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UPDATED: 12/10/03

 

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NT4/Win 2000/XP

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Corporate IT:

 

PROBLEM: need to connect to a resource or share on a server with a different ID then I am Logged in with but I don’t want to have to logoff the work station.  How can I do this in NT4 ie login to a particular server in a different or same domain just like you could do in Novell NetWare?  Because when I double click on another server either I get Access denied or I go in with Low “guest” type general “domain user” level of privileges an I am not given the opportunity to use a different ID etc. 

 

when you are using NT Work Station or server to access a resource in another domain using a different ID

 

do the following:

 

Doamin1\cofrancescop,

 

Where your home domain for your id or the id you want to use = Domain1 and the ID = cofrancescop

 

Also, you can achieve the Novell NetWare individual server login in NT4 by mapping a drive letter with the GUI interface and filling in an ID in the “Connect As” box – tip don’t forget to fully qualify the name by using the Domain\ID syntax.  This lets you login with an ID that has different rights then your own with out having to log off the  work station.

 

FINAL REMARK: Don’t bother look for this ability in windows 95 / 98 because these clients aren’t really a part of the “Domain Club”.

 

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The Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit

Rmtshare.exe  Remotely view and create shares.

 

How to retain Security Permissions on files and folders when copying or moving them.

 

/X copies the audit settings (as /a in SCOPY)

/O copies ACL information (same as SCOPY)  <--------------

/S copies subdirectories (same as SCOPY)

 

Scopy was a useful NT 4.0 resource kit utility that enabled files/folders to be copied with their ACL's and audit settings kept intact.  its functionality has instead been packaged into the XCOPY utility.

 

Scopy.exe     in w2k now done with xcopy /o

Example:  xcopy delme22.txt c:\zdelme\ /O

and /Y will do an unconditional overwrite and /S will do subdirectories.  For backups the archive bit can also be used to bkup only files that have chaged (incremental/differntial)

NOTES:  Permission only exist on NTFS not FAT32 formatted drives.  Permission CANNOT be retained if you are copying FROM an NTFS TO a FAT32 formatted drive!! 

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NETWORK STATISTICS – shows info about all server connections throught the TCP (connection orientated side of TCP/IP).

 

NETSTAT [-a] [-e] [-n] [-s] [-p proto] [-r] [interval]

 

  -a             Displays all connections and listening ports. (Server-side connections are normally not shown).

  -e             Displays Ethernet statistics.  This may be combined with the -s  option.

  -n             Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.

  -p proto   Shows connections for the protocol specified by proto; proto may be tcp or udp.  If used with the 

  -s             option to display per-protocol statistics, proto may  be tcp, udp, or ip.

  -r             Displays the contents of the routing table.

  -s             Displays per-protocol statistics.  By default, statistics are shown for  TCP, UDP and IP; the -p option

                  may be used to specify a subset of the default.

 

interval      Redisplays selected statistics, pausing interval seconds between each display.  Press CTRL+C to stop

                 redisplaying statistics.  If omitted, netstat will print the current  configuration information once.

 

 

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WINDOWS 9x/98/ME

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TITLE: MAKING CTRL+ALT OR CTRL+SHIFT SHORTCUT KEYSTROKES TO SHORTCUT ICONS.

 

DATE: Saturday, January 02, 1999

 

1.)  I like to start Netscape with Ctrl+Alt N, and Word with Ctrl+Alt W, etc.    To do this you must make a shortcut icon or *.lnk  file first.

 

2.) the shortcut *.lnk file must exist or be copied to either the desktop (C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP) Or Start Menu (C:\WINDOWS\START MENU; Or C:\WINDOWS\START MENU\YOUR FOLDER NAME.

 

The last location is by far my favorite - C:\WINDOWS\START MENU\YOUR FOLDER NAME because you will quickly clog up the start menu or desktop if you rely on either of those places for icons.

 

TIP: THE BEST PART IS THAT THE ENTIRE FOLDER CAN BE BACKUPED TO A FLOPPY DISK FOR SAFE KEEPING OR BROUGHT INTO WORK AND COPIED THERE (NOTE: THE Apps that the shortcut’s reference must be installed in the same standard location, of course.)  This is copy method lets you take your shortcuts with you!!

 

TIP2: Like most MS products, applications, shortcuts, This works pretty MOST but not All of the time.  Don’t expect perfection esp. with shcuts to drive letters.  Update: After using these sh cuts for almost 2 months the non-drive letter sh cuts have functioned perfectly!  I am now so used to my keybrd shcuts that it is like they were built into the os!

