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Quote: I added all the changes, but it didnt help:( I really cant figure this one out. That being the case, you must go back to basics. You say that this happened in the last few days. If that is so, what did 'you' do (add programs, change settings, etc) just before this slow shutdown began? Think back... systems really don't change without imput.

Quote: ehh, I noticed that the article is made for WinXP. I got 2000. Isnt is possible that im going to mess something up by adding those registry settings, cause Win2k is older. Anyone have any experience with these tweaks under Win2k. I don't see anything that's going to 'hurt' your W2K setting here. If it makes you feel any better, I just applied the registry settings to my system... Seems to work fine. Good Tip Tomay .

Quote: Quote: I supose that eventually OS bloat will make this all relivant again, but untill then let's just enjoy ... Heh, "bloat"... yes, again, I agree. This stuff gets better/faster ALL the time hardware-wise at least... but, give programmers more available power, they'll figure out how to soak it up! Personally, I don't go for alot of the "new" ideas in coding because of said "bloat"... Let's remember that it's not just coding that's the bloat. People want to see more and more 'realism', so, more bits of data added to the sound, to the visual, etc., etc.. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not just text files that we're dealing with now. True 3d imaging should be a real kicker. You said you're into games, so, you should know that. I already pity aanyone who doesn't have broadband .

Quote: P.S.=> What do you think about the "conundrum" I pose up there about NTFS compressed files being less of a read up off the disk (especially for exe types), but the compression layer slowing that speed gain down some...? Do you think that a compressed exe, due to today's disk & CPU speeds GAINS by being compressed OR loses overall due to having to be decompressed first & then assembled in RAM?? apk With the exception of those fokes out there who 'really' can't afford newer equiptment, I think that the problems with space and speed which was relivant a few years ago, has been made totaly moot by todays hardware. That doesn't mean that you don't need to 'manage' your data, but, things like cheap 600+mb cd storeage & fast burn times have made even long term archiving real easy. The compression becomes irelevant for speed too. My 2 wdjb80gb hd's are soo fast. Few people are really concerned about a +/-ms access diferiental any more. I supose that eventually OS bloat will make this all relivant again, but untill then let's just enjoy ...

Quote: Quote: Ace my boy, you have 3 choices 1.) Figure out what files to transfer from D: to C: or to CD, etc. 2.) Use a utility like Partition Magic to reaportion your disk. 3.) Add another hd. LOL, hd storage is soo cheap. There IS a 4th choice & it is reliable, as opposed to say DOS 6.x's DoubleSpace/DriveSpace single logical virtual compressed disk scheme: 4.) WindowsNT35.1/4.0 & Windows2000/XP File-by-File integrated compression * It works, is stable, & in SOME cases could technically even improve performance of reads of data up off the disk (smaller file to readup from drive) but, it has to go thru the uncompress stage so that may offset the gain in speed... today's CPU's are SO fast, it may actually be faster to use it! (Tough call there & I have NOT tested it but have thought about writing a small program to do so with a hi-resolution timer counting the clockticks needed to copy/move/read/write compressed files vs. uncompressed ones). I use it on data I do not access alot (readme files, docs I don't modify alot, texts I keep around with technical info, etc.) & that is not of an executeable nature. I leave .exe type files (.dll, .ocx, .sys, .tlb, .com, .exe, etc.) uncompressed so they load as fast as possible! I don't know anyone who uses that anymore. Again, storeage is soo cheap, it's just not worth the effort.

Quote: thanks for the response... i don't get any errors at all, it simply, executes the file, and nothing happens. when i run it manually, same thing. i haven't tried typign it into the command line lately, i will try that again. ntbackup... is it automated? or can it be? i just need regular nightly backups of data onto a remote server... thats all, very simple. i haven't tried other tools, nor have i looked because i am quite lazy. lol, sorry, but its the truth. some admin i am huh? heh... thanks for your help xcopy E: Y:\ /D /E /C /H /R /K /O /Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ source Specifies the file(s) to copy. destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files. /A Copies only files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute. /M Copies only files with the archive attribute set, turns off the archive attribute. /D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time. /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]... Specifies a list of files containing strings. When any of the strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension respectively. /P Prompts you before creating each destination file. /S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. /E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T. /V Verifies each new file. /W Prompts you to press a key before copying. /C Continues copying even if errors occur. /I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory. /Q Does not display file names while copying. /F Displays full source and destination file names while copying. /L Displays files that would be copied. /H Copies hidden and system files also. /R Overwrites read-only files. /T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories. /U Copies only files that already exist in destination. /K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes. /N Copies using the generated short names. /O Copies file ownership and ACL information. /X Copies file audit settings (implies /O). /Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /Z Copies networked files in restartable mode. he switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. his may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yup... seems to be alright.. (/Z looks usefull) Does xcopy work locally? Try it with some local directory. Trying to find if this is a network thing. This isn't Novell I assume ;-). xcopy 'should' be about the most bullitproof thing on your system. Lazy is one thing, but, replacing it with a more complicated GUI when you already know that xcopy will do the job, is just plain lame. Trouble shoot the dam thing.

