Firewire readers fail in Win2K?

[Greg M]

Sounds like the machine does not have enough memory to properly run
Win2000. Anything less then 128 MB will make the machine respond
very slow as Win2000 needs much more memory then Win98/Me. Better
is to use 256 or 512 when you use PS6.

I run 1.5 gig and PS eats it all up.

Rob

thing I've found is that my machine will reboot or shut down just
fine when I first install W2K but after adding hardware and
software any attempt to do either sends my machine to a static

In that case: Isolate the piece of hardware that's rubbing your
machine the wrong way. Install every device one by one. Make sure
you have the latest drivers installed. Also perform a thorough
check of your memory ( http://memtest86.com ). PCs with memory faults
tend to run "fine" with Win9x/ME for years, but Win2k/XP will
easily throw a fit when exposed to faulty hardware (which is
actually a feature; nip problems in the bud, not after the symptoms
have corrupted large amount of data randomly).

--
Rune

--
Rob Smit

http://www.pbase.com/chinaman20

 

[Rune Moberg]

Win2000. Anything less then 128 MB will make the machine respond
very slow as Win2000 needs much more memory then Win98/Me. Better

It'll run slow, but it shouldn't crash. At most you'll get "Low on virtual memory" warnings, but it shouldn't crash!

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Rune

 

[Lev Brylin]

then yours - I suggest to upgrade the OS (120$) - you are
suggesting for him to switch systems ($$$$$$)???

And why don't switch to Linux, then? It's the cheapest of both, and
comes with a free image processing package (have you ever tried
Gimp?).

Depends on what kind of work you do - if you only do photo editing - Linux may be fine. If you do photo editing,play games and use 3d modeling programs - Linux is out of the question.

MacOS X may be imperfect, but surely more functional than XP:

This is a load of BS. In wich way it is more functional then XP?

Athlon XP 1800+ w ATI Radeon 8500 graphic and XP Pro: 3 restart in
1/2 an hour.

iMac 800 Superdrive w MacOS X: 23 days of uptime (and only a
restart for security...)

Think Different

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---> Matteo Barducci

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I'm Mac already, and run a small network of machines to allow me to process, print, upload to the web etc, all at the same time.

The ability to roll out Wireless Ethernet two years ago was a geat bonus too, and allows me to upload fom the field iBook to the main server on the LAN as soon as I get back from a shoot.

I use Mac for Photographic and Music work, so it's really delivered in all of the media areas I work in.

Chris.

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http://www.d30-images.com
[email protected]

 

[Matteo Barducci]

MacOS X may be imperfect, but surely more functional than XP:

This is a load of BS. In wich way it is more functional then XP?

Dear Lev

I'm glad to explain what I mean with "functional": with my Macs and OS X I can run Mac programs, Windows programs (with Virtual PC), and all GNU Linux programs, without partitioning and installing other OSes. I can burn media for every platform and read all stuff that clients give me. I'm immune to viruses, I can use almost every PC stuff without an hassle and without installing drivers. When I need to run an old program, I simply switch to old OS9 that comes in bundle (as I know Microsoft doesn't give Win 2000 to XP clients... ;-) ) and it's the real system, not an emulation. I can run it in Classic mode, of course! I have a complete suite of creative applications, made by Apple itself, so I forget about compatibility issues. I'm UNIX based and Open Source, so I can expect support from developers (and develop items for myself, as I receive the Developer Tools with the OS). More, I have an integrated system with all the industrial standards (except USB 2.0... For now!) and my machine still retain a certain value even when new models appears. I know that Macs aren't made for games: for that, I run on a PS2... ;-)

That's why I chose Macs a long time ago and still to do so.

I hope I gave oyu an answer.

Best regards,

---

---> Matteo Barducci

PS. I work for a big (one of the biggest in Italy) reseller of hi tech devices. We sell PCs (only brand-name) and Macs (and almost every brand of digicams... ;-) ), side by side. PCs are returning back every day with problems, I still have to see a Mac doing so...

 

[Lev Brylin]

Dear Matteo - you said it yoursefl - you need 2 computers to mimic the function of one PC - MAC to run software + a PC to run latest games. How about that for a compromise with functionality?

As a PC user you don´t need a MAC emulator. 80% of all software is written for PC. Sad (maybe) but true. (By the way - using emulators will slow down you computer considerably -Virtual PC is no exception.)

