Lockergnome help - Windows 2000 - Setup & Deploy & Upgrade

settings not retained after restart

The OS would have to be installed first but as soon as possible you should install the chipset My standard boilerplate To do a clean install either boot the Windows 2000 install CD Rom or setup disks The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 CD Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD Rom and execute makeboot exe from dos or makebt32 exe from

Dual boot Xp with win2000 query

Ooops In my haste to copy paste lines for the new boot ini file I forgot that the default location for Windows 2000 is WINNT The new boot ini file should look more like this: > timeout=30 > default=multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 \WINDOWS > > timeout=30 > default=multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 \WINDOWS > [operating systems] > multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 \WIND

Windows 2000 server install ACPI not compliant then no k

On Aug 7 3:36am Dave Patrick wrote: > Yes the OS is probably too old You should be able to disable ACPI in > system cmos setup > Unfortunately there is no way to disable in setup

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Dialup dialog loads without human intervention

IE|Tools|Internet Options|Connections|Never dial Regards Dave Patrick Please no email replies reply in newsgroup Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http: www microsoft com protect Puzzled wrote: >I have a Verizon dsl connection with an AT T dialup account for > backup After reinstalling W2K I find that I frequently have to > d

Encarta makes taskbar disappear

I want to have Encarta on the hard disk for the convenience of not having to put the CD in the drive in order to run the pgm I copied the files from the CD onto my D: drive where big apps like MS office reside and chose the D drive during setup After running setup from the HD the taskbar disappeared For obvious reasons I can t have this Any clues? 2 5GHz Celeron 1 GB RAM 2 IDE hd s

Win 2000 Server on S ATA harddisk

On May 8 1:14am Andy wrote: > This computer uses the ATI SB600 southbridge chip You can try using > the AHCI driver from > > but there s a good chance that it won t install under Windows 2000 Thank you Andy appreciated I tried and knowing the chipset now also found more sources and tried t

Moving Windows 2000 to new hardware

Yes you just need the 98 disk to point to when the upgrade complains ie swap cd s to verify re swap Howard Kaikow wrote in message news:uIjYXlwpJHA 6096@TK2MSFTNGP02 phx gbl >I have a PC that originally had an OEM Win 98 > I later upgraded to a retail Win 2000 Pro upgrade version > > If the hardware for the current Win 2000 system goes belly up wil

USB Floppy diskette Drives

]Hi Bob I had to purchase an archaic 1 44MB USB diskette reader to preload the drivers via the F6 load drivers option of the XP install routine Yes you have to follow this step Thanks I have an alternative to use instead of your archaic 1 44 Its a 3 1 2 floppy drive to USB port Would have really speed things up too [url]http: plrelectronics com flop

Update ERD

Somehow I lost the file setup log file I couldn t update my ERD without it but I copied one from an old ERD I had Is there a way to update the file setup log located in the WINNT Repair file ? I m running W2k with all the updates etc Thanks

Task Scheduler doesn t start cmd file

Scheduled Tasks|Advanced|View Log may provide some details If the job connects to another machine you may need to add the user group logon as batch job rights server side Control Panel|Admin Tools|Local Security Policy\Local Policies\User Rights Assignments Log on as a batch job If the task completes but the job does not then there is a problem in the job itself Remember t

Move Server 2000 ISA to new hardware

These two articles may help How to Move a Windows Installation to Different Hardware http: support microsoft com ?id=249694 HOW TO: Replace the Motherboard on a Computer That Is Running Windows http: support microsoft com ?id=824125 Regards Dave Patrick Please no email replies reply in newsgroup Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http:

Sometimes No Sound with Media Player 9 0

For most files WMP does fine with sound But for others I get no sound I have verified that others can hear these files but I can t Sorry for posting on the mac group couldn t find out for Windoze W2000 MP version 9 0 I uploaded a 171K file nosound wmv alt binaries mpeg videos for anyone to check it out I know this had sound at one time so I m guessing the problem is wi

Bizarre search for files problem?

Using win 2000 sp4 When I try to find files using the search for files or folders it will not work for multiple drives For example by default all drives are shown in the Look in dropdown typing in doc and clicking search now returns immediately saying search complete There are no results to display if I put in just C: it finds some Any ideas? this use to work

Upgrade Server 2000 to Server 2003

Hello Biglifter550 Upgrade your schema for 2003 to new version on your schema master: run adprep forestprep and adprep domainprep from the 2003 install disc on your old schema master to upgrade the schema for 2003 http: technet2 microsoft com WindowsServer en library bc5ebbdb a8d7 4761 b38a e207baa734191033 mspx?mfr=true install 2003 on the new servers and after it run dcpro

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