 

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IE 4,5,6 INTERNET EXPLORER:

 

TITLE: FORCING  IE 5,6 TO USE YOUR WINDOWS COLORS NO MATTER WHAT THE WEB PAGE USES FOR BACKGROUNG COLORS.

 

DATE: Sunday, 10/03

 

1.)    View, Internet Options, On the General Tab (the first one)

2.)    Look to the Lower Right Corner for the Accessibility Button … click it and

3.)    Check the box that says “Ignore Colors Specified on Web Pages.”

4.)    Click OK and the Apply Button to see the result immediately.

 

paste the following into 2 *.reg files for direct input in to Windows 2000 registry.

 

BLACK BACKGROUND WHITE LETTERS:

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="yes"

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Settings]

"Anchor Color Visited"="155,155,0"

"Anchor Color"="128,255,255"

"Background Color"="255,255,255"

"Text Color"="0,0,0"

"Always Use My Colors"=dword:00000001

"Custom Colors"=hex:9b,9b,00,00,80,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

 

WHITE BACKGROUND BLACK LETTERS (NORMAL/STANDARD)

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Use_DlgBox_Colors"="no"

 

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Settings]

"Anchor Color Visited"="155,155,0"

"Anchor Color"="128,255,255"

"Background Color"="255,255,255"

"Text Color"="0,0,0"

"Always Use My Colors"=dword:00000000

"Custom Colors"=hex:9b,9b,00,00,80,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\

  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: MS Word 97, 2000 (stopping the turning of  ***** asterisks into a “continuos Dotted Boarder”

 

THE FIX:   Click  AUTO CORRECT: CLICK Tools, AutoCorrect, AutoFormat As you type, Uncheck the “Boarders” Box. Else to fix click Format, Boarders or right click on the **** which was turned into a boarder and select ‘none’ for the boarder type box.

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DOS 7.X  TIPS & TRICKS

 

Forces a pure dos environment (without win95 running?) to REBOOT!

 

 

DEBUG < TEXTFILE.TXT

 

INSIDE TEXT FILE

 

g=f000:0

 

>From Mark mcnamara, also he has a com file that does the same thing.

 

pac.

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TITLE:  SCSI DEVICE ID SETTING CHART.

 

Note: most scsi devices ID’s are set according to the chart below. Also, Notice that with 3 “pins” and only 2 “jumpers” (that is what the “X’s” represent) this yields the maximum # of combinations which is:  8  (i.e. 0-7).

Note2: Normally ID 7 which is the highest priority (0 is the lowest in priority for the system’s attention, but highest in Boot priority at startup) is reserved for the SCSI Controller card.

 

SCSI ID ®

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

PIN 1

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

PIN 2

 

 

X

X

 

 

X

X

PIN 3

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

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NETWORKING: ALL OS’s

 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TITLE: CHEAPEST way to network 2 pc’s in an Ethernet network.

 

DATE: Thursday, January 14, 1999

 

USE A CROSSOVER CABLE – is just like a null modem cable.  It takes one pc’s send wires and “crosses them over” to the other pc’s receive cable and vice versa. A crossover cable usually is used on the uplink of a HUB to cascade it up or dn stream to another hub or router etc.

 

A regular cat 5 cable is sometimes called a “straight through” cable because pin 1 at one end connects to pin1 at the other end there is no “crossing” over – a hub takes care of that.

 

TIP: However, once you want to add a 3 rd pc the cross over cable is worthless b/c you must buy a hub anyway (if you want all 3 pc’ to be able to talk to each other) then the cross cable is useless and you must buy 3 cables + hub.  It is a good idea if you aren’t planning to add a 3rd pc in the near future.

 

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EXCEL 97, 2000, XP TIP:

 

How to get a row or column to repeat so the category appears at the top of every page.

Like what’s highlighted in green below. 

Click File, Page setup, Click on the “Sheet” tab, then where it says “Rows to repeat at top” click on the square icon at the right and that will take you to back to the spread sheet so can click on the row you wish to repeat. Now the row highlighted in blue below will be repeated at the top of every page.

Check Book Worksheet  9 / 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHK#

DATE

Description of Transaction

Payment / Debit

Fee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd excel tip: cutting and pasting.  Highlight what you wish to move, click cut, it gets a boarder around it, then go to where you wish to move it to and click paste.  It cuts from where you got it and pastes it to where you  want it to go.