MacOS X may be imperfect, but surely more functional than XP:

This is a load of BS. In wich way it is more functional then XP?

Dear Lev

I'm glad to explain what I mean with "functional": with my Macs and
OS X I can run Mac programs, Windows programs (with Virtual PC),
and all GNU Linux programs, without partitioning and installing
other OSes. I can burn media for every platform and read all stuff
that clients give me. I'm immune to viruses, I can use almost every
PC stuff without an hassle and without installing drivers. When I
need to run an old program, I simply switch to old OS9 that comes
in bundle (as I know Microsoft doesn't give Win 2000 to XP
clients... ;-) ) and it's the real system, not an emulation. I can
run it in Classic mode, of course! I have a complete suite of
creative applications, made by Apple itself, so I forget about
compatibility issues.

This is all just wonderfull,but you have to understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch. You are paying a hefty premium for all this futures,they are not free. So you can read and wright PC formatted discs? How much have you paid for your MAC lately?

I can buy a "mac Opener 2000" software for 49.50$ and do the same thing (but why?)

Stripped PC without operating system cost just a fraction of what a similar pefrormance MAC cost.

Yes Microsoft would not give away a copy of a WIN2000 to you because thay do not get pay for every PC that is sold to the end users.

To sell a MAC without operating system would be like selling PalmPilot without Palm OS installed.

And a 2000$ price sticker(here in Sweden) for a new iMAC - what´s up with that?! Can I upgrade the processsor or motherboard on a iMAC?Or am I stuck with the same processor speed forever?

Mac is a very nice system - I agree with you. But since Win XP was introduced to market,MAC an PC are becoming more and more similar.
To say that MAC is more functional then PC today is simply not true.
Thanks.
Lev

I'm UNIX based and Open Source, so I can

expect support from developers (and develop items for myself, as I
receive the Developer Tools with the OS). More, I have an
integrated system with all the industrial standards (except USB
2.0... For now!) and my machine still retain a certain value even
when new models appears. I know that Macs aren't made for games:
for that, I run on a PS2... ;-)

That's why I chose Macs a long time ago and still to do so.

I hope I gave oyu an answer.

Best regards,

---

---> Matteo Barducci

PS. I work for a big (one of the biggest in Italy) reseller of hi
tech devices. We sell PCs (only brand-name) and Macs (and almost
every brand of digicams... ;-) ), side by side. PCs are returning
back every day with problems, I still have to see a Mac doing so...

 

[Lev Brylin]

Dear Lev

I'm glad to explain what I mean with "functional": with my Macs and
OS X I can run Mac programs, Windows programs (with Virtual PC),
and all GNU Linux programs, without partitioning and installing
other OSes. I can burn media for every platform and read all stuff
that clients give me. I'm immune to viruses, I can use almost every
PC stuff without an hassle and without installing drivers.

Looks to me like everything boils down to that - MAC users just aren´t familiar with the modern PC operating system. They are still thinking that we are living in Win 3.1 ages.

You are immune to viruses because nobody wants to program a MAC virus - it is pointless - MAC user community is so small compared to PC users. Damage impact is just too small - it is not worht it.
Drivers:

Are you trying to tell that you can throw in the latest graphic card inside you MAC and you don´t need to install the drivers to make it function optimized to 100%? What PC stuff are you talking about? Can you plug-in a non USB PC keyboard or mouse into your MAC? Oh,you can use IDE and USB drives? Well,we PC users could do this long before the IDE and USB standard became avialible for MAC. And we could use SCSI at the same time. Win Xp has a ton of drivers build in,everything is mostly plug and play now days.

No compability issues with MAC? Well,that´s not that strange - 90% percent of all computer stuff is ailmed at the PC market,so compability issues are bound to arise. You may see it as a problem - I see it as an oppurtunity to choose the copmonents that servs my needs best.
Thanks.
Lev

By the way - sorry about my poor English,have to practice some more

When I

need to run an old program, I simply switch to old OS9 that comes
in bundle (as I know Microsoft doesn't give Win 2000 to XP
clients... ;-) ) and it's the real system, not an emulation. I can
run it in Classic mode, of course! I have a complete suite of
creative applications, made by Apple itself, so I forget about
compatibility issues. I'm UNIX based and Open Source, so I can
expect support from developers (and develop items for myself, as I
receive the Developer Tools with the OS). More, I have an
integrated system with all the industrial standards (except USB
2.0... For now!) and my machine still retain a certain value even
when new models appears. I know that Macs aren't made for games:
for that, I run on a PS2... ;-)

That's why I chose Macs a long time ago and still to do so.

