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W2K Installation Woes

mote
I currently have the Win2k Pro Upgrade cd and an unable to install the o/s. When it wants proof of previous o/s I stick in my Win95 (osr2) cd and the Win2k installation fails to recognize that cd. Has anyone else experienced this problem? What are my options? Thanks, Mote.
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Moving the swap file

Svision
i'm getting a new hard drive and was just curious on how i need to to move my swap file to it to improve performance? any registry settings? thanx
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Sp1 Inaccessible Boot Device

wd40
well. . . i got confused i tried a lot of time to install any sp. but after installation ive got a bsod saying INACCESIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE WTF? i got a 20. 4gig ATA/100 (but my m/b use it at 66) i heard about the ata/100 problem.
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Multiple desktop utility?

Down8
I'm looking for a simple utility that will give me multiple desktops, a la *nix. I don't want to run a new shell, I just want a little app to handle this for me. I've heard that the RadeonVE comes with one such app, so I'm pretty sure they exist.
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SCR512
wtf is up with the maxtor hard drives? there SP Incompatible
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please walk me through dual boot

Darod
i just got my 1. 33 tbird with 512 megs of ddr ram in without an os on it- because i thought i could handle a dual os setup on my own- i fdisk then partioned it 50 50 for 98 and 2k but 2k took over- any way it doesnt even work right- do i need to install all drivers on 98 first- where is the os boot up choice when ...
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Tweaking question

D.F. Angel
I don't like to use tweakui, but I like the feature where you can decide which to make the first item, my computer or my documents. Does anyone know how to do this within the registry. .
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Removing the 'Getting Started' screen

Hawkman
I am the administrator of a local college and I am in the process of setting up 50 workstations with W2K. I would like to remove the 'getting started with windows' initial opening screen for new users.
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Auto Check Disk?

Arch
Is there any way to turn off the automatic chkdsk if Windows 2000 doesnt shut down correctly? I know there's a way to do it in Win9x, but I'm not sure of the procedure in Windows 2000. Thanks. . Arch.
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Control Panel Gaming Option Initialization Error

Hawkman
When I go into my Gaming Options in the control panel, I get an 'initialization error'. I click OK and it goes away. I have no gaming devices installed and would like to have this reset to clear out the message if possible but it doesn't show up in any of my event logs.
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IIS failed

arapaima2000
cant remember when IIS 2 failed. I use win2k pro sp2. when i did a nothing happened. so i went to check Personal Web Manager. the service found NOT STARTED. i clicked on the START button and it told me this error: error at Metabase blah blah( cant remember exactly) error=3 what does this mean? i cant test my ASP sc ...
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Dual Boot removing C:\Millenium

Hawkman
This is for my home system. Presently I have Millenium on C: and W2K on E:. I would like to delete Millenium and go back to (problem free) Win98SE. Problem is that C: is my system drive and W2K will not work if I format C:.
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Windows 2000 Tips & Tweaks Database

Vespers
I was just wondering if we could get a group effort together to create a comprehensive windows 2000 tips and tweaks database. I have started with a large collection of tips and tweaks that I have organized into a bookmarked pdf file.
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Do A Fresh Win2K Install ...

Tery
Hi, Just a little question about the best way to do a fresh install of Win2K !! Some Guys Says That, You have to install SP1, and after SP2, other ones says that you just have to install Sp2, and It's all right !!!! So what do you think of this ??? Tery.
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Restart problem continued

Tom Ziegler
When I load a program up and the OS needs to restart for changes to take place, Windows tries to restart but the computer shuts down. I then have to manually reboot. I hope this helps the earlier post.
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Restart problem

Tom Ziegler
When I go to shutdown in the start menu and hit restart, I can hear the hard drive park itself and the screen goes blank. I have to manually hit the reset for reboot (since I can't do from Windows 2000).
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Service Pack 2 broke SMTP

ancker
I installed SP2 today and now my virtual mail server will not work. The SMTP service is started. But the Server in IIS will not start. . . i get some. . . did not respond in a timely fashion error. is there a way to fix this? thanks Ancker BTW.
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missing boot.ini & standby-mode

Brougs
Hi there! The first problem is about my boot. ini. . . If i start Win2k it tells me, that my boot. ini is corupted. As I checked it out (with activated visiblity of the system files), I found out, that it is missing.
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