jaclaz

I don't get it. You seem to use that card and driver for something called "work". The declared improvements are related to another thing, much better than "work", called "games" (LOL): Benchmarks measure - more or less objectively - speed, what was promised is "faster gameplay" and "faster gaming performance", and you completely failed to measure the "enhanced energy efficiency" , and of course it is too early to verify the "enhanced reliability". And, hey, man, it's free (LOL). jaclaz

How do you know? I spray my ceilings with high resistance glue once a week . jaclaz

You mean convert them ? Like: http://oooconv.free.fr/batchconv/batchconv_en.html http://dag.wiee.rs/home-made/unoconv/ jaclaz

Yes, he knows. (and his name - difficult as it may seem - is Kelsenellenelvian) You see , people that do have a proper "clean room" (which is what you see on the ads and that actually is a "laminar flow hood") do not post these questions or do not post them here on MSFN.ORG. Good , and the answer is 42.00% (give or take a measuring error of +/- 0.2%) jaclaz

Well, what about Colinux and/or andlinux? http://www.colinux.org/ http://andlinux.org/ jaclaz

I have no idea on what can still be done in a DIY environment. That "Error 1008" has been *somehow* reported as being a head issue, but as always happen with this kind of matters, noone really knows what he is talking about and those that actually know stay silent or post deceiving info, just for making some fun of the non-pros. You can try if Sediv now supports that model , otherwise the only resource I can think of is that you can try asking here: http://malthus.mooo.com/index.php? the place is where the good guys (maybe not really pros, but friendly enough) use to gather. jaclaz

No, the disk drive is "the same" and commands/procedure are too (provided that the actual issue is the same). There are three ways to do the "BSY" fix: remove completely the PCB and re-connect it "hot"insulate head contactsinsulate motor contactsIn theory any of those should work, in practice there are reports that in some cases one of the three works where one of the other two did not. BUT the: is not at all a good sign. Is this still the same drive: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/142565-how-to-solve-error-1009-detsec-00006008-fix/?p=1032082 or have you a fancy for Maxtor 22 drives with this specific issue? If it is, it is not like starting a new thread will get you any added information/suggestion/help, you left that other one unfinalized, and you come back more than one year later with the same issue? jaclaz

Well, for the record, you can use FdV's files/tools/methods to remove IE from 2K *any* service pack. With a little bit of Wayback Machine tricks, they can be found alright https://web.archive.org/web/20080120145002/http://www.vorck.com/windows/about.html http://web.archive.org/web/20070806080847/http://www.vorck.com/remove-ie.html And thanks to the unofficial SP5, HF_slip updates and what not (mainly but not only due to the efforts by Tomasz86 and Blackwingcat ) Windows 2000 is still alive an kicking : jaclaz

Well, a man can dream, can't he? And possibly not the "real thing", still .... jaclaz

It seems like some of the new features have found an actual practical use , JFYI: http://reboot.pro/topic/20004-boot-a-acronis-true-image-2014-iso-image-with-grub2-at-uefi/ Merry Chistmas to you too. jaclaz

Sure it is doable. And it also seems like a good plan. : The only change I would make is the E:\ drive, which I would personally make a little bit larger, say 3 or 4 Gb and NTFS formatted[1] (of course it depends on the amount of programs you plan to install on the 2K, by itself the windows 2000 takes around 650 Mb) or even "remove" it completely or moving it "past" the 10 Gb "exchange" volume. Since you plan to have more than 4 volumes, at least one needs to be a logical volume inside extended, and the C:\ volume needs to be a primary, you can have (say) all primaries but the G:\ volume as primaries, whilst what i would personally do would be to have only the C:\ volume as a primary partition and make all the other logical volumes inside Extended, but if you don't plan to install another Operating System you can do anything "midway". [1] Now let's talk of DEFAULT drive letter assignment in the various OS (assuming that you have only one connected hard disk in that system and that the CD/DVD drive letter at the most will "shift" some letter assignment: C:\ will be C:\ under all OS's D:\ will be D:\ under all OS's E:\ will be E:\ under 98 and 2K but will NOT exist under NT 4 F:\ will be F:\ under 98 and 2K but will NOT exist under NT 4 G:\ will be G:\ under 2K, will NOT exist under 98 and will be E:\ under NT 4.00 (but you can change manually the drive letter assignment in the NT 4) What about making the: 1) My C:\ drive, approx. 1GB, formatted with FAT16, used to install Windows 98. 2) My D:\ drive, 1GB, formatted with FAT16, used to install Windows NT 4.0. 3) My F:\ E:\ drive, approx. 10 GB, formatted with FAT32, used for storing files for Windows 98. 4) My E:\ F:\drive, 4GB, formatted with NTFS, used to install Windows 2000. 5) My G:\ drive, remaining 22GB, formatted with NTFS C:\ will be C:\ under all OS's D:\ will be D:\ under all OS's E:\ will be E:\ under 98 and 2K but will NOT exist under NT 4 F:\ will be F:\ under 2K will NOT exist under 98 and will be E:\ under NT 4.00 (but you can change manually the drive letter assignment in the NT 4 to F:\ ) G:\ will be G:\ under 2K, will NOT exist under 98 and will be F:\ under NT 4.00 (but you can change manually the drive letter assignment in the NT 4 to G:\ ) Or even make only one volume out of the last two ad have Windows 2K installed on it. jaclaz

