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chudy
Hi all, I've been having problems with my machine lately. . . . . to describe it quickly it's a p2-500, 256megs ram, viper v770 tnt2 video card running 3. 6. 5 drivers, aureal vortex1 sound card (8820 chip).

Jane's 688 on win2k
Levent Guner
Has anyone managed to run this game on win2k? No mission can be launched after the patching. Please help!! I'll be crazy if it doesn't work on the final version of win2k, because I think Jane's will not support this relatively old game.

Diamond Viper v550
No_Name
Ok. . . Running Win2k now. . . but when I run DXDiag I get an error during Hardware D3D test. Direct3D test results: Failure at step 18 (CreateDevice): HRESULT = 0x80004002 (No interface) Do I have to install new drivers? Thanks.



build 2195.3
surad
How do I get build 2195. 3 from Core? Do I download it from their website? If so what is the URL? Thanks. .

DirectX 7.0a, Adaptec EZ Scsi 5.0
Bloodlust
Hi, does anyone know which version of DX is Win2k 2195 using? Also, will EZ Scsi work as I have a Yamaha CDR100 and I need to install it beforehand for my writer to be detected. I appreciate any advice, thanks.


Dual processor Question...
Laddyboy
If I get an Abit BP6 MB and another 366 processor. . . . will I be assured that I can run a Dual system with Win2k. I would hate to spend the money and it not work. I have recently read that microshaft(ehhh.

Joystick disappears as non administrator user
String
Win2k 2195 professional. . . I install my joystick under Administrator (M$ sidewinder auto detect) but when u log is as my normal non-admin user it doesnt appear in game controller setup. Any idea how to get round this?.

Alrighty, Anyone try those german sblive drivers?
mr_yellow
The subject speaks for itself. . being in the brink of a clean w2k install, i'd like to know if these are 'working', as in quad speakers work/smp support, etc. . . Ofcourse I have a nagging feeling these are just the WDM sblive drivers from rc2.

New button with IE 5.00.2920.0000
ByronT
I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but have you seen the document button added to the Standard Button bar of IE? The one that has Discuss as it's text? Is Microsoft incorporating comment/review capabilities to IE? When you click on it, it asks for a Discussion Server.

Surpreme Snowboarders under RC3
PreAmp
Hey, Anyone have an idea to get Supreme Snowboarding to work under 2183? When I run the game I get a message saying: The appilication failed to intialize properly. . Any ideas? Thanks. .

Photoshop out of memory
Spankee
I can't get photoshop 5. 0, 5. 02, or 5. 5 to work on my computer (win2k build 2195). It says: There is not enough memory (RAM) to launch photoshop. That's a photoshop message, not a windows one. I have 96MB RAM and 256MB swap (on another partition).

RegEdit and EnablePlainTextPassword
Awaxx
When I was under Win98, I was using shared folder. Those folder were on Unix computer and shared with SMB. Win98 is crypting pwd so I had to add a DWORD in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\VNETSUP named EnablePlainTextPassword with 1 as data to uncrypt them before sending them.

Is Sound Blaster Live SMP crash prone?
MarksmanX
Hi guys I have: Dual Pentium II 450 128PC-100 RAM Intellieye USB USB keyboard Sound Blaster Live TNT2 Ultra Promise Ultra DMA 66 controller 3COM 10/100Mbit 3XP processor I don't know if it's the soundblaster live or the harddrive that locks up my system in Q3A.

The Millennium is almost here!!! ...
chameleon
The big moment is finally soo close! what are all you peep's plans for that glorious night ? personally i think i might run crazy down the street in white underwear with 2000 tatood to my niples! yeah baby! anyways, i wanna here what you guys have planned for da 2 zero zero zero! ;o) chameleon.

Several program crashers on RC3 - why?
wilhelm
Hi, After installing RC3 als Clean Install I got the following program crashes: - The application, hh. exe, generated an application error The error occurred on 12/19/1999 @ 13:57:44. 271 The exception generated was c0000005 at address 75AF2128 (<nosymbols> ) - The application, iexplore.

USR 56k Winmodem- anyone get it to work
Krwshl
i have gotten mine to work with different drivers, but it will only connect at 31. 2 and below. I need to find drivers that will work correctly with it. If you can help, please do. The drivers i have state that the device is working properly but when i try to open the modem it says it cannot open the device.

SBLive FAQ for those with install problem.
SHS
OK, here's a solve that might work for you: Method 1: In the Device Manager, check the installed device under 'Computer'. Ten to one that it's installed as 'Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC'.