Don Carlo,

I go there quite a lot. But one of the best sites for infos is www.jsiicn.com for Win2k and WinNT (NT reg hacks).

But does your jsiicn.com have a picture of Bill Gates with a "Borg" eyepiece? Slashdot LOVES to diss Microsoft.

"When visiting OSA's websites like www-dot-xenu-dot-net and its
links, see if you can tell the difference between accurate
criticism of Scientology and OSA's planted false data and
distortions."

- "Ralph Dorian" (on a.r.s.)

For Amadeomenavicente and others who love everything about Big Brother Hubbard's character, style, writings, thoughts, deeds, wit, wisdom, etc etc:

"If you need to lie about your life, then you need
to lie about everything."

- "flatlander"* (on a.r.s.)

*(whose young son, after failing to "qualify" for the Sea Org, committed suicide in hopes of coming back more "able" in his next life...)

"The truth is out there
...but so are lies."

- Agent Scully on the X-files

Apollo 13
I didn't do the original install on the w2k,
was up and running when I got on. Did upgrade from office2k to office xp, without a hitch,
didn't even mess up my UM.

Was trying to figure out "PHAT", thought it worked within windows, wrong. One of these days
will be techie enough for my own penguin. As far as I'm concerned all the folks screaming at gates are just jelious that they didn't do it first. aol is the biggest against MS, when aol is doing the exact same thing, only worser. all you aol users, get a firewall, and really find out how much info your puter sends back to aol.

Ok Hano,

then do the following:
Start -> Settings -> Control Panel
Click on System icon
Click on the Hardware Tab at the top
Click on View, then choose "Resources by type"
Now expand the + sign beside IRQ, and you will see all your hardware with regard to the Interrupt Request settings


BTW this is not Microsoft's fault, ACPI is a hardware standard that all manufacturers agreed to comply with from 1999 onwards. So don't bug MS tech-support with this, 'cause this time MS was innocent.


If you see anumber of devices on IRQ 9, (like your Modem, and USB controller etc. and also the

Advanced Component and Power Interface (ACPI) on IRQ 9 then you are royally screwed.

The only thing that you can do to get out of this mess is to reinstall.

The problem is that ACPI is on the ISA bus and all the rest are on PCI bus. You cannot mix the two on the same interrupt. You also cannot have more than two devices sharing one interrupt.

If you have ACPI installed (and you probably will have) then this should be the only device on IRQ 9.

The upshot is, if you have a modem on IRQ 9 for instance then you will get disconnections etc. and you will get your system hanging.

BTW Don Carlo, I think this is important for you as well, and everybody else.

For cat lovers, or perhaps for cat haters, the list for sec checking suspicious felines:


