Llion

Being in process of migrating an NT4 Domain/PDC to 2000 Server under enourmous pressure (our PDC disk system crashed a few hours ago and we´re running on an emergency server at the moment), though I had read a lot of information on that topic, I can´t figure out exactly, how to do it properly: It should be a single forest/single domain/not external visible PDC. We are using a Cisco PIX FW/Router, DNS is used the one of our ISP respectively the DNS forwarder of the PIX. For example: Domain name was (and should remain) xxx-domain PDC server name was yyy-nt01 ip was 10.43.1.10/ff.ff.ff.00 gateway was 10.43.1.2 DNS was - whatever, an external ip address What should I use best on AD name, Domain name (DNS name), regarding that the server will only serve internally? And how should DNS server be set up properly (any hint on a step-by-step-list?) thanks for any kind of help Llion

Sometimes I get the problem of having to install W2k without the proper CD nearby. Usually, if it is urgent, I use one of the existing product keys, but afterwards, when the right CD cover/label is around I would like to correct this. Any (legal) possibility for that problem?

Simply set the existing wallpaper-file to read-only and only accessible to admins Have fun

Anyone knowing where to find these? Guillemot seems to hide this card in it´s support area! Thanks in advance Llion

aaaahhh... I have to love Guillemot - and I always thought, a supplier has to love his customers...sorry, was my mistake:-) Since this piece of crap didn´t install properly - not even on a complete fresh W2k/SP1 or SP2 installation (application errors allover) and since the Guillemot support was so overwhelming ;-) I returned it today. Went with a SB Live 5.1 - everything´s working now Though - thanks, guys Llion

Thanks. That was my impression, too. Funny, though, to have absolutely NO support files, FAQs etc. Have fun Llion

we sold Netgear products for over 3/4 year and stopped after too many troubles with either NICs, switches and Routers. Cheap, but unstable. (understand me right: in percentage of sold units we had 2-3 times more defective / inproper devices than from other manufaturers) What has proved to be stable over longer periods are 3Com - now better again, after a quality hole of about two years with NIC´s they seem to be back to better quality - and (at least in Europe) D-Link. 3Com - best for NIC´s, good, but quite overpriced in active Network devices and hubs. D-Link - everything good and stable, low price cards are medium-performers. Active devices and hubs/routers are very well-priced. Both offer excellent service in Europe, though D-Link´s RMA works amazingly faster. But be it Netgear, Surecom or thatever - we experienced too much troubles with those. Intel we never distributed, and my few own experiences are not representative enough to tell anything Have fun Llion

Pay attention. At least CUSL2-C doesn´t support ECC. I was VERY unhappy to see that. But since i-815 with max 512 MB can´t be used as a workstation or server the support for ECC doesn´t make too much sense, too. Well, toys... Llion [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 09 March 2001).]

Just because I had a similar situation here... Be sure you have defragmented your harddrives. And be sure you have UDMA enabled for your HDs. I had a VERY bad NW performance (W2k clients and NT server) and was playing around with all possible NW settings - nothing helped - until I installed BX busmaster IDE driver (which made NW access appr. three times faster - no kidding) and defragmented my HDs on the server (which nearly doubled the NW speed again). Before that it took ~1,75 min to copy 200 MB, now it takes about 20 sec. Maybe this helps you, too. First I didn´t believe that this changed so much for me. Have fun Llion

I am running ASUS CUBX/E and ist works great! Overclocking is supreme, performance is excellent - a LOT faster than 815 boards I tested before (AOPEN, ASUS and Abit). Extremely stable, 2 x UDMA100 (Promise) and 2 x UDMA33 on board. Just take care you get the "/E" - version!!! On the CUBX w/o "/E" the onboard controller was crap. Best board I ever had (and a lot of my customers are very satisfied with it, too). Have fun Llion [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 12 November 2000).] [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 12 November 2000).]

Hi, everybody. Can´t start Cinemaster 2000, the first screnn telling Cinemaster is initialing DVD playback is hanging. Tried it from a fresh Installation (with SP1) - the same. ASUS CUBX, CUSL2 all the same. I am using Pioneer 105 ATA Has anyone a solution on that problem? Llion

