Win2k Gripes: share yours!

[Kappo]

I dont like that I cant enable internet connection sharing without the connection being active...it tells me that I need to plug in the other computer to enable it
IM LAZY...I WANT TO SET IT UP AND THEN GO SEE IF IT WORKS...LoL

 

[FMJGomerPyle]

Back to kylef's gripes in the beginning: in order to get the screensaver to come on when you lock the workstation, you need to enable the "Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete" thingy in order for it to work. I found this the hard way: i left my computer on for 3 days with my monitor on constantly.

 

[Basse]

My 1st install ever I had to patch EZCD with 4 different files to get it working for a colleague of mine.
Adaptec released a full supporting setup later on though.

/B

 

[Jarwa]

cpumaster..... Yes! I have had that problem too. (IE crashing when trying to open website in a new window from a link on another site) It just seemed to start today. I have had NO problems with it before today, though. Weird. I installed 2k about 6 weeks ago, and today is the first time that that has happened. I never seemed to have that problem in 98.

Anyone else?

 

[cpumaster]

Hi,

Thank you, finally someone with similar problem as mine, I thought I'm the only one. It happened again, this time I write down the error message. Here goes:
The exception: unknown software exception (0xc000001e) occured in application at location 0x70d35fc7 press ok to terminate ... blah blahblah

Anyone know how I can report this to Microsoft support? Seemed like their knowledge database isn't helping me much.
Thanks.

 

[The Wildcard]

Yes, there are some weird sound problems. Like my winamp will sometime just freeze when i am loading webpages in Internet Explorer, lol.

 

[cpumaster]

Hi,

I think I found solution to my problem, here is the link to microsoft that might provide solution:

Answer 1
Answer 2

I took the steps suggested, ie clearing the IE temp folder, and do IE repair service from Add/Remove program. So far, IE is running smooth and no error encounter yet. I am crossing my finger.

 

[Jingoro]

My gripe is that dual monitor support isn't the same as in win98... it works, just not as well

 

[wxman]

30 days, not one BSOD, all drivers work, and work flawlessly! Realplayer is sweet, stable and much faster than Linux (my opinion) and 98SE. The only thing I can't get working is Outlook Express, I can't get it to send mail. But otherwise, it rocks!

 

[AMD4SPEED]

Windows 2k is the best OS available now. All other's suck. Windows ME is the WORST ! IF you have Windows ME on your computer, you must be a novice. Windows 98SE is OK and Windows 95&NT r good is you have a slow computer. Windows ME is a system resource hog, has crappy features, and is 10% slower than 98SE and Win2k. If you want reliability and stability, go with Win2k.

 

[grendelkhan]

Yos:

You too??? Installing SP1 croaks about midway through on me, and I'm mystified as to why. I've dumped the RAID-0 config on my KT7A-R board, detuned everything on my system, and in the middle of installing the new files... BARF!

Which leads to a total system re-install. I'm totally lost on this one, my wife's box (Win2kPro) took it just fine, but mine (Win2kServer) bites it consistently.

 

[MGMorden]

AMD4SPEED: I'll agree that Win2k is a solid OS, and could well be the best, but by no beans do all others suck. Linux, BeOS, and even MacOS all have very strong points and all are good for one task or another.

 

[RichieZ]

Yea I have a complaint, ever since I switched to W2k my computer has never crashed and I can leave it on for days. It ruins the whole computer experience!

 

[JesseKnows]

On two of my Win2K systems, Real Player (and Spinner which uses the plugin) can't set the colume. These systems use a Creative Ensoniq and a Turtle Beach A3DXStream. Both low end sound cards with generic support. Media Player and the OS colume control work fine, just the Real control doesn't.

 

[AmdEmAll]

I only have a couple problems with win2k. Sometimes sound will crack after playing a song, never happen in 98/me. Download Accel seems to crash IE about 50% of the time. The refresh rates were all screwed up in all my games. Thank God for that little refresh rate fix program. Boot up takes about a minute longer then Win ME. Overall though its very stable, I havent seen a blue screen or anything yet.

 

[nullshark]

mustang659ut,

For accessing Scandisk, just right-click on any harddrive in your Windows explorer window. Choose properties and then the Tools tab -> Check Now button is scandisk.

 

[loveturtle]

1 ntfs sucks for speed,also if something goes wrong can you boot from a floppy and be able to work with it?not likely unless working with a 3rd party util
2 swapfile,really kills video capture,if you disable it w2k will automatically make a 20mb one then nag you on bootup
those ar my 2 gripes

 

[BeeVo]

Theoneatwork,

It is a remote to run stuff like winamp and dvd's. Sun818 in the for sale forum has them for sale for $10 shipped. It is an excellent deal.

 

[TBP]

A poor written device driver can bring down the system easily. I found my cheap USB scanner (Visioneer 4400U) somehow causes huge memory leak (hundreds of MB) if I do something else when the scanner is running. Eventually I couldn't stand another doubling of pagefile so I have to reboot the machine.

BTW, is there anyway I can look into the pagefile and manually free a particular block of memory?

 

[beaker429]

I have found that if you have formatted a HDD to NTFS and then decide to change back to FAT32, you are in a world of PAIN. I have had a mountain of trouble doing this. So far, this is the only gripe that I have about win2k, other than limited driver support from some manufactuers.