I have installed w2k on a gateway performance 450 dual-booted with win98-1.
problem-1. w2k doesn’t recognize my mouse wheel for scrolling. I can
press the wheel to get an automatic scolling fearture in internet explorer
and other apps that support that feature, but no basic scrolling features
when I move the wheel exist. The mouse works perfectly under 98.
I have updated to the the intellipoint 3.2 version for the mouse, but most
of the wheel properties are greyed out, except for the “assume wheel is
present” option.
Problem-2. W2k displays all of the shortcuts for apps and others in the
start menu/program bar, but the some of these shortcuts in the start
menu/program in windows explorer are not displayed. I could install
something and the shortcut shows up on the bar but not in windows explorer.
Problem -3. I have a 3com/usrobotics internal voice winmodem. I am able to
dial out and connect with my ISP only once under w2k. I have to reboot my
machine every time I want to connect more than once with my modem. The
update for that modem provided by US robotics and Microsoft do not allow the
modem to work at all. Upon connecting, the second time, the modem hangs at
the user verification stage. Under win98, the modem works fine.
I know there are more than one issue, but if anyone knows the correct remedy
for these hardware and OS problems under w2k, I would be very grateful. Also, you will get more points!