 

Watch out: if you click to copy something and close the sheet or excel the material will be cleared from the clipboard!  This differs from other programs like ms word.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXCEL 97 TIPS: Formatting etc.

Problem: When print previewing or printing unwanted empty columns show up

Solution: Select the unwanted columns or rows, Click Edit, Clear, All – for everything, or Formats to just strip off formatting.

 

Also, Defining or re-defining a print area: Click File, Print area Set or clear – to set first highlight the areas you wish to designate as the print area.

 

Compressing a sheet to fit on a single page: Click File, Page Setup, Scaling, and choose a percent or  “fit to page”.

 

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Date:  11-29-2000 ; I called Tech support and found the following out.... Note there was nothing on the web page under help.

 

Problem: Delorme Street Atlas USA v8.0 the address find button or menu option choice is grayed out. Also, How do I “Import” my old maps that I saved in an older version?             

 

 

Solution: This can especially occur if you copied the CD(s) to your hard drive.  Program needs to be R & R’ed.  Go to Add / Remove programs and remove, reboot, and reinstall choose custom and be sure to select the first two items - one will be ‘Extractor’  after the reboot you need to run extractor in order to extract the states that you want maps for off the cd so it will not be needed.

 

Importing Old maps: there is no import command.  You cannot do it.  Delorme can read maps automatically - for up to 2 versions back.  Ex version 8 can read version 6 maps.  This basically punishes users that fail to upgrade at least every other version.  Versions come out about once a year.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Problem: Outlook 2000 Installed as Home Internet mail only (IMO) not Corporate Workgroup.  How do you fix it with out reinstalling Outlook 2000?

 

Solution:

To change the installation type from IMO to CW, follow these steps:

On the Tools menu, click Options.
On the Mail Delivery Tab, click Reconfigure Mail Support.
On the E-mail Service Options page, click to select the mail support option you are switching to. Click Next.
Read the warning message and then click Yes. Outlook will close.
Start Outlook. The Windows Installer will start and install the required files.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Don’t just blindly reinstall it – you’ll likely end up in the same situation.  Other times outlook will ask you what type of install you want.

 

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Problem: Shutdown button on the Welcome dialog box.

 

Solution:

To display a shutdown button at Login, edit:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Value: ShutdownWithoutLogon REG_SZ 0 or 1
When this value is set to 1, you can select Shutdown from the Welcome dialog box. If the value is 0, the Shutdown button does not appear

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Problem:  NUMLOCK at startup.

HKEY_Current_User\ControlPanel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators

REG_SZ:

If set to 0, NumLock is disabled for that current user after logging on. If it is 2, NumLock is enabled.

 

 

 

Solution:

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Problem:  Displaying Your Company Logo (or other bitmap) during logon.

Design an appropriate bitmap and place it in your NT directory as YourLogoName.BMP. Use 8.3 naming convention.

Edit: HKEY_USERS \.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop

Double click or Add Value REG_SZ of Wallpaper and set it to the full path to YourLogoName.BMP.
Double click or Add Value REG_SZ of TileWallpaper. 0 is Don't tile, 1 is tile.
Double click or Add Value REG_SZ of WallpaperStyle. 0 is normal, 2 is stretch to fill the screen (which is mutually exclusive with TileWallpaper = 1).
If you use a normal, not tiled logo, you can position it by adding the following REG_SZ values:
WallpaperOriginX set to the number of pixels from the left hand edge of the screen.
WallpaperOriginY set to the number of pixels from the top of the screen

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Problem: Removing Administrative shares.

By default, if you delete the C$, D$, etc.. Administrative shares, they will be recreated when you reboot. To disable this feature, edit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Paramaters

Double click on AutoShareServer and set it to 0 to disable it for a server.
Double click on AutoShareWks and set it to 0 to disable it for a workstation.
If the entries are no present, Add Value of type REG_DWORD. The Range is 0 (disable) or 1 (enable - the default).

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

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Date:  6-15-2001

 

Problem: How to make vertical text for tear-off’s at the bottom for my phone number on my for sale sign to hang up in La Scala Apts.

 

 

Solution:  http://rapidref.com/word.htm  the sample they provided happen to answer the question I had!  Price only $ 22.50!