Quote: come to think of it...i did do something.... i ran the "check for player updates" of the windows media player 9 rc1 and it downloaded 13MB and updated it to version 9.00.00.2926 i didn't read much into it because i once installed a windows media update when i installed the wmp 9 beta ,but that didn't screw up thing.....maybe the new update did .......... Uh... yep.. that could be a problem. I have windows media v6.x.. for a reason. Nobody can screw up their own system faster than Bill's boys Next time look at something like Zoom Player. I'd see if you can uninstall.

Quote: reinstalled winamp......still a no go. i should mention again...winamp works and double clicking mp3's works, it's just the play all command on the common tasks that is not working..(but used to..) Ok, so ya gotta do it the hard way. A number of questions that you need to ask yourself... What did 'you' do just before the function stopped working? These things don't just stop all by themselves ya know. Did you, for example, install any other software (especially media related) or make any system changes? Also, do the 'enqueue in winamp' and the 'add to winamp bookmark list' functions still work from the tasks list? And, It wouldn't hurt to have the 'enqueue as default' on in winamp. If you're up to it, Check the Registry for: My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\shell\Winamp.Play\command default should be "C:\Program Files\Winamp \Winamp.exe" "%1" Humm... this is really embeded. do a search on winamp. anywhere you hit the '\shell\Play\command' the default should all be "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" "%1" if it's not, that's the problem. Of course that's assuming that you have winamp installed to C:\Program Files\Winamp

'customized as a music folder' kinda threw me as you can really play 'any' folder with mp3 files in it ;-). As I said, I think that you screwed up something with the winamp to mp3 associations. Right now, rather than trying to determine what needs to be fixed, you should just reinstall the program. It's not a big deal, and, it should get you running.

Quote: winamp works great.......selecting a folder or a file from winamp works fine and also double clicking a mp3 file works (winamp loads and plays the song). my problem is with the OS.i got used to work with a folder customized as a music folder ,and as such a folder a command "play all" appears in the common tasks tab and clicking on it loads all files automatically to winamp.........well at least it used to.....now it won't, now clicking on the "play all" command in a folder filled with mp3's gives me the error "unable to find a playable file".....and that is my problem..... any thoughts? I assume your using v.3 . I use 2.78 cause I don't need all the visual BS, but the selections are pretty much the same. Actually I don't use it that way, but it sounds as if some of the associations have been lost. In WinAmp preferences, I'd look at: Under 'File Types' make sure that the file associations for mp3 are included. 'Register winamp types on start' should be checked 'Directory context menus' should be checked (I think this is the pertinent one) There may be another selection in v3... look around. Anyway, I think the answer is in the WinAmp configuration file.

Quote: hey... i have a mp3 folder and it is customized to a music folder. until yestersay i was able to click on the command "play all" [which is on the common tasks in the left part of the screen], and winamp would automatically load with all the mp3's in its play list. now, for some reason clicking on "play all" gives me the error "unable to find a playable file" and yet double clicking any file in the directory load winamp..... how do i fix this problem ?? ;( Did you try reselecting the folder from winamp?

Have you tried unhooking your second drive while installing? Just a thought.

Quote: lol.. "condor" funny... Yeah cost of living here is cheap. I have a friend who lives in Chicago who lives in something almost half the size for $1200/mo. Ouch! 8) I'm going back there this spring.

Quote: Seems I misread the title of this thread. I thought somebody was offering to rent me a large bird of prey from the vulture family. Damn, just when I thought I could at last get the upper hand on the netx doors neighbours cats! Good Idea... You could even get rid of the neighbors kids with one of those.

