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Win2k SP3: Acerscan 640P doesn't work

frank2002
This scanner is rated to work fine by NTcompatible but on my sistem it isn't recognized at boot (as instead happens with other periphs plug-n-play) On Win98 SE all is OK. I downloaded lates Twain driver (3.
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Hewlet pakard 2500cm printer!

shineon134
Hello, We have an HP2500CM color inkjet printer connected to our network at my office and have problems printing to it. Windows XP seemed to set the driver up for it but when we try to print to it all we get is a hwhole bunch of text even when we try to print a test page.
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Problem with win2k and santa cruz

pugnex
I seem to have a sound problem with win2k and my santa cruz sound card. This is a random problem, but every so often, whether I'm playing a game or a cd sometimes the computer will lock up and the sound will start skipping and I must do a hard restart.
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Computer is dying

zoooom
All of a sudden. . . slow hanging of programs. . . fan making wierd noises ( sounds like it speeds up then slows down over and over ). . . Then. . . os no boot. Reinstall os. . . everything seems fine.
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MSI KT3 Ultra2-R and Win2k

zagadka
I've recently built a new computer and based it on a MSI KT3 Ultra2-R motherboard. In the beginning it booted just nicely and I was able to install Win2k and all other programs I wanted. Then I shut the computer down for the night and the next day it started making trouble.
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Which GeForce to buy?

Mekadave
Hi, I hope to gather some opinions and info here. I've finally decided to bite the bullet, ditch my Voodoo 4 4500 and get something made by Nvidia. (Decision hastened by the 3dfx corrupted menus bug in NASCAR 4 and NASCAR 2002.
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xp pro disk space problem...

newtie
I'm running xp pro and am trying to copy large files (4 gb +) and have over 133 gb free on the drive and I am getting a 'not enough avalible disk space error. ' the drive i'm writing to is an external maxtor 160gb firewire.
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Sound Dampening Fabric for the inside of your case

Christianb
Hi I was thinking about buying this sound dampening fabric for the inside of my case. Has anyone tried any of these products? How much did it cut down the noise? Did it just work with the fan or HD and not the other? Could you still hear them both? Was it worth the money.
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Need a decent program to replicate my hard disks plz..

Curley_Boy
I have 2 hd's in the PC atm: Primary Master: Maxtor 30. 1Gb ATA-133 (BOOT, SYSTEM & PROGRAMS) Primary Slave: Maxtor 20. 4Gb ATA-100 (FILE STORAGE) both disks are nearly full and I'm thinking of purchasing another Maxtor 80Gb drive to replace the boot drive and use the remaining 2 as backup/storage drives.
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SB Live! Use windows drivers or Creative drivers?

Four and Twenty
I have. NET server and an SB Live! should I continue to use the windows drivers or should i mess with the creative drivers. I am using stereo only at this point so are there any features in creatives drivers that really warrant installing them and risking potential instability?.
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Kodak DC260/Win2k/USB

blackwing
I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to get my DC260 camera to work fully with WIn2k and USB. The default drivers work to the extent that the system sees the camera and the TWAIN drivers work fine. However, the mounter cannot see the camera and the mounter properties will not recognize that there is a USB option ava ...
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.Net Enterprise Server, C-Media 8738 Chip

adamvjackson
Motherboard (Asus P4B533-E) has intergraded 6 channel audio with the C-Media 8738 Chipset. Using the drivers for Windows XP listed on the Asus site, I cannot get sound in. Net Enterprise Server. Driver is installed fine, no bangs listed in Device Manager.
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Many compressed downloads have CRC errors

ECO
Most of the time I download compressed files I received CRC errors. What software is out there that can check if my hard drives have gone bad? Also, could there be any other factors, besides bad hard drives?.
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Speed up Luna, what available?

tylau
Well, after XP installation I found that my Geforce 2 is perform badly in the new Luna interface, try some tweakings, stll not much improvement, I have turn off some animations and even try tweaking it to max performance setting, the 2D desktop still isnt up to the level of w9X/2k kind of speed.
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AMD XP1900 ~ WIN2K ==> Graphics/Sound Crash

Internet100
I have an AMD XP1900 on 512 MB RAM 2 x 40 GB drives, Audigy Soundcard, Creative GForce 3, internal network cards x 2 (LAN) and Cable Internet. I am running Win2K SP3 and I havea serious problem: Everytime I am playing games (Quake 3) or movies with heavy duty graphics I get intermittent crashes, systems hangs (froz ...
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Nothing works on USB ports in XP...please help

jhaymon
;( I cannot get a scanner or camera to work on my USB. If I check the usb in device manager, it is enabled and working correctly but I keep getting a pop up saying unrecognized usb port. I have searched everywhere I know for an answer for the problem and have not been able to find one.
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Windows XP upgrade headaches

pdisante
I just installed Windows XP as an upgrade, and it has wreaked havoc on my existing hardware. Does anyone know if there is driver available to work in XP for the NEC Superscript 1260 laser printer? I can't get the darn thing to work since I upgraded to XP.
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