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DMA/UDMA and Win2000
Odds are that if you were using the DMA setting successfully for your HD's
in Win98 it set up properly in Win2000. However, the CD drive is now,
more then likely, in the PIO mode.
To check if your drives are in the DMA mode do this:
Right click on My Computer
Select Manage
Device Manager
IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller
Primary IDE Channel
Advance Setting Tab
It will show the current transfer mode. If it is not correct try Auto
Detect. Reboot and check it again. If it still isn't correct for your
drives try selecting DMA mode and then rebooting. Take a look also at the
Secondary IDE Channel. Normally this would be where you have your CD
drives connected. If they show PIO try changing them to DMA.
(The DMA mode will not make the CD drives run any faster but will greatly
reduce the CPU load from around 90% to about 10% or lower which will
allow other programs running at the same time to run faster.)
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Note: If you have a VIA chipset and award bios, try changing the udma
mode
in the bios for the primary and secondary ide controllers to disabled.
Then
check and see if the drives are now in the DMA mode.
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Win9x
Winipcfg and Win2000 ipconfig
Win2000 doesn't have the winipcfg command that we were use to using in
W9x.
Instead it uses ipconfig which runs from the Command Prompt not
Start/Run like it did in Win9x.
Click on:
Start
Programs
Accessories
Command Prompt
Enter ipconfig
To see all the options enter ipconfig /?
Or to just display everything enter ipconfig /all
To save the information enter ipconfig /all >ip.txt Then find the
ip.txt file.
Sorry, but there is not a nice GUI with ipconfig like
there was with
winipcfg.<g>
Additional information from Andrej Budja, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
There is a wntipcfg.exe in w2k server Resource Kit
in the netmgmt.cab file but you have to expand it yourself...
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Win2000 and
Personalized Menus
New with W2k is the Personalized Menus. However, this can be a bit
discerning when, after a few days, you go to Start/Run/Programs and the
drop
down menu displays just a few listings. First you think, "where did all
my
programs go".<g> Then you notice the little down chevron at the bottom of
the menu. When you click on it the rest of your programs appear.
What is happening is that W2k is hiding items that you haven't used
recently.
Some folks like this feature others don't. Actually it drives me
bonkers.<g>
To turn this feature off click on:
Start
Settings
Taskbar and Start Menu
On the General Tab unmark the box "Use Personalized Menus"
For IE, Tools--->Internet Options. Advanced Tab. Unmark "Enable
Personalized Favorites" box.
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Win2k now offers one stop
networking!!
Being an operating system designed for networks, all your network
connections are now accessible from the start menu (start, settings,
network
and dial up connections). Yes this includes dial up networking!! No more
searching for that pesky folder to use a different DUN. A definite
improvement. Clicking on any of the listed connections will give you a
status window on the connection, which includes uptime/connect time and
the
speed of the connection. From this window you can disable the connection
(or hang up a dial in connection), and also, click on the properties
button
to view/change the connection properties. Another cool thing, Windows has
finally grown up in the world of networking and changing a network setting
does not require a reboot any more. Great for those of us who can't
decide
what IP address we want for our machines <g>.
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Connection
sharing grows up!
Microsoft has included it's version of connection sharing (ICS) natively
in
Win2k. Every dial up connection now has a sharing tab on it properties
window. Sharing a connection is as easy as clicking the "share this
connection" box. You can also enable dial on demand from this window,
which
allows the other computers on your network to cause your connection
sharing
computer to dial that connection if it is not already done. Very easy,
very
simple, and it seems to work!! A note though. For connection sharing to
work, the computer that is the server (in this case, the win2k one) needs
to
have an IP address of 192.168.0.1. This can be set on the local area
connection, from the start menu, settings, network and dial up
connections.
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New and improved DUN.
Microsoft has added some things to win2k's Dial Up Networking. From the
first page of the DUN properties you can click on an alternates button.
This window allows you to put in alternate numbers to try, you can also
specify that the successful number will be moved to the top of the list.
Helpful when fighting busy signals with your ISP <g>. A second button on
the DUN window allows you to set up dialing rules, for 10-digit dialing or
for using a calling card. This can be set at the specific DUN level,
which
is nice for laptops and traveling! The network tab allows you to set
network protocols at the DUN level too, with a lot more granularity than
previously allowed, also good for traveling, or for setting up the dial in
for the RAS server at work. And for the security conscious, you can
enable
or disable file and print sharing at the DUN level also. Closes Steve
Gibson's pesky port 139 for you!
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Pagefile
According to MS:
The best plan of action is to create additional pagefile(s) on a
separate physical drive(s).
If there isn't a pagefile on your boot partition and a
crash occurs, Win2k
will not be able to create a memory dump.
Per the URL below, "Windows NT and Windows 2000 will
use the pagefile on the less frequently used partition over the pagefile
on
the heavily used boot partition."
For more information please go to this URL:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q197/3/79.ASP
Also:
Windows 2000 Memory Dump Options Overview
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q254/6/49.ASP
New Crash Dump Options in Windows 2000 Reduce Memory.dmp Size
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q228/5/24.ASP
*The Memory Dump is just used for debugging a problem.