... and of the involved Registry key. jaclaz

Alrighty. I'll go for the PLoP Boot Manager ... Perfect! jaclaz

If you have to start experimenting, start with grub4dos, PLoP is an excellent thingy, but grub4dos is much more flexible when it comes to device assignment. jaclaz

Well, that Registry entry seems to me (common sense only, not specific knowledge) more like a "two way link". The entry is simmetrical to the entry in protocol.ini, meaning (maybe) that the same device Root/Net/0002 has two compatible ID's, and the entry in protocol.ini may mean that the same netcard can be called indifferently E1000$ or *PNP8fff. Possibly you could try adding (of course only if you are after experimenting, and knowing that there is a risk to need to reinstall/restart) to add to both entries a comma and "MyNic", nothing should change. Then try removing from both the *PNP8fff. And finally try removing again the "MyNic" and see if only the "pair" of E1000$ is actually *needed*. jaclaz

In the meantime, here is why the name E1000$ and how to configure further settings: http://web.mit.edu/cron/documentation/dell-server-admin/en/IntelNIC/dos_odi.htm though nothing about the "comma+PNPID" or "comma+Name" I guess that something here: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com./Services/whql/Tools/NSTL/000316/HCT/docs/ might be of use, but really cannot say if my guess can be accurate and/or if anything in it will be useful for what. The RK98BOOK.CHM also contains possibly some related info: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/HELP/ but still nothing about that "comma" and added parameter. jaclaz

Good , at least we know that the missing item was the comma and the name of the device, which in Sfor's case is a "plain" name: and in your case is a PNP ID: jaclaz

Good news , though I hate it when this kind of things happen (without apparent reason/by sheer magic). jaclaz

Should be: http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/50/ Not even through PLoP or grub4dos (or good ol' Smart Boot Manager)? jaclaz

Isn't your wife using it to recharge her phone? jaclaz

Naaah, the Amiga already used 3.5" floppies, though "low density" or DD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk_variants#Commodore_Amiga The 8" floppy is so pre-Apple II Disk II , and just to show how size does matter, the new, miniaturized floppy drive from Shugart was actually called "minifloppy" : http://apple2history.org/history/ah05/ jaclaz

What will be next? That FAT16/32 is much better than NTFS? jaclaz

Well, not really. Cannot say about that specific PC, but there is not a limit of 7.88 Gb in NT4.00 as you describe it. The limit is only for the "system" partition, you can have more volumes fine beyond that CHS limit (with SP4 or later): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224526/en-us Whether the issue is just the "system" partition (as defined "reversed" by the good MS guys) or also the "boot" partition, see this "clear" KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197667/EN-US is to be seen. I wonder if the limit is just in the NTLDR/NTDETECT.COM and using the 2K one it will be gone (of course the install procedure will need to be modified, possibly by installing to a "dummy" and copying files to the "final target"). But - for the record - a "plain" NT 4.00 install (the OS only) will be less than 200 Mb in size, you can add to it all the programs you want and even few more, but as long as you keep data on another volume a 1 Gb (or at the most a 2 Gb volume) will be more than enough for it. A 1 Gb volume is perfectly fine in FAT16, the 2 Gb is also OK, on a border line. And the NTFS version used by NT (there is a lot of confusion on this) is actually version 1.2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS As long as you disable last accessed times in the Registry, even NTFS should not be such a problem on CF cards. jaclaz

Then maybe it would be easier to set a (say) 15 seconds timeout at booting time, if you do not switch it on like 25 times a day and you are not in a hurry when you switch it on, it won't be that much an issue, IMHO, after all before you get to a fully usable desktop/start menu there will be anywyay a delay of anything between 45 and 120 seconds. Alternatively, you could see (if applicable) if you can find one of those PSU's with a power outlet for the monitor, this way you will switch the monitor always "in one piece" with the PC or use one of those multi-plugs with a power switch or an UPS... jaclaz

No , you are not alone. But it is not a politically correct attitude back to oligarchy vs. democracy: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/172856-guideway-to-disable-keylogger-well-im-not-sure/?p=1087279 jaclaz