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To: VoyK who wrote (14171)	12/21/2000 7:00:17 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110652

VoyK, you've come to the right place. Mr Mark and a few others know Win 2000. Meanwhile, here's what Iomega says iomega.com Gottfried

To: VoyK who wrote (14171)	12/21/2000 7:45:06 PM
From: mr.mark	Respond to of 110652

voyk, first of all, welcome to the thread. next, permit me to append gottfried's statement, "Mr Mark and a few others know Win 2000".... mr.mark has been running win2000pro since mid-november, and he is learning all he can! <g3> before i go any further, let me ask you if you have visited this site for faq's, troubleshooting and support? microsoft.com i suggest, if you haven't already, that you install service pack1. there's a big long list of issues and items of compatibility that it cleans up. might do some good. i know that i have come across some great sites for obtaining drivers and i know i have seen bulletins dealing with uninstall. i just can't put my finger on them as we speak. i will devote more time to it as soon as i can. it sure would seem to me that microsoft knowledge base articles are your best bet for things like syc.com (i conducted a preliminary search at a few site for you and came away empty-handed). perhaps the utility you need is in the 4 setup startup disks that are created using the win2000 cd or on the emergency repair disk? (just a wag.) we'll try to help all we can, and hope to learn in the process. all for now :) mark

To: VoyK who wrote (14171)	12/21/2000 8:25:07 PM
From: tanstfl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

Hi VoyK, I'm far from an expert, but I've done 7 or 8 Win2k installs (I have the MS universal subscription so I get to play with all three). I have it set up on three different computers (one advanced server, one server, and one pro) all acting as ICS servers; one on DSL, one on cable modem, and one on a USR 56K. If you have win98 drivers but not Win2K, I have found that doing a clean install with WinME and then upgrading to Win2K works very well. I have an NEC Z1, (from NEC-Packard Bell) and they have the worst support site on the internet. In fact had I realized it was packard-bell branded, I never would have bought it. The power supply went two weeks after I bought it and they wanted me to drive 60 miles to drop it off at a repair site and then pick it up. I just bought a new one for $75 and replaced it myself. Anyway, it was fairly flaky under Win9x but has worked flawlessly under Win2k Pro after upgrading from the WinME clean install (I assume a Win98 upgrade would be similar). Too bad about NEC. I had APC IV 286 in the 80s that was a super machine as is this machine, but... As far as a clean Win2k install goes, I just boot from the CDROM and delete the existing partitions and go. Haven't had any trouble. I have also replaced Win2k twice. I also boot from the CDROM and it asks if you want to install in the current directory (\winnt), a different directory, or reformat the partition using NTFS or FAT32. If you do not reformat the drive it will due a security wipe of the winnt and settings directories and then do a clean install. The bennie is you get to keep your other data. If you have multiple multiple partitions/drives it will automatically default to a clean install on the one that does not have your current install. I got to do this twice. The first time was because of a Microsoft flaw where the add/remove programs control panel function gets corrupted (see the MS knowledge base). The second was when I bought a logitech optical mouse (I dislike continually cleaning the fluff out of mechanical mice for smooth action<g>) to replace a logitech wheel mouse and it wouldn't recognize the wheel. I uninstalled, reinstalled, nothing worked. Yet if I installed it as a generic PS/2 mouse it worked fine (but then I couldn't use their software to reprogram the buttons). Anyway, after deleting all logitech references in the registry, no mouse worked so I did a reinstall and it worked perfect. Sorry to be so long winded, hope this helps. Best, Steve

To: VoyK who wrote (14171)	12/21/2000 10:56:59 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110652

"I have an evaluation version of W2K server (full, legal, from Microsoft office), but I don't use it in any network application yet, so it is supposed to work as a W2K Pro" Q: Is it possible (or advantageous) to use win2k server as opposed to pro? If I do use server will I see a decline in performance? That is what I have. I can get pro instead but since I already own a legal copy of server i would like to just use this. A: Server edition has many advantages: 1.) Fault Tolerance RAID 0,1, and 5 2.) Services that can be enabled or disabled 3.) NTFS and Active Directories 4.) Multiple swap partitions 5.) Unlimited incoming users The Server Edition and Professional are similar except for the services and fault tolerance. Performance depends on how your configure the server software. I have my setup set to performance boost instead of services. I placed the boot/system partition on its own drive. The second hard drive has the data and swap partition. I am considering an ATA66 hard drive to isolate the swap files on a separate channel. Performance would depend on how good your other components are. You need to make sure all hardware is Win2K Server HAL-list compliant. All your software must be for Win2K. Do not use WinNT Legacy drivers. from Windows NT & 2000 Forum 216.242.22.13\|AMP\|+2000+Forum&number=4&DaysPrune=30&LastLogin=