As a Home User we can put the pagefile on a separate drive and
not worry about it.:)
However when Win2000 installed it defaulted to creating a crash
dump file (Memory.dmp) should a kernel mode STOP error occur.
To disable this:
Right click on "My Computer" and select,
Properties
Advance Tab
Startup and Recovery
System Failure
select "None"
Now just put the pagefile on a separate drive like always.<g>
To makes changes to the pagefile:
Right click on "My Computer" and select:
Properties
Advance Tab
Performance Options
Change
1. Put the pagefile on a separate physical disk and best of all in
its own partition.
2. Lock down the size of the pagefile.
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CD Drives and
Digital Audio
Cool Stuff!
New feature in Win2000 for CD drives. You can enable digital audio
playback.
Now you no longer need a cable going to your sound card.
Go into device manager and in the properties for the CD drive go to the
properties tab. Mark the box "Enable digital audio.
Now you can playback CDs from your CD Writer or CD ROM.
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Use "System
File Checker" to Solve Problems
by: Carey Frisch
I have found that many problems with Windows 2000 can be
solved using
the utility "sfc" with the Command Prompt. Sometimes, in the course of
installing a program in Windows 2000, the program will overwrite or
modify Win 2000's system files i.e. ".dll's" with their own version.
If Windows 2000 misbehaves after a program installation, read the
following and run "sfc" with the Command Prompt. This has worked
wonders!
System File Checker (sfc.exe) is a command line utility that scans and
verifies the versions of all protected system files after you restart
your computer. If System File Checker discovers that a protected file
has been overwritten, it retrieves the correct version of the file from
the %systemroot%\system32\dllcache folder, and then replaces the
incorrect file.
Syntax:
sfc [/scannow] [/scanonce] [/scanboot] [/cancel] [/quiet] [/enable]
[/purgecache] [/cachesize=x]
Parameters:
/scannow
Scans all protected system files immediately.
/scanonce
Scans all protected system files once.
/scanboot
Scans all protected system files every time the computer is restarted.
/cancel
Cancels all pending scans of protected system files.
/quiet
Replaces all incorrect file versions without prompting the user.
/enable
Returns Windows File Protection to default operation, prompting the user
to restore protected system files when files with incorrect versions are
detected.
/purgecache
Purges the Windows File Protection file cache and scans all protected
system files immediately.
/cachesize=x
Sets the size, in MB, of the Windows File Protection file cache.
Notes
You must be logged on as an administrator or as a member of the
Administrators group to run System File Checker.
If the %systemroot%\system32\dllcache folder becomes corrupt or
unusable, use Sfc /scannow, Sfc /scanonce, or Sfc /scanboot to repair
the contents of the Dllcache directory.
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Life at the Command Prompt.
Windows 2000 allows you a new level of customization of your command
prompt
window. Want to be able to scroll back up to see what you typed 10
commands
ago? Set the window buffer size to a larger number and you will be able
to
scroll back. Don't like the white on black default? Set your colors to a
more eye pleasing palate.
Open your command prompt windows from the start menu, programs,
accessories.
Once it is open, right click on the title bar and click defaults. From
this
window, you set the command prompt default settings.
The first tab, options, gives you the opportunity to change your cursor
size, your default window option (full screen or a window), how many
command
to keep in history. Quick edit mode allows you to select and copy and
paste
MS-DOS text.
The second tab, Font, allows you to change the font and size of your
window.
The third tab, layout, allows you to set the screen buffer size and the
windows size. By setting the screen buffer size to a higher number (mine
is
at 300), you will save previous lines and be able to scroll back to see
them.
The last tab, Colors, is where you can be creative with the appearance of
your window. You can either choose one of the colors listed, or manually
change the RGB values to get custom colors.
Windows 2000 gives many more command line options than previous versions
of
Windows NT. If you are going to spend some time in there, you might as
well
have it look good!
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Dual CPU Support:
Now that you are running Win2000 you have probably heard that you
can use dual CPU's.
You are also one of those home computer hobbyist nuts that just
have to try the latest and greatest.<g> Plus you have an extra $300
tucked away just for your hobby so you are ready
to get those cheapo Celerons and dual Abit BP6 MB.
But you been wondering how to enable Dual CPU support?
If you just gotta try it follow the steps outlined in the MS KB
Article ID: Q234558:
Support for Multiple Processors in Windows 2000
Good luck.:-)
**For most of us spending the money on a faster single CPU
is the preferred
option.
(However, some folks just have to stay on the bleeding edge.<g>)
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Application
Compatibility tool:
If you are trying to run a program and it won't run because it
states you are using the wrong OS try using the Application
Compatibility tool. It is located in the support folder on your
Win2000 CD.
"The Application Compatibility tool (Apcompat.exe) is a tool that
attempts to convince programs that perform compliance checking
in Windows 2000 that they are actually running under an earlier
operating system."
For more information about Application Compatibility tool go to
this URL:
Description of the Application Compatibility Tool
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Windows Memory Manager quirk:
(Don't make your swap file too small or it could cause a performance hit.)
One of the little known "quirks" of the Windows Memory
Manager is
that it starts to swap way before it needs to. For example: System A
has 256mb with a 512mb swap file. System B has 256mb with a
1gb swap file. System A will start swapping WAY before System B.
