WIN2K SP4 available

[Gustavo Sanchez]

Thanks for the info :)

[Lawrence Hudetz]

Thanks. Already installed!

[dave milbut]

Get out! And it does that automatically?

[Lawrence Hudetz]

Weird that the XP NTFS would load on a W2K OS.

But, is there really a difference between XP NTFS and W2K? I have Partition Magic, and perhaps I should look. What do I look for?

[dave milbut]

Yes, automatically.




Wow. That's [naughty word deleted by poster]ed up!

MS:

Where do you want to go today?

Go where we take you toady!

[Lawrence Hudetz]

I just looked at my partitions, and there is no indication of any changes anywhere. How does the two file systems identify themselves?

[r_harvey]

They also EOL'd Windows NT 4, so they're in the process of burning bridges eliminating unnecessary backward compatibility.

Welcome to the Hotel California... You can check-out, but you can never leave.

[Ho]

Will this change cause problems for Ghost or any older utilites that read and or modify the disk structure?

[ID. Awe]

Partition Commander identified them by version number, my WIN2K boot partition was identified by the XP version number. I'll reboot into it again later and take down the numbers. I did a boot backup on Monday, just before the service packupdate and there was no problem with the OS and NTFS version number being compatible.

Don't blow a gasket just yet, your WIN2K installation is not tanked and there is a full compatibility with WIN2K and XP. Possibly, in the future, XP may be made not to see WIN2K partitions, I know there are problems with the earlier NT4 partitions that have not been reformatted with an NT service pack 4 or later installed.

[Ho]

Will this change cause problems for Ghost or any older utilites that read and or modify the disk structure?

[Lawrence Hudetz]

Well, since I am stand alone, I don't suppose I will experience Pierre's problems.

No specific ID #'s in Partition Magic, only ntfs or fat 32 etc.

Now, I notice that the boot up time has increased. Since I did not choose the option to backup for possible uninstall, I have no way of simply checking. I assume if I try to uninstall now, I will be faced with a minimum of re-installing the service packs, or possibly the os as well.(?)

I have perhaps too much in Startup as well but I don't know what's critical and what's not. Some things I can understand like MS Office or Netscape, but the rest is gibberish. Where can I find a guide to critical startup items?

[Ho]

>My understanding is that as long as the utitily can run under XP it can

read the drive correctly<<




Ahhh, there's the rub. My version is as old as W2k, so I have no idea if it will play nicely with XP or not.

Lawrence:

If I read correctly, you are usng W2k. Most of what runs in the background in W2k operates under the guise of a "service". Many services can be swithced off or set to manual. There are guides to this process on the Web that I have run across from time to time, although I can't vouch for the accuracy of any of them. Here is one:

<http://www.blkviper.com/WIN2K/servicecfg.htm>

As for the ability to control other startup items, since W2k does not have the handy MSConfig utility, you can either borrow it from someone who has XP--or download it here:

<http://www.thetechguide.com/downloads.html>

Or use this substitute:

<http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml>

Good luck!

[ID. Awe]

Lawrence: I haven't noticed any changes in my startup time. I don't appear to have any effect other than the change to version 3.1 on the boot drive.

[hot_denim]

ID Awe

as the most bootlegged OS in history




Why do you say this. I.e. I'm not aware of windows 2000 and bootlegging issues etc.... Inform me ?