 

Text can be typed Vertically anywhere in your document, but it must first be inserted into a Text Box

To Add Vertical Text

1 Click Insert (Pull Down Menu)

2 Click

3 Click Text Box

4 Your mouse will turn into a Cross Hair - Click and Drag the outer edge of the text box, starting from the top left hand corner of the box. (Note - Ensure you make the Text Box large enough for the text)

5 Type the text into the Text Box that is to be vertical

Whilst your cursor is still flashing inside the text box

6 Click Format (Pull Down Menu)

7 Click

8 Click Text Direction…

The Text Direction Dialog Box will now appear

9 Click onto one of the three text Directions e.g., Normal horizontal, Bottom up vertical, Text running downwards vertical.

10 Click the OK Button

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Problem: Why is my UDMA ULTRA 66 or UDMA ATA 100 HD So Slow?

Why is my disk drive so slow, or why can't I select ATA/66 or ATA/100, on the Highpoint controller?

 

Solution:

If your disk has a jumper or setting for enabling "Cable Select" then make sure that this is activated.  This can result in a significant performance increase.  Note Cable Select or csel means that the drive is master if it is the only device on the ribbon cable.  If there are 2 devices then the one at the end will be Master and the other will s “Slave” depending where each drive is plugged into the ribbon cable.  Both drives must be jumped as csel.

 

WARNING: some drives don’t play together well  and csel can cause really weird problems esp if one device is a HD and other CDROM, use with caution.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Problem: IIS5 Install to different path than Default Path Location on C:\Inetpub on Win2k would  like on D: but there is no choices in the GUI to allow this. NOTE FOR IIS4 / Personal Web Server for win98 this does not apply.  There is no need since IIS4 lets you chg the path during and after installing IIS4 / PWS.

 

Solution:

Provided by Microsoft Q259671 Click Start Run:  sysocmgr /i:%windir%\inf\sysoc.inf /u:d:\iis.txt

Look at the end of this line: d:\iis.txt  this file can be placed anywhere and be called anything but you must be sure the command contains the same file name and location as the as the actual file.  The TEXT file must contain the following:

 

[Components]

iis_common = on

iis_inetmgr = on

iis_www = on

iis_ftp = on

iis_htmla = on

 

[InternetServer]

PathFTPRoot=D:\Inetpub\Ftproot

PathWWWRoot=D:\Inetpub\Wwwroot

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:  Change D:\Inetpub\Ftproot…. etc to what ever drive letter and or path you wish.  Changing the drive letter is ok but I would advise again using strange non-standard paths because although it will probably work fine it may make support / troubleshooting more difficult.

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Problem: Need to repair win2k and either it is running with ATA 100 or SCSI  hard drives.

 

Solution:

1.) Insert bootable CD & hit space bar on boot to boot from CD … As CD boots up you have to press F6 right-away several times so that you will be prompted to put the special ATA100 or SCSI drivers disk in A:\

 

When prompted for the drivers disk press S, <Enter>

in my case choose  “HPT370 for windows 2000”

 

2.) Setup may hit a point where the HD makes a strange noise – let it run in may keep retrying for 2-3 minutes.

 

2.)   Press R to Repair now same thing may happen as in step 2.

3.)   Press R again .

4.)   Choose Manual repair because this lets you repair just the boot up files, or registry etc.

5.)   Press Enter and put ERD disk in A: for a 3rd time you may get the strange hd noise like in step2.

 

Note: you can do a repair without the ERD.  But I haven’t tried it yet.

 

It is very important to regularly update the ERD and record the date on it.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: This should not be considered a cure-all and you cannot just install win2k over the top of itself like win98 95 etc.

 

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Date:  7-5-01

 

Problem: How do I find / Search for a file that contains the word: “cooledit” inside a file that is either text, rtf or doc?

 

 

Solution: In Win2k and possibly Win9x.  Go to the folder or top level folder.  Ctrl+F to bring up find window

then for file type enter the following: *.doc,*.txt,*.rtf

 

and in the contains text field type: cooledit

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  7-20-2001

 

Problem: Windows 95B & Even Win98x, Office 2000 SR-1 Update Asks for the Original Office 2000 Install CD but says it can’t find it even when it is in the CD drive.

 

NOTE: If you are USING WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS 98   Jump down to  the “ <------------- ******* ”

 

When you run Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) on your computer, you may receive the following prompt:

Please insert the disk: Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 edition

where SR-1 edition is the edition of Office 2000 that is being installed. Your only choices are to click OK or click Cancel. No Browse button appears.

