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Canon Powershot S10

Chickenator
Was just reading in the news that the Canon PowerShot S10 digital camera works under Win2k, using a USB port, using the canon beta drivers. . . anyone have a link to the beta driver(s)?.
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Why win2k is loosing my modem?

jjaaskel
I have external 33. 6 modem and i have istalled it as standard 33600 modem. But almost every day win2k looses it. . . in modem options there is only 33600 standard modem and attached to field there is NONE (it should be com2).
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Speed with Iomega Parallell zip.

daLuk
Is there a way to make my zip-drive faster. In windows 98 it took about 5 mins to copy a disk to my harddrive. But now in win2k it takes about 30 mins. Has anyone got ideas?.
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Creative DVD 6x Encore dxr3

mike3411
Has anyone been able to get the decoder card that comes with the Creative DVD 6x Encore dxr3 to work? I downloaded the latest NT drivers, but after I run the. exe and reboot, the same thing happens (new hardware found, no device drivers found for this hardware).
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Gamma correction for Quake 3

Ronin
Am I just blind, or is there no gamma correction under Q3 and W2K. This really sucks because the game is so dark you can't even play. I have a Geforce card. Is there a fix or what?.
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Networking Issue

Ronin
Why is it when I try to access a W2K machine from a 98 machine I'm asked for a password, well if I input the admin password of the W2K machine it tells me wrong password. Ok since there is only one password for my W2K machine it should work,,, right? So I went into network settings and set up a new share and have t ...
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Voodoo 2 drivers? (help?)

phoqus
Are there any voodoo 2 drivers that do like to work with an smp-configuration (dual 466@525) with quake 3 with /r_smp set to 1 ?? If u know, please say so (I prefer yes) Cause all I get (drivers from nt compatible site) is a grey screen and a windows 2000 that hangs.
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60Hz opengl under win2k (GeForce)

Galilee
Hi someone may have talked about this before, but why do I only get 60Hz in opengl? and in Quake3 I can't control the brightness. Its way to dark. Direct3d works like a sharm and use my normal 85Hz in UT.
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Input Buffer Length?

Lager
What does that exactly mean? It's under Device Manager > Mouse properties >Advanced settings Input Buffer Length xxx packets. Meaning what? And ofcourse there is that Sample rate thing isn't that the same thing as in PS2 rate plus ?.
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SMC Network Adapter & Win2K

LoRdSpawn
hello i once tried to update to win2k and all hardware but my network adapter (SMC EliteCard 16 Plus type 8013) was recognized. . and that one is very important offcourz! does anyone know there are some 3rd party drivers for this adapter.
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Revenant, win2k, G400

SpIcEz
I cant get Revenant to play on win2k pro. Ive seen on the web site to remove limit speed in options, but its not there. my system: Abit bp6 cel. 366@533 sb live G400 DualHead 32mb I get this error: SAFEDISK : REVENANT.
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HP Scanner 6200cse

OnkaY2k
Does anyone have HP 6200cse driver for Win2k? The driver that comes with Win2k has only two options, PREVIEW, FINAL SCAN. .
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Matrox Marvel TV G400 Problem...

Invincer
I just got this card, and I am running Win2K (Otherwise I guess I wouldn't be posting here huh? ) After downloading and using the downloadable drivers for use with Win2K; I am still unable to use the card correctly for use with dual display.
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Over clocking

haute
this might have nothing to do with windows 2000 but can somone tell me what over clocking does and how you do it thanks. im running on a 300mhz pent II tnt 16mb 160 mb ram.
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3Dfx Drivers this week?

aws
Has 3Dfx made any noise about the release of drivers this week? I know they've stated they will support 2K, but I'm curious as to when. .
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