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Keith Gamard kgam...@mindspring.com alt comp periphs mainboard abit You may need to install the HighPoint UDMA/66 drivers during install of W2K. Go to this ftp site and get the 366_1231_W2K.zip file if your HighPoint BIOS is 1.22 or get the 366_122_2k.zip if it is 1.21: ftp://ftp.abit.com.tw/pub/beta/be6-ii/driver/

MS-DOS Startup Disk/Blue screen said?/Try this!
I couldn't select all of the "critical" updates and install them without getting a "BSOD". I had to download and install each update individually; which meant I had to Will I wait for "Longhorn"?........HELL NO! 7. Will I download SP2?........HELL NO! 8. Why is SP2 written to break so many good applications? 9.

ASUS V3800TVR / TNT2
Usually MSIE *and* Connect have crashed and the machine cannot shut down without freezing whilst giving the 'please wait' message. The only cure I have found is to rename my Windows directory, re-install Windows from scratch and Turnpike over its old self, then continue. The system is fine for 2-4 weeks,

Migration from SBS 2000 to SBS 2003 on new machine?
When Windows 95 first came out, it had been delayed almost a full year because Linux was easier to install that the beta copies of "Chicago". .... You then wait in another LINE to find out if you passed the test :-). As you wait, you observe 3 people being arrested (outstanding warrants) Two lose their driver's

SuSE 10 install halts on boot screen
Jerome Poudou jerome.pou...@merkurium.com microsoft public windowsxp beta setup-deployment Evolution, bis... My installation process is terminated. I'll wait you ideas. "The system" <thesystem@> wrote in message news:ePDxhG8BBHA.1348@tkmsftngp03... mine did the same thing, but after 3 minutes it started again.

Crashing W2K
a few times just a BSOD/Reboot w/ no message or just "critical error". The FIX. VIA came to the rescue with a beta patch. Unfortunately you will have to wait until Intel, SIS and ALI release a fix for those boards. There is good news in sight though, VIA is continuing to work through this issue for both their

D1_3Dfx Beta 01 is out!
It's a beta, yet it's better thant NT. BSOD? only one, because of wrong drivers (trying to use NT soundcard drivers, it finally worked). If you install wrong drivers of software it freezes the computer with a BSD. M$ said that this would be reduced, and windows would reject them and go back to normal, hahahaha!

Inaccessible Boot Device
So, prudence being the better part of valor and all that... someone else can do the beta testing of the SP when it is finally released. device and be greeted with a BSOD and DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE error. Wasn't Vista supposed to include native support for 1394? Oh wait, yes and it's called Leopard!

List of Fixes for Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 Beta
But when Tech Times Solutions columnist John Torro booted a beta version of Whistler with 64MB of RAM, he reported it was sluggish. Microsoft's minimum specs have traditionally McCracken says those who are unsure about Whistler may want to wait to see how others fare. But he thinks the new system holds promise.

750DVD and Win2000...install ok, but...
I couldn't select all of the "critical" updates and install them without getting a "BSOD". I had to download and install each update individually; which meant I had to Will I wait for "Longhorn"?........HELL NO! 7. Will I download SP2?........HELL NO! 8. Why is SP2 written to break so many good applications?

Beta 2 Install Woes...
Rolling back the drivers returned modem functionality which let me download the Beta drivers from ATI, which finally let me install the ATI software which now Think I'll just have to wait for RC2 to report on successes and failures here. 8. Lastly, I can't complain about the Blue Screen Of Death anymore...

Nero 6.3.1.10, XPSP2 RC, and BSOD
And you've also installed over beta code! It's a recipie for disaster... upgrades are bad enough, but upgrades over beta code are a nightmare. This problem began sometime mindway through my use of RC2, and I cannot seem to link it to any installation or uninstallation of hardware or software.

Whistler server b2 evaluation period EXPIRED...
Firefox was supposed to wait by the phone (figuratively speaking) and take action. One of the action was perhaps to about the load or do some emergency .... From there I would start un-installing applications that you have installed previous to the BSOD's. IT could be one of them is corrupt and causing this issue.

Install of RC1 took 13 hours!
Daniel Mark McCabe wrote: The S540 drivers for Win2K are still beta (they don't even have proper DX6 support yet). Its probably just a bug with some motherboards and you'll probably have to wait for more updated drivers. You can try the latest one from the s3 website but thats about it

'advocacy' wars -- really needed?
I finally assumed this was a result of the Infinite Loop BSOD that many people report in XP related to the 8500 or GeForce3 cards and DX 8.1 So, I figured I'd go back to WinME and wait for this BSOD Loop in XP to be resolved. I wiped the XP install and installed WinME. I right away install the 4-in-1, reboot,

In case...
I'm not sure that a re-install will preserve my current settings (mails, news...)... but I can't wait until the next beta. Francis. "Benjamin Standing" <stand...@opensystems.com> wrote in message news:7Phu7.66008$vq.12199892@typhoon.ne.mediaone.net... I posted this same issue last week without any response.

A7V266-E ATI 8500 and VIA 4in1 Problem
Walter Clayton w-clayto...@SPmailandnewsAM.com microsoft public windowsxp beta help-and-support Are you running an AV app? Should I just go back, then wait for XP Final, and install that, and see how it goes. [After a clean installation of course] Since I have all of my old programs, new programs,

Another KT7A/RAID Saga..
About how long was the time you needed to wait? I'm not sure, I wasn't waiting in front of my PC. But it couldn't have been more than about 3 minutes. A blue screen came up (in safe mode, in normal mode nothing came up), with black dots. After that a long pause and then it worked. Before the install itself it

OS/2's own BSoD
Even got BSOD (a lot more polite than with WinME, though). Had to do another clean install. 3) Everything seems fine for the last 6 hours up time. Have the following installed: AMD 1.1 GHz 256 CDR & CD-RW software Runs great so far. Runs much faster than WinME, except for the very long wait during startup. Ricky.

Seti@home Frequently Asked Questions v2.0.1
Then rebooting again to windows normal and attempting to install latest official Nvidia drivers. Same BSOD nvlddmkm.sys at boot... I must have tried almost every driver/fault finding/troubleshooting combination... This is driving (ha) me nuts! "John Barnes" wrote: I have the beta drivers from the nVidia site