jw 0 Posted May 2, 2000 i have-300mmx amd-k\6,160 ram, matrox g200 sd/pci 8 meg,usb,ext aol-dsl modem,etc clutch or anyone else this is my nt update: i loaded nt on a 4 gig h-drive,results: 1-it will only load aol 3.o(bad). 2-it will not load office 2000 without service pack 3.(bad-Internet Explorer-5 on this disk) 3-when i try to d-load service pack 3(much less the latest 6a)error message says:"this program does not support the protocol for accessing d-loads" 4-so far, no usb support(bad-for my dsl and web cam) 5-(GOOOD)UNREAL PLAYS THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN WITHOUT UP[censored] VID DRIVERS. 6-had to put this hard drive back in too post this message(normal) QUESTION----?? is a service pack gonna help me or will win2k support all the above? or is linux my future? thanks so much for your help,jw (will not trade out h-drives till i get a reply--geeez what a life) Share this post Link to post
Seldzar 0 Posted May 2, 2000 Win2k for all of the above......comes with IE 5...office 2k goes in flawlessly wihtout a reboot. My USB mouse even works in safemode. Win2k is the way to go. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted May 2, 2000 I love Win2K. I used to love NT 4.0 (and still like it a lot) but Win2K Pro is a mjor improvement. I don't know what it will be like for you with a 300MHz AMD proc tho, but everything else should be great. If you keep NT, just use the Service Packs that I told you about and you will be fine. I have Office 2K on a few machines here at work and they have WinNT 4.0 SP5 on them. What kind of mobo do you have? I have heard of the nightmares that others have had with some mobos so you may want to check that out. ------------------ Regards, clutch Share this post Link to post
jw 0 Posted May 3, 2000 Quote: Originally posted by clutch:I love Win2K. I used to love NT 4.0 (and still like it a lot) but Win2K Pro is a mjor improvement. I don't know what it will be like for you with a 300MHz AMD proc tho, but everything else should be great. If you keep NT, just use the Service Packs that I told you about and you will be fine. I have Office 2K on a few machines here at work and they have WinNT 4.0 SP5 on them. What kind of mobo do you have? I have heard of the nightmares that others have had with some mobos so you may want to check that out. ok, i give---whats mobo? i'm having a hard time finding the right service packs from ms.my nt only allows aol 3.0 to work.is there a way too get the sp3,4,5 in my condition?jw Share this post Link to post
DosFreak 2 Posted May 3, 2000 mobo=motherboard Download Service Pack 6a from Microsoft and install it. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted May 3, 2000 The link that I sent you in my email should give you what you need for Service Packs. But if you lost it, here it is again... http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/default.asp Pick a pack, any pack ------------------ Regards, clutch Share this post Link to post