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I suspect it was something like this which I did a while ago: http://www.philspcmods.com/modules.php?o...le&artid=10 Ah, just read your post again, and I missed the bottom bit. Never mind. And how does something being shiny relate to it's ability to being flat?

From what he said in the first post, I don't think he's getting a BSOD. I think it's just hanging at the login prompt and displaying that lovely shade of blue that MS chose as the default background colour.

Just 'use' the displays and the codes should change. I kind of did it by a bit of luck really

I'm sure if you contact your reseller, they'll be able to help you out.

Quote: Remembering to make sure that permissions on the files are set so that other users can read them! Never had a problem with that myself, and if his users have local admin rights, it should work just fine.

Have you tried just copying the program shortcuts into the All Users profile? The shortcuts should then show up regardless of who logs into the machine.

I also had this problem a couple of days ago, but haven't checked the site recently to see if it is still happening. Maybe there are some server/DNS problems somewhere that's causing it.

Agreed, the Corp version of Symantec AV is just fine under 2K server. I know there have been some problems running NAV under Server, so you may want to think twice before completely relying on it.

I've got a couple of the MS Explorer 3.0 mice, and they're very nice. This was a swap from the original Explorer mouse. The original Explorers are quite large, and the new 3.0 ones are slimmed down a bit. They are right hand only though due to the shape and positioning of the thumb buttons. The Optical mice are shaped like a standard IntelliMouse, but with the addition of one extra button on each side. Personally I find them very uncomfortable to use, and the button on the right of the mouse isn't positioned very well. I have to move my pinky to get to it, and it makes my fingers ache after a very short period of time. Avoid these mice like the plague!

How did you get on with this? As for IP addresses, the only one you need from your ISP is for the actual connection to the Internet. Most ISPs should assign you an IP address automactically when you connect (or if you have broadband, your cable modem/whatever will get the address on your behalf). You then need to configure the other machines as mentioned above. You can quite happily use the 192.168.0.* addresses as they are reserved for private use and will never be used by any machines on the Internet. You need to set your machines up as follows: Server (machines connected to the Internet and your LAN) Internet NIC: These settings will be provided by your ISP. LAN NIC: IP address - 192.168.0.1 Subnet - 255.255.255.0 Gateway - blank DNS Server1 - blank DNS Server2 - blank PC1 LAN NIC: IP address - 192.168.0.2 Subnet - 255.255.255.0 Gateway - 192.168.0.1 DNS Server1 - 192.168.0.1 DNS Server2 - blank That's it. To share the connection between more than 1 PC, give an additional machines the exact same settings used for PC1 above, but increase the last number of the IP address by 1 for each machine. So PC2 would be 192.168.0.2 PC3 would be 192.168.0.3 and so-on. The only other thing you may to do is to enble sharing on the NIC that is connected to the Net. This is a simple tick box in the Network properties of that network card. Let us know how you get on.

My LAN is setup in the way you are describing. I have one machine with two NICs. One is connected to the Cable Modem, the other is attached to the hub. The other machines on the LAN just have one network card and are attached to hub. The machines all have static IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.* and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 The only other thing you need to do is enter a gateway address on the machines that are not directly connected to the net. This address needs to be the IP address of the machine that is connected to the net (for instance 192.168.0.1). That's about it. And yes, the machine with 2 NICs will need to be on in order to make the connection available to the other machines on the LAN. The other alternative is to get a broadband router. This will let you connect your machines to the router (as it has a built in switch) and the cable modem also connects to it. You need to configure the router with the right settings, but the manual should help. You can then access the net from any machine on the LAN without requiring a 'server' type machine to be switched on.

The WindowsUpdate site does seem to go down fairly regularly. You can normally get to it, and select downloads, but the downloads never start. If you leave it until tomorrow, you'll probably find that the site will start again.

Goto: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters Create a new DWORD value with the name of "DisableTaskOffload" and give it a value of 0. As it stands, 2K and XP support QoS in software, and even lowering the settings to 0% don't fix it. By making the above registry change, you stop the OS from messing about with all of this and it allows your NIC to do the work instead (providing it supports it). This will give you much better performance. I'm not sure what MS were thinking of when they decided to bypass the hardware in the NIC and do this in slower software instead. Still, the above change should help fix the problem

The registry entries could be more or less anywhere. It's also possible that the data isn't stored in the registry, but in a file that has been hidden somewhere on your system, or maybe even written to a .ini file somwhere.

Have you got all the latest patches and updates for Win2K as well?

It might be that they are DivX encoded, and you just need to download the correct codec. Head over to www.divx.com and grab the latest codec. That should sort you out.

There's also PostNuke

Thanks for the tip, but we were actually talking about the default blue desktop colour in Windows 2000 rather than setting images as the background.

I changed my settings to the ones above, and thought that it just looked 'dirty'. It will also depend on the other 3 settings that I mentioned. All you need to do is go into the custom colours section of the background colour settings and it will tell you exactly what all the numebrs are. Much easier than going into PSP and using the eye-dropper tool

I've had absolutely no problems with any version of SystemWorks on any platform. 2002 is running sweet as a nut on my XP system. It can take a while to figure out where some of the settings are as it's quite different to 2001. I haven't bothered reading the manual, but I'm sure it would help if I did

It sounds like Windows is trying to run at a refresh rate higher than the monitor can support. You shouldn't mess about with stuff like that unless you know either a)safe values for the monitor, even if they are not optimal or b)the exact refresh rate/resolution combinations that your monitor supports. Have you got a higher spec monitor available that you can hook up for a short time so you can turn down the refresh rates?

Hmm, odd that my values aren't the same. I don't recall playing with it, but I must have done. I'll make the changes to my home machine tonight and see how they compare.

You can create it as a custom colour. The details are: Hue:133 Sat:240 Lum:90 Red:0 Green:128 Blue:192

It sounds like it is your video card. What chipset is on it? I'm guessing it's some kind of 3dFX chipset from the last few lines you've posted. I think you're probably going to have to change it for something a bit more capable.

When a program tries to access the Internet, ZoneAlarm should pop up a little message box. There should be a check box you can tick which says something like 'Remember this program'. You shouldn't then be asked if that program can access the Internet again. Otherwise, goto the Programs tab on ZoneAlarm, right click the program that you want to access the net, and choose 'Allow' in the Internet section of the menu that pops up.