Windows 2000 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional help and discussions.
1671 topics in this forum
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How to run an anti-virus in the start-up sequence
by Guest The Doctor- 17 replies
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Does anyone know how to tell Windows to run a thorough AV scan before going into GUI mode? I have a nasty Virut acc AVG and the only way to get rid of it I suspect is to catch the virus before GUI is entered. GRR! -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@nl2k.ab.ca God, Queen and country! Beware Anti-Christ rising! USA petition for dissolution of your nation!
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Changing Registry Size
by Guest John John (MVP)- 16 replies
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Please adjust your clock and or Timezone, you are posting in the future. It seems to me like the limit is set pretty high. Usually when you get a Registry Size Limit warning an increase of 1MB is sufficient. If you set this limit too high it may cause problems with the way the memory pools are allocated, it's a long complicated story, suffice to say that you should not go crazy with the Registry Size Limit. What is the current size of your registry? Please do not use registry cleaners on your Windows 2000 installation! These cleaners do more harm than good, you have worked long and hard to set your machine to your liking and to have it purr like a k…
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Where are the MVPs MS touts so much?
by Guest jwkh- 16 replies
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F-Secure cripples computer
by Guest phantom- 16 replies
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One of the computers in my household has been crippled by a failed uninstallation of F-Secure, bundled in a package from my ISP they call Cogeco Security Services. Or something like that. What happenned was the computer suddenly reset, as if somebody pressed the reset button that doesn't exist. That was in the middle of uninstalling Cogeco Security Services. The result, is that the computer cannot connect to the internet any more. We can't figure out how to fix this; the computer has to be able to access the internet in order to reinstall the software, but it can't do that, so we can't reinstall it to uninstall it again. We have tried running the uninstaller "bw…
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PC out of control, please help.
by Guest Sirius- 16 replies
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My friends PC keeps sending spam emails. We removed viruses, adware and spyware with Norton, Spybot search and destroy, Xsoftspy. Firewall is on, all up- to date. The spam does not goes out because Norton stops them, but it just keeps trying to send them and the PC slows down to a halt. How do we gain control back over it? Thank you.
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Administrative tools >Performance console
by Guest bassbag- 16 replies
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Ive noticed that nothings being loggedor graphically shown in performance console under system monitor (W2000 PRO sp4).I uderstand that i need to activate perfdisk with the diskperf - y command which i ve done.Ive also reinstalled service pack 4 ,but again no graphs or values are being logged or shown.Do any folks know what the reason may be? [img ]http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/859/20080106132021wc3.th.jpg[/img][/ URL] tia me --
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Cannot delete a file with a too long name
by Guest horst- 16 replies
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I found that I still have a "Sandboxie" folder although I had uninstalled it. So I decided to delete it but I got a message telling that it couldn't delete a file because its name was too long. Actually there is a a .htm file whose name is 111 characters long. No way to rename, move or delete it. I got the same error when I tried to delete it in the DOS window. Any suggestion please? Thanks Horst
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Defrag strategy to extend disk life
by Guest AndyHancock- 16 replies
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I looked into defragging utilities in order to minimize the wear on my hard drive. This differs from most people's main motivation, which is to improve the speed of data acquisition from the hard drive. For me, that is a beneficial side effectg. So far, I've found that freeware doesn't cut it. The short story is that they don't use the proper security privilege so as to be able to access and derag all files, regardless of the account to which they below. I ended up trialing Diskeeper, which seems quite awesome in that it defrags all the files that the freeware could not. It also defrags in the background, making use of otherwise lull times in CPU usage. …
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Can W2K Be Installed on SATA Drives?
