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Modem thing

bottleneck
I have a external V. 90 modem(something with a Rocwel chip) on COM1. It's annoying to have to reboot every time I try to dial a connection and the modem wasn't on when the windows was loading. Is there a way for the OS to load the driver for the modem ven if it is on? Thnx.
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Windows 2000 full backup / restore ?

Inray
Under Win98 i used a simple method to keep a \Windows and \Program Files backup on the same hard disk so after each new programs installation - fail - crash i could restore the old and clear backups and my system was uptime always.
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System Tray icons....

CUViper
Hey guys remember that problem with all system tray icons limited to 16 colors? Well, I finally found a fix. . . . . . I applied the patch to my system, and now the winamp icon finally shows full color.
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Missed animated mouse cursor in IE5

Inray
I have IE5. 01 +SP1 in Win2000+SP1 but somehow i missed animated hourglass mouse cursor while a web page renders itself. I must move the mouse cursor on toolbar to see it as hourglass, otherwise it became the simple known arrow.
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Windows Update

Nít®O
Hi, bit of a stupid question, but once I have downloadsed all the service Packs etc for 2k where r they stored?, so I can back em up for next time i format????? and also I have edited the boot screen (NICE) but where r the bmps for the shutdown and other screens any help would be cool,
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startup programs (systray?) loads slow

DremNeonBlack
I dont know the english word for the startup items loading in the systray ? (volume, graphicscard icon etc etc) Upon starup, everything goes very fast, until the systray is suppose to load, then the system halts for about 10 seconds before the icons appear.
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good resource for unattended setups?

ThC 129
Ive read the unattended. doc and used the setupmgr from the resource kit, but they really dont give me all the answers to the questions that are asked. Is there any place to find a more complete documentation on this subject?.
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Windows 2000 Debug Program

Elian_Gonzalez
Is there anyway to get Windows 2000 to not debug every program that crashes? Debugging doesn't do me any good as far as I know, and I have no use for it. All it does is use up 30-60mb of RAM, and slow my computer down to a crawl.
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Pagefile is reported incorrectly in w2k

BlaZeR2
Fresh install of 2000 on a new Dell computer. system properties says that the pagefile is set to a minimum of 382MB and a max of 768 MB. A quick property check of the actual file confirms the size to be 382 MB.
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How do I get windows explorer to ???????

falcon26
How do I get Windows Explorer to stop starting in the My Documents folder everytime I start windows explorer to look at all my files and folders? I want it so it starts with nothing showing basicly, so just my C drive is present.
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CD-ROM ASPI support

CrazyKillerMan
I have upgraded to 2000 advanced server w/service pack 1. I just installed audiocatalyst and the only ripping method it supports is analog. In 98SE i could do ASPI and it could do a whole cd in under 5 mins, but with analog its realtime.
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NT Login problems

mboyaj
I brought my laptop home from work so I could transfer files to my desktop so I removed the domain name and changed the workgroup name to match my home network. Now I can't login. I need help so I can get in and change the domain name back.
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ICON BACKROUND ?? ???

Sparkhard
Hey, Does anyone know if i could change the backround to the text on icons (i. e. My Computer) to transparent? i know you can change it to whatever color you want but i would like to see my wallpaper behind them.
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Installing Win2000 Help

Emilee1
Hey guys, I need some help installing 2000 Pro. Currently I have WinME, and it works great. I placed the 2000 cd in, said no to the upgrade or my curret OS, and went for the clean duel boot option. Well, it starts up fine, allowing me to choose from WinME, and Win2000 setup.
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Physical Memory Dump

CrazyKillerMan
What is 2k doing when this bsod appears? It only happens once in a blue moon. It s says its dumping physical memory to disk, counts up to 100 and reboots. Upon entering win 2k i check the monitor and th eonly error i get is an unexpected shutdown.
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