I hope I gave oyu an answer.

Best regards,

---

---> Matteo Barducci

PS. I work for a big (one of the biggest in Italy) reseller of hi
tech devices. We sell PCs (only brand-name) and Macs (and almost
every brand of digicams... ;-) ), side by side. PCs are returning
back every day with problems, I still have to see a Mac doing so...

 

[Matteo Barducci]

Dear Matteo - you said it yoursefl - you need 2 computers to mimic
the function of one PC - MAC to run software + a PC to run latest
games.

With PS2 I mean Playstation 2...

This is all just wonderfull,but you have to understand that there
is no such thing as a free lunch. You are paying a hefty premium
for all this futures,they are not free. So you can read and wright
PC formatted discs? How much have you paid for your MAC lately?

I know I'm paying more, but if the $$$ I spend are invested into something that make me do what I need to do. Surely I could have bought a Compaq workastation aimed at 1900

Euro but then I have to buy a DVD writer with a decent authoring software,a wondeful LCD screen, and change all my programs to PC ones... I did the more pratical thnig.

And a 2000$ price sticker(here in Sweden) for a new iMAC - what´s
up with that?! Can I upgrade the processsor or motherboard on a
iMAC?Or am I stuck with the same processor speed forever?

No you can't. And people that bought PCs two years ago with different technology can't in the same way. I saw clients that run into the latest GeForce 4 Ti cards and discovered that their machines simply don't support that or, the performance were severely affected by bus limitations. When I chose my iMac, I was intended to keep it for almost two years, then I switch system, if it's perfomance will be adequate no more. I kept a G3 system for about 5 years, and upgraded nothing. I sold it for about 2/3 of price originally paid and the people who bought it still continues to use it for picture restoration.

Mac is a very nice system - I agree with you. But since Win XP was
introduced to market,MAC an PC are becoming more and more similar.
To say that MAC is more functional then PC today is simply not true.

I continue to think that there is still a difference. ;-)

---

---> Matteo Barducci

 

[Matteo Barducci]

Looks to me like everything boils down to that - MAC users just
aren´t familiar with the modern PC operating system. They are still
thinking that we are living in Win 3.1 ages.

Well... I'm graduating to IT sciences, so I had to work with every OS in the market today. We mainly use Linux, simply because it's THE operating system for excellence. Pardon, I express myself in a wrong manner: when we talk about operating system, UNIX and it's derivates are considered the way to go into the future. My OS course was all about UNIX, MS stuff is never considered. And when you put your hands on a Win XP machine, you know why...

You are immune to viruses because nobody wants to program a MAC
virus - it is pointless - MAC user community is so small compared
to PC users. Damage impact is just too small - it is not worht it.

Do you call it a minus? Even Ferrari community is smaller compared to General Motors one...

Drivers:
Are you trying to tell that you can throw in the latest graphic
card inside you MAC and you don´t need to install the drivers to
make it function optimized to 100%?

MacOS X comes with all Nvidia and ATI drivers bound into it, so what's the problem?

What PC stuff are you talking
about? Can you plug-in a non USB PC keyboard or mouse into your
MAC?

Why not? I know people that did it with serial and parallel adapters. BTW there are some PC users that now have difficulty to get an old standard keyboard or mouse...

Oh,you can use IDE and USB drives? Well,we PC users could do
this long before the IDE and USB standard became avialible for MAC.

I never saw an USB device before the first iMac jump on the market...

And we could use SCSI at the same time. Win Xp has a ton of drivers
build in,everything is mostly plug and play now days.

And can't Mac users doing so?

No compability issues with MAC? Well,that´s not that strange - 90%
percent of all computer stuff is ailmed at the PC market,so
compability issues are bound to arise. You may see it as a problem

• I see it as an oppurtunity to choose the copmonents that servs my

needs best.

Recently, I bought a firewire card reader, a new Epson printer and a new digicam... I have the choice to all that market offers. I think that in the future we could expect more an more all-platform stuff, as Mac and Linux are becoming serious Wintel alternatives...

---

---> Matteo Barducci

 

[Lev Brylin]

Dear Matteo - you said it yoursefl - you need 2 computers to mimic
the function of one PC - MAC to run software + a PC to run latest
games.

