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Did the "Display" tab in DXDIAG show Direct3D to be enabled? Also, do any other DirectX games work on your machine? ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

How about 1. Search the forum - this has been discussed at length. 2. Send an e-mail to Lexmark. 3. Find out what printer "languages" it supports (PostScript/PCLx) and use a generic driver.

MousePad - the command is "convert", and is used from the CLI. "convert /?" will get you help. However, it will ONLY convert from FAT12/16/32 to NTFS - not from NTFS to FAT. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Several answers: First: 1. Install the latest version of Adaptec ASPI layer. 2. Update the firmware of your CDR. Then: To make EasyCD 3.5x work under W2K, go to http://webcheckup.adaptec.com/ecdc-win2k/ To make Nero 4.0.8.3 work under W2K, install Nero 4.0.8.3 ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

You could always just ditch Win9x On the other hand, some BIOS (well, mine has anyway) have the option to change the order in which the PCI slots are enumerated. Changing this setting might solve the problem... ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

The problematic change is from one to more-than-one CPU. Changing the CPU type - as long as you change them all - is easy-peasy....just remember to power-down first. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Are you aware that "sticky keys" is an MS-provided "accessability option" to enable physically disadvantaged users to enjoy the OS? By default, the control and shift keys become "sticky" if pressed repeatedly 5 times. Use the Control Panel, Accessability Options to modify these features to suit you. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Adding the Win9x DirectX7.01 update pack to a Win2K machine will fsck it up completely - even if the install kit allows you to. The file versions of DX that ships with W2K matches the version stamps on Win9x after 7.01 has been added...therefore I'd guess that W2K ships with 7.01 ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

SVCHOST is a generic "service hosting" tool which allows an EXE or DLL to run as a service without having been specifically written to do so. INETINFO.EXE is part of IIS - if you're running a WWW or FTP server, it'll be there as it provides admin access via MMC. POPROXY.EXE is installed by NAV2K to scan email for viruses. SERVICES.EXE actually contains many "core" NT service functions, like the Logical Disk Manager and Event Log. Go to Control Panel, Admin Tools, Services. This will give you a list of the "background" processes that NT is running. You can shut some of them down, but for fscks sake DON'T unless you understand EXACTLY the implications of each one. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

This is not guarunteed, but... The OS will *always* spin up a removable disk when enumerating drives, because that's the only way to for it to assure the reliability of the info it knows about it... However, if "insert notification" is enabled for that device, the OS should be able to use cached information, as it can authoratitavly know the disk hasn't changed... However, MS may have changed this behaviour since I last have cause to analyse it...

I'm running UT on W2K with V2-SLI, and it's rock solid. No tweaks, just installed and ran. Maybe it's an issue with sound card drivers? Oh, and there's an option in the Tools menu to turn on the FPS counter - I average ~55FPS @ 1024*768 ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

UT sounds fine under LW2k on my SB Live. I even have SMP Try turning off "auudio hardware acceleration" in the UT config...

Well said, that man...

If you run "RDISK" under NT4, it will create you an "Emergency Recovery Disk" (ERD). You can boot with this disk to do things like "Repair MBR". It's always a good idea to have a fresh ERD around - and to keep it fresh after you do anything major to your machine.

I'd say... If the 4in1 drivers support NT, so for it... Otherise, follow the Ars Technica advice... Either way, back up everything important to you, and make an ERD... Oh, and this is more properly a hardware question... [This message has been edited by YuppieScum (edited 04 March 2000).]

