[1L]

This is the best information that I can provide.

I appreciate your concern, but if I had wanted Linux, I would have installed it. I wanted 2000 for various reasons.

I'm beginning to think this may be a bios problem. Does that make any light bulbs go off?

[Buckeroo]

Your upgrade to MSWindows2000 over WindowsNT must have been a decision for USB support. There could be no other reason, IMO. But go ahead and burn your money up. You will eventually come to Linux.

[TomServo]

I'm beginning to think this may be a bios problem.

Bingo. I had the same problem until I flashed the BIOS with an upgrade.

[c-b 1]

When I installed 2000 I had a similar problem, the problem was in the dial up connections, when I un-checked the Microsoft Networks box in each dial up connection the problem went away.