DeadCats

Are you by any chance running Diskeeper Workstation? When it reboots itself, does it go into CHKDSK and/or then start defragging?

I've formatted & reinstalled Win2K a few times, and have noted on at least two occasions that one game or another didn't run properly because of an error during the install. An error with no error message, other than the game didn't run or ran really crappy. Uninstalling and reinstalling the game again did the trick in each case. But, the only games I run are those that happen to reportedly work well with Win2K in most cases.

Ok, new version of the BBS. "They" just had to do it. No more Join Date, no more number of posts. Just a "Member Number." OK, so I'm "Member #3353" but I have to ask: Who is Member #1? I searched for Member 1, using the message forum's search feature, but nothing shows. Not even for member 20, or 2000. My posts show, when I plug in my number, so it's apparently not broke. So...again...who is #1?

Quote: Originally posted by jdulmage: ...the join date and number of posts are on the bottom of the messages now, they are still there..this must be you ---> lol Nope, this is me Obviously, I need a cane and seeing-eye dog.

Under Win2K, a lot of S3-based cards will work for the primary display, but not for the secondary display. What does/does not work for the secondary display is, I believe, listed in Microsoft's Windows 2000 Hardware Compatibility List. Or it may be in one of the other MS lists. And it's somewhere on your Win2K CD, and probably also as a text file somewhere on your computer. Anyway, it's out there somewhere. Sorry I couldn't have been any more help. Well, maybe not all that sorry. Holidays, you know. It is kind of interesting to note that I couldn't use an old Diamond S3-based card for my secondary display, but could use an old #9 Imagine 128 card that was probably 2 years older than the Diamond.

Tell us about your hardware (in detail), and your setup. We can try to point you in the right direction. Cheers ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Same to all! ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Pikey, I have no idea the interior arrangement of your case, but I would ***ume there is some sort of rack or cage you installed the HDD's into. That being the case, I'd apply strips of the 3M tape to any of the HDD's exterior surfaces that contact metal. The tape is not that expensive. Probably somewhere in the <$10 range nowadays. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Sounds like a little harmonic inbalance. If it were me, I'd probably try some good 3M insulating electrical tape. The stuff I'm thinking of is substantially thicker than normal 3M electrical tape, and would tend to help soften any vibration. This is stuff you'll probably need to get from an electrical supply house, I'd guess. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

RoadRunner installed cable modem service earlier this week. We want service to 2 or 3 PC's, and I'm confused. We had a BNC (with terminators) peer-to-peer network. However, when they installed cable modem service, the installers had me take down the old BNC network, buy an Ethernet NIC for my wife's PC (her old one was BNC-only, while mine is a 3Com combo card), and buy a Hub. So, okay, I understand that the 2 computers are using the Hub on the network. What I don't understand, is that not only was a Hub recommended for the cable modem, but some folks in another message board said that I also need a Router. Our cable modem service appears to work fine without a Router, though it does seem to "hesitate" once in a while when we're both online at the same time. Sometimes the "hesitations" are lengthy. Would a Router or combination Hub/Router cure this? I have a spare NIC to return to the store, so I could easily take back the Hub too and exchange it for a Hub/Router box. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 16 December 2000).]

Igor, thanks a bunch! Now I know just a little bit more about this networking stuff... ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

I could return the LinkSys Hub and exchange it for a slightly pricier LinkSys Router/Hub? I mean, I hafta return an unopened NIC there, so I'd prolly come out ahead. How about that idea? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

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Quote: Originally posted by ThC 129: just read now that its a bug with win2k that you can't change a drive to ntfs from fat32 if its bigger than 20 gigs. Fixed in SP2 though It worked fine on my 30-gig. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Now I'm totally confused... Yesterday we got RoadRunner installed, too. We have two computers in the same room running a peer-to-peer network over BNC cable (terminators, no hub). So, the installers come. I tell them I want cable modem service for both computers. They tell me to disconnect our peer-to-peer network, install an Ethernet NIC (with RJ-45 connection) to my wife's computer (my NIC is a combo), install a hub (hub, not router) upstream from the NICs, and the cable modem upstream from the hub. So I do, and eveything works hunky-dory on both our computers, including cable modem and our peer-to-peer network which now runs through the hub. But, why did they have me get a hub and not a router like you all are suggesting? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 14 December 2000).]

