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    Question about hubs and lag

    Does someone know what is the additional lag produced by a good or a bad hub when playing on-line through it? TIA
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    300MHz Min for software DVD is bull****

    I don't remember having posted any crap. I just mean that watching movies on a PC screen is a good way to get headhache and is potential business for eyeglasses sellers. I maintain, because it is a technical fact, that the cheapest dvd deck delivers much better video and sound than the best dvd drive+video card combination. As far as the price is concerned, nowadays you can find very good decks for $300 and 32" 16:9 tv sets at around $450. This is roughly the price of a low-end pc rig. Most people have also the opportunity to attach at no extra cost a dvd deck to existing family tv set and hi-fi sound system. Watching movies on a crt display is like listening music on a walkman. Some people like doing so, other don't. Have a nice day.
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    Adding new O/S

    The prob comes from the NTFS format of your C drive. Win 98 will not see it and will be unable to write to it its boot stuff : io.sys, msdos.sys and other things. Solution : convert NTFS to fat32. Win98 setup will read it, install its boot stuff and you're done. Just specify D:\WINDOWS drive and directory for it to install in when you are asked for. Win98 can be installed on ANY partition. The only pre-requisite is fat16 or fat32 C: partition.
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    a stable mobo 4 k6-2?

    Again, FIC PA2013. Good side: - extremely well built - rock stable - last bios dated April 8 2000 - overclockable - can set front bus speed and memory independently - my daughter was able to have it up and running just with the documentation, and yes, she overclocked it right away (tis the first machine she built alone - she must have inherited a few fast genes hehe ) Bad side: - a jumper nightmare! BTW it is the ATX version of the VA503+ which is still a very good board.
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    300MHz Min for software DVD is bull****

    Watching movies on a pc is pure bullsh*t when for a fraction of the cost you can get a deck with rvb direct connection to a tv set. Picture is much-much better! If you can afford a 36-inch flat-screen 16/9 digital double scan set with sound fed to a real hi-fi 5+1 sound system, you just will throw your box out of the window! In fact such a setup does not cost more than a medium range full-fledged PC.
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    anyone know of a way to customize

    http://tucows.hom.net/adnload/nt/dlTClockUSnt.html
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    Detonator 5.17

    These ones are a no-go for me UT d3d ---> lock-ups Q3A ogl ---> lock-ups 3dmark 2000 ---> ridiculous (<2500) Go back to 5.16 Sh***********t !!!!!
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    W2K FIREWALL PROGRAM?

    I've heard about Zonealarm. They say it is a good program and it is free.
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    I don't mean to piss everyone off..........

    Re-h***y s**t!!! I opened the 8th one! Bells and anthems please... Can't believe it ... Gonna have a beer right now!
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    I don't mean to piss everyone off..........

    Incredible, CM!!!! A 101-page topic! Hey all guys : we have to find a topic able to beat this one. Jdul, any idea ??? Holy s**t!
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    STICKY KEYS FIXED!!! - I KID YOU NOT!!!!

    I did exactly what you are telling, 10 days or so ago. The setup will not install anything but only 2 files -don't remember which ones- even if it says that it is copying all files and blah blah. You're right dxdiag then will report you have directx8 installed but it is not true. So I extracted and copied manually in safe mode. The result was a completely sc****d directx setup with a lot of problems with no sound, dead webcam, crazy midi ports, etc. I ran the win2kdx8unistall prog to repair but it was not enough. I had to do a repair reinstall of the os from the original cd to get directx7 restored. DX8beta suxxs
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    Question about hubs and lag

    THX alot. That's exactly what I suspected. It seems I get a lot of packet collisions (the hub's collide led flashes quite a lot). A switch would be the solution but such harware is still rather expensive for home use. In the meantime would a barebone W2K dedicated PC (I have a spare one) with several nics do the same full-duplex job or only add further lag and collisions?
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    300MHz Min for software DVD is bull****

    Anyway, the worst DVD deck is way better than the best PC hardware/software combination ... and cost no more than the drive+video card combo.
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    300MHz Min for software DVD is bull****

    WinDVD and Xing run OK for me. Smoother in W2K than in Win98 - maybe MPS? ------------------ Abit BP6 - QQ bios - 2*Celery@583 MHz - 192 MB Pc100 Ram - Seagate 6 GB - Seagate 4 GB - HPT66 IBM 20 GB Ultra 66 - Iomega // Zip100 - Toshiba DVD SD-M1212 - CDR Sony CDU 928E - HP Deskjet 815C - Philips Vesta Pro Webcam - NIC HP 10/100 - Elsa Erazor X2 GeForce 256 DDR - Sound Blaster AWE 32- Alcatel 1000 ADSL - Dual boot WIN2K Pro 2195 and Win 98
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    I don't mean to piss everyone off..........

    OK. This is my contribution to the 100 replies challenge ...
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    a stable mobo 4 k6-2?

    FIC PA2013. This is the best super7 mobo. Cheap and stable.
  17. OK. I have the final W2K French version installed. When I try to install SR1, it gives me a message something like "Incorrect language..." and gives up. One of the first lines of setup *.inf file is a line looking like %LanguageVersionString%, like an environnment variable the installer is waiting for. Have I to put something in here or the sr1 pack will install only on English version? Is there a command line switch to specify a particular language? TIA
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    SR1 install prob with language support

    I did not know. I had been told by a "guru" at RC times that W2K final was to have full multilingual support built in. I'm too naive. I definitely hate gurus. Never believe them.
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    Direct X 8.0

    Seems that all known links have been broken due to copyright mess wis M$. Anyway, you don't miss anything. DX8 just screwed my setup in D3D. Had to delete all files manually and repair. Beware some beta stuff!
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    SR1 install prob with language support

    THX guys. I got the answer from Microsoft. I am afraid I have to wait for the French version of sp1. Like for NT4. The prob is that M$ are slow about moving their a$$ here... BTW they are preparing a special version of W2K which will have full multi-lingual support for large corps with worldwide ops. This version will not be available to end-users. Tis a pity for users like me who would love to be able to switch from one language to another one Will have to search the net in due time to get it
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    win2k sr1

    There seems to be a consensus over the net that it will be released in June.
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    Half Life Menus = Black Screen???

    Same thing here : black screen when calling menu under D3D. I run OpenGl OK. Not too big an issue thu as it's Quake2 engine which is native ogl I've been told.
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    Windows 2000 Service Pack 1

    The one brave enough To enter the Lair Of the Master of Colors Will know the truth
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    DirectX 8 Beta and Win2k

    Go to http://win2000tips.home.att.net/
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    I can't believe nobody knows why Cd-Rom Drives Disappear fro

    Plz give more details about your setup. Where are your drives attached to? How are they configured (master, slave?)? Which ide channel do they share if they do? Plz help us to help you!
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