- Greg/Raxco Software
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From the Pocket Protector Preservation Society.
Way cool Start Menu
stuff.
Windows 2000 lets you have more control over your start menu than ever
before. Instead of just adding and removing programs, and re-arranging
them, now you can add or subtract "system" settings also. The place to
change things and what some of the choices allow you to do are as follows:
To change the Start menu settings
1.. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Taskbar & Start Menu.
2.. Click the Advanced tab.
3.. In Start Menu Settings, select or clear the options you want to turn
on or off.
This option - Does this
Display Administrative Tools - Adds the Administrative Tools menu to
the Programs menu
Display Favorites - Adds the Favorites menu to the Start menu
Display Logoff - Adds a Logoff command to the Start menu
Expand Control Panel - Displays the Control Panel menu contents in a
list instead of a window
Expand My Documents - Displays the My Documents menu contents in a
list instead of a window
Expand Network and Dial-up Connections - Displays the Network Dial-up
Connections menu contents in a list instead of a window
Expand Printers - Displays the Printers menu contents in a list
instead of a window
Scroll the Programs menu - Displays the contents of the Programs menu
in a scrolling list instead of columns.
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Thorough Scandisk in Win2K
By: T. Hernlund
The easy way is to open the Run box and type "chkdsk
(drive:)/f" and you'll
be asked if you would like to run it during the next startup. Say yes
and reboot. If you do this without the "/f" parameter it will check your
disk on the spot but won't fix anything.
Good for information purposes.
The GUI way to do it is as follows...
Right-click on your drive, select Properties, Tools tab, Check Now
button. Check both of the boxes and click Ok. You'll get a message
saying
it cannot perform the check as it cannot obtain exclusive access
to the drive. It will then ask if you would like to run this during the
next
startup. Say Yes. Now reboot and Win2k will do a multi-stage check
on your drive.
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A tip from our friends across the pond, (UK).
Turn Off CD Auto Play Win2000
By: Paul Molyneux
To disable AutoPlay
1.. Double-click My Computer.
2.. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options, and then click the File
Types tab.
3.. In Registered file types, click AudioCD, and then click Advanced.
4.. In Actions, click Play, and then click Set Default.
Note:
a.. You can temporarily disable AutoPlay by pressing SHIFT while you
insert an audio CD.
b.. Repeating steps 1 through 4 enables AutoPlay.
c.. When Play is displayed in bold, AutoPlay is enabled. When Play is
not displayed in bold, AutoPlay is disabled.
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Web services
Frustrated with the Personal Web Server that comes with Front Page and
Windows 98? Windows 2000 comes bundled with a full-featured web server -IIS
5.0. You can run a personal or small business intranet with it, and
yes, it comes with Front Page Extensions, so you can use those cool toys
at
home. IIS also has a built in FTP server, SMTP (mail) server and NNTP
(news) server. IIS 5.0 is installed on Windows 2000 server by default.
You
can add, remove or install additional components from the Control
Panel-add/remove programs icon.
IIS 5.0 is not installed on Windows 2000 Professional by default.
Go to Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components,
Mark the box, IIS.
To manage your web server, use the Internet Information
Services console
found at:
Start
Programs
Administrative tools
Internet Services Manager
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Which services can be set to manual for a Win2k home
user to help increase performance?
Which
services can be set to manual for a home user:
By: Mark-Allen Perry
ALPHA Systems, Marly, Switzerland
Microsoft BackOffice MVP, MCP
Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta Team
Email: mark-allen@com.mcnet.ch
These can be set to Manual unless you know for an *actual fact* that
your using them. In any case, you can always set them back on.
> DHCP Client - if you're not using DHCP from a server then this goes
to manual
> Distributed Link Tracking Client - if you don't have another W2K
server which handles this, these go to manual > Distributed Transaction
Coordinator - ditto
> DNS Client - if you're not using a DNS server somewhere on your
network, set to manual. This is not for a dial-up connection, which will
have it's own dns server information.
> FTP Publishing Service - unless you want an FTP server - manual > IIS
Admin Service - if you don't use the www service or ftp, set to manual
> IPSEC Policy Agent - no w2k domain, set to manual
> Message Queuing - no msmq?, set to manual
> Remote Registry Service - don't handle remote registries? set to
manual
> RIP Listener - what? probably set to manual, this is a routing
service anyway and I don't think your machine is used a router
> RunAs Service - probably set to manual unless you have apps which can
*run-as* something else
> Simple Mail Transport Protocol - this is a mail server, probably set
to manual > Simple TCP/IP Services - ditto > SNMP Service - ditto
> World Wide Web Publishing Service - if you don't need a web server
then set to manual and use a batch file to start and stop as necessary.
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*****Related information:*********
In the Command Prompt type "net start" without parameters
to display a list of running services.
To change the startup type for a service,
Right click on:
My Computer
Select "Manage"
Expand Services and Applications
Click on the Service
Use the little down arrow to change "Start-up type"
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Services set to manual except the following on a notebook:
Put all Services to manual except these [leave this at
automatic]:
Event Log
Plug and Play
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Security Accounts Manager
Workstation
On my notebook w2k eats up only 35 MB of RAM this way...