With PS2 I mean Playstation 2...

Sorry bout that,but I think that my point is still valid in some way ;-)

This is all just wonderfull,but you have to understand that there
is no such thing as a free lunch. You are paying a hefty premium
for all this futures,they are not free. So you can read and wright
PC formatted discs? How much have you paid for your MAC lately?

I know I'm paying more, but if the $$$ I spend are invested into
something that make me do what I need to do. Surely I could have
bought a Compaq workastation aimed at 1900
Euro but then I have to buy a DVD writer with a decent authoring
software,a wondeful LCD screen, and change all my programs to PC
ones... I did the more pratical thnig.

And a 2000$ price sticker(here in Sweden) for a new iMAC - what´s
up with that?! Can I upgrade the processsor or motherboard on a
iMAC?Or am I stuck with the same processor speed forever?

No you can't. And people that bought PCs two years ago with
different technology can't in the same wayb I saw clients that run
into the latest GeForce 4 Ti cards and discovered that their
machines simply don't support that or, the performance were
severely affected by bus limitations.

No limitations. Just upgrade the motherboard. As simple as that,my friend. PCs are modular. I recently upgraded my 1.5 old PC with new motherboard and Processor. 1800+ Ahtnlon XP processor + latest motherboard with firewire,USB 2.0, digital multichannel sound,IDE 133 RAID , - everything for 300$. Let´s see if you can do that with iMac. Apple should not decide for you - you SHOULD be able to upgrade you machine whenever you want and feel for that.

When I chose my iMac, I was

intended to keep it for almost two years, then I switch system, if
it's perfomance will be adequate no more. I kept a G3 system for
about 5 years, and upgraded nothing. I sold it for about 2/3 of
price originally paid and the people who bought it still continues
to use it for picture restoration.

Mac is a very nice system - I agree with you. But since Win XP was
introduced to market,MAC an PC are becoming more and more similar.
To say that MAC is more functional then PC today is simply not true.

I continue to think that there is still a difference. ;-)

---

---> Matteo Barducci

 

[Lev Brylin]

Looks to me like everything boils down to that - MAC users just
aren´t familiar with the modern PC operating system. They are still
thinking that we are living in Win 3.1 ages.

Well... I'm graduating to IT sciences, so I had to work with every
OS in the market today. We mainly use Linux, simply because it's
THE operating system for excellence. Pardon, I express myself in a
wrong manner: when we talk about operating system, UNIX and it's
derivates are considered the way to go into the future. My OS
course was all about UNIX, MS stuff is never considered. And when
you put your hands on a Win XP machine, you know why...

Experiences may vary... Matteo - you should considered taking MS stuff course, I hear that all the time from MAC folks - " you put your hands on a Win XP machine, you know why.." . You don´t like the 2 button mouse ;-) Mine machine works just fine, but I am also carefull with what components I buy.

You are immune to viruses because nobody wants to program a MAC
virus - it is pointless - MAC user community is so small compared
to PC users. Damage impact is just too small - it is not worht it.

Do you call it a minus? Even Ferrari community is smaller compared
to General Motors one...

Never called it a minus,I just can´t see any point in this argument. If MAC community will grow - virus attacks will increase.

fortunatelly - PC users do have adnavntages of not only be attacked by viruses but also to have tons of great software and games to choose from.

Drivers:
Are you trying to tell that you can throw in the latest graphic
card inside you MAC and you don´t need to install the drivers to
make it function optimized to 100%?

MacOS X comes with all Nvidia and ATI drivers bound into it, so
what's the problem?

So you are graduating to IT sciences? Win Xp will run practicaly with any graphic chip but that is not the point. Graphic cards need much more then a basic systen driver to run optimized. Craphic chips and drivers are contsanlty updated - this means that you also need to update you system driver sooner or later.

What PC stuff are you talking
about? Can you plug-in a non USB PC keyboard or mouse into your
MAC?

Why not? I know people that did it with serial and parallel
adapters. BTW there are some PC users that now have difficulty to
get an old standard keyboard or mouse...

Buy a 6$ converter for your new keyboard/mouse and off ya go!...

Oh,you can use IDE and USB drives? Well,we PC users could do
this long before the IDE and USB standard became avialible for MAC.

I never saw an USB device before the first iMac jump on the market...

And we could use SCSI at the same time. Win Xp has a ton of drivers
build in,everything is mostly plug and play now days.

