware review sites: www.hardocp.com www.tomshardware.com www.firingsquad.com www.3dgameman.com I personally am a big fan of ATI. ...... Opinion time Wow a 3500. I remember saving for one many years ago, I loved the TV on it. Shame they were never meant to work on P4 boards (something about the AGP voltages IIRC)

Quote: 2. Is your 98 Machine fully patched and updated? It's supposed to be. How do I make sure if it is? By Running http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com Quote: 3. Is your AV off during this install? What's my AV and how do I turn it off? If you can't tell, I don't know much about computers. AV = Antivirs (norton, macafee, trend micro, sophos, AVG) Quote: 4. On a lesser note, are your video drivers updated? Video drivers should be updated. What type of card do you have?

Have you : 1) Installed the latest DX version? 2) Installed the latest detonators / foreware from www.nvidia.com 3) Turned on hardware acceleration within the control panel applet? 4) Turned on the audio service? Helper: http://www.neowin.net/articles.php?action=more&id=54 And I must comment, that Win2k3 Server is not a Gaming OS or a workstation OS. [Edited by ds3circuit on 2004-09-24 01:59:46]

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