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Try booting into Safe mode (Hit F8 at first boot screen and select Safe Mode). If you still can't kill the file then try booting off the Win2000 CD. Select Repair from the first menu and then Recovery Console. From there, you should be able to delete any file.

You could also try using xcopy. I migrated our NT4 file server to our new Win2k file server using this to copy all of our file permissions across with the files. Run from the old server to copy to the new server: xcopy d:\foldername \\newfileserver\d$\foldername /E /C /H /K /X /Z The /E flag copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones The /C flag continues copying even if errors occur (maybe not a good idea for everyone) The /H flag copies hidden and system files also The /K flag copies attributes The /X flag copies file audit settings (including file ownership and ACL information) The /Z flag copies networked files in restartable mode -Evan

Well I think I got your answer... You are typing C:\games Try typing C:\games\ (use a slash at the end) Doing so opens a new windows explorer window just like you want. -Evan

Well its easier than you would think. just make a batch file to start the exe file and put +set dedicated game_type (1 for DM, 2 for CTF, etc) after it. Example: @echo Starting Q3A Server on Port 40000 quake3.exe +set dedicated 2 +exec your_server.cfg +set net_port 40000

If you are going to use Mandrake linux then I think you should use "Grub" which is one of the boot loaders included with Mandrake version 7.x . During the install make sure you select to config another OS (very easy). I tried a couple of times to make the Win2k bootloader work but always had problems with the extra kernal parameters I wanted to use. If you forgot to setup Win2k in Grub during the install you can open up the file /boot/grub/menu.lst in linux and add the following lines: title Windows 2000 root (hd0,0) //change this if not on first partition of first IDE HD makeactive chainloader +1 -Evan Waite [This message has been edited by ewaite (edited 16 January 2001).]

I think Onvia.com has some monitor cases like that. If I remember right they are hard to find on the Onvia site so try the search function. Hope that helps

Get yourself a Linksys Cable/DSL router! I used to use ICS from my box into a hub for internal LAN and since I got my Linksys I will never go back!! The first thing you must do when you buy it is download the new firmware (v1.36) and upgrade it (very easy to do). With the new firmware you can't beat it! Oh and I forgot to mention once you try the full-duplex 100mbit between LAN computers you will SH1T a brick its so fast!! [This message has been edited by ewaite (edited 06 December 2000).]

Just tell Hotline to use a proxy server located in China or someplace really far away. That will keep the bandwidth to a solid 50 bytes/second

Cause Down8, now he knows and we won't see this become another 100 topic post

Well I don't mind helping out a bit because I agree with you on whistler. You best bet is to go to www.isonews.com and then their files section. Download the diz/nfo viewer so you will be able to open the .nfo file(s) without problems. When you unrar the Whistler files you will be left with a .bin and a .cue file or one .iso file. Goto http://www.fireburner.com/downloads.shtml and download the fireburner v1.06 trial version (not limited in any way). Fireburner is a small burning program that will ***ociate the .cue file and .iso files to it. Run fireburner.exe and then close the program. Next go to the folder with the Whistler image file and double click on the .cue or .iso (which ever you have). This will open fireburner with the image loaded. Right click on the track and select burn/test burn. The rest is pretty easy but feel free to ask if you have any questions.

Just curious, do you happen to have a SoundBlaster Live! sound card? I found that as soon as you install the Win2k Live! drivers (without Liveware) your login time gets alot longer!! I have seen this on more than one machine so its for sure the drivers. As soon as I went back to the default drivers (that came with Win2k) my login time was back to normal. Just my two cents.

Check your event log for errors. You can find the event log in Administrator Tool in the control panel. Also try turning off Norton Antivirus and see if the problem goes away. Let me know what you see in the event log and I will try and help.

Its funny how ATI ships final win2k (and ME) drivers with their new Radeon cards but hasn't released a new Rage 128 beta since May 29, 2000. I'm using an even older beta driver because the newer version is causing random lockups in Quake 3. I was told by ATI that a final driver is not expected until the end of October because of the MS Driver certification program. Am I the only one who thinks that waiting 7 1/2 months for final drivers is TOO LONG.

I got a couple of ideas: 1. Download and run aspichk.exe from ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/pub/BBS/winnt/ This will tell you if you have the lastest ASPI drivers (1021). If not then update them with aspi32.exe in the same ftp. 2. Now load the recorded cd into your cd-rom. 3. Open My Computer. Right-click on an empty part of the My Computer background and select refresh. You should hear it reading from your cd-rom drive. I know this sounds stupid but Win2k doesn't seem to auto refresh as well as win98 did (for me at least). Also, can you read standard 650Mb CDRs in win2k?

Just wondering if there is any downside to using Windows 2000 NTFS file/drive compression (access speed, etc)? Also if I was to compress my ftp partition will new uploaded files be automatically compressed (if the feature is enabled for all files and sub directories) like they are if I paste them from Windows Exployer? Will files downloaded from the ftp be decompressed for the users? Thanks for any info

Use the windows 2000 cd to boot into recovery console (option under repair install). Then type in your admin password. At the command prompt just type "fixboot" (no quotes), hit Enter and reboot. This will remove lilo and leave you with just the win2k bootmenu. Hope this helps.

Try using winrar (http://www.rarsoft.com/download.htm) to compress and cut into multiple smaller files. Just open up winrar, drag and drop files into the window, and click Add. Select Compression method (go for max) and Dictionary size (go for 1024KB). Then just enter what size files you want in the Volume size box and click ok. Winrar will then make a series of smaller archives with the extentions .rar, .r01, .r02, etc. You won't loose any quality because your not changing the original media file. Hope this helps

Well just as Powerquest said, the update is now available. The only problem is you MUST order a new cd to get this patch. The CD is free but you have to pay S&H on it (not to mention wait a couple more weeks to actually get it). They blame this on the "size and nature" of this patch but I think its more of an anti-warez move. I still think this should be available for download! Check it out for yourself http://www.powerquest.com/updates/pm501updates.html

Haha They must have posted that after I was on their website. 30Mb wow thats huge. Can anyone tell me if its worth the download or not. I already have the bootdisks so if all it does is let you make the bootdisks from Win2k then its useless to me. If on the other hand it actually installs then please give us the details.

chingus The ATI beta video card drivers don't work with any beta or RC versions of Windows 2000. I had the same problem as you and ATI tech said I had to upgrade to final for the drivers to work.

DocSilly You can convert NTFS back to FAT32 with Partition Magic 5. You just have to use the boot disks that it makes. And remember to defrag the hard drive first or it will take a really long time.

I'm pretty sure these files are different for each machine. I use NTFS for Windows 98 and I seem to remember having to change the files it uses once or twice. Your best bet is to purchase a copy of Partition Magic 5 and convert (using the boot disks from PM5) the disk from NTFS to FAT32. Hope this helps [This message has been edited by ewaite (edited 19 April 2000).]

Try using this website for tests (very consistent): http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/bandwidth/speedtest.asp Have you installed the cable modem patch for Win2k? You can get it at: http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/cable_reg_win2k.shtml The patch did the trick for me and now Win2k is faster than Win98 by a long way! Hope this helps. [This message has been edited by ewaite (edited 19 April 2000).]

How did you format the two partitions (from another OS, from Windows bootdisk, etc). Also is your harddrive SCSI or IDE?

I received a reply from Powerquest a couple of weeks ago saying that an update for Partition Magic 5 and Windows 2000 would be available on April 10, 2000. I checked their website and haven't seen it so far. Does anyone know when it will actually be released?