Can't get MPT to work on W2k, SP 4

Sorry about that. I'm able to get MPT to work on my XP puter home but
at work I'm running Win 2k SP 4. Whenever i start MPT the splash
screen comes up and the computer locks up. I bought MPT 2.0 off ebay
along with an OEM data cable. The program runs fine at that version
but unfortunately the v551 wasn't available at the time of that
release so it's not recognized. I ran the update to 3.25 and that is
where the problem starts. I'm running 3.23 at home and ran an update
but it says it's up to date? 3.25 a Win 2k fix? Any input would be
appreciated

kuh wrote:
> Sorry about that. I'm able to get MPT to work on my XP puter home but
> at work I'm running Win 2k SP 4. Whenever i start MPT the splash
> screen comes up and the computer locks up. I bought MPT 2.0 off ebay
> along with an OEM data cable. The program runs fine at that version
> but unfortunately the v551 wasn't available at the time of that
> release so it's not recognized. I ran the update to 3.25 and that is
> where the problem starts. I'm running 3.23 at home and ran an update
> but it says it's up to date? 3.25 a Win 2k fix? Any input would be
> appreciated

Can't help, but I can sympathize. I have exactly the same setup (MPT 3.0
purchased from Motorola, working fine on XP, locking up Win2K/SP4 at
splash screen). That's locked up, as in not even responding to
Ctrl-Alt-Del; nothing short of the reset button gets its attention. I
would expect it to be a driver screwup of some kind to lock up Win2K
like that; NT (NT4.0/Windows2000/XP) is is a real operating system which
doesn't let misbehaving apps take it down.

That's exactly what i get. I have to cut the power off in order to
reboot

On Sun, 08 May 2005 05:22:19 GMT, CharlesH <hoch@exemplary.invalid>
wrote:

>kuh wrote:
>> Sorry about that. I'm able to get MPT to work on my XP puter home but
>> at work I'm running Win 2k SP 4. Whenever i start MPT the splash
>> screen comes up and the computer locks up. I bought MPT 2.0 off ebay
>> along with an OEM data cable. The program runs fine at that version
>> but unfortunately the v551 wasn't available at the time of that
>> release so it's not recognized. I ran the update to 3.25 and that is
>> where the problem starts. I'm running 3.23 at home and ran an update
>> but it says it's up to date? 3.25 a Win 2k fix? Any input would be
>> appreciated
>
>Can't help, but I can sympathize. I have exactly the same setup (MPT 3.0
>purchased from Motorola, working fine on XP, locking up Win2K/SP4 at
>splash screen). That's locked up, as in not even responding to
>Ctrl-Alt-Del; nothing short of the reset button gets its attention. I
>would expect it to be a driver screwup of some kind to lock up Win2K
>like that; NT (NT4.0/Windows2000/XP) is is a real operating system which
>doesn't let misbehaving apps take it down.