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BugNet: Top 30 Windows 2000 Bugs

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 22, 2000

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Here are some of the more dangerous, comic or widespread
bugs affecting Windows 2000 right now.

  1. “If you are going to have some Windows NT 4.0 Remote Access
    Service servers mixed in to a Windows 2000 domain, these NT servers
    must be updated to Service Pack 4 or later. If they aren’t, they
    will not be able to access any Windows 2000 domain controllers to
    check on dial-in permissions.”
  2. “Windows 2000 TAPI is incompatible with any ATI video cards
    that have TV tuners. This would include the ATI-TV, the ATI-TV
    WONDER, and the ATI All-in-Wonder cards, according to Microsoft.
    They hope to add support later.”
  3. “Microsoft says that if you use non-International Alphabet 5
    characters in the names of Windows 2000 computers, the Certificate
    Services Setup won’t work. They may fix this limitation in the
    future, but for now, stick to IA5 characters….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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