w2k keeps redetecting ports and usb devices on reboot -win 9

whether its a dual boot setup or i have just one operating system installed win 2k will keep redetecting serial ports and INSTALLED usb devices after reboot. Also in win2k installed printers go away after reboot in win 98se everythings fine soyo 6baIII -latest bios celeron 566 with slocket2 128k micron pc100 ram wi ...

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whether its a dual boot setup or i have just one operating system installed win 2k will keep redetecting serial ports and INSTALLED
usb devices after reboot. Also in win2k installed printers go away after reboot in win 98se everythings fine
 
soyo 6baIII -latest bios
celeron 566 with slocket2
128k micron pc100 ram
win 98se and or win 2k new disk w/sp1

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Have you installed the two OSes in separated disk partitions ? It will work better that way. Its one of the hard drives MAxtor ? Maxtor and SP1 for Win2k do not work right they lose and corrupt data.
Your motherboard its Intel chipset or VIA ?
Do you use the lastest Intel UltraDMA drivers ?

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I have a fugitsu drive 9.6 gig
intel bx chipset
ive tried win 2k as the only os with no difference
also no change without SP1

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Try deleting the newly detected devices without installing drivers for them (i.e. hit cancel), then remove from device manager each of the original devices. Then permit them to be redetected on the next boot and hopefully it will only do it once. Let us know what happens.
 
 
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I have the same problem with my priter HP970 and with a external modem 3Com Mensager Plus V90.
 
If they are not power on, when win2k boots, the OS don´t find them.
 
I have to power them on, and then reboot.
 
I woul like to know how to solve this.
 
Thank's

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there is nothing plugged into the serial ports yet windows 2k detects them every boot
 
and the printer has power to it continually

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With a little more probing what seems to be happening, is any device driver I install
or any system setting that i change in control panel disappears after reboot

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Quote:Originally posted by dnaylor:
With a little more probing what seems to be happening, is any device driver I install
or any system setting that i change in control panel disappears after reboot

That sounds like some serious stuff. First, I'd check my BIOS for weird settings. Then, I'd consider a reformat and reinstall.

I've yet to see the problems you're having reported in this forum.

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