Andrej Budja, MCSE+I, MVP
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The Services I have running on a home computer with ICS on a two computer
network:
These Windows 2000 services are started:
COM+ Event System
Computer Browser
Event Log
Network Connections
PerfectDisk 2000
Plug and Play
Print Spooler
Protected Storage
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Access Connection Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Removable Storage
Security Accounts Manager
Server
Simple TCP/IP Services
SNMP Service
System Event Notification
Task Scheduler
Telephony
Windows Management Instrumentation
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions
Workstation
The command completed successfully.
Stan Gunn
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After changing some services to Manual OE starts very slow.
Put the service "Protected Storage" back to Auto and Start it.
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Very good source of
info on W2k services:
Windows 2000 Services tweak guide
http://www.3dspotlight.net/tweaks/win2k_services/index.shtml
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Turn
Diskpref Off:
By default, Win2k is set to collect physical drive data.
As home users we don't need this.
To disable the disk performance counters:
Start
Programs
Command Prompt
diskperf -n
reboot
If you ever want to return to default:
diskperf -yd
Stan
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Are you getting the
error, Event ID 3101:
Cause:
"The Windows 2000 TCP/IP performance counters (Perfctrs.dll)
are attempting to extract I/O control information from a network
device, but no network device (network adapter, modem, and so
on) is present in the system."
See this URL for information and the fix.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q257/7/60.ASP
For the utility EXCTRLST.EXE in EXTCRLST.ZIP go to:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
ResKit, Windows 2000.
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Win2000
Verifier:
By: Jason Stoll
There is a program called verifier included with all versions of win2k.
Just do a start run - type verifier and away you go.
Basically it allows you to monitor and stress test all drivers on the
system to determine which are misbehaving!
For more information go to:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q244/6/17.ASP?LNG=ENG&SA=AL
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Shut
down does not turn off computer:
By: Vangelis Atherinos
If the APM mode is enabled go to the device manager and from the view menu
select "show hidden devices". NT APM/legacy support should appear. Just
enable it and hopefully your problem will be solved (it did work in my
case).
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Win2000 may not
recognize ACPI HAL
To force the ACPI option:
By: Brian Fort
Boot from the CD-ROM.
When the blue screen comes up it will say Press F6 to load SCSI drivers
at bottom of the screen.
Press *F5* instead.
A screen will come up "Windows could not determine your PC
configuration, please select from the menu".
Scroll through the menu until you find the ACPI options.
There will be three, APCI multiprocessor, ACPI uniprocessor, and
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). Select one and off you
go.
Related KB Articles:
How Windows 2000 Determines ACPI Compatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q216/5/73.asp
Windows 2000 and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/6/13.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
Troubleshooting Advanced Power Management in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q242/4/95.ASP
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Windows 2000 may not recognize ACPI MB's
By: E. C. Cannon
(Problem: Shut down was not turning off computer - W2k Pro & Server)
Windows 2000 may not recognize ACPI MB's because the machine
is not in the list of compliant machines. To have ACPI support
installed it will be necessary to edit the file txtsetup.sif when
installing Windows 2000 on such a machine.
Begin the installation of Windows 2000, and after it copies the
files (actually txtsetup.sif) and allows you to select "Do not reboot",
select it and stop the installation.
The txtsetup.sif file is read-only, so it will be necessary to
change the attributes to remove the read only. Edit the file by
setting ACPIEnable to 1 under [ACPIOptions] in that file, then reset
the attributes to read-only.
Restart the computer and continue the installation and ACPI should
be enabled.
See: How Windows 2000 Determines ACPI Compatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q216/5/73.asp
Also:
Windows 2000 and Advanced Power Management (APM) Support
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/6/13.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
Troubleshooting Advanced Power Management in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q242/4/95.ASP
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Two
shortcuts that come in handy.
Task Manager:
Right click on the desktop, select new-->shortcut and enter "taskmgr.exe".
Computer Management:
We know that you can go to the CMC by right clicking on "My
Computer"--->Manage. But we are lazy and this will save one mouse
click.<g> Plus it is nice to have the shortcut on the Task Bar where it
always visible.)
Right click on the desktop, select new-->shortcut and enter "compmgmt.msc".
I keep both of them on my Quick Launch toolbar
for easy access.
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Sharing
Violation - Files/Folders
By: Baudouin de Spa
Like many of you, I've got trouble deleting some (lots of) folders or
files (message "sharing violation..."); I found on the Windows 2000
Professional Resource Kit a command line utility OH.EXE: this one
gives the list of all objects (files, ...) where there is an open handle
active, and the name of the processes concerned.
Here's a sample printout:
000003C4 PKJobs.exe File 0ae0 \KeepIt\Updates\Downloaded
updates\HP Scanjet 5300c\Copy utility\Sj535fr
000003C4 PKJobs.exe File 0ae4 \KeepIt\Updates\Downloaded
updates\IE5 updates
000003C4 PKJobs.exe File 0ae8 \KeepIt\Updates\Downloaded
updates\IE5 updates\Windows Update Setup Files
000003C4 PKJobs.exe File 0aec \KeepIt\Updates\Downloaded
updates\Indiana Jones
000003C4 PKJobs.exe File 0af0 \KeepIt\Updates\Downloaded
updates\Intel updates
Running this utility, I could find that my "PageKeeper Jobs" task (I
installed PageKeeper Pro 3.0 2 hours ago) running in the background locked
lots (>1000) of files (I really don't know why, but that's another
problem).
