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Windows Hardware 9627

Games crash with Win2k SP2 Gforce III and new drivers 12.41

gluev

Is there somebody who have like me some problem to launch games (Z2, insane, GTA2) with new nvidia drivers. . . (gta2 and z2 can't launch and return to desktop and insame reboot my PC) This game worked before.

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Last reply by AndyFair, 2001-06-13 13:02

Windows Hardware 9627

vietnam+xp please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pimpin_228

ok i just got the game Vietnam black ops and win i install it it installs fine but when i try to play it all i get is a black screen anyone have any ideas? and if you all find a patch or something plase post link.

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Last reply by pimpin_228, 2001-06-13 09:37

Windows Hardware 9627

NFS5 Porsche + Windows XP

dodgeviperrt10

Is there any way to get Need for Speed running with Windows XP build 2781 ? I always get a directX error (some termination is written in the window name line) which says that DirectX 0 is installed and DirectX 7 is needed.

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Last reply by WMA, 2001-06-13 08:02

Windows Hardware 9627

2486 hung during install...

evil Homer

Not having much luck here. Build 2486 hung for me twice during installation, during the Registering Components part, around 10 mins from completion. Anyone else had a problem like this? Athlon 1. 2Ghz Abit KT7A-Raid Elsa Gladiac 920 Geforce 3 640Mb PC133 RAM SB Live Value 3com 10/100 NIC Motorola Surfboard SB4100 C ...

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Last reply by evil Homer, 2001-06-13 01:04

Windows Hardware 9627

Installing VideoCam (kensington) in W2K

macmx

I got a Videocam Works (Kensington) but it came with software and drivers for Windows 98. When looking at the hardware index at this website, I found the next statement: The installation fails to run under W2000.

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Last reply by Down8, 2001-06-12 20:12

Windows Hardware 9627

Dxr3 and sigma designs h+ 2.00 win2k drivers, problem.

Silent-IQ

Here is the deal, i had my dxr3 card runnin before on my win2k system and it worked fine with h+ drivers, but today i tryed to install the card once again after my upgrade (the 2. 00 win2k drivers) and to install the drivers was no problem, but when i was to install the dvd station from the second disk i got a erro ...

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Last reply by matrixneo, 2001-06-12 19:51

Windows Hardware 9627

HELP!! WDM drivers for Gainward CARDEXpert Hollywood/MX?

Dr_Gribb

Hi, I just got a Gainward CARDEXpert Hollywood/MX GeForce MX400 card. The only nast thing is that i cant get it to work under win2k. I did let win2k do the Plug&Pray install of all the drivers (video an wdm), and all seemed fine.

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Last reply by Dr_Gribb, 2001-06-12 18:59

Windows Hardware 9627

After a while system starts using 100% cpu

JoosMan

I format once every 6 months or so just because im a neat freak and i do so with an image that i made that was a clean dual 2k\me boot. whats weird is every other time or so i end up haveing to redo it because for whatever reason in win2k after about 30 min my system starts going in slow mode.

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Last reply by AndyFair, 2001-06-12 11:10

Windows Hardware 9627

omnibook 5500ct

thomasmthering

I have an omnibook 5500ct and would like to install win nt 4. 0. The problem is every time the last boot disk is finished it says it cant locate the cdrom drive. The floppy is swappable with the cdrom drive.

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Last reply by hteles, 2001-06-12 07:33

Windows Hardware 9627

Usb help needed!

Danota

After installing win 2kpro my usb port doesend work. Istalled sp1, then i cant see the port at all. Need some help plz. Thanx in advance. .

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Last reply by Ekstreme, 2001-06-12 06:27

Windows Hardware 9627

Got my hardware Zoom modem today!

GTwannabe

Good-bye POS 3Com/USR winmodem! No more system hangs when I forget to terminate the connection before shutting down, no more random firewall alerts from my own ISP, no more stall-outs! I love Zoom! The 3 other Zoom modems in the house (14.

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Last reply by GTwannabe, 2001-06-12 04:07

Windows Hardware 9627

Kensington VideoCAM - anyone have it working in Win2K?

Down8

I just bought it, and since it said Win95 or better, I thought it might work in Win2K, but their website says Due to an unforseen hardware problem, we will no longer offer support for Windows 2000, and has no drivers for it.

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Last reply by Down8, 2001-06-12 02:48

Windows Hardware 9627

How to format second drive in Win2k?

Sayow

Hello, I am new to Windows 2000 and have recently built a new system (AMD 1. 4 TB, 512MB RAM, Geforce 3, and 2 61GB IBM ATA100 drives) I have installed windows 2000 on the first drive as an HTFS partition and installed SP2, now I am ready to format my second drive for use and cannot figure out how.

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Last reply by Toby, 2001-06-11 19:11

Windows Hardware 9627

NAV Symevent Update

isochar

For those of you running builds 2465 and up, Norton has fixed symevent so that you can successfully run NAV. .

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Last reply by Kyguy, 2001-06-11 06:16

Windows Hardware 9627

isdn card for win2K

madmarx

Could some nice person recommend an isdn card compatible with win2k and bt home highway Thanks for the help

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Last reply by Gambler FEX online, 2001-06-11 05:21

Windows Hardware 9627

Anyone with this CD-RW prob?

ODiN

After upgrading to my VP6, my Ricoh 6x4x24 SCSI CD-RW no longer burns except for at 2X, and once in a while not even that. The burn seems to fail at random times into the burn. If anyone knows how to resolve this problem, please let me know.

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Last reply by ODiN, 2001-06-10 23:29

Windows Hardware 9627

Desktop shots

Gambler FEX online

Give me your desktop shots with version number. Dont forget to thumbnail and if you wonder how just press pring screen and paste it in your faveourite image editor. .

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Last reply by Gambler FEX online, 2001-06-10 23:19

Windows Hardware 9627

In print quality for Photos and Ink consumption which is bet

pr-man

I cant find many reviews on either Lexmark Z53- $139 HP P1000 Photoprinter- $200 I know that both print at 2400x1200dpi color. .

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Last reply by pr-man, 2001-06-10 22:09

Windows Hardware 9627

Xp 2485

loengard

I see that 2485 is out (or at least leaked to the 'net). . . . Anyone running it yet? If so, how's everything look in comparison to 2481?.

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Last reply by JosefTor, 2001-06-10 21:41

Windows Hardware 9627

Pinnacle Miro DC10Plus, any chance in win2k?

Silent-IQ

Hi, just got my hands on a brand new very simple DC10Plus capture card, but as i feared there is no win2k support for it, i wonder if anyone by any chance got this card to work under win2k? any hacked drivers or something? //Silent.

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Last reply by Silent-IQ, 2001-06-10 20:41