NT_Worker

I had an issue that sounds like what you're going through. Wolf87 sent this to me and it worked. Access Registry and delete LowerFilters and UpperFilters here: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}] This is the Microsoft article: http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=kb;en-us;Q314060 This was my old thread, which seemed relevant. http://www.ntcompatible.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=20181 Hope this helps, ~NT_Worker

Just a quick note to let you know it worked. Thanks, ~NT_Worker

Well, I thought I had searched the knowledgebase better than that. Thanks again. ~NT_Worker

Thanks! I'll try that out as soon as I get home! By the way, where did you get the information? ~NT_Worker

I have a system that has been running XP Professional for a while now. I have an older SCSI 4x/4x/20x CD/RW drive, as well as a 32x SCSI CD-ROM Drive. Two days ago, the CD-ROM drive letters disappeared, and I have no access to them. They show up in the SCSI adapter's BIOS scan, and also in the device manager. I thought I might have a strange termination issue (even though Everything has been setup this way, without change, since Win98, Win2000, and WinXP... 3+ years) I installed an IDE DVD drive, which has worked in the past. The same thing happens, it shows up the device manager (and BIOS) but it does not get assigned a drive letter. I configured a Win98 boot disk, and loaded the appropriate drivers. The drives load, and are functional. I tried a repair, with no effect. This is a fairly fresh install. I ran a clean install single boot WinXP Pro on a freshly formatted hardisk, about one month ago. I had been running it in dual boot with WinXP/Win98SE. System Specs: Pentium III 750 448MB RAM 20GB IDE Boot drive, formatted with FAT32 Geforce 2 GTS 32MB SBLive Value TekRam DC390/F (Ultra-Wide SCSI adapter) SCSI CD-ROMs mentioned above This PC is not internet capable, and not on a network. I attempted a system restore, but received a message warning that drive F: (CD Burner) had been changed, and was not a part of the system restore. That's not a quote, though. Thanks, ~NT_Worker

You can set up group policy to disable the ability for users to shutdown a terminal server. ~NT Worker

good idea, thanks. I will double check that MBR, Am I mistaken that re-FDISKing will clear that? I doubt it is a faulty master/slave setup since all Win9x OS's have been installed with no issues and I've never made that particular mistake before =), BUT I will double check (You never know). Any other suggestions... It is highly unlikely there is a virus, This PC is a tertiary PC, always been behind a firewall, basically only served a printer to the network... hardly used, been formatted, FDISKed, wiped installed, uninstalled, many, many times... Win2K is the only problem I've had with, since I outgrew the measly 300mhz =) HDD is connected to the onboard IDE controller, no SCSI adaptors installed. There is an additional 850mb harddrive in the system... ~NT Worker

Thanks, It was set to Auto initially, so I set it manually, no avail, so I put it back to auto... ~NT Worker

I've tried installing Win2k Pro & Adv. Server on a PC, everytime After it tries to copy files (after first Re-boot) It goes BSOD, with a 'unable to access boot drive' type message. Asus TNT1 Video Card (I've tried a different Video Card) Gigabyte GA-686lx (Latest BIOS, and previous version) P2-300 128mb Sound Blaster compatible PCI card (I've tried without this card) Linksys LNE100tx Maxtor 7Gb HDD I've installed Win2k Pro, Server, & Advanced Server on several PC configurations, never had it do this. I've installed Win95, 98, & ME with no problems at all on this PC. I've tried Upgrading/Clean Install (Dual boot) from within Windows, and from a clean hard drive... No Difference. Any Ideas? ~NT Worker

I've tried installing Win2k Pro & Adv. Server on a PC, everytime After it tries to copy files (after first Re-boot) It goes BSOD, with a 'unable to access boot drive' type message. Asus TNT1 Video Card (I've tried a different Video Card) Gigabyte GA-686lx (Latest BIOS, and previous version) P2-300 128mb Sound Blaster compatible PCI card (I've tried without this card) Linksys LNE100tx Maxtor 7Gb HDD I've installed Win2k Pro, Server, & Advanced Server on several PC configurations, never had it do this. I've installed Win95, 98, & ME with no problems at all on this PC. I've tried Upgrading/Clean Install (Dual boot) from within Windows, and from a clean hard drive... No Difference. Any Ideas? ~NT Worker (Sorry, Thought I was in Hardware thread)

Hmmm it seems as the original post got lost a little bit... It does seem strange to me that someone would buy a ~$250 CPU, then turn around a few weeks later and replace it with a new slightly faster ~$300 CPU... When I worked in a custom PC shop this used to happen ALL the time... People would buy a $2500 PC, the CPU costing $500-$600, Intel would release a slightly faster CPU, and these people would come back wanting to upgrade to a $800 CPU for a gain for something like 50-100mhz... I'm one those who likes the fastest... (insert Tim Allen SFX) Everytime I upgrade my PC I have several others that get the hand-me-downs. I don't think JMD was talking about people who will use both CPU's, just the weird ones who upgrade and keep their old CPU as paper weight. ~NT Worker

There are more things to consider, the real reason consoles can be faster is the standard hardware found in console systems, The game programmers can optimize the game to fit the hardware, the longer a console is out the more tricks they can use for performance. When a PC software house (a good one anyway)programs a game they make sure it works with all sorts of hardware configurations. So that old p200mmx will run it, but so will that new Athlon 1.2ghz. With dozens of video cards, bios's, driver revisions, Sound cards, and game controllers, special programming for certain hardware would likely go the way of 3dFx's Glide. Part of the PC's allure (with me anyway) is the ability to choose which hardware works best for all of the things I do. A stripped down OS would definately help. But the performance from specialized programming would be lost. It would probably end not being worth the $$ for the Game OS developers. That's my guess anyway, ~NT Worker [This message has been edited by NT_Worker (edited 09 March 2001).]

Go into a command prompt and type: change user /install you will be in install mode. Good luck, ~NT_Worker

I do not believe that MouseRate program is th most accurate piece of software, also it only gives you an Average Ps2 Rate. I have a BX (Asus-P2B)chipsetM/B and a Via (asus P3v4x) With the BX I averaged about 190mhz, and with the Via I average about 180mhz. Same Mouse (Logitech Wheel), Same driver 7-8 and MS mouse driver). The Chipset probably factors in, and I don't know how much you can trust that Mouse rate Sampling program. Either way, 150mhz is still going to be excellent over the default 40mhz. Just my Opinion, Have a good day, and good luck. ~NT Worker

UT Would freeze up on me occasionally while playing, It seemed to be a hard lock, with the last few sounds looping endlessly. No power button, either kill the power or press reset. I found that through patience (apparently that's a virtue in some circles) that if I waited for about 15-45 seconds (BTW, those are LONG seconds while you are running away from a horde of blue team players with their flag)after waiting it would return and all would be fine. This happened with these setups: P3-750, Celery 450 (OC'd 300a) Geforce2 GTS, TNT2 Ultra, with several driver versions 3.xx-6.xx Win2K, with & w/o sp1, &/or current AGP drivers, DX7 Asus P3V4X, all bios' up to 1005 It was/is a strange problem, but I'm still looking for a fix ~NT Worker