So I stopped this task, and BINGO!!! no more trouble deleting the files I
wanted to.
Maybe this info can be helpful for you.
You can also download OH.ZIP from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/
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Themes Tool
Where did they hide the Themes tool in Win2000?
Go to Start-->Run. Enter "themes"
How to Configure Desktop Themes in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q257/8/41.ASP
Windows 2000 Desktop Themes Compatibility
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q258/4/78.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
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Msconfig. How
do I remove stuff from my startup?
(Msconfig is not included in Win2k.)
There are a number of 3rd party apps.
Startup Cop (I like this one.)
However, you can also use the Win98 Msconfig. Just ignore the errors.
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Make sure your Task Scheduler service is running. Go to Control Panel
->
Administrative Tools -> Services. Put the task scheduler to Automatic and
start it.
1. Go to Start->Programs->Accessories-> System Tools - Scheduled
Tasks
2. Double click "Add Scheduled Task"
3. Click Next
4. Click Browse
5. Go to folder that contains the program "autodefrag".
6. Double click it.
7. Select for when you want to schedule the program [daily, weekly, etc]
and click Next
8. Select start time and date
9. Enter administrators username and password and click Next
11. Mark the box "Open advance properties for this task when I click
finish".
12. In the Run window add the drive you want to defrag like
"autodefrag d:".
13. Click Finish
Repeat the process to schedule different drives at different date/times.
You can also schedule the defrag using command prompt at command.
at 3:00 /interactive /every:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su "autodefrag x:"
where x: is the drive letter for the drive you want to defragment.
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CD Auto Insert
Notification
Change HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
Autorun
1 is on, 0 is off
KB Article:
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Resource Kit
If you don't have the CD some of the files are here:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/
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Windows 2000 Professional Resource Kit files and descriptions:
Go to this URL for the complete list of the files and descriptions.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/library/resources/reskit/rktour/pro/pro_tools.asp
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How do I check the system resources in Win2k like I did in Win9x?
By: John M. Vittone, MS MVP
There really isn't anything similar in Win2K because system resources
aren't an issue in NT.
Basically in Win2K/NT it isn't an issue. The only reason it exists in
Win98 is that Windows 9X (which is a 32 bit OS) is based on a 16-bit OS.
The system resources are divided into 3 parts that use 16-bit resource
heaps. 2^16 is 65536 or 64K. Windows2K/NT is entirely 32-bit and uses
32-bit resource heaps. 2^32 is 4294967296 or 4Gb. Since most of us don't
have 4 Gigs of RAM and its the max that Win2k Pro and Server supports, you
would run out of memory before you would run out of resources
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Looking for a USB
driver solution:
Try this site.
Windows 2000
USB Compatibility Guide.
(The
solutions are here!)
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Need
sound for your old DOS games.
Go to this site:
http://www.softsystem.co.uk/page3.htm
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I cannot claim responsibility for this excellent piece of information
and
it works and I have now reinstalled the Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4 and
Direct CD with their three upgrades taken off their web site and they
work
fine causing no problems elsewhere.
Adaptec know what the Hibernate problem is with the 4.02 update and it
is a file called "cdralw2k.sys". When 4.02 is installed it adds filters
to the
registry so that this file is used instead of "cdrom. sys" .When the
Adaptec software is uninstalled the registry is not reverted to use
"cdrom. sys" and hence the Hibernate problem continues.
You have to edit the registry to stop the Adaptec driver after
uninstall.
The critical keys that the software leaves behind after being
uninstalled
are in:
HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFCl-087002BEl0318}
In this section you will find two keys called "UpperFilters" &
"LowerFilters" and you will need to delete both of these keys and reboot
to restore win2K to the default CD driver. You should also search for
other
keys containing "cdralw2k" and "cdr4 2K" and delete these then delete
these two files AFTER the reboot. Note you-cannot delete the references
to these in "ENUM" as they are generated from the class driver, but they
will not be there after the reboot.
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My win2k CD player no longer can retrieve track names off the internet.
Are you getting a dialog box stating:
"Unable to connect to album information providers. Check your internet
settings and try again".
Connection utilities like GetRight usually interfering with the CD
player's downloading ability.
(Solution provided by: John M. Vittone, MS MVP)
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How do I
hide my Desktop Icons?
Start/Run/Regedit
Registry path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\Windows
\CurrentVersion
\ Policies
\Explorer
Add String Value NoDesktop
DWORD Value 1
1 will hide all the Desktop Icons.
0 is the default and user-defined desktop elements appear on the desktop
and
can be used.
Hiding desktop elements does not prevent the user from using other
tools, such as File Manager, to accomplish the same tasks.
Information by:
Mark-Allen Perry
Microsoft BackOffice MVP, MCP
Microsoft Windows 2000 Beta Team
ALPHA Systems, Marly, Switzerland
Email: mark-allen@com.mcnet.ch
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Can I do a "Full Install" with the Win2000 Upgrade?
