I have an older Windows 2000 PC (Pentium 1 MMX era) and whenever it goes to shutdown it won't power off automatically. Instead it displays a "It is now safe to turn off your computer." screen.

Also called "Win2K" and "W2K," Windows 2000 was a major upgrade to Windows NT 4, launched in early 2000. Available in one client and three server versions, Windows 2000 added support for Plug and Play ...

It's neither a secret nor a surprise that Windows 2000 adoption has been slower than adoption of previous versions of the operating system. Windows 2000 Server is a massive and complex new system, and ...

As more companies adopt Windows 2000 Server, many IT managers have found it hard to deploy, let alone plan, the migration. The reason: Windows 2000 isn’t just the next version of Windows NT Server 4.

Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2010–revealing a relatively light month for patching. This coming Patch Tuesday will have only four security bulletins ...

With Internet commerce and a growing global economy, network operating systems are as critical to the nation's economy as highways or water pipes. Unlike roads, though, there are no uniform ...

We're trying to connect a Pentium III computer running Windows 2000 to a wireless network using a USB wireless network adapter. The Linksys wireless router is set up to use WEP security and the USB ...

The computer is running Windows 2000 (presumably SP4).<br><br>On the day that he passed away, he left the computer locked (Ctrl->Alt->Del, Lock Computer). His relatives at some stage hard-reset the ...

It has come to our attention that a recent patch from Microsoft causes Internet Explorer to misbehave on Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP 1 installations upon visits to certain websites. The patch in ...

Microsoft Corp. announced in Seattle on Feb. 13 its next operating system upgrade: Windows XP. As you may have heard by now, this will become the next consumer version of Windows. It will replace ...

While on the road, you and a co-worker often need to exchange files. You typically send them as e-mail attachments, but surely there's a better way? E-mail is about the worst possible way to exchange ...