*****
?- Msconfig,
** Copy msconfig from Windows XP to the "windows" directory or AutoRuns from
sysinternals
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html
- % of Resources currently Free
** Performance Monitor (included) is much more robust than this tool.
- Registry Backups
** You can't import the entire registry. If you run
Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD, then if you check
the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be backed up to
%windir%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%windir%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.
Repair, Recovery, and Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...00/server/reskit/en-us/core/fndc_rec_uctu.asp
You can replace registry hives from within the recovery console.
- Restart to the C:\ prompt
** F8 at startup for your options.
The symptoms with your modem are too vague. You may need to do some more
testing with it. Generally speaking the operating system doesn't control
it's function. The driver does.
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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
:
|
|
| "Dave Patrick" wrote:
|
| > "BAP" wrote:
| > | Thanks for your patience, Dave!
| > | I will need a bit of time to really get a good grasp of what is really
| > wrong
| > | with the setup. For starters I can do this.
| > | For years I've been using PC's with Windows98 and 98SE and have become
| > | familiar with it. I still have the Computer that has a Pentium II with
MMX
| > | technology. The inherited Dell, that I am concerned about, has a lot
| > faster
| > | CPU and some Applications that I would like to preserve, since I do
not
| > have
| > | the Installation Disks, such as MS Photo Editor for one. I am not
familiar
| > at
| > | all with Windows2000 Professional Edition. There seem to be a lot of
| > ongoing
| > | tasks or applications running in the background. Several Utilities
| > available
| > | in W98 are not available in W2K.
|
| > * What utilities?
|
| *****
| ?- Msconfig,
| - % of Resources currently Free
| - Registry Backups
| - Restart to the C:\ prompt
| Just few, for starters
| ******
|
| > I do not know what progs or tasks should be
| > | running in the background.
| > | I would like to eliminate the Administration 'stuff' and the logon
| > options.
| > * Control Panel|Users and Passwords, then uncheck the box for "Users
must
| > enter a user name and password to use this computer"
|
| ********
| ** ? It's not just that. I will be the only user for this Computer and
| anything else is not necessary and, perhaps, more problematic than it
needs
| to be. Perhaps taking a lot of resources?
| *********
|
| > | It takes too long to shutdown, as it always wants to save my settings,
| > even
| > | if I do not do anything other that turn it on, logon and shutdown.
| > | I have a Dial up connection that uses an Internal PCI V.92
DATA/FAX/TAM
| > | Modem. Getting to sites on the Web is extremely slow, as compared to
the
| > | speed on the other Computer that uses a Rockwell Soft56 Dat, Fax, PCI
| > Modem.
| > * Possibly the wrong driver for your hardware. Check the manufacturer's
web
| > site.
|
| ***********
| ?**I used the CD that was in the box where the Modem was.
| **********
| >
| >
| > | Some time back, I downloaded SP4Express_EN.exe file. It shows a size
of
| > | 588KB Version 1.16.120.0. It's certainly a lot smaller than the one
with
| > | 129MB size. At the current speed of my dial-up set up, the faster
speed,
| > it
| > | would take about 15hrs to download the latter.
| > * I doubt if there is more than the setup in that one.
| >
| >
| >
| > | Is there a way to get a CD with the applications needed?
| > * See this link if that's what you're asking about.
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/SP4/ordercd.mspx
|
| ********
| **?I went to the suggested site and purchase the SP4 Service Pack.
| ********
|
| > | Anyway, as you might gather, I feel very uncomfortable in getting the
| > | re-installation project under way, being so unfamiliar with what to do
and
| > | how to do it.
| > | Another problem! I have what appears to be a Product Key
| > | written on a Dell's copy of the Items specified to be in the
Computer's
| > sale
| > | papers. I tried to locate the ProductKey in the Registry, to make sure
I
| > had
| > | the right one, but could not find it in:
| > | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion.
| > | There is the ProductID, but what may be a ProductKey is in binary
format.
| > * Give this a go.
| >
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml
|
| **********
| ** I downloaded it. It works! The ProductID found matches the one written
on
| the paper of contents.
| *********
|
| > | Incidentally, how do you restart the Computer in MS-DOS Mode?
| > * You don't. There is no msdos with Windows 2000
|
| ********
| **?That is a shock! Perhaps, I used the wrong words.
| W98 allows to restart to Ms-Dos Mode
| Perhaps I should have said bootup to the C:> prompt.
| If I want to start and Boot to the C:>Prompt, do I use one of the 4
| BootDisks created by the system?
| *******
| Thanks, Dave for your time and patience(?). It might be few days before I
| receive the SP4 Service Pack and take the next step, WITH HELP, yours
| hopefully, if you can stand me.
| ********
|
| > --
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
| > Microsoft Certified Professional
| > Microsoft MVP [Windows]
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
| >
| >
| >
