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- I hate to say something obvious, but you can try to disable from BIOS the ports giving conflict, then try to load the OS and work. - Well, it also could be a memory problem because Windows 98 uses the memory from (I think) the last module to the first, while Windows NT uses it the opposite way. So, if Windows 98 finds the memory leak at first, it crashes, but WinNT can use memory a lot till it uses the bad memory (virtually always) so it seems more stable. Use the same utility that WIND used, in a DOS boot disk, and check your RAM! Hope you'll find out

If you look in support, you will find you can download the ultimate drivers for Win9x/NT/2k (maybe they work also under WinME), remember that they are a SCSI Device! (well ok there are also Parallel, but...). I heard that they are fast and reliable, the only thing you don't have to do is to let them fall on the floor, they don't resist too much to falls....

Tell me, he simply does not see the CDRom or he tries to boot and ends up with a blue screen or something?

Glad you've found out what was wrong! There is a possibility that your module is still good, simply maybe its speed is lower than that of the other modules, and it can't be accessed properly from the memory I/O controller. Try it on another machine, alone, and if it's ok, you can sell it, and earn some money to get a new one. N.B. I think you've got DIMM modules, right? SIMMs are no longer available, or if they are, at extremely high prices...and SIMMs cannot be tested alone, they always have to be in couple to be addressed correctly.

Well, I think first of all you'll have to install Service Pack 6a, it's a collection of bugfixes for Windows NT4. Obviously, if you have no mean to connect to the web (but I think you can, if you wrote this message), you can find it in a magazine that supplies also CDRoms... Next thing to do, is to INSTALL the modem, and this can be done from the control panel. Once configured the modem you're done, ok?

Maybe you have enabled Ultra DMA 33/66 on a HD that's not capable of operating in this mode, or you don't use quality cables for the connections... Anyway, if you want to test your RAM there are some free testers available on http://www.tweakfiles.com Look in Diagnostics. I recommend using them in DOS, without any other programs and processes running in background that can invalidate your tests. Good Luck and tell me what you discover. Ah, available there are also some HD testers, have a look at them also!

Excuse me King, do you mean I've got to create a variable named PROFILES and give it the value of the directory I want? Is that simple? Did you try it?

Go to http://wmeworld.com interesting place If you had looked in the other posts, I told I had problems with Drivespace 3 (doesn't support anymore hard drives) and MS Office 2k (probably because I had to install MS Installer 1.1) See you soon!

Look in your Control Panel in Add/Remove Programs. If there is an item named "Banshee drivers" or something like that, uninstall it. Then reinstall your GeForce Drivers...Maybe the beta drivers of the Banshee told the system to load a dll or something that makes confusion. Another trick would be to get the archive with the beta drivers, print the list of files, go into recovery console mode, delete any of the files listed, then reboot. if the system fails to load at this point, boot from the CD and perform a Repair of the current installation. Hope this will go!

Frightening, Huh?

As I can remember, Fat32 is not advisable as a file system for a native partition of Windows 2000. I mean, Microsoft tells that Fat32 has been implemented for partitions which you can read data from for your applications, it's not been implemented for booting your Windows 2000.... I think it's the reason for your system's instability...I almost can't believe it boots! Probably it boots because the boot sector is in the primary partition, which is NTFS formatted. Anyway, I may be wrong...but I don't think so.I've never installed win2k in a fat32 partition, even the setup gives only 2 options, FAT and NTFS.

Well I think everybody knows, so what? Do you think that computing is all about installing a OS and leaving it alone? I mean no offence, but I think that someone learns more from errors than doing nothing, fearing to make a single move. If it was so, How would you be able to find the BUGS that EVERY OS has in it? Buying a Playstation is sure, simply put the cd, turn it on, and make ONLY the thing for what it has been produced. A pc is not a console, a OS claiming it will run several programs MUST be able to do so, if it is not able there are errors, but if you can't find them you will never correct them. If you have such a conservative attitude about this, you'll think about them not as bugs, just as "features" of the OS..... Anyway, don't take it bad, I think so.

Just liked to be here with you....

Well ok, but What the .... did he ask??????

try looking in the devices tree, and look how the soundcard is defined from the system, hopefully with a meaningful name, otherwise with some letters and numbers (I mean, if you find CT 1234, it is a creative Labs card, 1234 is invented... ). Search the web for the name you find, and read the specifics.... Anyway, I would keep the SB Live!, I suspect the onboard sound card to be yamaha or a PCI 128 (Don't know if creative, but i don't think so...)

Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling the network drivers? What protocols are installed after SP6a? Did you install Simple TCPIP services? Tell us some more about your configuration...

Maybe you've got the mad update symantec unleashed some time ago; try to update your virus signatures with the last virus signatures released from symantec, that would (supposedly) fix it

Glad you managed it! See you soon

Well, if it's impossible, please tell me how I was able to do this, because I've NT workstations in my 2000 domain, with only one Domain Controller Server!

if you look in your program files directory, under media player, you will find the executable mplayer2.exe, that is Media Player 6.4! It appears Microsoft left the old version also....And I use it!

Seems really stupid, but have you tried to install the Windows 98 drivers over win2k? I say this because to a course I attended on Windows 2000 they told me to try Windows 98 Drivers, because at Microsoft have developed a new type of drivers, WDM I think, that are compatible with Win98...I can't believe this and haven't tried, but as a last resort why not to try? Are there no drivers for Windows NT? Bear in mind that Windows 2000 is in fact Windows NT 5.0...

Please tell me...How can you SEE a error message if your device (GRAPHICS CARD) cannot start? Do you see everything with standard VGA (640x480 and 16 colors)?

try going under the My Computer properties, Hardware tab, Device Manager button and see if your device is listed.I think it's a sound card embedded in your mainboard, but it should be listed, maybe with the firm's name (something like CT xxxx, where x are digits, for soundblaster cards). Get that name and search the web to find out what this card is, and drivers available. try to give it to me, I'll give a try to find out something... Hope to be of help! I tell you to do this because I looked in your page but the type of sound card is not mentioned there....

It looks like the DHCP server has finished the available addresses....control this, also look if there is a address conflict, maybe one of your machines has a fixed IP address.

I think he's going to find a DNS server capable of Dynamic updates, and he can't find it...maybe he's set up the Network by using a DHCP server that he can't find. Try under the properties of the local connection in My Network Places to force a IP address.... Active Directory don't need a Win2k DNS Server, but a DNS server that is capable of dynamic update (but I think this is needed in case You use a DHCP server). If your DNS Server is manually configured, and configured well, you should not have any problems at all. So, when he says to you he wants to install a DNS server, try choosing the option below, to manually configure your DNS server. Then talk with the DNS admin, and check if the DNS server is capable of dynamic updates... I know there more to say, but it would take ages to explain... Try also http://www.brainbuzz.com for resources on windows 2000 and his DNS, you'll be redirected to a white paper on every aspect of DNS implementation under W2k, from the W2k Resource Kit!