Ralph D

Not that I want to pat Bill on the back, but I've been able to get all but one hardware item running in Win2k Pro including: Guillemot Xentor TNT2 card Aimlab video Highway Xtreme (NT4 drivers and the company is defunkt) Soundblaster PnP Awe64 3COM 10/100 PCI busmastering card Pioneer 10x DVD etc... The only gadget I haven't tried is the Thrustmaster ACM card, and I'm sure it will be a challenge if at all possible, but who cares - I don't need it for CM, which runs flawlessly on Win2k. Personally, I've wanted to just use 1 OS at home for a long time, but NT 4.0 Workstation could cut it with the entertainment stuff. Win2k does but I'll wait 'til I get it before I kick Win98 out <g>. Luckily the fact that I don't have the full copy of CM yet allows me the time to piddle around with this bs. Regards

I've been testing Win2k Pro as well, and I've found that a the newer games you mentioned that don't run have problems due to Directx 7, which is in Win2k. Not that EF2 or WF have had any time from me since getting the CM beta demo! DOS games - oh well, TOP2 and PITS have been burned to CD and they run fine in NT4. THat's all I care about with DOS. I'm running Win98 too, and to save headaches install Win2k from Win98 and make sure it goes on its own partition. That way, if you want to get rid of a Win2k install, just make a boot disk from Win98 (DOS 7), copy over sys.com. boot from the disk and run sys c:

Waiting for: CM Steel Panthers: World at War WF Battle Pack 2: Sealion Waiting too long for: Tigers on the Prowl (Windows) Panthers in the Shadows (Windows) Playing: WF, EF2 European Air War Regards, Ralph D

I'm lurking and am sorely tempted to pre-order but will wait 'til the ETA gets a bit closer. This sounds like the wargame I'm waiting for, and from the postings here, it's definitely beyond the "too good to be true" stage now.