w2k keeps redetecting ports and usb devices on reboot -win 9

[dnaylor 0]

whether its a dual boot setup or i have just one operating system installed win 2k will keep redetecting serial ports and INSTALLED

usb devices after reboot. Also in win2k installed printers go away after reboot in win 98se everythings fine

 

soyo 6baIII -latest bios

celeron 566 with slocket2

128k micron pc100 ram

win 98se and or win 2k new disk w/sp1

[ComputerMan 0]

Have you installed the two OSes in separated disk partitions ? It will work better that way. Its one of the hard drives MAxtor ? Maxtor and SP1 for Win2k do not work right they lose and corrupt data.

Your motherboard its Intel chipset or VIA ?

Do you use the lastest Intel UltraDMA drivers ?

[dnaylor 0]

I have a fugitsu drive 9.6 gig

intel bx chipset

ive tried win 2k as the only os with no difference

also no change without SP1

[Shrink 0]

Try deleting the newly detected devices without installing drivers for them (i.e. hit cancel), then remove from device manager each of the original devices. Then permit them to be redetected on the next boot and hopefully it will only do it once. Let us know what happens.

 

 

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Shrink

 

92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO!

 

PIII 650@850

BE6-II Mobo with 192 mb ram

20 gig Quantum KX 8 gig Quantum CR

SBlive Value

Voodooo3 3000 AGP

... and a bunch of USB Stuff

Windows 2000 Pro Retail

[Carlos 0]

I have the same problem with my priter HP970 and with a external modem 3Com Mensager Plus V90.

 

If they are not power on, when win2k boots, the OS don´t find them.

 

I have to power them on, and then reboot.

 

I woul like to know how to solve this.

 

Thank's

[dnaylor 0]

there is nothing plugged into the serial ports yet windows 2k detects them every boot

 

and the printer has power to it continually

[dnaylor 0]

With a little more probing what seems to be happening, is any device driver I install

or any system setting that i change in control panel disappears after reboot

[DeadCats 0]

Quote:

Originally posted by dnaylor:
With a little more probing what seems to be happening, is any device driver I install
or any system setting that i change in control panel disappears after reboot

That sounds like some serious stuff. First, I'd check my BIOS for weird settings. Then, I'd consider a reformat and reinstall.

I've yet to see the problems you're having reported in this forum.

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