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Windows Hardware

A forum for discussions of Windows hardware and driver problems

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Windows Hardware 9627

Win2k Tricks

CUViper

Hey guys, here is a great site on microsoft with tips and tricks for win2k: enjoy!

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Last reply by CUViper, 2000-03-17 00:47

Windows Hardware 9627

Sound Blaster Live Sowftware and Drivers for Win2k

grimm

I was wondering how many people were awaiting these. . . If only companies knew how their customers live this. . especialy me. . I am the type of person who cannot live if there is something going wrong in my PC config.

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Last reply by DocSilly, 2000-03-16 23:55

Windows Hardware 9627

SMP and D3d ANd OpenGL

Archaon

OK, heres my set up 3x128mb PC100Dimms 2x Intel P500s Nvidia Geforce DDR runing the Win2kPro release How do i get anything to work using 3D? even the Opengl screensavers lock up the system,

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Last reply by slkh, 2000-03-16 21:22

Windows Hardware 9627

Forgot my password problem

BadAss

I forgot the password to my original user name, and when I click the link Forgot your password, it tells me that the feature is not available as per MY administrators request. What the hell is this?.

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Last reply by Philipp, 2000-03-16 20:28

Windows Hardware 9627

Pause before wave output

MagitekKn

Anyone ever heard of this: occassionally before a wav is played (eg. IE's click when you click on a hyperlink, or Outlook's new mail notification) the system will 'lock' temporarily. I still have use of the mouse, but the applications are unresponsive for about a second.

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Last reply by MagitekKn, 2000-03-16 18:11

Windows Hardware 9627

wintv

hitman1

does anybody know if the wintv software for win2k is out or if it is can i get it of the net? thanx sean

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Last reply by Shrink, 2000-03-16 16:46

Windows Hardware 9627

ata/66 raid card mass storage controller

ashman

i`ve just install the ata66 raid card abit be6 mother board have used the workaround 3 times but every time have a problem with the mass storage controller. and help drivers etc thanks.

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Last reply by ashman, 2000-03-16 14:48

Windows Hardware 9627

No sound on Sound Blaster Live! Value with 70 Meg Liveware2K

Brain Stew

I installed the Liveware2k on a fresh completely reformated copy of Win2k and I thought all was well, all the programs started up! However, I tried to play an MP3 and I found that no sound was coming out of the speakers.

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Last reply by Arin, 2000-03-16 13:45

Windows Hardware 9627

Guillemot Force Feedback Wheel and W2K

Ralph Malph

Are there any (beta) drivers for this device for W2K ?

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Last reply by Ralph Malph, 2000-03-16 13:07

Windows Hardware 9627

isnøt it possible for w2k to suspend?

Assassin

why can't w2k go into suspend mode?

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Last reply by grimm, 2000-03-16 06:46

Windows Hardware 9627

FlyVideo 98 FM Drivers won't install?

Devulon

I own a Lifeview Flyvideo 98 FM TV Tuner Card and It works great under Win98. There are Win 2k drivers available on Lifeview's website. The Hardware Compatibility list said you could get the drivers there but nobody obviously tried them.

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Last reply by Devulon, 2000-03-16 05:33

Windows Hardware 9627

How do I flash a bios in Windows 2000?

pr-man

I am trying to flash a new bios for my mobo and I noticed that I cant make a boot disk with format a: /s, I tried to go into safe mode with command prompt and run the flash program but it gave some emm386 memory error.

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Last reply by pr-man, 2000-03-16 04:13

Windows Hardware 9627

How much ram should win2k take up ?

demoniac

I was wondering how much memory win2k should take up according to task manager. It is about 100meg on startup for me, with just norton antivirus and serv-u running. but sometimes it will just up 130+ after a while even if nothing is running.

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Last reply by nova, 2000-03-16 01:17

Windows Hardware 9627

Creative Labs Blaster Banshee

Kro_Mar

Does Windows 2000 supports the 3D Blaster Banshee card (this is the older one, about a year)? Getting ready to upgrade to Win2K, but not quite sure if all my hardware is supported. I checked the company web site and they say TBA for drivers, but I've seen elsewhere that drivers are available.

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Last reply by Kro_Mar, 2000-03-16 01:03

Windows Hardware 9627

Did Anyone ever use this L2 cache Reg hack that had been pos

pr-man

Someone had posted this saying that Win2k only used 256k of your L2 cache by default. Anyone tried this? I have a 1meg L2 cache on my board and was wondering if this hack would help performance. Here it is: REGEDIT4 SecondLevelDataCache=dword:00000200.

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Last reply by pr-man, 2000-03-16 00:45

Windows Hardware 9627

Someone hack the detinator drivers

Arin

Would some one please hack the new detenator drivers for the geforce that has the fsaa and s3tc. thanks. Amd k7 500 w/ 3dnow and mmx. 192 mb sd100 ram. Biostar m7mka mobo. 32x toshieba cd rom. 2x write 4x read phillips cdr w/ adaptec scsi.

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Last reply by miguelidanez, 2000-03-15 20:20

Windows Hardware 9627

Drivers for Lexmark 3200 will be released March 10:th!

Avalance

I just got a letter from Lexmark, where they promised that new Win2K drivers for Lexmark 3200 will be available April 10:th. . . . For those of you who couldn't get the NT4 drivers to work. .

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Last reply by Avalance, 2000-03-15 20:09

Windows Hardware 9627

Does installing Win2k using ACPI mode as opposed to Standard

pr-man

I tried searching for info but cant seem to find any sorry

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Last reply by ParticleMan, 2000-03-15 20:05

Windows Hardware 9627

SCSI / Ultra66 / Abit

J_Pro

I have an ASUS P3B-F motherboard with a Promise Ultra 66. My card is not a RAID. It installed with the driver on Win2k CD. All is well. It hibernates and stands by. Some people have noted problems with other controllers and other motherboards.

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Last reply by slkh, 2000-03-15 17:57

Windows Hardware 9627

Just face it.....

Quantus

Microsoft yet again failed to bridge the gap between Windows and NT. Win2k is just another NT. . . . great for businesses and some individuals. Drivers for gamers suck or just don't exist, 50% of applications just don't run or have major problems (try and find an AV application for win2k!).

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Last reply by slkh, 2000-03-15 17:55