by Guest W. Watson- 16 replies
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That's the question in the Subject. It seems to be balking at the idea. I have a 320G Western Digital. It seems to see something less than 320G, and tells me it wants to establish a C: drive, NTFS, of about 320M, and a D: drive of about 50M. I told it to continue, and it told me some format was incompatible with W2K. I just stopped. -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
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Can't Access Web Page
by Guest Millsy 22- 15 replies
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I am having problems accessing a certain webpage my laptop with Windows 2000. The page in question is http://www.itv-f1.com From the desktop in my home (Win XP) I have no problem accessing it but I can not connect from my laptop (Win 2000). I have checked everything I can think of to allow it but still nothing. Obviously I am missing something. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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CHKDSK at startup / Win2K
by Guest Riskman- 15 replies
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I tried to run Error Checking (CHKDSK) on my Win2K Pro, and selected both options to auto fix file system errors and scan/attempt recovery of bad sectors. A popup window advised it would require running at startup, so I OK'd the schedule, then restarted system to allow CHKDSK to scan, fix, recover. CHKDSK proceeded thru its 5 phases, completed each to 100% with no apparent issue, but upon completing the last phase the system moved to a blue screen with the following stop error: *** STOP: 0x0000000A (0xC0001C8C, 0x00000002, 0x00000000, 0x8043832C) IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL *** Address 8043832C base at 80400000, DateStamp 45ec3c8f - ntoskrnl.exe "If th…
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Volume Control
by Guest Earl Partridge- 15 replies
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Win 2000 Volume Control not in sys tray. I know it has to do with drivers, but I'm unable to determine exactly what drivers I need. I've run Belarc and in Multimedia it shows MPU-401. I've tried several drive sites but not able to find what I need. It is an onboard audio. Earl
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can not log in
by Guest mc- 15 replies
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I changed the local security policy on windows 2000 and the next day when I went to log in as the Administrator I got this message saying "the local security policy of this computer does not allow you to log in interactivly." I have tried logging in under safe mode and the guest account but the guest account was disabled and the safe mode didn't work either. Now I can't log in to my computer at all. Is there a way to get in and change the settings back or somehow force the computer to log into an account? Thanks, JM
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Blue Screen-----Stop
by Guest TKHaw- 15 replies
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After I shut down my machine, it goes through all the shut down stuff then I get a blue screen: STOP................ Driver_Power_State_Failure Nothing else happens, so I just power the machine off. I have tried to manually turn off all programs prior to shut down, but this does not change the screen from coming on. Any ideas ? TK
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Re-installing on laptop with no CD drive
by Guest Alpha- 14 replies
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We need to re-install Windows 98 SE or ME or 2K-Pro on a laptop that has its CD drive internal connection damaged. The floppy drive works though. We have all the original Windows CDs and a Win98 boot floppy, as well as all the required drivers. The unit originally had Win98 on it that was later upgraded to WinME and subsequently to Win2K-Pro. Can we - take out the hard drive and format it (using appropriate existing adapters) in FAT on another machine and - copy the CD contents and device drivers to an install folder, and - put that drive back into the laptop, and - boot with the Win98 floppy, and - run Setup from the install folder, bypassing the CD drive? …
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Early adopter retros
by Guest Peter in New Zealand- 14 replies
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Hi. I've always been an early adopter of new OSs ever since DOS days. As such I have used Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98SE, XP, and finally, Vista. I have a reasonably well spec'ed desktop, and an elderly laptop running W98SE. Just got so fed up with unnecessary OS bloat that I dropped back the desktop to Windows 2000 workstation. To my surprise I found it does everything I want or need. I run MS Office 2000, and do a lot of digital photography, so I need to organise and edit lots of image files. You know, looking at how snappy 2K runs in a Gbyte of RAM really makes me wonder why I ever went beyond it. Should have done my homework first. To all W2K users …
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"Network" icon
by Guest Robert Baer- 14 replies
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I have two seperate hard drives, each being configured seperately at widely different times. To close a number of ports, GRC suggests to use the Network icon and re-configure bindings to a certain indicted form. As a point of reference, i did that on 2 yet different HDs with Win98SE and the procedure worked very well. But this is not possible (yet) on either Win2K HD, as the Network icon does not exist and i do not know how to fix that. Help?