Yes, just have your qualifying Win98 CD ready.
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Lost Control Panel using TweakUI for W2K
By: Chris Cook
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cook/Win2000.htm
Start-->Run--->Control (Control.exe)
Or run Regedit and open the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Software
\Microsoft
\Windows
\CurrentVersion
\Policies
\Explorer
Look for a value in the right-hand screen called "NoControlPanel" and set
the Value to "00 00 00 00"
Or you can just delete the string value "NoControlPanel" that was
added by tweakUI.
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(VIA's Apollo KX133 Chipset and Windows2000)
Ok, sorry about the caps, I'm just so excited. I was having the black
screen problem in win2k with my pa-2013 rev 2.1 and matrox g400
32 meg card. Only solution was to drop the aperture to 4 megs and turn
off agp2x. Well I was searching websites and happen upon a article on
www.tomshardware.com about a fix for win2k and via 133kx chipsets.
It
seems that Asus has a beta version of viaagp.sys that they altered and
it was made to fix the problems win2k not seeing the agp port on via
133kx based mobos. Well I said, "what the hell", even though I have a
MPV3 chipset based pa-2013 and I downloaded and replaced my current
viaagp.sys with the new one. WELL HOLY @#$% NOW I'M ABLE TO
BOOT INTO WIN2K WITH 128 MEG APERTURE AND AGP2X
RUNNING SMOOTH AND NO PROBLEMS AFTER 3 HOURS OF PLAY.
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number lock, and leave it on. When you shut down, it will write that
Fix for shutdown problems (worked for me)
By: Steve Spurlock
I checked my non-Plug and Play drivers section in Device Manager (you
must choose View->Show Hidden Devices to see them) and found something
named TPkd. I uninstalled it and now I have NO problems with Win2K at
all. My shutdowns and restarts work right and all of my hardware works
correctly.
Hopefully this will help someone else.
Additional info: The problem I was having started as a shutdown/restart
problem where my system went through the saving settings and windows is
shutting down messages and would just get a clean blue desktop and lock. I
could hear the hard drive and fan cut off but the system never would
shutdown or restart. Then I started having modem problems and video and
sound problems. When I installed the SoundBlaster Live drivers I noticed
that my floppy was gone. Upon investigating, I noticed that the floppy was
conflicting with TPkd under the non-plug and play drivers section of
device manager. I have uninstalled the TPkd with no discernable negative
effects. As far as I can tell TPkd was provided by Pace Anti-Piracy but I
can't tell which program installed it. Everything I run seems to work
correctly after it was uninstalled.
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Event
2506 When Starting Windows 2000
The most common cause seems to be installing anti-virus software. See
this URL for the fix.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q238/3/16.asp
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Event Type: Error, Event Source: WinMgmt, Event ID: 60, Event ID: 43
By: Andrej Budja, MCSE+I, MVP
To stop them go to Control Panel - Administrative Tools - > Services.
After you stop the WMI services put them also to Manual startup - so that
next time you restart your computer the services are not run again.
Consequences? If you don't know what WMI is then none. WMI is MS
implementation of WBEM [Web Based Enterprise Management.]
[For more info about WMI go to MS web site and do a search for WMI or
search for WMI in online help..]
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Did your
Floppy Drive Disappear?
In Device Manager (you must choose View->Show Hidden Devices to see
them) do you see TPkd.
Uninstall TPkd and that should fix it.
Go to this tip for further information:
Fix for shutdown
problems (worked for me)
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Adding
Optional Components to Add/Remove Programs Tool
During Windows 2000 Setup, the following components are installed by
default: Games Accessories (Calculator, Clock, and so on) Multimedia
Accessibility options
These items also do not appear in the Add/Remove Programs tool in
Control Panel after Setup is finished. This article describes how to cause
these items to be displayed during Setup or in the Add/Remove Programs
tool after Setup is finished.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q223/1/82.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=g
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Cliptray
By: Dorothy M. Pollock
If you used the utility called cliptray on Windows 98 and miss
having it on Win2k, I found that the Win98 version, that is part
of the Win98 ResKit on the Win98 CD, works just fine on Win2K.
The cliptray isn't available on the Win2k CD.
Create a folder on your hard drive. Call it anything you like.
Copy these 6 files from the win98 CDROM located as stated below
or if you installed the ResKit on Win98, you can find these files
at that location.
ON Win98 SE CDROM:
tools\reskit\desktop
Cliptray.exe
cliptray help file
cliptray.cnt
tools\reskit\sysfiles
vb40032.dll
msgblast.ocx
comdlg32.ocx
Create a shortcut to cliptray.exe and the help files if you wish.
A shortcut to the exe can be put it in your startup folder if you wish
and you should be all set.
If this is a new install, you will not have any of your old entries
from your Win98 setup and a blank cliptray.txt file will be created in
the folder when you first start the application.
If you have a backup copy of your old cliptray.txt, copy it
cliptray.txt file from that to the new folder and all your entries
will be restored.
You can also edit quickly and easily or remove entries done directly
in notepad using the cliptray.txt file. I find this much easier than
using the edit mode in the application itself.
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Did you installed RealJukeBox? Didn't like it, uninstalled it.