 

 

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, update the Windows Installer to version 1.1. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. If the above error message is still displayed, click Cancel.
  2. In Windows Explorer, browse to the C:\Windows\Temp\SR1Patch folder.
  3. Double-click the Msiinstx.exe file in this folder.
  4. Click Yes to the prompt that advises you that the Windows Installer needs to restart your system.
  5. After your computer restarts and the Windows Installer is updated, run the Office 2000 SR-1 Update again.

NOTE: If you do not see Msiinstx.exe in your C:\Windows\Temp\SR1Patch folder, follow these steps to update the Windows Installer:

  1. If you are USING WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS 98, click the following link:    <-------------------- **

            http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wininst/1.1/W9X/EN-US/InstMsi.exe

  1. If you are using Windows NT 4.0, click the following link:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wininst/1.1/NT4/EN-US/InstMsi.exe

 

 

 

Solution: Update / Install the *.msi installer.  Article ID: Q258526

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Date:  8-18-2001

 

Problem: How do I backup my mail or email in Outlook Express (OE) or regular Outlook (IMO) internet mail only which uses the Outlook Express “engine” or program code to handle internet mail.

 

Solution: Search for *.dbx files this is where the OE stores your mail.  Ex: inbox.dbx, etc.  Go to the folder and

copy all the contents of folder to the backup location.  There also may be non-*.dbx files that are needed

such as something like index.* or the like for indexing all the folders.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  9-22-01, rev 9/03

 

Problem: Outlook 2000 can’t receive *.exe attachments or they appear to be missing.  Caution, undoing the security updates makes outlook and your pc much more vulnerable to email virus attacks.  I recommend after saving the attachment that you put security back to high.

 

 

Solution: Ms security update has probably been applied.  Click Tools, Options, Security tab, chg zone

from “Restricted Sites” to internet and click Zone Settings, customize. Do more research on the update.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  9-24-01, 11/03

 

Problem: How can I scroll through commands typed at the Windows 2000 DOS shell prompt?

 

 

Solution: Use the up/dn arrow keys just like in Linux bash shell or press F7 key to bring up a list.

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Date:  10-18-01, Updated 9/03, Win 2000

 

TITLE: How can I  handle file extensions via the command prompt to: Back up, associate unassociated with a particular application, delete, etc.

 

Solution: (also see Microsoft: “Attachments -- Blocking, Re-associating and Stomping”)

 

At the DOS Shell Prompt only type:

 

assoc >> "My File Associations.txt"<Enter>

 

This will dump them into a text file so you have a convenient copy to retain as a backup and it make it a cinch to restore if a program like Outlook (full version) gets installed and goes crazy changing extensions even dn to the screen saver (*.scr).

 [tip: If you are using a Long File Name like in this example be sure to type the quotation marks] a list will be produced the one below, except much longer.

 

To reset an association at the C:\ prompt type

 

C:\assoc .scr=scrfile<Enter>

 

ex2: winamp association with .mp3 files is:

 

assoc .mp3=Winamp.File<Enter>

 

leave no spaces inbetween --> .scr=scrfile

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:  You also can find and export reg keys from

My Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ this might be more convenient in some situations to double click to enter into the reg for re-registration/restoration  purposes.

 

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Date:  1998, 4/1/02, 10/03

 

Problem:  What is an easy way to MODIFY the DOS path?

 

Solution: ADD a path to it as follows:

 

PATH =C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\;C:\WINNT

PATH c:\geqa;c:\pwrs\system;c:\sqlany50\win;%PATH% <----- This 2nd path stmt will add paths to the left of %PATH% to the existing path stmt above

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Date:  05-01-02

 

Problem:

 

Windows 2000 my MBR or Master Boot Record is messed up.  Note repartitioning or reformatting the drive won’t fix the problem since neither operation changes the MBR.

 

Solution:

 

If you're using a Windows 2000 system, you can boot from the installation disks and enter the Recovery Console. When the Recovery Console loads, use the FIXBOOT or the FIXMBR command to cure the problem. //

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  5/5/02, reviewed 11/03

 

Problem: How to tell what version of windows I’m running?

 

 

Solution: Start, run, winver click ok.

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Date:  5-14-02

 

Windows 2000 Wrkstn, Chkdsk.exe,

 

Also See Microsoft Article: ‘An Explanation of CHKDSK and the New /C and /I Switches (Q187941)’

 

Problem: On boot up I got the error message that there might be a problem with my hard disk and that a consistency check would take place in 9 seconds.

