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- From: slahiri@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Santanu Lahiri)
- Subject: Need help with Win/NT Installation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.174903.11529@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:49:03 GMT
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- Hi folks,
-
- I finally installed NT over the weekend on my machine but ran into a couple
- of problems. I would like to hear from others if they have had these
- problems or if they can suggest any fixes.
-
- My machine configuration:
-
- 486 DX2-66 VESA Local Bus ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 1 Mb
- 16Mb RAM ADAPTEC 1542B SCSI Controller
- Logitech Bus Mouse @ IRQ5 Maxtor SCSI disk formatted NTFS.
- Com1, Com2, Lpt1 Sony CDU 541
-
- I installed NT using the NT Boot Disk, and it seemed to install correctly.
- The default installation detected Microsoft Bus Mouse, but later the mouse
- refused to work. In fact there was no mouse cursor. I know it worked
- earlier as I had been able to use the mouse under a number of programs
- including Win 3.1. I have tried all the drivers listed, to no effect.
- Finally I tried an el-cheapo serial mouse on COM2. That has been working,
- again using the Bus Mouse driver.
-
- Second problem: video card. Once again, this card worked just fine on Win
- 3.1 at 1024*768. On NT, the default VGA mode works just fine, but I would
- like to use a 1024*768 mode. I got the latest(?) driver from CServe
- (Saturday Jan 23rd). Copied the files to proper directories, started
- ANTPANEL.EXE, selected the modes etc. When I rebooted, the display was
- gone. Actually there were some horizontal lines visible on the top part
- of the monitor that I guess was the opening NT logo.
-
- I used the repair disk to restore the VGA configuration, and since then have
- been test running a lot of software, mostly Windows based, and have not had
- any other major problem yet.
-
- So my questions are
-
- Has anyone had similar mouse problems? If so, could you fix them, and how?
-
- What do I need to do with the ATI card to get the driver working correctly?
-
- Any suggestions, flames, criticisms will be welcome.
-
- Thanks
-
- Santanu
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- Santanu
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