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Windows Hardware 9627

LPT1 printer and cd burner

HwoodCats

I have a external cd burner and the only way to use it is if it's plugged into where the printer goes then plugging the printer into the back of the cd burner. I have tried unplugging the cd burner and plugging the printer in so I can use the printer but the computer wont even load windows when I do that.

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Last reply by HwoodCats, 2001-11-02 21:46

Windows Hardware 9627

Bios

HwoodCats

I went to and tested my computer for xp (after I installed it hehe) and it says that my computer is sorta ready. It says that the bios date is not correct or something. Does that mean I need a new motherboard? I don't know how to upgrade a bios.

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Last reply by HwoodCats, 2001-11-02 21:43

Windows Software 5498

WinXP Pro or Home edition? Which is better? And for what thi

pr-man

Just curious. I use professional myself.

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Last reply by clutch, 2001-11-02 19:36

Windows Hardware 9627

Why xp doesn't like my Athlon?

wildcockis

I can't install WinXP. Installation always stops to screen setup is inspecting your hardware configuration and jams. I've also tried to update my current WinMillenium, but the result is still same. I got same problem with every NT based OS such win2k, I cant install 'em either.

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Last reply by wildcockis, 2001-11-02 19:17

Windows Games 5469

NFS Porsche Unleashed - XP Probs?

Windows95

I've done a clean install of WinXP Pro on my system and have installed NFS Porsche Unleashed as well. The game ran perfectly under Win98SE and seems to be running just fine under XP as well save for one problem.

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Last reply by Windows95, 2001-11-02 19:02

Windows Networking 2246

how to get around ISP-blocked ports

shassouneh

Hi all, my College ISP has blocked all interesting ports, like the ones used for sharing clients such as Morpheus, Kazaa, napster etc. . . due to what they claim to be bandwidth concerns or whatever.

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Last reply by shassouneh, 2001-11-02 18:51

Windows Hardware 9627

Got a new scsi drive (how the hell do i hook it up)

Four and Twenty

ok here is the story i have a tyan 2400 mother board with onboard scsi the manual can be located here i just purchased a 10000 rpm seagate scsi drive model # ST118202LC the manual can be found here and the instll guide here ok here is the problem this drive has an 80 pin scsi connector and my motherboard has 2 68 p ...

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Last reply by adrianhall, 2001-11-02 18:07

Windows Hardware 9627

RAM Leaking

Palos

Hi there, I have 512MB Samsung PC2100 DDR RAM (CAS2. 5) and after W2K startup I end up with around 438 MB free. That's all nice and dandy, but last night I noticed that after installing some dodgy ASPI drivers and Fireburner 2.

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Last reply by Palos, 2001-11-02 17:40

Windows Software 5498

NT4 Startmenu Delay

Ekstreme

I'm having probs with TweakUI not storing the startmenu display speed under NT4. In the help file it says some users may not have enough privelages to write to the registry, but I'm the admin account.

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Last reply by Palos, 2001-11-02 17:32

Feedback 1316

Beta Board Elite

Brian Frank

As the Admin over there is offering to host my site, and the fact that I really do like the YaBB system he's using, I'm taking this opportunity to pimp a new board. Please sign up if you're intrested.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-11-02 16:56

Customization Tweaking 1790

How to turn off CD drive auto play on disk insertion in Win2

Discoboy

Please can you explain how to turn of the CD drives auto run on disk insertion feature? This was easy to find in Win98xx but not so in Win2K

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Last reply by Xiven, 2001-11-02 16:48

Customization Tweaking 1790

Icons are show in only 16 colors!!! help!!

rgodart

I installed the new final powertoys and messed with the shortcut arrow option in tweakUI. I put it on None and since then my icons are only shown in 16 colors!! it's ugly!!!! I can't get it back to 16bits.

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Last reply by rgodart, 2001-11-02 12:25

Windows Hardware 9627

Dissabling Device to prevent BSOD from defctive Hardware/Dri

reversing_drive

I continually get a BSOD in Win2K SP2 were a reference to 'wdmaud. sys' is made. Someone mentioned before on these boards that 'wdmaud. sys' refers to MMSYSTEM Wave/Midi API mapper Could i disable some Multimedia Devices in Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Devices to prevent these Blue Screens.

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Last reply by reversing_drive, 2001-11-02 12:14

Windows Games 5469

Best RPG game out there right now?

pr-man

Well I have finished Baldures gate 2 and throne of Bhaal and Pool of radiance 2 is not out yet. Can anyone recommend a good rpg game?.

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Last reply by CUViper, 2001-11-02 09:49

Customization Tweaking 1790

Start menu problems

Ekstreme

I know this is a minor problem, but it really tweaks the hell out of me. For some reason, I can no longer double click on a folder in the start menu, to open it in explorer. Nor can I right click and use open or explorer.

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Last reply by Ekstreme, 2001-11-02 09:23

Windows Hardware 9627

I'm removing C:\ again

DremNeonBlack

I'm wondering if anyone have a good solution to my problem. I want to get rid of my dualboot. This is the setup: 15Gb C:\ winME (crap, I want it out. Only kept it for games anyway) 15Gb D:\ winXP 15-25Gb E:\ F:\ G:\ H:\ just stuff If I delete C:\ obviously I won't be able to boot anything, but isnt there some simpl ...

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Last reply by DremNeonBlack, 2001-11-02 09:19

Windows Games 5469

Wolfenstein Test + NT4

Ekstreme

Well, as the title suggests, I'm running Wolfenstein test under NT4, but I'm having issues with sound. The problem is. . . . . no sound at all! I have a SBLive value LW3 isntalled. Sounds works great in everythign else, just not this game.

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Last reply by Admiral LSD, 2001-11-02 08:16

Windows Networking 2246

Cant get lan games to work on xp

Arleyf73

Im have trouble here. I have 2 computers with Win ME and bought a new computer with Win xp on it for a total of 3. My Me comps play lan games together no problem but xp will not play. if i host the game on xp the other computers can see the game but hangs if i try to connect to it.

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Last reply by clutch, 2001-11-02 07:26

Windows Hardware 9627

ACCESS to floppydrive

jos

At irregular moments a popup appears and says that the floppydrive contains no disk and asks to put a disk in it. Any idea what this can be ? I use Windows2000 Professional - SP2 on a HP Vectra PII-350 - 128MB Ram thanks Jos.

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Last reply by pbuckne, 2001-11-02 07:06

Windows Hardware 9627

Is 1x512MB RAM "better" than 2x256MB

Ron_Jeremy

I am building my first AMD system & will be choosing a board outfitted with VIA's (I'm already in a panic) KT266a chipset. I was wondering if there's an advantage/disadvantage to using more or fewer RAM slots.

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Last reply by pbuckne, 2001-11-02 06:58