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  1. theharvester

    2000 slower than XP?

    OOOPS 6268 DOWN and 525UP
  2. theharvester

    2000 slower than XP?

    Lemon13, My MTU is set to 1000 TCP RWIN 161400 I found a reg. hack somewhere after doing some looking and it seemed to help. I still do not see the speeds (speed tests) that I did with XP but at least I an close to the advertised speed Just did one at 6268 up and 525 down.
  3. theharvester

    Defragment won't start

    Thank you for the reply. I have an XP laptop that will not defrag and could not get it to start just like you. I do not use it much (just for astrophotography and did not want to spend money on a third party software so I have given up on the defrag. I put alot of images on it and also delete...
  4. theharvester

    Can not load "system" (fixed but have ?)

    When my computer would not start I did some searching to find the problem. I found a bunch of stuff on it. I just did a quick search on the Microsoft site and pasted a ssmall piece below. It is about server 2003 but talks about the 2000 memory limit. From Microsoft website...
  5. theharvester

    Can not load "system" (fixed but have ?)

    Hello all, I have a Win2000 set up as a raid 1 with 2 500 gig drives. One day when I turned on the computer I got the error message "Yada Yad Yada can not load "software file" I replaced it with a backup and all was good. A couple days later I got the error "Yada Yada Yada can not load "system...
  6. theharvester

    W2k won't close down. End Program - No Title

    Do you have any USB card readers or zip drive hooked up? I was having the same problem and my USB C.F. card reader was the cause. My dads box was doing the same thing and his zip drive was his cause.
  7. theharvester

    Defragment won't start

    Do you know what the fix was? I find it very annoying when I have a problem and do a search and find a thread with my problem only to get to the end and find "it's fixed thanks. I think it will help reduce multiple posts of same problems and help people who do search befor posting.
  8. theharvester

    2000 slower than XP?

    Hello all. Not sure if this is the correct place for this but here goes. My computer had Xp Pro and I was getting speed tests in the range of 8K down. Now with 2000 pro my best speeds are in the range of 5-6K. I have Cox HSI 7k package. The only thing I have changed is the operating system. I...
  9. theharvester

    Desktop shortcuts not working.

    Everything outside of the desktop works as it should IE internet, and windows explorer etc. Just on the desktop.
  10. theharvester

    Desktop shortcuts not working.

    A friend has a computer running XP pro that will not open shortcuts from the desktop with a double (left) mouse click. They will open with a right click/open. Everything outside of the desktop the double left click works fine. I searched here and M.S.K.B. but found nothing. Any Ideas? Thanks in...
  11. theharvester

    Two questions

    Question 1) A friend has a computer that will not open shortcuts from the desktop with a double left mouse click. They will open with a right click/open. Everything outside of the desktop the double left click works fine. I searched here and M.S.K.B. but found nothing. Any Ideas? Question 2)...
  12. theharvester

    Disk clean will not run.

    Thanks for the tips everyone. I know how to delete I.E. junk, in fact I do not use it much at all (I use mozilla) and I have the temp internet file set to like 5 megs. I mainly like the file compression feature of it. I am getting into Astrophotography and the images take a lot of space. I will...
  13. theharvester

    Disk clean will not run.

    Hello All, I have a Sony Viao P-III 650 Mhz with Windows XP Pro. When I try to run the disk clean it will not complete. It will start and show 3 of the progress bars and then just sit there. At first I thought it was due to the 12 gigs used of 30 gig drive and never been done before and was just...
  14. theharvester

    Odd request

    There is one way make everything READ ONLY (not advisable) Might make it hard or even imposible to UPDATE any thing and will wonder why none of there work has been saved.
  15. theharvester

    can not reply when signed.

    Thank you for the link I did do a search but did not use the "complete" message for the search. I did not find that artical but I will send the steps to her and a link to that page. Thank you for your time and I will rember to use complete messages when doing a search.
  16. theharvester

    can not reply when signed.

    My mom can not reply to my e-mails when I digitally sign my mail to her. She is running win xp home and uses outlook express 6 and has SBC dsl. I am using winXP pro with mozilla and Cox cable. When I send myself an e-mail to a differant address and use OL 2002 I have no problem. And no problem...
  17. theharvester

    Mount an unbootable NTFS drive? !!HELP!! Tough one.

    I am not positive but I think you will need to use the adapter in an NTFS compatible desktop system (2K or XP) I have one of those adapters and also one that is a pcmcia card to connect a laptop drive into a pcmcia slot in another laptop, that is how I got XP on a laptop without a cd rom. They...
  18. theharvester

    How can I reformat my computer that has windows 2000 professional

    I ran win 2k on an IBM laptop that was 166 Mhz and 106 megs of ram and it was fine so I do not think the computer is that big of an issue I too would much rather see you run 2K over ME. I would be willing to download the drivers for you and burn them onto a cd and mail them to you if it will...
  19. theharvester

    Default Folder in Windows Explorer...

    There is another way to do it. Go to the winnt folder and find the SECOND explorer (the one after explorer.exe) do a right mouse click and select create shortcut then drag and drop or cut and paste the shortcut to the desktop and when you double click the shortcut it will open windows explorer...

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