Napalm

Does anyone know how to log when a certain user logs in? Thanks all

OK, somehow I screwed up with my services. Now, Win 2k is acting screwy ... I enabled Net logon and logical disk manager to start up automatically. When I reboot, I can't enable/disable anything in the services. In addition, those two services are stuck in limbo. net logon stopping while log disk manager says starting. Again, I can't start/stop any services (nor do many other things within windows). How do I correct this problem? Or even, how do I start windows to be able to disable services before starting 'em? I know there is a way, I did it before, but I forget how. Can anyone help? Thansk, Napalm

Hey, which version of XP do u have? How do u like it (i.e. is it worth the move from win2000)? How about all that annoying eye candy stuff?

I tried that option too (long ago), but it still didn't work. I did find a fix (kinda). It is a hack I found posted on anandtech's forum. Anyway, it said (using wpcre12a program) to set register 40 (after choosing audio) from 80 to ff. And it worked. I don't see any bad effects from it either (3-D demo still works fine). So all is good. Thanks all for your help

SOrry, but I still don't have a clue what your talking about. Under the 'other' section, there is only a 686b fix (but that is ONLY for Soundblaster systems) and there is AC '97 drivers available. None of them apply to my mx300 card or to the PCI latency patch you are talking about ????

>try the PCI latency patch at www.viahardware.com also look for the latest mobo BIOS because a lot of manufacturers are trying to fix the problem < What PCI latency patch are you talking about. Only patches I see on viahardware are 4 in 1 drivers (which I have all updated), the individual drivers in the 4 in 1, the 686b patch (but that only takes effect if I have SB card ... which I don't) and the AC97 patches (which shouldn't effect me since I don't use the onboard sound).... so, please explain what you are referring to. ... but I will try those bios settings to see if they work

Ok, I have seen countless messages about people having the same proble I am having (sounds cuts off after heavy CPU usage). I don't konw if this has anything to do w/ the via chipset (AMD 1 GHZ, via KT 133a ...) but I just want a fix. I have downloaded/installed the last beta drivers available for an aureal card (specificall mx 300). But the sound still cuts off no matter what application I play the music from. I even tried changing the output (DirectSound ...) but that still doesn't work. Any help would be grealtly appreciated. My system: AMD 1GHZ MSI K7-T turbo - R (KT 133a) mx 300 (aureal chip) ATI Rage fury Pro anything else? Thanks,

doh ... that's what I thought ... I must have screwed up somewhere (I knew I should have read those warning messages).

and i thought i was the only one who felt that about linux (love/hate) but my real question is how do i tell if sp2 is installed. i think i installed it right ...but it is no where in system info)

I don't know the exact reason, but ... my guess is a) this site (www.ntcompatible.com) is more popular then the other site (or at least the forums) or 2) Win2k is way more powerful, way more features to get to know and take care of. Therefore, many people who have moved to win2k from win9x (like me) don't know how to use some of the new stuff (or stuff originaly in NT 4)

I need suggestions on a good/decent voice regonitoin program to use with win2k. What should I look in to? (Dragon Soft, IBM ...?) Thanks,

Alright, this has probably been covered before, but I don't know what key word to search for (or just to lazy to do it). But I am upgrading my processor/motherboard from a PIII 505 (Aopen motherboard) to an Athlon 1.06 ghz (266 FSB) Athlon with MSI motherboard. For win2k (or any other OS for that matter), due I have to format/reload the OS since I am switching processor/motherboards or will win2k automatically pick up the detection and adjust accordingly. I am assuming win2k will adjust accordingly (but just making sure) ... if it does, would I still benefit from improved speed if I just format and reload or am I just smoking crack? Thanks

wow, 'cmd' works like a charm. I guess win2k's version of the 'command' program is a little broken. I wonder why 'cmd' and 'command' are 2 different programs (or at least 2 different options passed). Either way, using 'cmd' solves ALL problems. Just remember that for the future. Thanks again for the help ... Alec, thanks for the work around. I think I will do a little 'registry tweakn' my variables. BTW when using the command program putting quotes around a name gives an error (why, I don't know) Thanks,

My question is: how do I get the DOS prompt in win2k working like it does in win9x? I know wink2k's DOS prompt isn't like win9x, but I should still not be having the problems I am having. For instance, I cannot change to directories the way they are listed. For example, if I want to change to Program Files I have to guess to what it looks like under the 'real' DOS prompt (i.e. the first 6 letters and then '~1'). So to change to Program Files, I have to type in 'cd progra~1'. In addition, whenever I want to run a standard command (i.e. ping), win 2k comes back with an error saying it cannot reconize the command (or something like that). In order to run commands like that, I have to switch to d:\winnt\system32 and run the command. Why is this happening? I mean, the path for commands seems to be right (I didn't change it and it says %System32 among other things). Could it be because I don't have win2k installed under my C-Drive (it's under my D-Drive)??? and finally, how do I enable the doskey so I can execute a command I executed earlier? I don't know if any of these problems have anything in common, but any help on any of these problems would be appreciated. My system specs: Win2k Professional (SP 1) PIII 500 (OC) 256 mb RAM Diamond mx300 Rage128 Pro Is anything else needed? Thanks,

I had that problem before. I forget how I resolved it, but one thing I tried (don't remember if it worked or not) was to log in using the same username and password as your win2k machine, in win 98. So instead of bypassing the annoying password when you boot up, type in the username and password that coresponds to your win2k machine.