Quote: Can anyone help me. I have NT workstation linked by network to a win2000 pc with a shared HP deskjet 890c. Every time i try to add the printer to my own printers, the PC errors on every driver I install, even from the install disk of the printer. I have installed from internet every driver I can get hold of, but there must be a driver out there for sharing printers. Many thanks You need to have the w2k driver loaded on the w2k machine, and the NT driver loaded on the NT machine for that to work. Appropriate drivers do seem to be available. http://www.hp.com/cposupport/swindexes/dj890c_swen.html

Quote: Quote: she's smart enough to update MSM, but, she can't run addaware??? Time for a serious talk Seriously good point. I hadn't thought of it that way. You are right of course. The thing is, I was hoping for security's sake that I could get this done, whether she can get rid of the spyware or not. Spyware is but one of many security concerns that are at issue here, concerns that will be impossible to teach to the girls who are the root of the problem. Oh well, I just find this whole thing rather frustrating. The 'root of the problem' is really the MSM, and not the girls. The only real solution is to uninstall the MSM or to password the account and not give 'the girls' access untill they are accountable ( try never ). in any case, you have to get control of the situation.

Quote: That is correct. MSN Messenger 5.0.04xx on Windows 2000 Professional sp2. Sorry I can't remember the exact build number on msn, but it was the one that just came out this morning. When I went over to my mom's to test that program she told me that she had done the update that it notified her of just today. she's smart enough to update MSM, but, she can't run addaware??? Time for a serious talk

Quote: Also, how do i use the selective startup on 2000 in order to disable some programs from running on startup? thanks in advance. Download Xteq X-Setup (freeware even). It will give you easy control of startup, shutdown and a bunch of other w2k processes and programs. http://www.xteq.com/

Quote: I'd go with a 2GB partition. Agree. And what do you think of DR Dos. From what I've read, it sounds to be a very interesting (and now open) solution.

Quote: Well, if you really wanted to know, you could get the time/date stamp of the file on the Windws 2000 CD. True. Quote: It would probably be worth reloading the site driver. Can't hurt. Quote: I agree, but it wasn't on HP's site, and neither is the driver for the 550C that you recommended. A contrare mon ame ;-). Try: http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareLis...&sw_lang=en Incidentaly it is a parallel interface. Although the 600 series are mostly USB. Go figure? Quote: My opinion? It's an old printer, time to upgrade if the Microsoft drivers are not cutting the mustard. That printer was developed in the Windows 3.1 era. Oh come on Adam, Those things run forever . Deskjets are the most reliable thing HP ever made.

Try this: http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/get...d04838#P16_2755 Says to use the 550C driver.

Quote: If you follow that link, you'll see a notice that the current driver is included with Windows 2000, FYI. Yeah, but you don't know 'when' they added that version. It would probably be worth reloading the site driver. Can't hurt. Otherwise you try to find a driver that is close to the 720c that he has. I can't believe that their isn't something close, but it then becomes a try it and see routine. Incidently, is the 720c usb or LPT?

Quote: Well, I have the problem, that the driver for the HP Deskjet 720C that is shipped with Windows 2000 is crap and HP doesn't support this operating system. Any idead which alternate driver can be used or how I can get an existing driver to work ? You do know that the HP Website does list a driver for W2K. Don't kno if it's any different..but http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/cposupport/swindex.pl?p=dj720c&l=en&c=MicrosoftWindows2000 Otherwise you'll have to do a trial and error i guess. Sorry.

Ace my boy, you have 3 choices 1.) Figure out what files to transfer from D: to C: or to CD, etc. 2.) Use a utility like Partition Magic to reaportion your disk. 3.) Add another hd. LOL, hd storage is soo cheap.

Quote: Firstly, we have www.linuxcompatible.org if you would like to have a heavy duty Linux discussion, but I don't mind talking Linux here .HTH I'm too lazy to switch right now. Quote: Second, all RPM-based distros suck.HTH Without getting into the multitude of different program distribution methods, packages using RMS have come a long way towards easy instillation of programs. Linux as a workstation environment will never gain momentum unless this problem is resolved. And, since you've mentioned Debian, I should mention that I've also done an install with that. My impression was one of almost arrogance. Sorry, I'm not trying to offend anyone, but, Debian is the least user friendly Linux build that I ran into, and, its users don't seem much interested in making it any easier or better. Even Slackware was friendlier ;-). Quote: However, RH, Drake, and SuSE are really great for newbies, or people that don't want to futz with their system much. They are "easier" to install (I can install Debian in half the time it takes me to get RH8 going though) for new people, and have friendly interfaces overall with more control panel type utilities. To all those that like them, don't be offended. This is just my up-in-yan of them .HTH Most of the new users are used to, and, will want this type of environment. Many will go beyond that, but, a user friendly environment will help them to learn it better and faster. If Linux is to progress from a nitch OS to anything mainstreem and compete with the MS offerings, then, a lot more has to be done in this direction.