Windows 2000 Problems

[1L]

I just installed 2000 over the weekend as an upgrade over NT. No real problems (minor modem trouble, fixed, and irritating settings and sounds, fixed) except that the computer will not restart. Yes, I can reset it with the button on the box, but the OS won't auto restart the system. It shuts down, then I get an aqua/green screen that stays there indefinitely. What can I do?

[general_re]

1) you can go straight to SP2 - I highly recommend you do exactly that;

2) Is your machine ACPI-compliant? Did you select ACPI-compliant computer when you installed?

[general_re]

The compatibility tab alone is worth the time it takes to download and install SP2, as far as I'm concerned ;)

[Buckeroo]

Your upgrade to MSWindows2000 over WindowsNT must have been a decision for USB support. There could be no other reason, IMO. But go ahead and burn your money up. You will eventually come to Linux.

[Don Joe]

Like clockwork, the "Get a horse!" crowd can always be counted on to infest any thread where anyone is asking Windows-specific questions.

But I must admit the tacky (and juvenile) coloring book richard-wavery is a new twist. Let's hope it's as short-lived as it is annoying.

[KellyAdmirer]

I seem to have shutoff problems myself every time I upgrade. One time it was burner drivers, another time it was network settings left over from a card I had pulled that caused the problem. It's not a problem confined to the W2k line, but a more general upgrading issue - though the actual conflict causing the problem here is perhaps W2k specific. Without knowing what he has installed and how it is configured, it is pretty difficult to diagnose precisely. Getting the latest W2k drivers for everything is a good idea. A clean install is even better.

[Marauder]

I didn't experience that particular problem, but I did have a few problems when I tried Win2K.

One problem that I remember was an inability to print with my HP printer. Not only were there no drivers - not even any compatible drivers that I could find - but it wouldn't even use the drivers on the CD. It would run the printer, but special characters like bullets and square brackets were changed to something else.

So I went back to Win NT 4.0, the "old reliable" OS. It's working great, and the only thing I miss is the USB support, but I understand I can get an expansion board to facilitate that, when I'm ready to mess with it. I may even try Win2K again, if and when they produce the Service Packs required for normal operation.

[TomServo]

I'm beginning to think this may be a bios problem.

Bingo. I had the same problem until I flashed the BIOS with an upgrade.

[aaaDOC]

Unfortunately, my advice is a little late for you.

I use Windows 98, first edition, with all the patches.

I have not upgraded for several reasons. The main one being...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
 

[Wright Wing]

Direct X Support and a more stable, faster operating system are reasons enough to upgrade to Win 2K. As the others have suggested, a clean install would be the best way to go. Every Win NT upgrade to 2000 I have seen has been troublesome. Update the BIOS and backup any data, and do a clean install with the floppy disks. You can format your drives during the floppy imstall...Have fun!

[cidrasm]

CAn you install that over NT? Did it say it would work? Does seem like alot to ask.

Yes you can. Windows 2000 is really NT5, and I've installed it over existing NT4 installations with no problems. I've done it on Dell laptops (Inspiron series) and desktops, along with "home brew" machines. Haven't had a hitch yet.

[j_tull]

I've seen this too, usually on a laptop setup for a network, but not attached to the network. During boot, hit F8 and select "Enable boot logging." This should tell you where the hangup is.
Merry Christmas

[Wright Wing]

Uhm..Windows 98 or ME is broken by default! I fogot to mention, that if possible upgrade to XP. All of 2000's benefits plus a few more..

[Souled_Out]

Probably one of the easiest things to do is remove all cards (sound card, NIC etc..) from your system and reinstall with the bare essentials (hard drive, CD ROM, monitor, keyboard and mouse). Then once you have the system booting add the cards back into the system one at a time. Start with the NIC so you will beable to connect to the net and get SP2.

[Don Joe]

"Your upgrade to MSWindows2000 over WindowsNT must have been a decision for USB support. There could be no other reason, IMO. But go ahead and burn your money up."

WTF would a Eunuchs geke know about it? Maybe he wanted to be able to swap PC cards w/o restarting? Maybe he wanted APM? Maybe he wanted the NTFM encryption? Maybe he had some other valid reason?

Why are the e-luddites so damned insecure that they've got to shove their... noses in where they don't belong, taunting anyone who asks for help or advice, just like the buggywhip boys who yelled "Get a horse!" whenever they saw a car with the hood up?

Guess what? You'll still see cars with the hoods up, but good f'n luck finding any of those buggywhip megacorps still in business. He who laughs last, etc. And it ain't gonna be the guys hyping the worn out two-gen-obsolete telco hacked-together OS. The proof of that is their interminable chest-beating and braying and bleating about how they're gonna mop up the floor with the "windoze" users, blah blah blah. Hint, boyz -- if you're gonna win, shut yer damn pieholes and do it instead of talking about it over and over and over. The more "y'all" rave on, the more you come off like a pack of sandlot outcasts who -- with shiner, ripped shirts, and scuffed pants, tearfully growl "you'll be sorry" from the sidelines at the laughing kids who just finished cleaning yer collective clocks.

"You will eventually come to Linux."

Oh, please. And you Eunuchs Geex have the chutzpah to noise-out your "you will be assimilated" crap WRT BG? UFB. If we "come to linux", it'll be to put that homebrew POS out of its misery.

[c-b 1]

When I installed 2000 I had a similar problem, the problem was in the dial up connections, when I un-checked the Microsoft Networks box in each dial up connection the problem went away.

[Don Joe]

Oh, yeah, I forgot: /end-rant, /sarcasm, /Ob :)

[Michael Barnes]

Just a thought, but try booting up in "safe Mode", then shutting down. If that works, it's definatly driver related. If not, I would check APM and your BIOS rev. (Especially if you have a VIA chipset).

Good luck...happy holidays to you and yours..

[HiTech RedNeck]

Paging Dominic

[damnlimey]

Totally unrelated question ,just thought I'd take advantage of a tech thread.
I have a Compaq(yeah I know)I want to do a clean install but I believe
compaq has the BIOS on a 2mb partition of the hard drive,
can I do it or do I have to use the restore disc.