Bursar

Some NICS may require to specifically the enable 100 MB mode. It also depends on what you're using the network for as to whether it is worth enabling. If you just play a few games, then you probably won't notice any difference. If you transfer large files (and I do mean large), the you will some significant benefits. Otherwise you won't really notice much difference.

For having been doing this kind of thing for 8 years, you don't seem to have grapsed many of the basics. If you ask for help because you have hardware problems, you need to list your entire system spec. There have been some good suggestions so far, with DMA transfer rates and memory timing. So rather than just whining about how good you think are at this stuff, start trying some of the suggestions and post the results. People are going to need some feedback in order to try to help you narrow the problem down. Remember that the people here are helping you because they want to. Not because it's their jobs or they're getting paid for it. If you insult people, you are likely to be met with a resounding wall of silence next time you need help. [This message has been edited by Bursar (edited 02 June 2000).]

You also don't mention what RAM you have. I assume that the DIMMS are capable of running at 133MHz. If not, get some 133MHz RAM and try it again. I also agree with the above statement. Running 20 copies of WinAmp is not a very good way to test system stability. Chances are that it would crash just about any system. Try doing things one at a time. If you make a hwole load of changes, you have no idea which change had which effect.

Christams 1999? Is that all? You lucky thing. I've been agonising over it for about 3 years. IIRC, check the readme file for Diablo. At the very bottom it mentions D2. This is the original Diablo though. The re-released cheapo version may have a slightly amended readme file.

The system specs say it WILL work. You just need Service Pack 5 or higher.

I presume you mean LiveWare 2. If you do mean LiveWare 3, then that could be your problem, as it hasn't been released yet. Try removing it and installing the LiveWare 2 drivers.

Not all printers are networkable in this manner. If you install the printer drivers on the other PC's, you should be able to add a new printer port in the printer driver. If the driver supports networking, you should be able to browse your network to the printer share on the Windows 98 machine. If you can't see it, then the printer is likely to not support networking. In this case you will need to transfer files onto the Windows 98 PC and print them from there. Not the ideal situation I'll grant you. The other alternative is (if the the PC's are close enough) to buy a switch box and connect all of the PC's to it. You can then flick the switch on the box to the PC you want to print from.

I haven't actually tried it, but it is supposed to work on NT 4 with service pack 5 or higher.

I live in the UK, and have purchased a Windows 2000 upgrade from NT4. Windows 2000 itself runs fine, and I don't really have any problems with it. However, it niggles me that the System Locale is set to English (United States). All of my regional settings are set for English (United Kingdom) (or English (British) - can't remember exactly which it is now). During installation, Windows 2000 tells me I can change the System Locale, but I can't figure out how to do it. It isn't causing me huge problems, but Quake II (for instance) won't install because it is a UK copy, and will not install under a 'foreign' OS. If anyone knows how to fix this, I'd be eternally grateful.

I had exactly the same problem. I have no idea why it wouldn't install, but like you, the Shockwave stuff was fine. I have recently wiped and re-installed my machine, and Flash is now working as expected. I can only assume that some bit of software I installed along the way broke it. Before the wipe I meant to install Flash 4 to see if that fixed the problem. Unfortunately I forgot, so I don't know if that would have worked or not. I know it's a drastic solution, but I had to do the wipe anyway, so it was no real loss. You could always try to mail Macromedia, or even Microsoft to see what they have to say about it. ------------------ PIII 500 Intel 440BX-2 Motherboard 2x128MB PC 100 RAM Maxtor 92049U6 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66 Maxtor 52049U4 20.4GB 7200RPM UDMA66 Matrox Millenium G400 MAX Sony DDU220E IDE DVD-ROM Yamaha CRW4416S SCSI CD-RW Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Pro US Robotics Sportster Flash v90 External modem Iiyama Vision Master Pro 17 3Com EtherLink XL PCI (3c900B Combo) Adaptec 2940 Ultra Wide SCSI controller Sound Blaster Live! Value Windows 2000 Professional And no overclocking in sight!

