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Error Installing W2K Pro-No Key or Mouse

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by ehoffman

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I have a PIII 500, 384 MB of RAM, 32 MB 2x AGP vid card...currently running ME on one drive..installed second drive, installing Win2000 on it as a dual boot system...goes through the install, allows me to use my keyboard to enter info, and then uponfinal reboot when it starts the Network Identification Wizard, my keyboard and mouse suddenly don't work. What gives? I have tried with 2 keyboards and mice....something I am missing?

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by frobo

Hi,

it sounds as if you have IRQ sharing Problems, cause the Problem is apering after then NIC-detect. Just look in your Mainboard Bios-Setup and fix the Problem their.
W2k Pro is running well with shared IRQ?s like win98, but some devices, like the Ps2 mouse (IRQ 12) doesn?t likes this.

Hope it helps

Frobo

by bhostmeyer

Had the same issue. It was a Nic conflict Fixed the issue by changing the nic out with a different one. In my case it was a bad nic. I would remove the nic and see if you have the same issue.

This was on a compaq 800

Hope this helps

Brooke Hostmeyer

by ankit0

Install ME First on C:\drive itself but it should be FAT 16 and then when completing the installation then install Windows 2000 SERVER, but before installing win2k just check in ME itself that networking card is having no conflict and if you dont have the networking then please check the port no 11 and if it is being used by someone else then make it free.

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