Just (this time privately) played around with a new system - a little bit cold/warm MSI K7T pro Thunderbird 750 Coolermaster cooler Adaptec AHA2940AU (ultra) 2 x Infineon SDRAM 128 MB 133 / 2-2-2 ELSA Erazor x2 (Geforce256, DDR) Plextor 40x CD-Rom SCSI Yamaha 16/6/2 Burner SCSI Seagate 8 GB DAT streamer IBM Deskstar 75GXP, 30 GB 7200/UDMA100 CL SB Live player D-Link DFE530-TX NIC Logitech Cordless Mouseman pro DTK 300Watt PS uuuh...that´s it W2k pro VIA 4in1 x.25a Creative Liveware3 Office 2k premium Visual Studio 6.0 prof. SQL 7.0 Client Logitech Mouseware 9.0 Nvidia drivers 6.18 System seemed a bit unstable, hung three times during W2k setup - funny. Creative Liveware3 always tells me by an icon in the taskbar, there are new drivers / upgrades and when i go to 'update now' i get an error And 3D apps let me crash, 3Dmark within 2 minutes, even 3d screensavers. Haven´t tried something else of that kind yet I tried all memory settings, 100/2, 133/2, 100/3, 133/3, still...not crappy, but a little bit unstable. Any ideas about any of my concerns? Are there some special BIOS settings you would take care of? What about the new VIA drivers - good or bad remarks? Thanks for your advice and have fun Llion

Oh,just crashed a few times while copying files, nothing serious;-) But to be honest... no problems anymore: Going with AOpen AX3S and PIII 733@825 - absolutely flawlessly, no driver probs, no problem at all. Not often seen such a problemless installation (and we build a few thousand systems a year) and it 'feels' like the big brother of the (though fast) Thunderbird - brutal force was my first thought when I started working with it. Amazing! It´s a shame that a good CPU like Athlon has such a lot of crap around to sit in - nothing but probs with VIA! Have fun Llion

And - just to add this - the DMZG-demo doesnt start any more. I just get a glimpse of the screen - about a quarter of a second, and then it´s off again :-( Have (more) fun (than I do) Llion [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 18 September 2000).]

I´ve got this scannre myself working everyday with it - never had the slightest problem with it. Maybe your´s is defective, i would try to use it on another computer for some days, possibly your system installation is the problem, so countercheck this! By the way: I am sure, you are using the latest driver from the EPSON Homepage ;-)?!?! Ver 10.a or something like that. Have fun Llion

What is really the difference? Any examples? And another one: which Apps use D3D, and which ones OGL - how can you say, and what is the difference. I sometimes read '...I am running xxx in D3D mode or in OGL mode...' - how can you determine that? Llion

Thanks, great Have fun Llion

You can´t install NT on a partition > 4 GB (by tricking around with boot disks and files of servicepack 4 or above, normally 2 GB), but when it is installed with SP >4, you can use all of your HD. Best way to install is, to make a 2 GB partition (since you won´t be looking for drive letter troubles, also make all the partitions, that you want to use lateron), install it on the 2 Gig partition, install SP6a, and then format / set up all the other partitions. Have fun Llion

Arin, would you mind explaining the intention of your link?!???!!?!? Llion

Well, as far as I see from your informations, now I also guess that the behaviour is 'normal'. The bootup time seems very long to me, though, mine doesnt need 1/3 of the time, and it seems to run the same things. What could still be an answer to your problem, test it with more RAM. I am runnning mine with 768 Meg (it´s a develloping / SQL-Server with PIII 450) and I noticed an enourmous boost when switching from 256 to 512 Meg. So I just can phantasize how bad it could be with 128 MB only. Have fun Llion

I had the same problem (but also under 98 and NT, because all the second printer ports are non-pnp ISA devices). Simply set all the settings manually (maybe you will have to fiddle around with BIOS settings of the other on-board ports), and manually install a second LPT port at the 'Add new hardware' panel. (Or EPP / ECC Port, depends on what you set your card to). Then you will have to enter the settings for it manually under hardware configuration panel, and voila, it will work. Maybe you will have to try some different settings for IRQ, DMA or address, but if the port worked under 9x, it will do that under 2K , too. Have fun Llion [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 29 June 2000).]

What does the event viewer say? Any error messages?, Does everything work fine? What network / WAN are you connected to? TCP/IP configuration? How many / what kind of connected clients (W2k, WNT, W9x, Linux, W3.11...)? How is DNS configured? Was it a fresh installation / update of NT 4.0 Server? Is it a "PDS", are there other Domain Servers in your net? While waiting so long, does it "scratch around" on the HD? Which NIC´s do you use? Was it that way the whole time, or did it start at a special time? Have fun Llion

Didn´t want to sound aggressive, excuse me Llion

Don´t call 5.30 a reference driver! This is a leaked beta version - nothing else. I had a look at the nvidia homepage - reference driver is still 5.22. Llion [This message has been edited by Llion (edited 25 June 2000).]

Yes, they do. Just have a look at 'Tom´s Hardware' page, there they have a simple solution (2 soldering bridges). Works fine for a customer of mine Have fun Llion