Now you put in an audio CD you get the message:
"Access to the specified device, path, or file is denied."
You need to uninstalled and then reinstalled CDPlayer again.
To do this, you have to edit the hidden file SYSOC.INF in your Windows
directory. Remove all the words HIDE from there. Now, CDPlayer will
appears in the Add/Remove software applet of Control Panel
(Under Windows components).
You can uninstall it now, and after that reinstall it.
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AGP stuck at AGP 1X
and VIA 686A chipset:
By: Bob Tsai
For people who has VIA 686A chipset Athlon motherboard (1st generation)
running win2k and stuck @ AGP 1X...
Finally, my G400 is running at AGP 2X under Win2k Pro. While some of
you
may not think it's such a big deal, but I know SD-11 owners who would
consider this a giant leap. Fact is, I almost ditched my SD-11 myself
for
an KA7 this week. But if you're still interested in tweaking your SD-11
instead of smashing it into bits, putting the pieces into your blender,
mixing it into a shake and bitterly drink in down with a vengeance, try
the
following...
Remember I'm running Win2k so I don't know whether it'll work on 9x
machines.
Go to
http://www.via.com.tw/drivers/index.htm#agp
and download AGP 4.02.zip. Yes, this is meant for KX133 chipset but
just
download it anyway.
Unzip and you may be tempted to start the setup file but that's not
necessary (setup won't even work under Win2k). Just go directly to the
inf
SUB folder that you just extracted and you should see a file called
VIAGART.VXD. Do a file search using this file name and you will find
the
same file existing on your computer. Back those original file(s) up and
copy the new file into their place(s). Reboot. Check with Powerstrip
and
you should see that it's now running at AGP 2X.
Powerstrip can be downloaded from:
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/ps.htm
And yes, I know you're gonna ask...it has been stable, no Win problems,
page
faults, core dumps, BSODs, GPF...nothing but sheer 2X joy. But I'd
check
your cooling if I were you.
This fix was inspired by Eaves Landry who used a new viaagp.sys released
by
Asus meant for the KX133 mobos, to fix his MPV3 chipset Asus mobo. How
stupid it sounds, yet how genius in execution. Hats off to you, Eaves.
See:
YEAH BABY WORKING FIX FOR AGP CARD PROBLEM'S IN
WIN2K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (VIA's Apollo KX133 Chipset and Windows2000
Good luck, and blessed tweaking!
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Security
By: Dennis Kemper
Las Vegas PC Users Group
Windows 2000 strives to improve security policies over the previous
versions. To make this process less of a headache for System
Administrators, Windows 2000 offers a number of prebuilt and basic
templates
in the form of inf files that offer varying forms of security setting
policies. All one has to do is browse to the Local Security Policy in
Administrative Tools, then highlight Security settings and choose import
policy. In most cases these templates will cover your needs, if not you
can
always customize them to your specific organization.
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no longer display?
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(This is tested with a Viper 550 TNT and a Viper 770 TNT2.
Not sure about other card.)
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
/Software
/Microsoft
/WindowsNT
/CurrentVersion
/OpenGLDrivers
delete the entire sub-key RIVATNT.
(This key will currently have in it four values: Dll, DriverVersion,
Flags and Version).
2. For HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
/Software
/Microsoft
/WindowsNT
/CurrentVersion
/OpenGLDrivers, create a new string value RIVATNT and
set it to "nvoglnt" (without the quotes). Note: It may
already be
there.
At least it worked for me.<g>
Stan
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"Inuse.exe provides individuals and administrators with "on-the-fly"
capability to replace files that are currently in use by the operating
system."
See the following kb article for information and the download
link for Inuse.exe.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q228/9/30.asp
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Automating Shutdown
Win2k
You can schedule a shutdown using the AT command.
However, you need shutdown.exe from the Resource Kit.
If you don't have the Resource Kit here is a freeware program.
(NOTE: Use at your own risk! There are no warranties of
any kind with this program.)
Shutdown Program
Shutdown.exe
By: Theo Spears
Program takes one argument.
Specify the type of shutdown required:
0 - Log Off
1 - Shutdown without powerdown
2 - Reboot
4 - Force Shutdown
5 - Shut down and power down
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Hard
Drive light stays on in Win2k
By: Carol Sparhawk
If you have a dual boot for win98 and win2k and find that red light
for
your hard drive stays on in win2k only this tip may work for you.
It may be your CD-RW drive that is causing this to happen. To see if
this may be the case, power down your machine. Unplug the power to
your
case and then remove the ribbon to your CD-RW drive.
Plug the power cord back in and reboot your machine. After Win2k is
loaded is the red light off? If so, then power down again and unplug
the
power to your machine.
You may find that your CD is master and the CD-RW is slave or vice
versa. Whichever way your cd and cd-rw are set up reverse them.
All that is involved is changing the jumpers on each drive.
One thing to mention..when you reconnect the ribbon to the CD-RW drive
and have rebooted back into win2k you'll get a popup window that says
new hardware found. Don't worry about that because all you did was
disconnect the ribbon and then reconnect it.
You won't need to find any drivers for the CD-RW drive as you never
removed them and they're still in your Winnt folder.
Win2k will still continue loading and that red light that was always
on
is now off as it should be.