Where in the world do I find the log of the info it displays including any fixes?

 

Solution: Fire up Event Viewer Search for the Icon called (“Event Viewer”) or click start run and paste in the following:    %SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc /s  

and Click OK.  Click on View Find and search for ‘chkdsk’ or Event ID: 1001 or look for ‘Winlogon’ in the Source Column.  As much of the info as can fit will be located here.

 

 

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  2002

 

Problem: I would like to start opera with a different or new default set of preferences & How get rid of splash

   screen?

 

Solution: To start Opera with a different ini file, you can change the shortcut and include the ini filename. For example, to start for Bob, just change the shortcut to:

 

c:\Program Files\Opera\ bob.ini

 

Get rid of splash screen: add this to the icon /nosplashscreen

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Key words: HP Jet Direct, Jet Admin, Web Admin Configure Configuring Print Box print Queue Sharing a printer can’t see it in network neighborhood how to

 

Date:  11-2002

 

Problem: Win9x, XP, 2k/NT I need to print directly to a Jet Direct print Box / print queue.  I don’t “see” the printer advertised in Network neighborhood .

 

Solution:

 

Be sure the print box has an IP Addr, can be pinged and the printer is on, next,

 

Install the printer Driver as a local printer.

 

Windows NT/2k/Xp (for win9x software is needed to create/add a port type that can then be modified as outlined below:

 

add a TCP/IP connection under Printer Properties, Advanced, Ports tab, click Add Port, Choose 'Standard TCP/IP Port', click the 'Net Port' button, click Next, Printer Name put in IP Addr ex 192.168.0.120, Port Name type in the default: 9100, Click Next, In Device port sellect 'Parallel 1'

 

Click Add, then Click Close. Be sure the new port is selected.

 

Test Print.

 

PROBLEM#2: I’m still not happy.  I want to be able to “see” the printer in network neighborhood.

 

SOLUTION#2: Think about the times when you have “seen” a printer in net neighborhood.  Chances are there was also one or more dedicated servers that are left on 24hrs a day.  Those servers had a print box setup as outlined above, then they were set to “share out” that print box object.  And this is the magic that advertises the print box / queue / printer so that it “appears” in net neighborhood!  At home you normally don’t want to leave a PC running all the time due to the cost of the electricity.

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Date:  11/12/02

 

Problem: How do I get rid of the splash screen in windows 2000/nt4?

 

Solution: Edit C:\boot.ini by double clicking it in windows.  Add this at the end: /noguiboot

 

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Win2k Partition(1) No splash" /fastdetect /noguiboot

 

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:  I can’t save the file to boot.ini?  Save it to your desktop since boot.ini is readonly hidden system file.  Then copy it on top of c:\boot.ini.  You will then convert boot.ini to a normal visible not hidden, not system file.  Your computer will still run fine.  Any doubts?  make a bakup file called: c:\boot_bk.ini

 

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Date:  11-25-02

 

Problem: When making mp3’s from a CD ROM I get lots of his and pops or crackling in the *.mp3 file.

 

Solution: It could be the CD ROM player but often it is the controller that it is plugged into.  Old legacy ATA33/66 controllers can cause the problem.  An ez fix could be to try a different controller on the mainboard or buy an update controller card (that supports CD ROM’s) and plug the drive in to that.

 

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Date:  12/23/02           

 

Problem: I want to either backup or copy my profile to the default new user profile.

 

Solution: Right click on my computer, click properties, click on the “User Profiles” tab,

select the profile you wish to copy or backup.  Click copy, choose a location, I recommend

something like D:\profilename <enter> if you choose your desktop you will get a warning

about over writing something.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: If altering the “default user” profile first copy the file to same directory

and then add _bkup and the date to the name so you have a backup copy of a ‘default’ profile ex: “Default User_bkup_12-23-02”.  Now copy all the files from the folder you backed up to C:\Documents and Settings\Default User and go into each folder such as favorites and delete stuff that you don’t want leaving

only stuff you each new user to have.

