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Windows Hardware 9627

NTFS Partition to Fat32?

Ronin

Has anyone successfully used Partition Magic 6. 0 to convert an NTFS partition in W2K to FAT32? Before I attempt to convert my c drive to fat32 and lose everything because something goes wrong I would like to know if anyone has done it.

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Last reply by DeadCats, 2001-03-18 19:37

Windows Hardware 9627

Something XP will have trouble winning over users with

DarkAngel

I am a avid beta tester. . . and there is one major problem with XP. Drivers. If you don't own a new card, then you are screwed over. I own a Aureal Vortex 2 2500 SuperQuad, and am yet to find drivers for it (Win2K) that are not Beta WDM.

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Last reply by oaydin, 2001-03-18 19:24

Windows Hardware 9627

Still weary on 2454 Activation

Vampyr

I've properly installed the cracks for 2454. The activation page says i have a million days to test it before it expires. One question though, every day i still get warnings saying i have less than 14 days to activate the product??? has anyone jumped their clock up to see if it actually does expire?.

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Last reply by oaydin, 2001-03-18 18:53

Windows Hardware 9627

Disable Image Preview!

gibletpie

Okay, I HATE MS's shitty Image Preview launching by default when I double-click an image. I'd MUCH rather have it open in ACDSee. So, I went at my registry and figgered this out: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\S ...

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Last reply by gibletpie, 2001-03-18 17:25

Windows Hardware 9627

Game performance in XP

Galilee

Hi I just tried the latest version of XP with my NVIDIA GeForce2 PRO card, and I must say I didnt like what I saw. I fiexed the refreshrate thing, but performance was really crappy. In Q3A I usually pull over 100fps on the timedemo test in 1024 max, but in XP I barely got over 60.

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Last reply by Four and Twenty, 2001-03-18 16:07

Windows Hardware 9627

IRQ conflict

Copphure

I'm new to Windows 2000, love it so far but I'm having some difficulties with my ATA-66 controllers. I'm using an ASUS BE6(rev2) which has integrated High-Point ATA-66 controllers. They have both been assigned to IRQ-11.

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Last reply by Busby, 2001-03-18 15:43

Windows Hardware 9627

Addtronics W8500

INFERNO2000

Anyone have any experience with these cases?If so, can you give me any comments? (this thread belongs here cause it's hardware, and it'll house my Win2K machine. That's my story and I'm sticking to it).

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Last reply by INFERNO2000, 2001-03-18 15:16

Windows Hardware 9627

MP3 Encoding

Ronin

I'm curious, They say when you encode an MP3 from a cd or other form that you remove the part(s) of music that you can not hear. So with that in mind when decide you want to decode the music back to the form used for music cds, are the parts that where removed put back? If could just be me, but it seems that after ...

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Last reply by felix, 2001-03-18 15:08

Windows Hardware 9627

Geforce 3

Ronin

Normally I would run right out and get one, but buying one of these cards does not make any sense. Until Doom3 comes out which I heard is not multiplayer, (can anyone confirm this?) I think I’ll just stick with my GF2 Ultra card.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-03-18 06:25

Windows Hardware 9627

DirectX hassle

CUViper

Hey guys. . . . my boss asked me to help him with this one, and I can't figure it out for the life of me. . . . He just bought an Asus v7700 Deluxe, and we can't Direct3D or DirectDraw working on it.

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Last reply by CUViper, 2001-03-18 00:23

Windows Hardware 9627

Screen turns blue on resolution change....

FakeMcCoy

I have a Leadtek GeForce2 MX on Win2k, and just recently, whenever I change the screen resolution, the screen is blue when it finishes (not a BSOD, but the screen is dark blue). I can still see the mouse pointer, but nothing else.

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Last reply by FakeMcCoy, 2001-03-17 22:59

Windows Hardware 9627

Win2000 install: Unable to install boot loader.

karna

Hi guys - Ok I know you've probably seen this before and I've read many places that NT doesnt like FAT32. . thing is that I hear Win2000 really doesnt mind it at all. I have run fdisk and reformated this drive many times.

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Last reply by euankirkhope, 2001-03-17 21:05

Windows Hardware 9627

QuickCamPro 3000 + USB = No 640x480?

Vechlor

I just bought a new Logitech QuickCam Pro 3000, I updated to the latest software for 2000 support, and when I ran the QuickCam software to record at 640x480, all I get is a gray box with no picture. I called Logitech and tried to find out the problem, one tech said that I needed to install the latest USB filter for ...

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Last reply by DeadCats, 2001-03-17 19:00

Windows Hardware 9627

SB128PCI CT4700 in Win2k troubles...

Jille

Please help me. I have a Soundblaster PCI128 with a CT4700 chip, and it gives a squeeking sound in Windows 2k. . . Anyone knows how to solve this, or what drivers can be used to solve this? Thanks in advance.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-03-17 18:29

Windows Hardware 9627

WinXP 2446

Joker

Okay i have installed winxp 2446 about a week ago or two and now all of a sudden today i get the warning saying i have 7 days to activate my MS product i tried doing the crack again from safe mode, rebooted same thing i have 7 days to activate should i be worried or what

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Last reply by Joker, 2001-03-17 18:25

Windows Hardware 9627

Asus P2B-D query

Firefly44

I've got this board, recently updated to the 1013 final bios, but I honestly don't know why cpus are compatible with it now. I'm currently running a pair of PIII800 cumines - and might want to upgrade them at some point.

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Last reply by lexluthor, 2001-03-17 15:43

Windows Hardware 9627

disableing winXP activation?

cipher

I have winXP 2428 and installed it and on first boot i went into safe mode changed regdone to 1 and activation req to 0. Is there anything else that i have to know to prevent it disableing itself?.

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Last reply by EddiE314, 2001-03-17 04:57

Windows Hardware 9627

DVD Player?? (soft)

T0NT0

whats the best win2000 soft DVD Player?? got a p2 450, 128meg ram and a tnt 16 meg. plus of course a DVD. what is the fastest best quality software dvd player. ??.

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Last reply by DeadCats, 2001-03-17 03:04

Windows Hardware 9627

Rats

Hit

hmm. Just tried 2454. For some reason, my NIC still won't work. Just checking, does anyone get a better list of NIC hardware than me? When I go to list the hardware drivers, I get like just a few cards.

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Last reply by SHS, 2001-03-17 02:24

Windows Hardware 9627

2 wav sources playing at once?

spacey

Hey, got a question here. In win2k for by SB16 ISA I can hear like mp3s and say icq sounds at the same time fine. But my friend has an AWE64 in win98 and he can't, only the mp3s will play. Any thoughts or ideas to get both playing? Any help appreciated.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-03-16 19:58