And can't Mac users doing so?

But you asked me this question about PC users first? Just an answer for you.

No compability issues with MAC? Well,that´s not that strange - 90%
percent of all computer stuff is ailmed at the PC market,so
compability issues are bound to arise. You may see it as a problem

• I see it as an oppurtunity to choose the copmonents that servs my

needs best.

Recently, I bought a firewire card reader, a new Epson printer and
a new digicam... I have the choice to all that market offers. I
think that in the future we could expect more an more all-platform
stuff, as Mac and Linux are becoming serious Wintel alternatives...

This talk was going on for years,still - nothing is happening.

---

---> Matteo Barducci

 

[billtoo]

I spent two whole days trying to get W2K to recognize both of my hard drives, to no avail (I was trying to install on top of ME). Finally I threw up my hands (actually it was my supper), backed all my data up to tape and did a clean install of 2K and..... you guessed it, the two drives showed up.

And as to Rob Smit's slanderous acusation that I am Scrooge like when it comes to memory I hardly think that half a meg (plus) is inadequate.

W2k does take some getting used to. It doesn't seem to fail but when I do something dumb (like pull a device out while it's running) it can take five or ten minutes to think about it. I love it though once I figured out how to install everything in order.

Now is someone would only tell me how to get rid of that stupid Office Desktop tool bar that suddenly grew out of the side of my screen.

billtoo

P.S. You might want to try out PC magazines free download "RegisterRobot" which allows you to do a bunch of TweakUI type setting changes that are fully reversable. (It's TweakUI for dummies.)

thing I've found is that my machine will reboot or shut down just
fine when I first install W2K but after adding hardware and
software any attempt to do either sends my machine to a static

In that case: Isolate the piece of hardware that's rubbing your
machine the wrong way. Install every device one by one. Make sure
you have the latest drivers installed. Also perform a thorough
check of your memory ( http://memtest86.com ). PCs with memory faults
tend to run "fine" with Win9x/ME for years, but Win2k/XP will
easily throw a fit when exposed to faulty hardware (which is
actually a feature; nip problems in the bud, not after the symptoms
have corrupted large amount of data randomly).

--
Rune

--
billtoo

http://www.pbase.com/billtoo

 

[Rune Moberg]

I spent two whole days trying to get W2K to recognize both of my
hard drives, to no avail (I was trying to install on top of ME).

Installing on top of ME can probably cause some headaches. I've seen several people reporting that upgrading an existing Win9x/ME installation is rarely a good idea, i.e. do a clean install all the way. It's not that it will fail every time, but the term "YMMV" has probably never been more applicable.

And as to Rob Smit's slanderous acusation that I am Scrooge like
when it comes to memory I hardly think that half a meg (plus) is
inadequate.

Half a meg will barely let you boot DOS these days. I suspect you meant to say "half a gig". (I've got half a gig myself, and after having looked at the memory consumption while loading a couple of tiffs and do some raw image conversions, I'm starting to wish I had twice as much memory -- luckily DDR-DIMM sticks are very cheap these days, there are some good 512MB DIMM bargains out there)

Now is someone would only tell me how to get rid of that stupid
Office Desktop tool bar that suddenly grew out of the side of my
screen.

Easy. Take 15" of a thin slice of paper and stick it on the side of your screen (measurements will vary depending on monitor size). Voila; the ugly taskbar is out-of-sight!

This is probably an older Office version, right? (pre-Office 2000) In any case, locate your startup folder (it's in the "Start" menu under "Programs"), and you'll find it there, right along with "Find fast" or some such thing. Remove/delete both (I don't think MS bothered with "Find fast" in newer versions of Office BTW, and they stopped pushing that silly Office bar on us as well).

--
Rune

 

[Tom from Arkansas]

I've tried three different firewire readers, three different
firewire adapters, in three different computers! The same problem
in all (in Win2K). The reader will work when the machine is turned
on, but when left for a day or so, the reader are no longer
"active," and one must pull out the cord in the back on the PC and
reinsert it. Sometimes this works; other times, a reboot is
required.

What's up??????? Scoured the net for this topic. Nothing.

--

Get a G4 Mac running OSX. My microtech firewire reader goes right through sleep mode on the mac, and is still recognized.

 

[billtoo]

Which hopefully will keep me from throwing up my hands or anything else.

