Windows 2000 Workstation
Windows 2000 Professional help and discussions.
1671 topics in this forum
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autoexnt
by Guest Pascal- 2 replies
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Hello i've got a problem with autoexnt on windows 2000 pc. I follow the instructions to make it works copy files in c:\winnt\system32 (Autoexnt.bat, Autoexnt.exe, Servmess.dll, Instexnt.exe) i make a litle script with autoexnt.bat i test the solution as it's said on the notice instexnt install (i verify on services, the service is ok ) when i do "net start autoexnt" my autoexnt.bat is not launched i dont know why, in the event viewer i've got event id 33 34 35, but no more information anybody could help me ? thanks
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Win 2000 pro won't boot
by Guest canna- 8 replies
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When the 2000 screen apear the loading bar gets about 3 quarters across and BSOD appears. It mentions about a virus and says run CHDSK /F. How can I fix this? I really need the files on the laptop for work. I got the laptop from a friend but it does not have a 2000 disk with it. I have gone to bootdisk. com and downloaded 4 disks and 2 .exe files. These are currently on my memory stick. The laptop doesn't have a floppy drive do I need to put these files on a CD? Many thanks in advance for your help. Canna
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How to Get Rid of Multi-boot WIN 98SE Option Leaving Only WIN 2000?
by Guest JOHNCHAP2- 5 replies
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My startup is a multi boot to MS WIN2000, MS WINDOWS, or MS WIN2000 Recovery Console. I ended up with this several years ago when I upgraded from Win 98SE to WIN 2000. I want to get rid of the MS WINDOWS option and totally remove the old version so I can convert the drive from FAT32 to NTFS. Will removing the MS WINDOWS line from the BOOT.INI and WINBOOT.INI files do this or do I need to do some other things as well? Incidently, there are at least two versions of each of these files with today's date. Can I then simply remove the WINDOWS directory from the C Drive without screwing things up? Do I need to do anything else? For whatever it is worth, ther…
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Dual boot XP/Vista and NTFS
by Guest Ham Pastrami- 2 replies
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I'd like to get XP and Vista installed to my computer for sandbox tests (still prefer to keep 2k as the primary environment). I'm a little concerned about whether the NTFS update is going to impact the existing filesystem. Do I need to create separate partitions for the additional operating systems or will it be sufficient to install to different folders?
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Inaccessible Boot Device
by Guest Clueless about computers- 1 reply
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Hi, I have Windows XP Professional (home edition) on my PC. When starting the system all I receive is a blue screen indicating STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. The message indicates if this is the 1st time this screen apprears restart the computer or run chkdsk/f. (This is the 1st time this screen has appreared!) I cannot get to the desktop or any programme to run a virus check even!. I cannot shut down the PC until I hold down the shut down on the unit for 10 seconds. It also mentions to check for virus or any hardware that has been installed. I have tried starting in safe mode but no luck. The recovery cd does not clean or recover etc. No new…
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W2K Frozen in Place
by Guest W. Watson- 8 replies
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I built a PC for an elderly neighbor some months ago. When it is powered up it stalls with the W2K displayed and the gauge about 1/2 way across its span. I told him to leave it on overnight, but it's still in the same place. Unfortunately, it was likely subjected to some unintentional rough house treatment in recent weeks. It was probably turned on/off improperly, and moved about a bit carelessly as he worked on fixing the bench area where it is located. How do I get the machine unstuck? I recall something about putting it in safety mode with F8 during the early start. Comments. -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) …
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Running Windows2000 Pro on new PC hardware?......
by Guest qinfo_esr- 2 replies
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Has anyone had experience recently with loading and running Windows2000 pro on modern PC hardware? We have a client that had a PC die and all the software they where using was developed for and was only validated under Windows2000 pro. So to prevent the expence of potentially redeveloping anything, they want to just get a new PC and load it up with Windows2000 pro and the other software. Thanks, Erich
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Steady State for Win 2000 Pro
by Guest Dan- 0 replies
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Is there a compatible application that does for Windows 200 Pro that Steady State does for XP?
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How to clear compatibility settings?
by Guest Ham Pastrami- 0 replies
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Sometimes when installing old software I need to make a shortcut to the installer on the CD -- for example I:\setup.exe. After installing, I delete the shortcut. The strange thing is, Windows seems to remember the compatibility setting even when the shortcut is not being used. Furthermore it will remember the setting even for a different CD, so if I then try to install a newer program, which is incidentally also I:\setup.exe, the installer will say something like "Windows 95 is not supported". I then have to make the shortcut again and turn off compatibility mode. Since it appears that Windows actually stores the compability data somewhere other than the shortcut…
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possible to partition a drive in windows?
by Guest ps- 1 reply
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When setting up win 2000, My drive was partitioned as one big drive, using all space on it. Is there a way I can partition that drive C:\ into 2 drives, Drive C:\ and D:\ ?
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Hibernate store location
by Guest Tom Del Rosso- 4 replies
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Can the partition used for hibernate files be changed in 2k? -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word.