I have to agree. Mcaffee TVD is absolute rubbish on Windows 2000. They released 4.5 a short while ago as their Windows 2000 anti-virus software, and I foolishly installed it. Everything more or less stopped. I have since wiped my PC and installed NAV2000, and it's a far better application. Everything works as it should, and updates are regular.

No offence Swiss, but you really need to replace your video card. ATi cards are just plain rubbish when it comes to games, and the Voodoo II has more than outlived its life. You should probably look at getting a GeForce card if you want to upgrade now, or maybe wait to see what the next Matrox card is going to be like. I've read some benchmarks comparing the GeForce 2 to the Voodoo 5500, and the GeForce 2 kicks butt. In fact a DDR GeForce I is quicker than the new Voodoo card in some of the tests!

You could always try changing the System Locale to United States, using the instrucitons I posted in the System Locale topic slightly below.

It's OK, I've got the answer from the Microsoft Support line. Apparently you go into the Regional Settings in Control Panel. At the bottom of the General tab is a button labelled 'Set Defualt'. Clicking this will bring up a dialog where you can choose the System Locale. Not exactly intuitive, and not really the kind of thing I would expect a 'Set Defualt' button to do, but there ya go.

I haven't got around to trying my version of MAME under Win2k, but the previous posts sound hopeful. I do know that the NeoGeo emulator runs fine, and there's nothing more satisfying than running along like a lunatic playing Metal Slug. Why can't companies make games like these for PC's? If they actually took advantage of PC hardware, then I'd guess that Metal Slug would look better, sound better, and play better. Until someone notices that people have to use emulators to play these types of games, there isn't much hope for a native PC version of these games.

Half-Life is actually the Quake I engine, but massively modified so that you'd not actually realise.

I think Bullfrog are probably working on DK3 which is why they haven't updated the DK2 website since Feb of this year. I think we should boycott al future Bullfrog (and EA games) until they start releasing Windows 2000 patches!

This is a known problem. I have tried al sorts of things to get it going. If you try to run it using Apcompat to fool DK2 into thinking it is running under Win9x, then you get an error about a debugger running, and you must unload before the game will run. Bullfrog are meant to be working on a patch. The last patch (1.6) was meant to include bump mapping support for the G400, but they bodged it. The next patch (1.7) is meant to fix it, and hopefully introduce Win2k support.

Apparently Warthog are working on a patch, but they want to get a partial Dreamcast port done for E3 first. After that they should start working on a patch. If you can hold out fot it, then it may help fix some of the problems.

There hasn't been any movement here for a while, so I don't know if you still want info on this or what.. Anyway, if you encrypt files using Windows 2000, and then trash your Win2k installation and re-install, you cannot regain access to the encrypted files. The key used is unique and you cannot recreate it. The official Microsoft solution to this is to unencrypt your files first, then reinstall, and then reencrypt the files. Sorry its bad news.

I have this game running more or less without problem on my PC. I have had one instance of the game dropping back to the desktop (no errors displayed though) and once it looked like it crashed part way through a mission when it stopped to play a cut scene (an actual movie though, not using the game engine), but a waggle of the joystick brought things back to life. I think the drop to the desktop was caused by my video drivers as this has happened in other games. I have recently installed the latest beta drivers for the my G400 MAX (5.06) and haven't had any problems (but I haven't really played enough since installing to be sure that the problem is fixed). Rest of my system: Windows 2000 P3 500 256MB PC100 RAM Intel 440BX-2 Motherboard Matrox G400MAX (beta 5.06 drivers) SB Live Value (Liveware for Win2k drivers) The game is also fully installed to the hard disk, so there are no CD-ROM accesses to get in the way. 5/4/00 - Was playing StarLancer again last night, and I had another drop out to the desktop. Fortunately it was a fairly easy mission (19 I think) so it wasn't a problem. [This message has been edited by Bursar (edited 05 May 2000).]