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By: Chris Townsend
Found a tip that brings Q3a performance in Win2K up to par with
Win98 if
you have a V5. I gained 11 FPS at 2X FSAA 1024x768HQ 16bit with
32bit
textures, from 45 to 57, my preferred setting. I gained 3FPs at no
FSAA
1024x768 HQ, all 32bit, from 67 to 70. That is with Vsynch enabled
as I
have not figured out how to disable Vsync, the 3DFX overclock
utility
which allows me to disable Vsynch does not work in Win2K, it is of
course disabled in the game menu.
"Copy the 3dfxogl.dll file from the winnt/system32 folder to the
q3
folder and rename it to opengl32.dll"
That's it. That is with SP1 installed but I doubt it makes a
difference.
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Fix for: NO AGP and NO Direct 3D on Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X
motherboard.
By: Mike Owen
For days now I have been trying to solve a rather difficult
problem with
my Gigabyte GA-6VX7-4X motherboard. This motherboard is a
socket 370, and I am using a PIII coppermine flip-chip. It has the
VIA
694X/686A chipset.
Everything works perfectly well in Win98 (even Win Me) with this
combo and installation of Win 2K was flawless except for one
glaring problem. NO AGP, NO Direct 3D.
Most of the discussions I have found on newsgroups and other
forums regarding the VIA chipset dealt with the KX133 boards
for Athlon processors. This chipset is the Apollo Pro Plus
chipset.
So I figured it was probably something I did wrong. I'm using
an NVidia Riva TNT2 Model 64 video card, which is pretty standard
by today's standards. Win2K was indicating that the
viaagp.sys driver was loading but the Direct-X diagnostic tool was
indicating that the AGP and Direct-3D were non-functional.
Well, lo and behold, the VIA website today posts a file called
VAGP403D.EXE which is an upgrade to the AGP driver. This is
separate from the video driver in the 4-in-1 package and it solves
the problems completely. This driver is listed at the bottom of
their
web page.
I was even able to load the older Final Reality benchmarking
program
(which now sees AGP) and get pretty good reality marks out of the
system. I'm as happy as a pig in mud!
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By: John Lloyd-Jones
Problems with W2K and AGP -- specifically on VIA chipsets --
a W2K Post SP1 hotpatch for the following syptoms:
"When you run a program that uses 3D AGP functions on a
Windows
2000-based computer that contains the VIA AGP chip set, the
computer
may stop responding (hang)."
Seems to be working for me -- my Matrox G400 was never stable
at
AGP 4X before.
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CDROM drive(s) disappear after uninstalling Easy CD Creator
4
By: Teflon
After installing then later uninstalling Easy CD Creator 4
and DirectCD,
my CDROM and CDRW drives were not visible in Explorer, but
showed
up in Device Manager with a conflict, citing "Error 31 -
Could not load
the associated driver for this device(s)". Checking the
drivers for the
device showed Microsoft's standard CDROM drivers (CDROM.SYS,
REDBOOK.SYS,
and STORPROP.DLL) were intact, and the correct
versions. Basically, with guidance from the article I found
on your site,
(Can't
uninstall Adaptec Easy CD 4 / DirectCD 3.01 - preventing
hibernation)
I searched my registry for all references to cdralw2k.sys
and cdr4 2K.
After deleting these keys and rebooting, my CDROM drives
appeared
and are functioning fine. My best guess as to what happened
is that
the Adaptec uninstall deleted Adaptec's CDROM drivers, but
not the
references to them in the registry, causing Win2K to report
that it
could not load the drivers. I was about to reformat my hard
drive and reinstall when I found this out. Thanks again for
a great
site, and I hope that you'll post my tech tip for the next
poor sod who has
this trouble.
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Networking a Win9x/ME machine to a win2k machine.
By: Lawrence Gough
Networking a Win9x/ME machine to a Win2k machine with file
and printer sharing works fine accessing the 9x machine
from the win2k machine, however the other way around the
win2k machine requests a password which is unknown to the
user (for the resource IPC$).
Solution:
Getting an IPC$ password request when networking to a
win2k machine?
This is W2K's way of asking 'are you allowed in here'; are
you a
member...? - a bit like the doorman/bouncer at an
exclusive
club... IPC$ = InterProcessControl...
You have to create a user account on the W2K machine and
then log
onto the WinME/9x machine with that userid and password.
(If you did
a default install with Win98, it probably has your whole
name as the userid.)
1) On the 9x/ME machine do start/logoff - now see that
username?
Make that user account on the W2000 system by following
steps 2-5.
2) On the win2k machine, right click on 'my computer' -
than go to
'manage' - after that go to 'Local Users and groups' and
then 'users'.
Then right click in window and select 'New user'.
3) In user name window type the name of computer that you
would like to
acess your shared folders, but use the login name of the
WinME/9x
machine. Enter the password used on the winME/9x machine
(if any) here
also.
4) Unselect - user must change password at next logon
5) Select - password never expires ..
6) Log back in on the winME/9x machine with the username
and password
you've set up on the win2k machine.
I hope that helps some of the less experienced users like
me out there :-)
(You can enable the Guest account on the W2k machine
but that causes some security problems.)
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