Re: Finding drivers for Win 2000 on Dell xps R450

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1.) Did you install the chipset drivers? Go to the dell web site and enter 
in your service tag then check for Windows 2000 driver downloads.

2.) Might be chipset related.

3.) Try asking them here.
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.docmanagement&cat=en_US_ce704816-2055-4ee8-a8f1-2496ab2e29d3&lang=en&cr=US

If it were me then I'd get hold of the necessary mobo chipset drivers, and 
other drivers, start a new clean install, install chipset, then peripheral 
drivers, then patch the machine fully, then install software.

To do a clean install, either boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup 
disks. The set of four install disks can be created from your Windows 2000 
CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom and execute 
makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow the 
prompts.

Setup inspects your computer's hardware configuration and then begins to 
install the Setup and driver files. When the Windows 2000 Professional 
screen appears, press ENTER to set up Windows 2000 Professional.

Read the license agreement, and then press the F8 key to accept the terms of 
the license agreement and continue the installation.

When the Windows 2000 Professional Setup screen appears, all the existing 
partitions and the unpartitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard 
disk. Use the ARROW keys to select the partitions Press D to delete an 
existing partition, If you press D to delete an existing partition, you must 
then press L (or press ENTER, and then press L if it is the System 
partition) to confirm that you want to delete the partition. Repeat this 
step for each of the existing partitions When all the partitions are deleted 
press F3 to exit setup, (to avoid unexpected drive letter assignments with 
your new install) then restart the pc then when you get to this point in 
setup again select the unpartitioned space, and then press C to create a new 
partition and specify the size (if required). Windows will by default use 
all available space.

Be sure to apply these to your new install before connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?amp;displaylang=en&familyid=B54730CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en

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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

<ifay@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| Hi, My dell xps r450 crashed with blue screen, after days of struggle,
| I installed win 2000 professional as the new operating system. Now I
| can see my drive and folders but I have lots of problems:
| 1. network card does work, can't get on LAN nor Internet. Win2000 does
| not identify hdc and ethernet controller and claim  there are no
| drivers for them (Before crash in NT 4.0, they were running, I guess
| new drivers are needed but I can't find them any where, not on CD nor
| web. Can anyone help?
|
| 2. Printer won't print, I have a hp laser jet 1100 directly connected,
| printer functions just won't print any thing sent sent by applications.
| May be port issue?
|
| 3. Word program won't do graphic conversion, when I open my old files
| containing image the image got lefted out. It tells me can't do graphic
| conversion but offering no solution.
|
| 4. I suspect my other applications don't work well either. Photoshop
| and front page, I don't seem to find any support stuff for what I am
| experiencing.
|
| Does anyone experienced this forced migration before and found the fast
| cure? Any tip is appreciated.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Lightman
| 


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