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IMO you probably will not see a complete everything working build again until RC1. The reason for this is that now that the code base is stable it is time to tweak the apps and other internal windows products and get those in tip top shape before RC-1 hits the streets.

there is a patch to enable D3d in 74. If anyone knows a place to get it off hand please post a link. I don't know off hand where one is but i will look around.

Out of the builds listed which is the best in your opinion and why??

I didnt put 2475 up on the poll because it wasnt out when i made it.

I like nvidia cards reguardless if they are a monopoly or not. ive bought a TNT from them and a GF2 MX and I will buy a GF2 Pro when i get some cash behind me. Rock solid cards no problems here so they will get my money for a new vid card. That and they do make the best gaming cards hands down.

i havent used one myself but ive heard from people they are pretty good. As long as its not too much money i would try it and see.

im not an expert on programming and windows NT but most of the time when something needs to be run under admin it has to do with the fact that it changes the software or hardware configuration in such a way that someone that knows what they are doing, in this case the admin should only be able to run it. Also the fact that they are hacked drivers might have something to do with it. SHS will probably be able to elaborate more on this since he was the one who made the hacked drivers in the 1st place.

yeah read about this yesterday. Hopefully it comes out soon to us 'unofficial' beta testers.

Its the chipset thats the problem because it is that that handles the IDE and PCI busses, processor related or not i don't know because i don't have an intel system with a VIA chipset in it to test my SantaCruz on.

my probs are like the popping and stuff like that but it is slowdowns and distorted sounds when transfering anything on the IDE bus. 2481 is supposed to fix some of the compatability and driver problems in the 247x series. The thing is that i think MS broke the symevent thing on purpose because now Symantec's site says that XP will be supported upon RTM, not that the symevent listed works in XP (which now doesnt but you get the point).

if you have a system disk that will let your CD-roms work in DOS mode then you can just format the parition boot off the A: and then run <cd-rom>\i386\winnt.exe

well try logging in under safemode and seeing if that does it. Other than that the only thing to do is run a repair install.

screw you guys im stuck on 2k until new VIA BM drivers come out that fully support XP so my sound troubles will be gone.

i would do a same controller setup. I think it will give you less access times, though im not sure on it but i think reading from primary to primary and secondary to secondary is better than primary to secondary slave.

yeah it sounds like a bad batch of drives. I would call IBM and RMA the drive because if it is 3 months old and has bad sectors it is bound to fail pretty soon. Ive heard from a lot of people they have had bad experiences with HDs. Ive never had a problem with WD or Maxtor drives and when my Maxtor did fail they sent me a larger HD in return for my broken one.

i dont think MS backup will write directly to a CD.

yeah i dont know i don't think i got the problem before 2462, and i don't know why the BM drivers don't work anymore either. I wish i could e-mail someone and tell em what to do but im not sure whose shoulders this falls on.

yeah the EAX on my Santacruz sounds fine in Tribes 2, but i havent tried half-life yet.

the problem isnt with you it is a problem with VIA chipsets and IDE controllers in XP. Ive tried finding a fix for this but the only fix i have found works in 2465 and that is install the 580_3011.exe bus mastering drivers. The problem with 2465+ builds is that the BM Ultra DMA Channels do not work and therefore the fix will not work. I do not know if its soundcard drivers or VIA BM Drivers. I will submit a bug report to MS explaining in detail the problem and the only fix i have been able to find. I wish they would fix this problem so i could use XP as my primary OS again but until my sound problems are fixed i can't do anything.

2475 is an actual non-internal build unlike 2474 was. There are A LOT of things broken in 2474 like rundll, compatability modes, and a lot of other things.

he said he already tried compatability modes. One thing i would do is check all your drives and make sure they are in DMA mode not PIO mode. Also i would assume you have a 300watt PSU because all Duron and T-birds need one to run right. I would say the problem though lies in your IDE channels.

im not even convinced at this point 74 was a real build or one that was supposed to be released. 75 so far seems pretty good once you disable activation for a longer evaluation period of course. I need to see if my VIA BM drivers work on it or not and how it performs in games but i hope it is good if not better than 2465

you ever fulfill your quest to get rainbow six working under w2k donald? Heh start a petition and bring it all the way to 1 Microsoft Way Redmond Washington im sure they will be happy to address your prob. sorry to see you can get it workin

are you having problems yourself or wondering if people are encountering them?? I dont have a GF 3 (sorry too poor) but i don't expect there to be any problems with them using nvidia w2k drivers or the default drivers in XP.

the only way to get more than 2 speakers is to install the creative launcher program that is part of poo!ware. So you can install the gay!ware package then uninstall the drivers and the launcher will still let you choose your rear jack. This is THE ONLY way to do it.