>>Still doesn't explain all the problems, anyway. I've found a way to always reproduce a complete NT hang, even after 4 scratch installs of NT. I go into Add/Remove Programs, select Remove, and I will get an Explorer.exe error every time, and full lockup after 2 or 3 selects of it. No BSOD usually, just full hang/lockup, and full reboot to clear it - very unlike NT, from all I hear and my 5 years or so using NT Server, which has been an extremely good product. Other less-reproducable problems with the NTWS also, but that is the most reproducable disaster.
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>It would be interesting to spend $50 to get a different video card, install that with the appropriate driver, and see if you still have the problem. Or borrow a different make/model from another machine (not another instance of the same card !)
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Easier - just boot into NT with the Standard VGA driver, and see if the errors go away.