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Problems with installing win2000 server on new Dell
by Guest bill allemann- 4 replies
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I had an unused win2000 server package so I wanted to save some $ and use it for a low-tech server. I bought a new Dell SC440 and it comes with a "Server Assistant" software package on the install CD. I used the software to config a mirror RAID configuration with the 2 identical SATA hard drives. The BIOS boot screen shows one drive now, and displays a Ctrl-C prompt to access the RAID config. I created a C drive of about 5gb and left the remainder in an unformatted partition for now. The Server Assistant software will only install Win2003 as an OS, so I needed to do the usual setup with the Win2k CD. I downloaded a driver file for the SAS 5i/R RAID co…
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Win2000 Sysprep ?
by Guest ps- 1 reply
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Hello, I will be needing to do a sysprep on one of my server systems because I want to get a ghost of the PC. Is it pretty straight forward to do a sysprep? Is there a procedure document somewhere on how to do it? thanks
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GPOs
by Guest Daniela- 1 reply
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How to export Group Policy in 2000 Server? Thanks :)
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Event ID: 51
by Guest WiZEGUY- 1 reply
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I'm getting the event ID: 51 error that's filling up my event log (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830051) From this article it says i have to call Microsoft to get the hot fix. Can't i just download it from somewhere? If possible, someone please send me the link. If your had the same issue, did the hotfix work?
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AfterAd-Aware SEremoval, still appears
by Guest labfuji- 3 replies
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+sorry just repost in the appropriate OS newsgroup Ran the Ad-Aware SE scan found and deleted it. So it says but when I rescan it, Win32 AdWare.Cinmus still show up (either in Normal ot Safe mode). Its location CLSID \{385ABBC-FB22-4D17-8834-064E2BA0A6F0} which when I go to the registry/location and expand there are 2 items + InprocServer32 - hightlight and right pan shows default REG_SZ C:\DOC & SettING\ALL USERS\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\PCTOOLS\PCTOOLS.DLL Threading Model REG_SZ Apartment +TypeLib and hightlight and right pan shows the default REG_SZ {385ABBC-FB22-4D17-8834-064E2BA0A6F0} can some advice what shall I do here? On item 1 …
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Win2K3 server SP2 and Win2K3 Server R2
by Guest Brad Pears- 1 reply
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Are the above server products synomynous or is Win2K3 R2 a completlely different product then Win2K3 SP2? Thanks, Brad
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win2000 server on new Dell machine
by Guest bill allemann- 2 replies
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I had an unused win2000 server package laying around so I wanted to save some $ and use it for a very low-tech server. I bought a new Dell SC440 and it comes with a "Server Assistant" software package on the install CD. The software seems to have dealt OK with a mirror RAID configuration with the two identical SATA hard drives. The BIOS boot screen shows one drive now, and displays a Ctrl-C prompt to access the RAID config. It appears that the assistant software will deal only with Win2003 server, though, to finish the OS install. A tech guy at Dell told me that there shouldn't be anything on the machine that would preclude using win2k as an OS. I bail…
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Bad problem!
by Guest Mhaxx- 8 replies
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This morning my Windows 2000 started using a brand new home directory: C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName.DOMAINNAME instead of C:\Documents and Settings\MyUserName. Why?! This implies many things are lost (desktop, settings, etc): I suppose Windows found some problem on my original home directory. 1) How to fix this problem? 2) And how to back to my original directory home? Please, help!! Thanks, Massimo
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Disappearing task bar
by Guest mtkagal- 2 replies
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I have been running 2000 Professional for years and just the other day started loosing my taskbar intermittantly. I have to restart the computer to get it back on the display. I can go into the task manager and retrieve running applications but I can't access anything through the START menu. When I started writing this I had no task bar, I left for awhile and my screen went to screes saver, I wiggled the mouse and my screen came up, with the task bas visible. What is causing this?????
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Serial/USB Cable Difficulty
by Guest W. Watson- 1 reply
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I have a Belkin serial/usb cable and it works fine most of the time. If I try it with program A, it works fine as com3. If I use it on program B, without A around, as com3, it fails. I bought a Cables Unlimited ser/usb cable, and it fails the same way. It always fails with B. Someone told me that w2k is not quite so friendly with drivers as XP, and that in this instance it may require tampering with BIOS. Comments? -- Wayne Watson (Nevada City, CA) Web Page: <speckledwithStars.net>
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File Attributes Problem
by Guest Roger Fink- 0 replies
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I'm trying to do a relatively simple thing with Windows Explorer, but it's turning out to be not so simple. In the profile I always use, which has full Administrator privileges, I want to uncheck the box that says <Hidden> for the <Local Settings> folder. When I do this the setting will stay unchecked for the session and will survive closing/reopening Explorer, but upon reboot, the box is rechecked. The actual Local Settings folder appears in the Explorer tree whether the Hidden box is checked or not - I believe this is because under <Tools/Folder Options/View>, the <Show hiddden files and folders> box is selected. I'd like to get that…
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Ratio of FTEs to Servers
by Guest cta582@sbcglobal.net- 0 replies
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Is there a formula or site that can provide info on the ratio of FTEs to servers? Or maybe you have a general rule of thumb for something like this.
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When I copy a big file(e.g.,200 MB) file from harddisk to usb key, in Windows XP, "copy c:\bigfile g:" will not return immediately, while in Windows 2000, "copy c:\bigfile g:" returns immediately. My question: I want to let "copy c:\bigfile g:" do NOT return immediately in Windows 2000. In anther word, I want it retunes only when the data is actually copied to USB Key. Is it possible? Thanks!
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Setting the Clocks Back and Windows 2000?
by Guest Victor- 3 replies
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O.K., here we are, November 4, 2007. Daylight Savings time is over, and it's time to set the clocks back. What's different this year is that, even after a reboot, Windows 2000 did not prompt me to accept a new clock change, nor did the clock on my computer go back automatically. It did go back on my XP computer, though (no prompting to accept the update). In Win2K, when I go to Settings > Date/Time Properties | Time Zone, "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings changes" is checked. I don't want to manually adjust the Win2K time back one hour unless I'm sure that the time won't get set back automatically at some later date. What gives? H…