Direct access to lpt port

I doubt it.

You might try booting from a DOS diskette and running your program.

See

www.bootdisk.com

I hope this  helps !

the application is 32bit and is designed for win9x, however I have other applications running which require w2k

2000 will not allow direct access to the hardware by an application.  It is designed to prevent that.  You probably have to get a different app, or dual boot to use your current one.

codey,

Download the software compatibility update from Windows Update and use that to resolve application compatibilities.

Dennis

if I go to windows update, there is nothing more I can download/install

Codey,

Here's the URL for you

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/appcompat/default.asp

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>Bev

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I have been to windows update, there is nothing there for me to install. I think maybe your missing what I need to do, I need to give some software 100% access to the lpt prt but the hal will not let me, is there any way around this???

Codey,

As I indicated above, you might try the compatibility update from Microsoft in order to emulate what you might be able to do in Win98 in Windows 2000, although as you probably already know, Win2000 does not permit direct hardware access. The only possibility in the compatibility update.

Dennis

Even the compatability update will not allow direct access to the lpt port.

You Other option is to Use dual- boot, Win98 and WIn2k on the same machine.
If you have plenty of space on your hard drive, you can use a tool like partition magic to move the data to the end and create a new C: drive, with D: being win2k.

Install win98 on C:, and do a Win2k Repair to get dual boot of win98 and win2k.
I would make sure all your data is backed up before using any partitioning tool.
Other options include using System COmmander and a second hard drive or a combo of System commander and Partitiion magic.

System commander is the most versatile solution.
see
http://www.v-com.com/
for more info.
.

It is very dependent on how your partitions are set up.

The newer versions of partition magic come with a boot manager also

powerquest.com

I hope this helps !

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geoffryn, is your comment your opinion or fact based upon personal experience?

Thanks. I've got a couple of DOS based programs that require a port and they do work, but I've never had the time to determine the differences.