>>I have a couple of PC's running Win2000 with very few problems, the boggest are the lack of drivers for printers, scanners and digital cameras.
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>I've been price shopping Win2K machines and I've been told by both Compaq and Dell that I can't get a CD-RW drive with their W2K machines. Neither will configure an internal Zip drive with W2K either at this time.
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If you own Adaptec EZ CD Creator 4, or purchase it now, there is a patch available on the Adaptec web site that allows it and DirectCD to operate under Win2K. It does not work with OEM distributions that may have come with an add-on CD-RW that you purchased; only with the retail Adaptec product.

>I know I can go the USB route for these devices but it seems worrisome me to me that these compatibility problems are so prevalent with Win2K.
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>Peter Robinson