Ranger

If your using IE go to the Internet Options in control panel, then connections. highlight the dial-up connection used to connect to your ISP and click on Settings, Once the settings window is open click on Advanced. Make sure that "Disconnect if Idle for ?? minutes" is not ticked. Cheers!

Spot on Toby, I cant belive I screwed that...lol. I was way off the beaten track. Oh well, must be these late nights...eeeek.

Ok, I went against my word and installed the second beta version of DX8 for w2k, purly because I am dying to fix my sticking key problem in Mechwarrior 3 while playing it online under w2k...lol, Anyway. I installed it by running the setup and everything updated no troubles although it seems not a thing has changed though. I still get dropped keystrokes and sticking keys in the game. Anyone else had similar probs even after up[censored] or have I missed something? This is probably more a question for MS to answer but I thought I would try. Cheers, Ranger

Hi Mate, I asume you do not want to downlaod IE and not have it auto install, which wont let you choose the location. When you download it, choose Customise Installation then next. Then at the Components Options screen choose Advanced and tick Download only, which will allow you to download it and install it yourself to where ever the hell you want to :-). Cheers. [This message has been edited by Ranger (edited 23 June 2000).]

Ok, I hope this helps you. I will not post what can be done here, all I suggest is togo to the Start Menu, then Run and type poledit.exe. Go straight to help and find and print out exactly what you want to do. Doing this is critical as you can end up with PC's that will not function correctly if you stuff this up and start adding restrictions you know nothing about. Good luck :-). [This message has been edited by Ranger (edited 23 June 2000).]

What is the first app that loads in your sys tray when it evemtually loads? Remember that most times it is starting the program in the background so it may take a little while. Also, if is a program you rarley use turn off start in systems tray, that way you free up memory resources as it will be one less app running in the background.

no, he means logged into the PC, or your User account.

Have you thought of the fact that it might just be a faulty card now?? Just a thought :-)

Sounds like it could be a buggy device driver or system service might be responsible for this error. Hardware issues, such as memory conflicts and IRQ conflicts, can also generate this. If a driver is listed by name within the Stop message, disable or remove that driver. Disable or remove any drivers or services that were recently added and find the most recent file that is compatible with w2k for you display card.

Hi Mate, You are correct , the default W2k drivers that install your card do not give you the contrast settings and it is very annoying. Bar tweaking the settings on your mointor I recommend you download PowerStrip which is avalible for w2k and will give you a very high level of graphics tweaking as well as some overclocking features, RES settings and diagnostics. Give it a go. You can download it at: http://www.tweakfiles.com/video/powerstrip.html Cheers!

Could be the DX7 problem with input, similar to the sticky keys senario. Maybe DX8 will help it??

Good Question. A proxy server plays a few different roles, but the main feature of a proxy server for a ISP is the caching of already accessed webpages, allowing quicker users quicker access. Some ISP's require you to use the proxy or you cannot access the web, others give it as an option. Its up to you really. The problem with some proxy servers is that they become just another device between you and the net that can go down or generate errors. Find out what there proxy server address is and try the net with and without it, and then make your decision. Cheers!

ok, some things we may need to know: 1.Did the PC ever boot previously without the error? 2. Are you dual booting OS's? 3. What Chipset are you using?. ie RISC, Intel etc. 4. the document says "This error message can be caused when you install an inappropriate driver for your hardware. For example, this error would appear if you installed a MIPS driver on an X86-based computer". Have you installed/changed any new hardware? Cheers.

It's says in the version info its a Serial Key Utility.

There seems to be some questions and confusion about DX 7.0a for Windowss 2000. Here is the release posted by MS. "DirectX 7.0a is an update to DirectX 7.0, providing improved force feedback performance and the best compatibility with today's input devices. Windows 2000 users do not need the changes in DirectX 7.0a, as they are specific to input device support on Windows 95 and Windows 98". View these details here: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/downloads/default.asp Windows 2000 shipped with DX7. I would also recommend NOT reinstalling DX7 if prompted to install it while installing a new game etc. I dont seem to see any mention of DX8 Betas or info on MS site. Can anyone point me to there info source, or is DX8 beta out of MS's hands?? Thanks & Cheers.