KeithT

NTFS, by default, achieves its security through obscurity. Granted, if you can only boot into NT, its user security model works quite well. However, if you use a 3rd party driver for another OS to let you read the NTFS partition, your security is nonexistent. BeOS R5, for example, reads NTFS. Not only was I able to access every file with Admin priveleges, but the MFT even had an entry. That is where NTFS 5 encryption comes into play. If I had any sensitive documents, there is no doubt in my mind that those files and directories would be encrypted, and decryptable ONLY in Win2k and ONLY by my user account.

I'll start from the end of your question. The tuner control in NTTV disappears if you quit the app with the input set to Video Tuner. If you change it to composite before quitting, the TV Tuner button will reappear. Keep in mind that both the Video Source and the tuner properties pages will have to remain open for you to change channels while watching TV, so it would be wise to move them out of the way. As for the sound, are you using the FlyVideo audio drivers? Did you turn up the line-in volume? Uncheck the "mute" box?

Success! The ATI TV Wonder is fully functional in Windows 2000, using Bt848 reference drivers for video and tuning, and thr FlyVideo 2000 sound driver and viewer. Install the Bt drivers (Bt848.inf) first, making sure to install the crossbar and tuner components after the WDM video capture driver. Reboot, then install the FlyVideo driver (Flyvideo.inf) on the audio portion only (FlyVideo 2000 Secondary Controller). The NTTV application is the viewer. The 'on-screen" tuner controls won't work, but you can tune card by choosing the tuner button in the AV Settings menu (right click the nttv border). It is still buggy; the tuner button disappears from time to time, and the audio output from the tuner does not shut off at times. I'm not sure how to solve the first problem, but the sound will cut out if the composite/Svideo option is selected while the tuner is tuned to a channel without a decent audio signal (static channels). I have made the files available at http://members.xoom.com/tvwonderwin2/

Hmmm... Tried the generic drivers. Picture worked well, but no sound. I'm running the signal through my VCR and into my sound card as a workaround. The FlyVideo drivers install fine; Windows even detected them. However, when I try to run any viewer application, I get a "Hardware is not a FlyVideo!" error from the drivers. I'm still working on this, and will post if I get anywhere.

Are any generic Bt848 or Bt878 drivers available for W2k? I have a TV Wonder card that worked flawlessly in BeOS using generic Bt848 drivers.

I had problems with Q3Test, also ... the picture would freeze on the majority of the screen, but would contiune to render around the icons at the bottom (current gun, etc) Turning off 3d icons I'm running ~20% faster than on a clean install of Win98! Config: PIII/450 128MB RAM Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 (Nvidia 3.53) Build 2151 Can't wait till Feb 17!