Win2K Lockup with Games

Is your game compatible to w2k? Try download the latest driver for your video card.

W2K is a business Operating System.
Many of the commands to run games are not supported in W2K.

This is one of the big differences between W2K and XP, is that XP can run game software.

Your 2 best options are to;
1. Set up to dual boot between W98 and W2K
2. Upgrade the OS to XP. Verify that the games and hardware are supported in XP.
There are lists and tools at Microsoft's XP page.
There also was an XP compatability analyser at www.pcpitstop.com

Chas

This may be repetitive, however, some games are not able to function correctly under Windows 2000. Verify that the game is compatible, and if it is, some game companies have a patch downloadable from their websites, to correct certain problems with compatibility, lock-ups, etc. See if the software company has a FAQ area on their site as well, as other users may have similar problems and suggestions on how to correct. Also, check the video card driver. I am not certain that Windows 2K has this driver in its driver database, but I have a printer that runs garbage using the W2K driver included on the CDROM - I had to update the driver on one and use a work-around on another to correct this ussue (use an NT driver).

Okay, lets progress further on this.

I assume that you have DirectX installed.
If not, that might be part of the problem.

Start by running dxdiag
You should be able to run it from the run box on the start menu.
If you need to find it, it should be in Program Files\DirectX\Setup

Run all the video tests.
If the system hangs or fails any of the tests, that is your clue as to what's wrong.

There are at least 2 other members having 3d acceleration problems. The suspect in both cases is a combination of registry and file corruption.
At the moment, they are both considering formating their drives and starting over.

If you had a different video card in the system prior to the Nvidia card, you may have some driver files and registry calls that are attempting to access and load files for the old card.

While it isn't fun, I have corrected this kind of problem in the past by searching through both the registry, and the system files to delete all traces of an old video card in order to get a new card to function properly.
It can be quicker to start over!

Chas

I agree with TheChas. CHECK YOUR DIRECTX installation!!!!

I have Windows 2000, and only very old games have given me trouble, I have never had a problem with newer games. I believe their is a DXDiag program that might help a bit.

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