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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

it's not so much about learning to use something for the first time, Personally I've found Win2K far more helpful with it's help menu's than any other Microsoft OS, (admittedly I haven't delved into WinME very far) It's more about the OS being 'forgiving', Beginners are more likely to install all sorts of Stupid crap from the internet, those silly little things that people send to you through e-mail, weird little tools, and utilities that you can download for FREE from all sorts of strange sites. Experienced users either are more careful about what they load, and/or they are more adept at getting themselves out of what ever mess they got into. I've gotten more than my share of: My taskbar (not that they know what to call it) is on the wrong side of my monitor... what do I do? Most of the people I'm talking about don't use the computer but for a few basic, minor things, They surf the web, They E-mail, They type letters and/or write, some play games, or have kids or grandkids that play games. Some eventually buy a scanner and make family trees or something. They are not "hardcore" users, they spend a few hours a week on the machine. They don't worry about networking, proxy servers, game patches, latest drivers, benchmarks, the latest video card. This is where Win9x and Win2k diverge, Win2K isn't going to do them anymore good than 9x, all of the goodies that I think are essential are, lost on many "basic" home users. Then you have the CAD users, the digital photographers, digital video, digital audio recorders, graphic arts, and such, for which Win2K is a godsend. That's all really, ~NT Worker

Lame Double post -Sorry ~NT Worker [This message has been edited by NT_Worker (edited 18 October 2000).]

Right ON!! If you go, Make sure you mention Superbike 2000 and 2001 for me! Also, you might wanna reconsider marching there if you're going alone. that might look kinda funny. I don't know where EA is, but if it's in California, (where I live) it's pretty effective to drive by slowly a few times while brandishing an assault rifle. but make sure they know they have to fix those games too... ~NT Worker

I think you have very good points, and I agree with you. I think it comes down to a couple of things. When you are a large, well known company, a field leader, you are expected to deliver on your word. Intel and the RAMBUS matter for instance. A small Up & Comer can flub their announcements somewhat and still come out on top. nVidia and the TNT comes to mind. Microsoft *Knew* that Win2K, based on the NT kernel did not support an acceptable range of hardware and software. This is where the idea, if it's good quality and a well-known manufacturer, it'll work with NT 4.0 (and then of course 2000). This , IMHO, is why Microsoft *can't* endorse games with Win2K. They are protecting their backsides from the support they would otherwise have to provide because Uncle Jed wants to play TekWars or some ancient P.O.S. game programmed by Gomer in his parents basement. Is this the best position? Maybe, maybe not. I believe the blame lies squarely on the developers who, through either laziness or ignorance (neither being a good thing) choose not to support a popluar & capable OS. Not to mention, this argument is probably what the Mac users have trying to get thru for some time now. While I might not agree with Microsoft, they are doing this for a reason which makes sense, or at least could be. If it is about right or wrong, I think the developers are wrong in this case. (Microsoft has been wrong about a good number of things themselves... but we're not discussing those things =) Have a good one, ~NT Worker

I think some important things were missed with this thread, concerning Microsoft's marketing of WinMe and Win2K. One example is this. Let's take some completely inexperienced person, they've never really used a computer, but want to get "Online" and have "E-Mail", because they've seen the exciting AOL commercial on TV about EVERYONE being on AOL and loving it. This is a person who actually has to *think* about how to properly use a mouse. Many members of my family are this way (the older ones anyway, the ones who didn't grow up on Atari, Commodre 64, Apple IIe's and everything that came after.) What would a person buying a machine with that little bit of information do with Windows 2000? NTFS? Administrator accounts? How about the cheap No-Name, not brand-specific, computer they purchased... Even big companies have issues with Windows 2000 (how about Creative?) what about the hundreds of No-Name companies? We all know about AMD, Intel, Creative Labs, nVidia, 3dfx and evryone else... but what does Grandpa Harold know about installing a new driver, or even identifying a piece of hardware (conviently named 16-bit audio)or a driver issue, all he knows is: My computer "crashed". Microsoft separated the 2 OS's because of user knowledge, the thousands of computers sold to Ma & Pa because their kid went off to college and they want to keep in touch. Hardware and software support for Win2K is great for what it is, but not great. Win2k is for "businesses", businesses usually have an IT staff to help out users. Win9x is for people who have a wide variety of software and hardware that may not be of high quality, it may not be top of the line, it may be some win 3.1 app being used in the "new" win98 special... OEM's aren't usually giving away things like a full version of Photoshop with PC's, they give you crap. They throw in words like MULTI-MEDIA and INTERNET READY, They brag about things we would laugh at if weren't included... Hey on sale now a brand new car!! It has a STEERING WHEEL!!! It comes pre configured with... A FREEWAY READY ENGINE!! That's probably much more than 2 cents... but there it is. I don't smell too much conspiracy about Win2k and Win9x if you look at it through the standpoint of user, software, and hardware support. Why a company like EA (my gripe is with Superbike 2000) can't make a win2k compatible game is beyond me. But I have my revenge by not giving them my money. I spend it on companies interested in my business, like id, Epic, Valve/Sierra, and many others. I've let EA know about my dissatisfaction, and now it's up to them to make it right. Petitions are good in this situation. You've got to ask for what you want. Enough from me. ~NT Worker

I have another Internet Explorer Question (although this may apply to Netscape). Is there a way to keep new browser windows from opening when you click on a link? Alternately, does anyone know the scripting code, or by some other method of giving Internet explorer sessions different proxy server settings? Thanks, ~NT Worker

Does anyone have any idea about setting up specific configurations of IE that can be launched from different icons? For instance, Icon 1 will launch IE with an address bar, navigation buttons to a home page of "www.yahoo.com" Icon 2 with no address bar, no buttons, with a home page of "www.disney.com" Etc, Etc. Thanks, ~NT Worker

Thanks! I am able to accomplish my task based on your information! That was extremely helpful! Thanks again! ~NT Worker [This message has been edited by NT_Worker (edited 06 October 2000).]

Well... IEAK did not seem to solve this issue, If anyone has any further ideas, I can still use them. Thanks for the help Clutch. Thanks, ~NT Worker

Thanks for the info, I'll look into the IEAK. This is puzzle has been solved with Netscape, netscape.exe -P"Profile name" But Netscape is not right for my uses, It too easily allows a user to type in: c:\ in the address bar and gain access to C: (read only, but still...) Thanks again, ~NT Worker