 

Tip II: ntuser.dat is the core preference file and it can be copied to the server and set to push

down on to each client machine that logs in.  There is a modestly detailed procedure for this.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:  11/2002

 

TITLE: EZ BIOS REMOVAL

 

Key Words: ez-bios ezbios ez bios, kill, delete, remove, format, fdisk, nuke, wipe wipe-out, uninstall, clear, restore hard drive harddrive wipe, remove ezbios, remove ez-bios, uninstall ezbios uninstall ez-bios MaxBlast , BIOS translate, remove ezdrive, remove ez-drive, LLF, GWScan.

 

Problem: Early once helpful tools that let you run a larger hard drive than your BIOS could handle have turned into dooms day machines because the software that was used to install them is no longer in your possession and is NOT AVAILABLE for download any longer from the site where it came from.  Now there appears to be now way to remove it.  The produce in question is ezbios made by Seagate and resold to all major hd mfg’s as MaxBlast for Maxtor, EZ-Drive, ez drive, Disk Manager, Ontrack and a bunch of other names for other mfg’s.

 

 

DOWNLOAD: GWscan

 

http://www.wecandobetter.com/dnload/WD_llf_WriteZeroKill_EzBios_GWscan.zip

 

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Date:  3/07/03

 

Problem: Windows 2000 or XP all the desktop icons are underlined and you single click to launch them.  Super annoying, open a folder, click …

 

Solution:

Super annoying, open a folder, click Tools, folder options,  go to bottom of this property sheet, click “Double click to open an item vs Single click which causes desktop icons to appear more like the web.

 

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Date:  6/2/03

 

Problem: DirectX direct-x, how can I tell what version I’m running?   Also, what is an easy way to save all the information about my system hardware to a file?

 

Solution: Click Start Run dxdiag.exe.  Look to the bottom of the opening page and you will see the version listed across from “DirectX Version:” In this case it is version 8.0(4.08.00.0400)

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

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Date:  6/3/03

 

Problem: I want to print diskette labels, how do I do that ?

 

Solution: 1. Buy Avery brand sticker labels # 8196 “Diskette” or generic equivalent online is much cheaper!

  1. For just a few labels use regular paper and a razor to cut out the label and use something like the Avery Glue Stick or other adhesive to make the label stick to the diskette.

 

This Doc was created in Ms Word 2000 by clicking Tools, Envelops & Labels, Options, Clicking the drop down for Label Products, choosing Avery, then clicking the drop down for Product Number and selecting 8196 Diskette, now back out of the options dialog box back to the labels tab click the New Document button to make the grid lines appear for this table. <Save this note for future reference, but delete it before printing new labels.>

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Labels must be thin for laptops, if you use tape or put on label on top of another it won’t fit in laptop floppy disk drives or will get stuck!

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date:  7/7/2003

 

Problem: Question what is the maximum size of a file in FAT16, FAT32, NTFS?

 

Solution:

 

NTFS

Volumes much larger than 2 terabytes (TB) are possible.

***** --->  File size limited only by size of volume.  <--- *****

Cannot be used on floppy disks.

 

FAT32

Volumes from 512 MB to 2 TB.

***** --->  Maximum file size is 4 GB. <--- *****

In Windows XP, you can format a FAT32 volume up to 32 GB only.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: FAT32 max’s out at 4G!!

 

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Date:  7/10/03

 

Problem: CD ROM CDROM Burners Q and A…

 

1.      None of my CDRW CDROM / CD ROM Burners will write to CDRW media at speeds over 4X?

A: Look at the CDRW Media it is probably 4X, in that case no drive will write faster than that.  Do a search on the internet.  Few vendors sell CDRW and even fewer sell 8X or 10X CDRW media.

 

2.       Q: Also, how many times can a CDRW be rewritten?

 

A: a thousand 1000 or more.  The most I have rewritten the same disk is about 20 times, it is still going  

     strong with no problems. 

 

3: Q: what happens if  I check “finalize the session” no more writing possible on a CDRW does mean it can

   be reused ever again? 

 

A: NO, always check that because it gives more compatibility esp for Music CD’s being played in the car or home stereo, and it has no effect on CDRW, only CDR media.

 

Solution: see above answers.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Use CDRW’s as much as possible they can be updated over and over and save money and the environment.  When creating a compellation of data or backups etc use CDRW, then once you get it right use CDR to make copies to give out to people.

 

Tip2: Careful with CDRW’s if you scratch them they will be useless and you will never reach the “a thousand or more rewrites”!

 

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Date:   7/30/2003

 

Problem: I lost all my bookmarks in Opera Web Browser v6.1

 

Solution: Hopefully you have a backup you can restore:

 

The extension for the bookmark file is "adr". Look for the files named

"opera6.adr" or "operadef6.adr" in either the Opera installation

directory, remember that Outlook email also uses files that end in *.adr ..