In any case, locate your startup folder (it's in the "Start" menu
under "Programs"), and you'll find it there, right along with "Find
fast" or some such thing. Remove/delete both (I don't think MS
bothered with "Find fast" in newer versions of Office BTW, and they
stopped pushing that silly Office bar on us as well).

Why is it that the simple answers evade me. Being the clever chap that I am I went boring down into the Settings/Task Bar & Start Menu/Advanced/Advanced/Start Menu settings looking for a fix.

Half a meg will barely let you boot DOS these days. I suspect you
meant to say "half a gig".

Actually, yes - never was very good at calculus.

This is probably an older Office version, right? (pre-Office 2000)

I'm only as current as my wife's office. (Now if they would only start using PS 7.0)

Now to push my luck further..... would you happen to know why my sytem would shut down or reboot on command when I first installed W2k but now goes to a blank dos screen with a blinking cursor when either is requested. The vendor said it was because I had an old system. (Does the degradation of the human body really have an effect/affect on W2K?)

Sure glad I logged on to this Windows forum. So much more interesting than the last one I visited. On that one people posted pictures of dogs and talked about aliens who opened their boxes of computer equipment while in transit from the shipper. Strange bunch.

Many thanks Rune.

billtoo

--
Rune

--
billtoo

http://www.pbase.com/billtoo

 

[Rune Moberg]

Now to push my luck further..... would you happen to know why my
sytem would shut down or reboot on command when I first installed
W2k but now goes to a blank dos screen with a blinking cursor when
either is requested. The vendor said it was because I had an old
system. (Does the degradation of the human body really have an
effect/affect on W2K?)

Hmm...

You do have the latest service pack installed I trust?
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=19726

I've also encountered cases where a registry key telling Win2k not to power down for some reason is present:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14830

(ignore what it says about replacing the hal.dll -- just make sure the registry entry is set to 1)

Of course, you'll need ACPI for this. (My Computer, Properties, Hardware tab, Device Manager, check the Computer node in the treeview and make sure it lists ACPI)

ACPI support was so-so around the time Win2k was launched. Make sure you've got the latest BIOS version for your motherboard installed.

Does standby and/or hibernation work for you?

There are various other possible causes as well:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q282871
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q285461

Feel free to E-Mail me.

--
Rune

 

[Walt60320]

I don't know if this applies to you but my Win2K machine would not shut down all the way either until I disabled GoBack 3. Just a thought in case you might be running that.

Walt

Now to push my luck further..... would you happen to know why my
sytem would shut down or reboot on command when I first installed
W2k but now goes to a blank dos screen with a blinking cursor when
either is requested. The vendor said it was because I had an old
system. (Does the degradation of the human body really have an
effect/affect on W2K?)

Hmm...

You do have the latest service pack installed I trust?
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=19726

I've also encountered cases where a registry key telling Win2k not
to power down for some reason is present:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14830
(ignore what it says about replacing the hal.dll -- just make sure
the registry entry is set to 1)

Of course, you'll need ACPI for this. (My Computer, Properties,
Hardware tab, Device Manager, check the Computer node in the
treeview and make sure it lists ACPI)

ACPI support was so-so around the time Win2k was launched. Make
sure you've got the latest BIOS version for your motherboard
installed.

Does standby and/or hibernation work for you?

There are various other possible causes as well:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q282871
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q285461

Feel free to E-Mail me.

--
Rune

 

[billtoo]

Yup, been running it for a long time and would rather live with manually shutting down than kill it but thanks for the clue.

bill

Walt

Now to push my luck further..... would you happen to know why my
sytem would shut down or reboot on command when I first installed
W2k but now goes to a blank dos screen with a blinking cursor when
either is requested. The vendor said it was because I had an old
system. (Does the degradation of the human body really have an
effect/affect on W2K?)

Hmm...

You do have the latest service pack installed I trust?
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=19726

I've also encountered cases where a registry key telling Win2k not
to power down for some reason is present:
http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14830
(ignore what it says about replacing the hal.dll -- just make sure
the registry entry is set to 1)

Of course, you'll need ACPI for this. (My Computer, Properties,
Hardware tab, Device Manager, check the Computer node in the
treeview and make sure it lists ACPI)

ACPI support was so-so around the time Win2k was launched. Make
sure you've got the latest BIOS version for your motherboard
installed.

Does standby and/or hibernation work for you?

There are various other possible causes as well:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q282871
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb ;en-us;Q285461

Feel free to E-Mail me.

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