Ge0ph

Considering I only reboot my box every 2 or 3 weeks, I really don't care how long it takes. The reason I can go that long between reboots is because W2k is so stable, and one of the reasons it is so stable is because of the SFC. I think I will leave mine alone.

I use the Linksys DSL/router. It's very basic but it seems to do a good job. And it' s easyer to set up then a Linux box and it's a lot cheaper.

Mine works flawlessly. Have you changed any of the Advanced Filtering settings? It sounds like you have blocked all traffic through the router. Also you might want to try to reset it. [This message has been edited by Ge0ph (edited 26 June 2000).]

Did you turn on the ftp port(port 21)in the advanced setting >forwarding on your router? I have this router also and it's one of the best toy's I have bought myself in a long time.

I got one from Tigerdirect for $170. It's one of the coolest gadgets I've bought in a long time. They also have a cool print server and the gigadrive looks good too.

Or you could connect your DSL with a second nic, then you should turn off all bindings to that nic except TCP/IP. In the TCP/IP properties go to advanced and in the WINS tab choose the "Disable NetBios over TCP/IP. This is not as good as a full firewall but it is a lot better then what you have.

There is a program called TClock that will let you change the start button and the side bar for the start menu. It does other stuff too. I can't find the url right now, anyone? Also Windowblinds can change the start button too.

I have used Fix-It on 7 seperate computers with NT, W2k, Win9x and have had zero problems with it. How ever I have not used the system suite so the problem could be with the suite and not with Fix-It.

If "fixboot" does not work, try "fixmbr".

It even fixed it on my SOYO 5EMA+ board!!!

What pr-man said!

I had the same thing happen with my Gforce and SOYO board. I was even getting problems in Win9x. I played with my AGP settings in bios and finaly got it to work in Win9x but I have not reinstalled W2k yet.

I have a Gforce DDR and I removed it and put my Banshee back in because of the lockups. The Gforce is going into a new machine I am building and I am hopeing I will not get lockups with a fresh install of W2k on the new machine.

From a DOS prompt on a Win9x machine type "format a: /s". And then boot from that disk.

I just went through this same thing. I had to start it up with the old motherboard and then change the IDE controler drivers to a default driver and then it would boot with the new motherboard.

I have had my SY-5EMA+ for about a year and have not updated the bios yet. I just had to go into the bios and enable USB and every thing works great.

Another thing it could be is you are running one of the first copys that was available for download or through MSDN. Those copys still had the beta debugger code in (they forgot to remove it befor release of those copys). If this is the case then you need to install the retail version to get rid of the debugger.

Fix IT Utilites is NOT a norton thing. It is made by Ontrack (you know the people who make PowerDesk)and used Trend virus software. It is very good and does not @#%$ up you system.

MY vote is for Fix It Utilites 2000. I have never had any trouble with it and it does a real good job.

I really like Partition Magic, I've used it since version 1 with OS/2. But I find it very amazing that a 30meg download only produced a few disks. I have always defended PowerQuest but this time I just don't see how I can. This is just ridicules.

Partition Magic 5 will not install on W2k. If you really need the 5.01 patch try paying for it. It really doesn't cost that much.

Do you have a high quality power supply? I don't have an Athalon but I have read that the power supply can be the root of a lot of these problems.

When I tried CD copier on W2k RC2 and it blew up I just booted into safe mode and uninstalled the program. Then I sent an email to IMSI. They said that because of the differces in W2k there would not be a patch and maybe a future version will support W2k. Maybe! I can't find the email now so this is just from memory but it does not look good.

You should put your data on a different partition. Doing so makes backups and disaster recovery alot easier. Some might say FAT32 is better for your data parition but I prefer NTFS just for the extra features it gives you.

My DSL is an external and just plugs into a nic in my computer. I just set up the nic using the static IP and gateway that my ISP gave me. Really no more to it then that.