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  3. Posted

    Definitely a strange problem, one I haven't heard of much before. It sounds like some sort of connectivity problem between the onboard NIC and the switch (could be due to cable, etc.). However, one thing it could be is a duplex mismatch between your onboard NIC & the switch it connects to (which is most likely to happen if either the switch or the NIC card is hard-coded to be full-duplex, but not both). See

    http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/46.html#auto_neg_valid

     

    Could try modifying network link settings (per the above) and see if that fixes it. Beyond that, do the typical things:

    1) Find the latest drivers for your onboard NIC.

    2) Find the latest BIOS for your system (not likely to fix this problem).

    3) Try the same system on a different switch port.

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    Perhaps the two laserjets have different ROM versions? I've seen other printer artifacts between two "identical" printers, only to find out later that the ROM versions were different. Normally the sticker tag with serial & model number will also contain ROM revision. Additionally, you should be able to tell the laser to print a status page that will include this information.

     

    Other than this, really can't think of anything.

  9. Posted

    If the home computer is the one in your signature that is being overclocked ... I have seen overclocking cause this problem before. Try not overclocking it and see if that helps.

     

    Since you said this is happening both at home and at work, it could also be a virus that is being tracked back and forth.

  13. Posted

    And I'm assuming that you are using speakers without their own amplification. Some sounds cards (such as the SB Live!) do not include an on-board amplifier, relying on external speakers for additional amplification. If the Avance Sound Manager sound card is like the Live!, then this is what you're experiencing...

  14. Posted

    Not to get into a big discussion, but if you go here:

     

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/support/contact/default.asp

     

    you will note that you get two free technical support cases via email or via phone.

     

    I have literally requested dozens of hotfixes (for 2000 Pro, XP Pro) using this method:

     

    1. Log on to online support. State that to fix the problem I need the fix described in knowledge base article QXXXXXX. Please email it to __________ .

     

    2. No more than two days later, I receive an email from a Microsoft technical support spe[censored]t containing the file. They also ask if it fixes my problem.

     

    3. I install the hotfix, and note that it fixes my problem. Then I email them saying yes, it did fix my problem.

     

    4. I get a reply from the support guy that because all they did was provide me with a file, it doesn't count against my two case limit.

     

     

    As I said, I've done this more than twenty times, and it's the same pattern. Now, every single one of my friends and aquantances (10+) who have done similar things have gotten exactly the same result.

     

    But all of this was in the US... maybe internationally is different, I don't know...

     

    Edit: Corrected spelling typo. I really don't have any idea why microsoft withholds many fixes (except security ones and a few others). Also, the fact that you have been having much problems wiht MS tech support is troubling... perhaps submit a complaint to the UK equivalent of the Better Business Bureau (so at least they know it?).

  15. Posted

    I am an individual (no fancy contract or anything from Microsoft) who purchased Windows 2000 off the shelf for my old machine some time ago. I sent an email to MS tech support asking for the updates mentioned in those articles... and they emailed them to me at no charge.

     

    Perhaps phone support is different, but email worked.

  18. Posted

    So I have a very interesting problem on a windows 2000 computer:

     

    Initially, with all of the latest updates, the machine worked perfectly. Then I installed the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK, latest version) to build a custom IE6 installation for internal use. Then I removed the IEAK.

     

    Now users have the problem of every time a popup window opens, nothing happens. They can close the window, but nothing ever appears. This also happens when they try to click on links that open new windows (and thus the users are quite angry). I have triplicate checked all IE security settings, etc., and none of that has been messed up.

     

    I then tried reinstalling the IEAK, but the problem didn't disappear.

     

    Unfortunately, a reinstall/reformat is not an option for this system, so any suggestions would be appreciated!

     

    Oh, and the system all updates as of 4/16/02 before this starting happening...

  19. Posted

    I could be wrong, but you have an awful lot running on that 300W power supply. I know that SOME (not all) vendors of GF4 Ti cards stated ON THE BOX (!!) that at least a 350W power supply was needed. The fact that you have 1GB of RAM drains a lot of power, as does the CPU & GPU.

     

    See if you can borrow a bigger PS from a friend, or try the card in a different machine and see what happens.

     

    It could be a hardware defect in the card itself too, but try these things first.

  22. Posted

    Hate to break it, but wowexec is the Win16 application launcher in 2000/XP (i.e., if you run a win16 app in 2000/XP, it actually runs as a child process of wowexec (which runs as a child process of ntvdm, the NT virtual DOS process)). Sometimes it gets left around, so it should be safe to kill, but probably isn't the source of your problem.

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