Cable company just called, cable modems are being installed. We have Wednesday afternoon next week. I explained to the guy what we want, and he tells me it would end up a lot cheaper if we supplied some of the "parts" instead renting them from RoadRunner. What we have is a 2-computer peer-to-peer network. Mine is running Win2K, the other one Win98SE. It's been explained to me that what we need is (going upstream) two Ethernet NICs for my PC, an Ethernet NIC for my wife's PC, a hub, and a cable modem? Is this right, is this how it should work? And is this in addition to the one-NIC each we currently have for the peer-2-peer network? Can anyone point out a good website for understanding what we need to buy? ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Diet Sprite (a Coke product)! Naturally caffeine-free, and less syrupy than 7Up. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

I seem to recall that in a lot of cases, errors were being caused by an IE 5.5 install on top of the beta version. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Why don't you do what Spaceman suggested first, and post your system specs. That way GayRunner and I will have something to work with. Sincerely, DeadPUSSYCats ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999 [This message has been edited by DeadCats (edited 26 November 2000).]

There's a little bit simpler solution. Disable verticle sync in the display adaptor settings. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Heheh...or even do a Search in these message forums. Chances are, it's been covered before. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Draftsman, listen. Some of us that post here regularly tend to get a bit out of line from time to time, me just as much as anyone (except jdulmage, for which it is a normal occurance). We (at least I) didn't intend making fun of you directly. There seem to have been a proliferance of Win2K adoptees who either thought that Win2K was the next upgrade to Win9x, or didn't bother to check compatibility prior to installing it. Then they whine...and whine...and whine. And then expect us to miraculously fix them up. Like we get paid to do it! So here poor befuddled you comes along, needing help, and we make fun of you. So you struck back. Oh well... BTW, I note that there are several 'fixes' for Roller Coaster Tycoon listed in the games compatibility section off of the front page here. You, and everyone else here, have a nice Thanksgiving. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

P.P.S. Oh yeah, and so's your momma! ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Assuming you're not running NTFS, just boot from a Win98 disk, and type what jdulmage said. Chances are that'll fix you right up. ------------------ "Being married to a programmer is like owning a cat. You talk to it but you're never really sure it hears you, much less comprehends what you say." -DeadCats, 1999

Quote: Originally posted by Draftsman: Hehe, yeah, that's what I though...I can see how you really need Win2K to run your antiques and collectable bs LMAO. You could've done that on WinCE hehe. Ah, gonna get personal here, huh? I don't do software for a living, that's what my wife does. I just help her out a bit. What I do is appraise real estate. My data is critical to me; it's what my work is based upon. That's why I chose Win2K. And Win2K helps me earn a very, very nice income. Wanna measure tools, weenie? But I also like gaming. I play Q2, Q3, HL, HL:OF, and SoF. All of which run better under Win2K than they did on Win98SE and certainly better than under WinME. And speaking of my wife's software, just what was the last program you coded? And we're not talking some beginners interpreted Visual Basic crap or an addon for Access here, but real, compiled software. Now, here's the last I have to say to you (with jdulmage's permission, of course). Draftsweenie, you swine. 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Stupid gotten so dense that no intellect can escape. Singularity stupid. Blazing hot mid-day sun on Mercury stupid. You emit more stupid in one second than our entire galaxy emits in a year. Quasar stupid. Your writing has to be a troll. Nothing in our universe can really be this stupid. Perhaps this is some primordial fragment from the original big bang of stupid. Some pure essence of a stupid so uncontaminated by anything else as to be beyond the laws of physics that we know. I'm sorry. I can't go on. This is an epiphany of stupid for me. After this, you my not hear from me again for a while. I don't have enough strength left to deride your ignorant questions and half baked comments about unimportant trivia, or any of the rest of this drivel. Duh. The only thing worse than your logic is your manners. Maybe later in life, after you have learned to read, write, spell, and count, you will have more success. True, these are rudimentary skills that many of us "normal" people take for granted that everyone has an easy time of mastering. But we sometimes forget that there are "challenged" persons in this world who find these things more difficult. If I had known, that this was your case then I would have never read your post. It just wouldn't have been "right". Sort of like parking in a handicap space. I wish you the best of luck in the emotional, and social struggles that seem to be placing such a demand on you. P.S. 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In other words, go away.