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new build of Win2k?

INFERNO2000
hey, I'm not sure if the guy that said this was a complete moron or just a half-wit. . . but something was said about a new version of Win2k? I have build 2195, the retail version, in both Pro, and Advanced Server.
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Need to deny Guest access to Drives

Down8
OK, I hope someone can help me. My fraternity is setting up an Unreal Tournament. . . tournament. I run Win2K Server, so does our president. We are bringing down the computers of everyone in the house into our living room to do this, and other people will be using our machines.
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Video Editing Question: two parts

pr-man
Ok 1, which is better for video editing? Win98SE or Win2k pro? Also anyone know of any sites that have a comprehensive tutorial on the basics of video editing etc? I am just getting into it and trying to learn about what compressions to use etc.
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Windows Terminal Services Question

INFERNO2000
Hi. I'm running Win2k(Advanced Server). . . and I have a question about the Terminal Services. I was told this is what I'd need to remotely operate programs from the lab computers. . . How would I go about setting things up so I can play Counterstrike from a lab computer, using the software on my personal PC? (Yeah ...
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svchost.exe - two instances in my taskmanager

Max?
I am running win2k. I have two instances of scvhost. exe in my task manager processes. i remember that there used to be only one instance. but now there are two. is this normal? could it have been called up by another program? i have only Serverwatch start up with windows, and uninstalling it seems to have on effec ...
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Dual Monitors

Four and Twenty
I was thinking about adding a voodoo 3 2000 pci too run dual monitors my question is can the video cards display two different resolutions. I have to different sized monitor and I want the windows to look about the same siz from one to the other My System Dell Demension XPS T500 Triple Boot Windows 2000 Pro 2195 (a ...
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Web folders in Windows 2000 Server

Simon Ngan
Hi, I was trying to access web folders from my Win2k server, but it keeps saying the link is invalid. The link was working before when I first installed Win2k. I'm not sure which program is causing it.
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Where does Outlook store contacts?

Sam Reduction
HELP! Where does MS outlook 2k (from office 2k) store it's contacts list? I have a semi dead win2k partition that I can mount (i. e. , shuffle through the directories) from a 2nd, backup win2k install.
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From to Pro to Server: easiest way to change

Down8
Alright, I have Win2K Pro installed. I have Win2K Server, and would like to run it instead. I had Server on first, but I had a problem with my motherboard, and installed Pro to see if Server was the problem, turns out it was user error, go figure.
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Dual boot? Windows 2000 AND Win ME... possible?? how??

Tr0LL
Right now my server has Windows 2000 Professional installed. However a lot of the old programs I had on Windows 98 SE don't work properly or don't work at all. . . . . . Not to mention with my cheap ass voodoo banshee (monster fusion) I can't get Open GL to work in windows 2000, which means no shooter type games (s ...
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dissappearing icon when dragging in win2k

Romulus
Anyone know what could be causing this? Whenever I drag an icon in win2k I find it is transparent and only shows up if I drag it over a darker area of the screen. Hmm seems to be with the Detonator 3 drivers for my tnt2 card.
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IIS Queries

Exorcist
I just installed IIS, so I could fiddle around with webservers and the like. On startup, however, in the event log I get these messages; The server was unable to register the administration tool discovery information.
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Renaming folders after working in them.

IdolWild
Can anyone tell me why I get a sharing violation after I work with files inside a folder then try to do something to the folder itself (like rename it, move it, or delete it)? I am logged in as administrator and should have all rights to do anything I want, right? OS is a fresh install of Windows 2000 - and this ha ...
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Oakley - error in system log

Mojonba
I get this error in the system log The IP Security policy for ISAKMP/Oakley specified an encryption algorithm that is invalid due to export cryptography restrictions. All 3DES encryption used by ISAKMP/Oakley is weakened to standard DES encyption.
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Transparent menus and windows

concept724
does any one know any applications for win2000 that allow transparent windows and menus (not just fading effect)?. . . . . any application other than windows fx. . . . . .
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Cannot get IIS to work

slewis1972
Hi, I just installed IIS to host a ftp site at home. Basically, it is showing as not started, and when I try and start it, in the Internet Service Manager the message I get is The service did not start etc etc ina timely fashion.
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