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Windows Hardware 9627

Modem Problems With WinNT

ftmiranda

Hello, I have a generic modem 56K. . . . I installed WindowsNT and it did not detected it. . . . . so I tried to intall it manually. . . . It asks for the drivers. . . . I insert the CD with the windwosNT drivers and then it asks for a port.

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Last reply by Wolf87, 2001-07-21 21:40

Windows Hardware 9627

Best det drivers as of today?

Gemfire James

I would like an opinion (yes, once again), which are the best det drivers as of today for both sides of the story. And when you submit an answer, tell me what kind of video card you have Windows 9x/Me = ? Windows 2000 = ? Thanks.

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Last reply by *Iblis*, 2001-07-21 16:50

Windows Hardware 9627

NetBEUI support in Windows XP

CM

Found an unsupported method to get NetBEUI support back into Windows XP. Here is how: 1) Copy NBF. SYS & NETNBF. INF from the Win2k installation to a floppy. 2) Remove all CopyFile & DestinationDir related comments from the INF.

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Last reply by Flitzman, 2001-07-21 06:00

Windows Hardware 9627

Sound Blaster 16 drivers?

Jobe

I see that the Sound Blaster 16 is listed as working on Windows 2000. Anybody know what drivers they used? Thanks.

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Last reply by Jobe, 2001-07-21 04:33

Windows Hardware 9627

Promise FastTrak100 TX2, any problems?

Toby

Hi I'm finally thinking of buying a Raidcard. But before I do that I just want to check with you guys if there are some performance/compbility problems with this card under XP. . Hope not because I really want the card Thanks in advance.

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Last reply by Toby, 2001-07-21 01:26

Windows Hardware 9627

win 2k and Gateway Solo 2500

fighterfire

I want to run win 2k on my Gateway Solo 2500 but the touchpad will not scroll. I know it seems minor but I love the scroll so much that I just can't live without it. Anyone have any info on how to get it to work? Thanks!.

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Last reply by fighterfire, 2001-07-21 01:02

Windows Hardware 9627

Abit mobo acting up please help

pimpin_228

OK when i try turning on the computer i get 1 long beep and 2 short ones,any one have and idea what it is? mobo-abitkt7a-raid proces. . . -athlon 850 ram-256 video card-nividia geforce 2 mx 64 meg.

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Last reply by JP-, 2001-07-21 00:51

Windows Hardware 9627

Your geforce3

Gambler FEX online

How does it tv-out work in win2k/xp? 1. both ntsc and pal 2. can I rezise the picture to fit my tv, with either drivers or 3rd part softw 3. what brand did you have.

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Last reply by Wolf87, 2001-07-20 04:55

Windows Hardware 9627

Highpoint Drivers Question

pr-man

Guys I have a abit BE6 rev 1. 01 with latest bios and running highpoint drivers 1. 25 in Win2k and all is well with my WD 20. 5 gig UDMA-66 5400rpm HD but I have just bought a new IBM Deskstar 75GXP 45 gig 7200rpm drive.

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Last reply by pr-man, 2001-07-20 04:44

Windows Hardware 9627

New 2 HDD acting wierd.. Please help

AMDAngel

Heya I have just installed a second hard drive into my system, but I am getting a wierd effect. . . so I am hoping you guys might know how to get rid of. . . In explorer (the file one not IE) where it lists your drives, files and folders etc there is a + symbol beside most folders to show they are close or a - to s ...

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Last reply by CrazyKillerMan, 2001-07-20 02:14

Windows Hardware 9627

registry cannot load hive file or its log or alternate

LongStar

Does somebody know something about this error message : STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or its log or alternate.

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Last reply by LongStar, 2001-07-20 02:14

Windows Hardware 9627

Windows NT 4.0 wont install

ftmiranda

Hello, I'm having a wierd problem here and I would like some help from somebody that had this problem. Advices welcome! I have this system a PIII700 w/ the 694D Pro motherboard and 2 Western Digital HD of 20 GIG plugged into the RAID, I installed Windows 2000 and no problems at all, everthing strait forward.

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Last reply by ftmiranda, 2001-07-19 11:57

Windows Hardware 9627

Please help with baffling problem (Cd-ROM drives)

JDawn

After installing PowerDVD, it forced me to reboot my machine, when win2k reloaded my D: and E: are gone from My Computer! (a Pioneer 116 DVD-ROM and a Plextor 12x10x32) In device manager they are there with a yellow ! mark with the message: This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers ...

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Last reply by yakkob, 2001-07-19 11:03

Windows Hardware 9627

3Com Home Connect (High End Model) and XP Rc1

GPRaider

Those Win2k drivers dont work properly. My logitech cam is recognized and I get all the cool winxp features but the 3Com cam is not recognized at all. It DOES however work in Netmeeting and I can whack off for my girlies across the sea all night long.

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Last reply by GPRaider, 2001-07-18 23:35

Windows Hardware 9627

Easy cd 5 , weird problem

oaydin

now, first of all I have buffer problem with blindwrite, even opening a window decreases the buffer, anyway I installed easy cd 5 to RC1, burned 3 cd's with it, but XP couldn't see any of them also didn't see the label too checked at dos, it was ok checked at winme was ok again then I reinstalled RC1 , and it sees ...

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Last reply by GPRaider, 2001-07-18 23:23

Windows Hardware 9627

Stop: 0x0000007B (0xEF01b84c, 0xC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x0000

Earth_Man

Don't know what happened, I was playing Everquest, the connection stopped and comes back as normal, becuase of SBLive. The only thing different was when I switch back to the desktop, seeing a error message box popped up and said windows is going to shutdown and counting down from some seconds, then I harry up and w ...

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Last reply by Wolf87, 2001-07-18 21:06

Windows Hardware 9627

Anyone tried Dx 8.1 beta ?

yakkob

Highs and lows?

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Last reply by Wolf87, 2001-07-18 21:02

Windows Hardware 9627

12.41 Detonators released (officially)

Xiven

12. 41 has been released officially now (). The official download is byte-for-byte identical to the one leaked a few days ago, so don't bother re-downloading it. Unfortunately the drivers still have the annoying refresh rate problem with some monitors: Quote:.

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Last reply by MikeyV, 2001-07-18 15:53

Windows Hardware 9627

NVIDIA Drivers Won't Update

heXXXen

This is driving me nuckin futs. Whenever I try up my NVIDIA drivers it gives me an error saying The Specified File Was Not Found. Upon first boot into XP it had it's default GeForce3 drivers installed, I updated to 12.

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Last reply by MiracleMan, 2001-07-18 15:13

Windows Hardware 9627

AMD Win2k Patch

Man_Kicker

This question may have already been asked so I appologize. Has anyone hasd any luck with the Reg file released by AMD for Win2k & the T-bird? I have the Asus A7V, & i've been having a lot of trouble with my machine locking up on me.

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Last reply by Brian Frank, 2001-07-18 04:43