loengard

If you upgrade your computer a lot, and have a good setup now doing everything you want, I'd say stick with Win2K.... Unless you like spending time on the phone trying to explain to the M$ people why you need to activate your OS *again* and why your hardware is different *again*. From my own personal experience.... I'm upgrading components in my computer at least every 3 months.... I'll get a faster CD burner, or a new CPU, a better video card, etc.... If my NIC goes bad, I'll have to replace it. I replace the motherboards at times too - better chipset, more processor support, etc.... Guess what? If I do that with XP, I'll probably have to re-activate.... Just food for thought.

For home users who use Windows 2000, XP offers the ability to finally get rid of that dual boot nightmare with Win2K/Win98..... New PCs will come with it, so users will have to get used to it.... For business... Most won't change what works.... They have no need for games in the office, so the fact that Win2K doesn't do those well isn't an issue for them.... My prediction. WPA will be XP's undoing... Aside from the people who get it with new PCs, I don't think many people will shell out the bucks to upgrade, especially if they own more than one PC.... They don't want to buy more than one copy of a new OS. Maybe that's wrong, but it's been going on for a long time.... Loengard

The only way around it is to set up your system as a member of a workgroup, not a domain, with the workgroup name the same as the domain name.... Then you have to duplicate all of your user accounts and passwords EXACTLY from the domain server.... Pain in the butt, but it works, and allows for shared file access on the network... Loengard

It IS possible with a couple of third-party applications, although I'm not sure if it's really all that reliable. Loengard

First, a little background. I have a computer that I put in my loft that is the most powerful of the bunch. I would like to share it with other members of my family, but I don't like logging out and closing all my programs just so those other people can use it... That's where Fast User Switching comes in, right? Wrong! Not if you're using a domain model and not a workgroup model. I know, I know.... I'm a home user, what the hell am I running a domain for? Cuz I can.... It's secure.... and it provides me with central management of all the machines in my house. I have 7, so this makes it so much easier for me to administrate my network. Suffice it to say, the idiots at Microsoft decided that if you're using a domain, then you must not want to have fast-user switching as an option. That's just stupid. I know plenty of companies that have domains and multiple users who use one machine. They might like it to. I did find a way around it, but it's messy, and I don't like it. Someone care to explain to me the rational behind this? Loengard

Of course, most of that is old information for old builds. I've had no problems with NBA Live 2k1 with builds > 2465.... Just installed 2505 (RC-1) and it works great. The issue might be your video driver. I'm using a Geforce 2 in one machine and an ATI Radeon in the other, and both work very well in XP with NBA live. What video card are you using?

That goes with what I heard, too... Essentially, it'll be just a re-named build 2502 as well.

It'll work, but as always, YMMV...

Geez.... I just got 2499 installed and running... :-) I'll be happy when the RC roll out.... At least the release time between them won't be so short!

Seldzar I installed 2495 with no problems. I applied the crack from the website above, and it looks like it worked (I haven't set the date ahead yet to test)... However, I was able to log in just fine, even before it was activated. You're not able to log in at all (other than safe mode), even after the first boot?

Weird. Some people said they were having problems with SB Live's with other builds as well... It's always worked for me, so we'll see what happens when I install 2495 later.

I haven't installed 2495 yet, but will this evening. If it's as stable as 2486, I'll be very happy with it. I still remember 2000 at this stage (or, God forbid, NT 4.0), and this is so much better and more stable. I've had 2486 running on this machine for 2 weeks straight with no blue screens or anything - even when playing 3-D games... Got anything interesting to report with 2495?

My shares work fine here, but I'm also using a domain model for my network, so all the authentication is handeled by the server. So, in my case, there's nothing that is broken and/or crippled in the version that I have, but I can see the point of it... The best bet for ***** people will be to do the same thing with WinXP as they did with Office - get ahold of the corporate (Select) version that doesn't require activation.

XP will stop working after 14 days if it's not activated. There are two other options - either call Microsoft's activation number, or apply the crack. Since you have a legal copy, it's probably easiest for you to call them.

Is that at an office or something? Maybe you can do it after hours... Your LAN would still be functional, but the internet would be down for a few minutes. Your only other choice is to get on the server and open up all the ports in the proxy and forward them to your box. This, and other compatiblility issues is why I dumped proxy and got a hardware firewall.