 

Windows 2000: "C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera6.adr"

 

When you find either or both of these files, replace them (by

overwriting or delete + rename) with the backup copy of your original

".adr" file.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: BACK THIS FILE UP!  and attach an _date to the file

 

ex: Opera6_bkup_7-30-03.adr

 

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Date:      8/05/2003

 

Problem: When I use Draw object in ms word to draw circles and arrows on diagrams a giant black box appears behind the draw object.  Also, I am using white text on black background.

 

Solution: Move you mouse over the draw object until you see the 4 arrow headed cross.  right click and choose “Format Auto Shape”, then click “Layout” tab and choose “In Front of Text”.  If you don’t see the line be sure the line color is something that shows up ex blk on white or vice versa.

RIGHT                                                                    WRONG

Text Box: Text Box:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:  Right click on the draw object and click “Set Autoshape Defaults” this will save your change so that  each time you draw objects this setting will remain in effect.

 

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Date:  /    /2003

 

Problem:  How can I use a dos batch file to copy files to the user’s desktop if I don’t know who is logged on and profiles are in use such as Win2k / Xp /NT4.

 

Solution:  copy to %USERPROFILE%\Desktop, whoever is logged on will get the item delivered to the their current desktop. 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Use kix32 to check if the path is valid 1st.

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Date:  /    /2003

 

Problem: I see a bunch of text that is supposed to represent a binary file like winzip but I’m told it is uuencoded how do I uudecode it?

 

Solution: copy /paste the text into a text file.  Rename the extension uue for uuencode.  Now if you have winzip installed just double click it and the files will magically appear!  Now you can click and drag them on to your desktop or a folder.

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Don’t worry about adding lines or spaces before the text or at the end.  UU (Unix to Unix) decode will ignore anything before the ‘begin’ portion and anything after the end

 

Example: copy/paste this entire section in to a text file use notepad not ms word or wordpad.  Then, you must have file extensions enabled so you can change filename.txt -> filename.uue now double click it (you must have winzip or something similar installed, click yes. Now drag the file “Text.txt” to the desktop and open it.

 

anything before begin is ignored.

begin 666 Test.zip

M4$L#!`H``````,I202])Z%9M'````!P````(````5&5S="YT>'1#;VYG<F%T

M=6QA=&EO;G,A#0H-"E1E<W0N=75E4$L!`A0`"@``````RE)!+TGH5FT<````

M'`````@``````````0`@`+:!`````%1E<W0N='AT4$L%!@`````!``$`-@``

'`$(`````````

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end anything after 'end' is ignored

 

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Date:  10/10/2003

 

Problem: Windows 2000/ME/Xp IE6 and IE5, etc.  None, but I would like to relocate my favorites and Links in IE to a separate drive.

 

Solution: Start, run, regedit or regedt32.exe (2k/xp only, more stable) chg the following 2 keys:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

 

Tips From The Pro Shop: Be careful in the reg, to be safe always click Registry, Export, click “selected branch” and save it to your desktop with the title Favorites - Default .  If you mess something up you can just double click this special registry.reg file and it will undo what you did.

 

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Date:  10/ 12 /2003

 

Problem: How do I translate my CDROM speed rating of 48X to  Megabytes /second?

 

Solution: 48X(max)=7,200 KB/sec or 7.2MB/sec.  The conversion factor is 1MB/sec =~ 7.7X so 48X / 76.7 = 7.2 MB/sec or 7,200KB/sec

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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Date:  10/    /2003

 

Problem: How to backup the Windows ME registry

 

Solution:

Reboot and start in DOS C:\WINDOWS (type c: then cd windows).

 

attrib -s -h -r system.dat attrib -s -h -r user.dat copy system.dat c:\ copy user.dat c:\ attrib +s +h +r system.dat attrib +s +h +r user.dat

 

Note: if your system is Windows Me, also back up classes.dat

 

 

METHOD1 (MANUAL):

Copied and later swaped with a bkup of these files. 

 

Method2 (FLUFFY):

Bkup reg in windows by running scanregW.exe  (this runs automatically anyway)

 

reboot in DOS run scanreg.exe (note the missing 'W') in the c:\windows\command dir and follow prompts.

 

 

Tips From The Pro Shop:

 

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