some hardware is not happy. remove everything except for ram and video, if that works, then add the rest one by one.
if not, replace ram and video and start over...
To pin down the problem you need to start with a bare minimum.
depending on the games...different games uses different port. for example, Descent3 will use port 2063 so you need open up that port. You have to find out what port the game uses
disable your firewall
Run the game
open a dos prompt
type: netstat
it should show you what ports your computer is open
Your Win2k is on NTFS right? Because of security issues you can't run scandisk on a boot partition when your OS is running. The only solution is to use checkdisk /r or /f as suggested above. Another solution is to take the hard drive out and plug it into another computer with a different...
are you in a multiple user environment? If not then stay with fat32. use NTFS only if you intend to administer security to your files and folder. Fat32 is much more versatile between win98 and win2k
If you turn on the modem after boot, go to Device Manager and try clicking Action...Scan for Hardware changes
Another thing to try is to get in to CMOS Bios and change the "Operating system is plug n play" to YES.
for the CD drives, look for the file scsi1hlp.vxd and rename it to...
it's easy to remove the permission on the boot.ini file
in a dos prompt, type:
attrib -h -r -s boot.ini
that will remove the hidden, readonly, and system attribute. Then you can edit.
you can also try boot from the XP CD and do a clean install
what do you need to get on the computer?
If all you care about is the files, then downloading "ntfs dos" and running it will give you access to the file from a dos boot.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml
can you be more specific as which names you want to change?
You can change any program or file name by right click...
Give an example of what you want to change
go to to www.sysinternals.com and download filemon and regmon
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/filemon.shtml
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml
First install and run them as administrator. Then log in as the user and run them. Then look for any file or registry key...
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