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DOS shell start at U:\ instead of C:\
by Guest wong_powah@yahoo.ca- 14 replies
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The windows 2000 DOS shell start at U:\ instead of C:\. How to make it start at C:\? I had set environment variables as follows but they do not work: HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=C: and also HOMEDRIVE=C:\ HOMEPATH=C:\
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Blue screen system halted message on start up
by Guest Lee MacMillan- 14 replies
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Recently had to replace a failed mobo and do a repair install. All went well and I've got all the service packs updated. The system runs fine if it starts but about every 3rd start up attempt (I only use this machine 2 or 3 times a week), as soon as Windows starts to load (after the main screen), I'll get a blue screen with the message "system halted, contact your hardware vendor." I haven't changed any components other than the mobo (an Epox 8KHA+ that was in my WinXP machine for several years). As noted, if Windows loads, the sytem runs fine with no indication of a problem. At first I thought my network card wasn't fully seated but I pulled it out and go…
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Blue Screen problem
by Guest sherwindu- 13 replies
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I received two blue screen messages this week, while the system was sitting idle. I have been running Windows 2000 with SP4 for quite some time, with no major problems. I ran extensive memory checks producing no errors. I did several virus scans with nothing found. I did several chkdsk's with no errors found. At the recommendation of the text on the blue screen, I disabled the cache memory in my BIOS settings. However, doing that caused the startup screen to stall out and I had to reset the cache memory. The error on the blue screen was: KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR I have added no new hardware, and all things appear to operate fine. Any ideas on…
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98SE upgrade to 2000
by Guest Jess Fertudei- 13 replies
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I have several machines that have 98SE on them. One in particular didn't get heavy use, but now the 14 yr. old is doing his best to give it a workout (ASUS A7V600X-E Sempron2400 w/ 512 PC3200DDR). I have a copy of 2000 Pro Upgrade here that I was going to use quite a few years back, but never did (went with XP for that machine) and I was considering putting it on his machine for a number of reasons (like I want to add NAS to my wired router and I want to buy Office 2007 Student to put on there for him and etc.) I am aware that a clean install is always best, but in this instance I do not have the time to invest in starting him over from scratch so I may…
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scheduled task can not access shared drive
by Guest powdered_toast_man- 13 replies
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This is actually on a Windows 2003 server but I didn't see it among the options. I've created a batch file on server A to generate a report and copy it to a shared drive on server B. When I log onto server A and run the batch file it works; when I use the task scheduler to run the batch it fails. A coworker suggested using the unc path rather than the mapped drive letter designation but that didn't help - all that did was generate a "CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories" error message. I have a hunch that the problem is because the shared drive is not recognized unless the user physically logs onto the box. Is that the case and is t…
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Second large hard drive 320Gb only showing as 136Gb
by Guest kleefarr- 13 replies
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Hi, I have installed a second hard drive 320Gb, which is listed in bios but only shows 136Gb in the details in BIOS. How do I enable large hard drive support. OS - Windows 2kpro SP4 Mobo - http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=492 Any help gratefully received. Kevin
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Task Scheduler Error 0x8007000d: The data is invalid.
by Guest Robert Reed- 13 replies
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Full error message is : The attempt to retrieve account information for the specified task failed; therefore, the task did not run. Either an error occurred, or no account information existed for the task. The specific error is: 0x8007000d: The data is invalid. Account permissions or security rights are not the issue. Cannot View "Hidden Tasks" from the "Advanced" tab of "Control SchedTasks" "Hidden Tasks" is not available. This is a relatively new install and the box was promoted to a DC after installation. I can find lot of references to this error for Win2003 as a shadow copy issue but this is a Win2000 installation so this is not applicable…
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Log-in log-out
by Guest Mhaxx- 13 replies
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Is there a log file which stores date/time of every log-in and log-out? Mhaxx