> HCOB 19JUL97 - SEC CHECK CATS
> HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
> 3rd Enlightenment Palace
> Lower Meyaaweew
> Coltice
>
> HCO BULLETIN OF 19 JULY 1997
>
> Central Orgs
> HGCs
> Tech Staff
>
> SEC CHECK CATS
> (HCO WW-Sec Form 6 1/2)
>
> For processing use only on cats.
>
> L. RON HUBBARD
> Flounder
>
> SEC CHECK CATS
> HCO WW Sec Form 6 1/2
>
> HAVE YOU EVER ENSLAVED A MOUSE?
> HAVE YOU EVER SAT ON ANYONE?
> HAVE YOU EVER SUNK OR OTHERWISE DESTROYED YOUR OWNER'S RUBBER DUCK?
> HAVE YOU EVER ABUSED FURNITURE?
> HAVE YOU EVER PEED ON FOOD OR DRINKING SUPPLIES?
> HAVE YOU EVER CLAWED ANYONE?
> HAVE YOU EVER DELIBERATELY SPREAD KITTY LITTER?
> WAHE YOU EVER COMMITTED WANTON SHARPENING OF CLAWS?
> HAVE YOU EVER DESTROYED A CHAIR?
> HAVE YOU EVER FORCED ANYONE INTO BEING YOUR PILLOW?
> IS ANIMAL CONTROL SEEKING YOUR WHEREABOUTS?
> HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN WIND?
> HAVE YOU EVER BLANKETED SLEEPING BODIES FOR THE SENSATION KICK? DID
> THEY'
> WAKE UP? HOW FAR WERE YOU THROWN FROM THE BED?
> HAVE YOU EVER PRACTICED TERRORISM IN YOUR OWNER'S HOME?
> HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN ANYONE INSANE?
> HAVE YOU EVER TRAPPED A SPARROW?
> HAVE YOU EVER DESTROYED ARTISTIC PRODUCTIONS OR CREATIONS BY SCRATCHING?
> HAVE YOU EVER COUGHED UP A HAIRBALL ON YOUR OWNER'S CLOTHES? SHOES? LAP?
> DID YOU COME TO EARTH FOR EVIL PURPOSES?
> HAVE YOU EVER CLAWED BOOKS?
> HAVE YOU EVER RAIDED A FRIDGE?
> HAVE YOU EVER STOLEN FOOD FROM YOUR OWNER'S PLATE?
> HAVE YOU EVER CAUSED A PLANET TO DISAPPEAR?
> HAVE YOU EVER CLIMBED UP DRAPES?
> IS GARFIELD YOUR ROLE MODEL?
> HAVE YOU EVER DEMONSTRATED THAT CONTROL IS IMPOSSIBLE?
> HAVE YOU EVER PUSHED A VASE OFF A TABLE?
> HAVE YOU EVER DEMOLISHED A FLOWERBED?
> HAVE YOU EVER BROUGHT A DEAD RODENT TO YOUR OWNER?
> HAVE YOU EVER COME WHEN CALLED, UNLESS FOOD WAS SERVED?
> HAVE YOU EVER SAT ON A BOOK OR NEWSPAPER SOMEBODY WAS READING?
> HAVE YOU EVER CLIMBED UP YOUR OWNER'S LEG?
> HAVE YOU EVER SHREDDED A DOCUMENT?
> HAVE YOU EVER CRATED CHAOS?
> HAVE YOU EVER HOOKED FISH FROM AN AQUARIUM?
> HAVE YOU EVER JUMPED ON A DINNER TABLE WHILE PEOPLE WERE EATING?
> HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A PSYCHIATRIST?
> HAVE YOU EVER TERRORIZED A CANARY?
> HAVE YOU EVER EATEN A CLAM?
> HAVE YOU EVER KEPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD UP BY YOWLING?
> HAVE YOU EVER WALKED OVER A KEYBOARD WHILE YOUR OWNER WAS TYPING?
> HAVE YOU EVER PUSHED A FULL ASHTRAY OFF A TABLE?
> HAVE YOU EVER DISFIGURED A BEAUTIFUL THING?
> HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO MAKE YOUR OWNER STUMBLE OVER YOU?
> HAVE YOU EVER DEFECATED IN A BATH-TUB?
> HAVE YOU EVER POISONED AN ATMOSHPHERE?
> HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO PREVENT YOUR OWNER FROM SLEEPING?
>

ROFL, OOH I GOT ONE.

HAVE YOU EVER MEOWED ALONG WITH THE SONG "BAD TO THE BONE"
http://www.netlaughter.com/bad.htm

"Caused a planet to disappear"? My cat says that's a stretch, but I'll keep the rest of these in mind next time I take the critter to the org. (Man, it's hard to keep those paws around the cans, even with duct tape.)

Apollo 13
So far no problems, this machine has the acpi compliant system,creative labs, lan, and usb host all on irq 9. in the 6 months I have used , no problems or crash.
TY for the info though

Hano:

You forgot the magic word --

YET

Seriousely, if I can tell you about it, then I must know. Is that a fair comment?

Would you rather trash and reinstall now, or HAVE to do so later (afer the system got trashed)? Remember, probability does not mean it is going to happen now. It just means that it is going to happen. You are in the happy position that you can choose your own timeframe, right up to the point where the system gets trashed.

It may not be Microshafts fault, but the suppliers of your system (if the conditions are the way I described them to you) grossly negligent. You could take the poor beast back and get it put out of it's misery. And demand that the reincarnation not look like ElRon on a bad day.


They give you any shit, my E-Mail is easy to find.

Why does this make me think of Elron and his scam??

Lyrics of the rerain from the following song:

ARTIST: Dire Straits
TITLE: The Man's Too Strong


QUOTE:

"I have legalized robbery
Called it belief
I have run with the money
I have hid like a thief
Re-written history
With armies and my crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books"


End Quote

Blarney: Thanks for the laughs!

Apollo 13
To my limited puter knowladge you are a "techie"
BUT this POS celeron 450 with only 96 mgs ram has ran "EVERY" (I mean EVERY) beta of W2K,and is currently using RTM W2K with UM, PDI, LAN, network printer, dynacom, and a number of access based 3rd party SW programs, all open at the same time and has not crashed " YET ".

I have a P1 150 laptop that plays graphics intensive SW faster then this desktop. My only point is that this machine is what I am assigned to work with and can't make any changes.
I do very much appreciate your info, and will use when I have a michine I can use W2K on. I can't on this one, just not ready to replace my printer, DSL modem, scanner, camera, and other misc perif's