When you view the logged events in Event Viewer in the upper right corner,
third button down is a copy to clipboard, then you can paste in the body of
a reply message.
Please do so for each of the different System Log events (that are a Type:
'Error' or 'Warning') since last boot so we can see all of the event detail.
Upgrades from win9x to Windows 2000 almost always result in some form of
corruption and instability.
If you can backup your data you'll be far ahead by doing a clean install.
To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks.
The set of four install disks can be created from your Win2k CD-rom; change
to the \bootdisk directory on the cd-rom and execute makeboot.exe (from dos)
or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the prompts.
When you get to the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions
found. After you delete the partition(s) abort the install, then again
restart the pc booting the CD-Rom or setup disks to avoid unexpected drive
letter assignments with your new install.
During Windows 2000 setup, at some point, will want to confirm the previous
operating system for the upgrade; at that point you'll simply insert the
qualified product install CD for it to verify. Then the install will
proceed.
Check the pc, mb or hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest bios and
or Windows 2000 drivers for your devices.
Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx
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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
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| Dave,
| Not sure what I'm looking for, but there are errors in event viewer which
| are listed under the type column. The event log start date is 11/22/04 and
| the end date is 12/20/04. Most of the errors have a source of "service
| control manager". There are a couple of errors that have a source of
"dhcp"
| and one error with a source of "MrxSmb".
|
| A littel history. I originally updated this computer to win2000 from
win98.
| This computer is part of a small business network. The server is running
NT
| service pack 6. I added this computer to our workgroup and changed its
name
| from MATTSOST to KAMMINJOH. These names appears in the computer column of
the
| event log.
|
| Hope this helps you.
