clutch

You don't have a WINS server do you? Master browsers are determined by: 1. OS type 2. "Age" on the network Let's go up the food chain: DOS/WFW, Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT3.51 Workstation, WinNT3.51 Server, WinNT 4.0 Workstation, WinNT 4.0 Server, Win2K Pro, Win2K Server. The Advanced and Datacenter types will be higher than the regular server would be. Now, if you have 2 Win2K servers on the same network, there may be an "election" forced to see who has the right to hold the master browse list. The box that has been booted up the longest wins. Now, this is using all the defaults and not tweaking anything. You can adjust wether a machine is capable of being a master browse list holder if you wish, but the best thing to do is setup a WINS box. NT/Win2K Server all for this, and it will hold all the name/IP translations for your network without the need for the browse master. The clients will have to be notified of the WINS IP (can be set manually or as part of the DHCP assigment) in order for this to work. But, once setup, network neighborhood performance is superior in a few ways: 1. Browsing speed increases because all the machines know where to go for name resolution information. 2. Reduction in master browse elections (just because some boxes may not get the hint, this still doesn't affect name resolution though). 3. Greater validity in Network Neighborhood listings. This is because when a machine shuts down, it advises the WINS server that it is going offline and gets removed from the list. With the master browse method, the master browser may not get notified of such a change. In addition, if a master browser shuts down, another machine may not be picked in time to carry over the function, and the caching of names may have to start over. Windows NT/2K is far superior to Win9x in networking functionality. The problem is that most people don't know how it works. That's all, no big deal. Most environmnets that have WinNT boxes networked together also have at least one NT server. In the minimum, it will act as browse master, or would be setup as a WINS box. If you are looking for a simple, effective solution to small network needs, try using NetBIOS over TCP/IP and LMHOSTS files on the client boxes. If the IPs are not static, then try to setup a WINS box if possible. ------------------ Regards, clutch [This message has been edited by clutch (edited 12 March 2001).]

NT did not come with a defrag utility as MS claimed NTFS did not require it (oops). If you would like to defrag your volumes, you will need a 3rd party utility like Diskeeper. Or, you could do what MS recommends and format your partitions, then restore from backup. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Win95 couldn't cache up more than 64MB of memory. It would "use" 128MB of RAM, but it wouldn't address it as fast as 64MB. As far as Win98 goes, I did not see any performance increase when I went from 128 to 256MB of RAM. I would just attribute that to a weak caching system. Win2K and NT will use your RAM at whatever speed is set in the BIOS of the mother board. And as far as that 60ns issue, I have never heard of it either. Since I have 640MB in a BX based server of mine, I have never seen a drop in performance. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I have thought about playing Counterstrike, but unfortunately it involves effort. I just like playing simple-minded games, and the basic FPS does that for me. The only games that I have ever finished in single player mode are Shogo and Forsaken. I have a ton of other games (Unreal, HL, the Quake series, Kingpin, etc) that reportedly have awesome single player experieces. Usually though, I just get bored with them a few levels into the game. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Then get the 64MB card if you play on running at least 1024x768@32bit or better. Otherwise, the regular GTS will do quite well. ------------------ Regards, clutch

It's not under: Comp Config>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>User Rights Assignments? I am used to working with AD whenever I use it. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Exactly, it is a network based operating system. And in a normal NT network, you would have a WINS server, or at least a server acting as browse master. With either of these, your browsing will pick up considerably. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Win2K is looking for a browse master if no WINS box is designated. NT does the same thing. If you have NT server setup with WINS, it works extremely fast. Otherwise, just use the UNC path to the resource you are looking for. ------------------ Regards, clutch

