Re: Windows 2000 and TP760ED

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Oct 04 1999 - 00:32:20 EDT

win2000, beta 3, is running fine on my 600.. the only problem is it only 'found'
one of the 4 or 5 machines on my LAN and i can't figure out how to tell it to
'see' the other machines..

James Lai wrote:

> RC2 is already out and happily using it on my TP600. ( PII300, 5.1G, 196MB
> ram )
>
> If your laptop is not NT certified, there is not guarantee that if will even
> run W2k.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Morrow <penzance_at_icanect.net>
> To: Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com>
> Cc: ThinkPad List <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and TP760ED
>
> > Paul...
> > wait for the RC-2..
> > the mwave that you and i can get right now is not, IMO, correct for either
> w2000 or NT..
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Khoury wrote:
> >
> > > I've run into a problem with NT. This might be more of a software issue
> than
> > > hardware, but anyways - In NT 4 (which I'm running now, and it runs
> quite well),
> > > however (since I'm using a small hard drive now), I use it to play MP3's
> in my car
> > > quite a bit, and with the HD being only 1.4GB, I run some apps off my
> TP750
> > > (through the network one way or the other).
> > >
> > > Only problem is when I suspend, I lose that connectivity.
> > >
> > > In Windows 2000 however, everything works *except* for sound. It
> install's it's own
> > > mwave drivers. If I try to install over it, it complains. I've tried
> using the NT4 drivers
> > > with minimul success (only sound during boot), and Win98 drivers with
> less success.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any suggestions, or would I be better off waiting for
> Win 2K
> > > Release Candidate 2 (which I'll be obtaining from a seminar on Oct. 12)?
> Or
> > > is this machine not too suitable for Win 2K?
> > >
> > > On a side note, I upgraded to 80MB, and despite Win 2K asking for a P166
> minimum,
> > > it runs quite well on my machine otherwise.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> > --
> > Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >
> > ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
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> >
> > use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames,
> > any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing skills
> or i just don't care..
> > :-)
> >
> > 

--
Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...

** Bill Morrow **   :-)
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Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
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e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net

use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames,
any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing skills or i
just don't care..  :-)

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