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Adminpak.msi

Atreyu
While installing adminpak. msi (from the Windows 2000 Server CD), I got an error message saying this is not compatible with Windows XP. Well, I need to use this package of admin tools. . . is there a work around? A new adminpak.
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Top Selling Video Cards?

Donald2B
I am not really certain what category this falls under but here is what I am looking for. I am looking for a list of the top selling video cards for August? Or for any recent numbers or things like that.
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Xp+xp

Low dog
Hercules game theaterXP + WindowsXP yes,there are some problems. I managed to install w2k drivers off setup cd with all the associated whinging directed at me by winXP regarding not digitally signed by microsoft,well they better hurry up and signe more drivers and hardeware manafacturers better hurry and get compat ...
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DVD drive sucks life out of machine

kaboom
Help! Whenever I leave a DVD in the drive (Lite-On), the system bogs down. It seems to relate to the disk spinning up, yet I am not using the drive. Task Manager does not show anything out of the ordinary.
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Sonic Fury Drivers

WildWayz
Hi ya, Has anyone managed to get their Sonic Fury to work in WindowsXP? I tried installing the Win2K drivers, but all I get is a nasty shrill when music is played. Anyone know of any drivers I can use? James.
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some problems with xp

exCat
i, I have a few q. about XP. 1. How could I solve one user could use his/her own program ONLY? 2. The next problem is that Getright and Icq doesn't work when the file tranfer starts. The system is rebooting.
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mouse acting like crazy!

bottleneck
it skips,preses every button,scrolls on its own-but only when i move it around. fist i uninstalled intellipoint-the problem was still there,so i reinstalled them-the mouse stopped responding,then i turned off the fast initialiation thing from dev mngr,and when i rebooted it seemed to me as the problem was gone,but ...
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Win XP beta 2 and Hercules Game Theater XP

somato
I just installed the Hercules GT in my computer. It works fine in win me and win 2000 but doesn't seem to work in win XP. Tried the default win XP drivers but the sound quality was terrible. Upgraded to the win 2000 Hercules drivers and I now get a high pitched screeching sound when I play any type of sound.
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Asus A7V 1008 BIOS?

Brian Frank
I've got the 1008 BIOS off Asus site, but I'd like to know what all it updates besides what asus says. I've heard about it enabling raid functions and supporting newer AMD processors, but I've been unable to confirm this.
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Get your case & parts painted

w2kgamer
Service: Paint your case & parts I own an Autobody & Paint shop in Corona, CA. I have been painting my cases and drive face's for quite a while now. So now that I see that case modding and painting is becomming so big, I thought I'd offer my services to anyone who wants a professional paint job on their computer parts.
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Harddrive trouble

JoakimE
I'm having some trouble with my two harddrives in WinXP #2600. . . . Joakim1 (C Media (D Joakim 2 (E Hemsidor (F. . . Well, that don't seem to bee a problem right? Well it is, the Media (D is the first partition on the second drive while Joakim 2 (E is the second partition on the first drive and should be on D: ins ...
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hardware access for Power Users in Win2k

loosenut
I'm running Win2k, and I'm having problems accessing some hardware when I login as a Power User. If I run Nero 5. 5, or Sound Forge/CD Architect, I can't access my Yamaha CD-burner in those programs.
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Creative Drivers!!!!???

Red
Ok guys, ive posted this before but no reply, anyway, I have a creatie pc dvd encore 1240e with the dxr3 board. Ever since i started using win 2k, i had a probelm in that, even with the latest beta win 2k drivers, i cant put my system into suspend/standby (this is quite important on my system).
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IRQ and win xp

RaK
for some reason i have 6 cards on the same IRQ while I still got like 4 free irqs left. No real conflicts seem to happend but i'm wondering if it can effect the performance of the cards. . . I tried lots of things but nothing seems to work.
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Joystick Problems

Busby
This is probably the weirdest thing I've ever seen but while playing Madden 2002 my joystick just won't work. It will be perfectly fine, I chose a play and then it quits working. It gets power, Windows recongizes it still and it works in the test area in the Sidewinder properties.
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weirdest video problem i've ever had

shyguy
ok, this is my story: recently i found good old Win-Lemmings in a corner of my harddisk. i thought, yeah, give it a try after all those years. . . ok, i started up, and got a warning about my video settings: something about that Win-Lemmings would prefer 256-color-mode and that my current setting is only 1-color-mo ...
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Win XP + ViaChipset + GeForce 2

RaK
Hi, I installed the XP Pro and it works perfectly well. I was wondering if you still need to install the 4in1s though, and are they adapted to xp ? Also I'm still using the built in drivers for my geforce 2 utlra.
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gamesurround fortissimo 2

rgodart
Did anyone get the hercules gamesurround fortissimo to work in winxp? I tried build 2530 once and my soundcard didn't work with the default winxp drivers and also with the hercules win2k drivers. Can anyone help me?.
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