What res do you want to run in? What color depth? More res, more RAM. Same for bit depth. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Well David, if you *really* wanted to do that, you could probably setup mulitple configuration in Win2K, and then name them for the games you wanted to run optimitized for. Personally, I am too damn lazy for that, and I tend to run different games right after each other (Q3, then UT, then maybe Team Arena) for that to be effective. But, the multi-config option might be what you are looking for. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Yep. Here's how I do it: 1. Start>Run> then type "mmc" 2. Add a snapin (Console>Add/Remove Snapins 3. Click the Add button 4. Select Group Policy 5. Go through the wizard, and select browse. Then look for the pc you want to manage. Browsing may not work. So if it doesn't, just type in the name of the PC you want to manage. 6. Click Close for the addins, and OK for the snap-in window. Now you should see all the options for the remote machine. Keep in mind that this is the way to manage Domain policies as well. Hope that helps. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I had the same issue as well. It *seems* like a DNS issue and you are being pointed to an old IP that has been locked down. Ping www.ntcompatible.com and check what the IP is. If you are not getting 216.234.186.180, that may be the reason why. You could just modify your hosts file for the time being so you can get here (that's what I had to do) until your DNS box gets the info updated. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Great. Glad to see it. ------------------ Regards, clutch

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by whoisurdaddy: Hmmm....Linux would be hard to use. I have no experience in Linux so that would not work for me. I believe Win2k can do routing too. But I would have to setup a computer to do routing then. Can I connect DSL modem to Switch box's Uplink port? I have 5 port Switch and one port is Uplink port. And for Firewall, install software Firewall like BlackIce defender or something.</font> You need a router for this situation. Win2K will support NAT (which is what the basic broadband gateways/routers do too) and it works pretty well. Linux does the same thing, but calls it "Masquerading". However, with either of these solutions you have to sacrifice a PC, whereas with the basic home broadband routers you get all the basic features you need for $100 US or so. ------------------ Regards, clutch

March 15th eh? Cool, we are posting into the future... ------------------ Regards, clutch

Most server boards support it. All of my ASUS boards have too. However, don't mix ECC with non-ECC RAM. No benefit to be gained, and they may not work with each other anyway. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I can play Quake 3 and UT servers with my Linksys BEFSR41 router, but I can't host Q3 games with it. Sometimes it's just a matter of opening the default security a bit. This one has simple security, but other use more conventional ACLs (Access Control Lists) that permit you to state what traffic can come and go. ------------------ Regards, clutch

If the "pencil trick" is merely drawing a conductive path between two points, then why not get a conductive pen? You can find them at better electronics stores (usually not at Radio Shack) at they work very well. I used them in the past for correcting burned traces on circuit boards in moderate temperature applications. Shouldn't cost more than $5 US. ------------------ Regards, clutch

I just saw this on the MCPMag website. http://mcpmag.com/news/default.asp?url=010209 ------------------ Regards, clutch

It has bearing on current and pending MCSEs. In addition, it has no bearing on the functionality of Windows XP. That is why I posted it here. ------------------ Regards, clutch

NTFS does not cause booting problems. If there is a problem and the system cannot reboot, then you have to use a utility to boot up the machine and be able to read files off of the hard drive. That's all. FAT32 is fine for the home user, but if you need security and a greater level of file integrity, then use NTFS. ------------------ Regards, clutch

PowerDVD 2.55 and 3.0 has worked fine on my TNT2U, GeForce SDR, and GeForce GTS Pro cards in Win2K. Maybe it has something to do with your video card drivers? ------------------ Regards, clutch

Quote: <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bursar: Microsoft recommends that during the install, you only create the boot partition. In this case, remove all partitions from your disk, and during the setup only create the 1GB partition that you want for your boot drive. Once NT is installed, you can then mess about with the other partitions.</font> Especially since the later service packs in NT provide for NTFS 5 and better hard disk driver support. I setup one 2GB partition, get the install done and up to SP6a, then create another partition out of the rest of the drive (usually in 4KB clusters, as opposed to the 512B size you get during setup). ------------------ Regards, clutch

Funny, MS seems to think that it's built on Win2K: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/ "Windows® XP, built on the enhanced Windows 2000 engine, features a fresh new look and extends the personal computing experience. " ------------------ Regards, clutch

This should clarify my point further: http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/01q1/010302/geforce-05.html ------------------ Regards, clutch