The "problem" is that UT was written predominantly for Glide, and D3D and OpenGL are less efficient. The easy solution is to either: Buy a Voodoo2 SLI (I get 60FPS in UT) Buy more memory. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

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What sort of startup programs? You can look in "Program Files/StartUp", or in Control Panel, Admin Tools, Comp Manager, Services or run RegEdit and search for "RunOnce". ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Unless NT4 Server has the Netware Gateway service installed, you will FAIL. There is a DOS kit for Windows Networking that will allow you to connect over NETBEUI. Take a look in on the MS web site... ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

Quote: It has absolutely no added features or added performance benefit over Pro. Zilch, Nada. Wrong. The server versions allow more than 10 concurrent connections, more than 2Gb of user process RAM and more than 2 CPUs. Also they have DNS, DCHP and NAT/ICS services, as well as being able to be Domain Controllers - which can be great if you're setting up a home network, studying for your MSCE, etc...

Hey, it doesn't matter as long as your keyboard actually works. And if your hub catches fire, you can always plug in a regular keyboard. Oh and... whole point to usb is cause its faster then the crapy isa bus is nonsense. The point about USB is to provide a user- and hardware-friendly hi-speed interface for those external devices usually connected to serial or low-speed parallel ports - mice, modems, keyboards, scanners, etc. The ISA bus was designed for internal devices, and was superceeded by the 16-bit ISA, EISA (32bit), MCA (IBM 32-bit), PCI, AGP (for graphics cards), and soon to be replaced by PCI-X or similar. Oh, and I'm almost completely certain you don't type fast enough to use up 12Mb/s.

NETBEUI is not required for the continued functioning of your network, as long as TCP/IP is configured correctly. NETBEUI is a "quick'n'simple" protocol designed to be very easy to set up - all you need do is set each machine with a different name, and the stack takes care of everything else. However, this doesn't scale very well. TCP/IP does scale very well (which is why the Internet is based on TCP/IP and not NETBEUI) but it requires much more configuration. Each machine needs to be set up with a unique address and name, and each machine needs to be able to x-late the name of a node into the IP address. On a small LAN this is done by editing the %OS_ROOT%/HOSTS file on each machine. The file should contain at least 1 entry per machine. (this is not intended to be a tutorial, just pointers.) W2K is more secure than Win9x, and you would be unwise to enable file/print sharing on either box. A lot of how to address security and configuration depends on the current configuration. Does the cable modem act as a router or a bridge? Is each machine on the network assigned an IP address by your ISP? Do you access the Internet via the cable box from more than one machine? At the very least I would suggest investing $20 in another network card for the W2K box, plug the cable box into that, and use the Internet Connection Sharing s/w. This will allow you to logically seperate your LAN from the big, bad internet, but still permit browsing, etc. Even better, if you can get your hands on an old 486/586 with 32meg, put two net cards in that, install Linux, and use it as a firewall, DNS, DCHP, etc. The first option in your best qucik fix, the second if you fancy a project. Both options mean you can run your LAN at 100mb.

Oh, and the SB Live rocks on an SMP machine, using both the native W2K drivers, and the new beta of LiveWare. ------------------ SuperMicro P6DBS (dual UW-SCSI) BIOS 2.2, 2*Celery 300a @ 450Mhz, 384MB PC100 RAM SCSI-A=4.3Gb+9Gb, SCSI-B=Tosh32x CD-ROM, Yamaha4416 CD-RW, Iomega ZIP100, IDE1=4.3Gb IBM EtherJet 10/100 NIC PCI + Nortel ADSL "modem" Matrox G400 DH 32Mb AGP + Quantum3D Voodoo2 SLI PCI (CL TNT1 AGP on a shelf) SoundBlaster Live PCI (not Value) Win2K build 2195 Retail (not 120-day eval)

In that case...tinker with the properties of the MP3 decoder - specifically increase the size of it's local buffer. That way you'll get efficient block transfers across the network, and local streaming to the codec. Also, if the box that sits between the cable box and the rest of your network is a switch, then you can run the local LAN at 100mbs. Also, it might be an idea to scrub NETBEUI, so you have only one protocol across the wire...

AFAIK, there are no defined standards for filenames that long on CD. Nero 4.0.8.3 will allow paths longer than 255 chars, but these will be unreadable on some systems... [This message has been edited by YuppieScum (edited 01 March 2000).]