The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Answer Book

John Savill is an independent consultant to worldwide banking institutions and an MCSE who has been working with Windows NT since version 3.51. He authors the highly regarded Windows 2000/XP/.NET FAQ Web site, and has been awarded a Windows NT MVP from Microsoft for his superior product knowledge and practical skills. In addition, he serves as a contributing editor to various publications. 0201606364AB09122002

Foreword.


Introduction.


1. Core Concepts.


What Is Windows NT?



What Is the History of NT?



What Does NT Stand For?



What Are the Differences Between NT Workstation and NT Server?



What Is the NT Boot Process?



What Is Virtual Memory?



Is NT Year 2000 Compliant?



2. Windows 2000 (A.K.A. Windows NT 5.0) What Is Windows 2000?


What Is New in Windows 2000?



Where Can I Get More Information on Windows 2000?



How Do I Get the Microsoft Windows NT 5.0 Beta?



What Hardware Is Needed to Run Windows 2000?



What Is the Active Directory?



What Is X.500 and Ldap?



What Is the Global Catalog?



How Do I Configure a Server as a Global Catalog?



What Is the Schema?



What Is a Domain Tree?



What Is a Domain Forest?



What Is a Kerberos Trust?



3. Installation.


How Do I Use Smartdrv?



How Do I Install NT Workstation 4.0?



How Do I Install NT Server?



I Want to Install Dos and Windows NT. How Should I Do This, and How Should I Partition the Hard Disk?



Installation Hangs When Detecting the Hardware. What Should I Do?



Is It Possible to Install NT without Using Boot Disks or Temp Files?



Does NT Have to Be Installed on the C Drive?



I Have NT Installed. How Do I Install Dos?



How Do I Convert NT Workstation to NT Server?



I Have Bought a New Disk; How Do I Move NT to This New Disk?



Can I Upgrade from Windows 95 to NT 4.0?



How Do I Remove NT from a Fat Partition?



How Do I Remove NT from an NTFS Partition?



What Are Symbol Files, and Do I Need Them?



How Do I Install the Symbol Files?



How Do I Install NT and Linux?



How Do I Install NT Over the Network? 37 Is It Possible to Use Disk Duplication to Distribute Windows NT? 39 How Do I Perform an Unattended Installation?



Is It Possible to Specify Unique Items during an Unattended Install?



How Do I Automatically Install Applications as Part of the Unattended Installation?



When I Use an Unattended Installation, How Do I Avoid Clicking “Yes” at the License Agreement?



How Can I Make Domain Users Members of Local Administrators Groups during an Unattended Installation?



I Have Problems Running a Program as Part of the Unattended Installation. What Should I Do?



How Do I Delete the Recycle Bin as Part of an Unattended Installation?



How Do I Disable the Installation of Exchange during Installation?



During an Unattended Installation, I Am Prompted for an Ip Address If 0 Is in the Given Address.



How Do I Map a Network Drive during an Unattended Installation?



Install Detects the Wrong Video Card and Locks the Installation. What Can I Do?



How Do I Upgrade from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0?



I Have Windows NT Installed; How Do I Install Windows 98?



I Have Windows 95 and NT Installed; How Can I Configure the Applications to Run on Both?



How Do I Remove Windows 95/Dos from My NT System?



I Can't Create an NTFS Partition over 4gb in Size during Installation. Why?



I Cannot Upgrade My 4.0 NT Installation with the NT 4.0 Upgrade Cd.



How Do I Create the NT Installation Disks?



How Can I Use a Network Card That Is Not One of Those Shown with Network Client Administrator?



I Want to Dial-Boot Windows 98 and NT. What File System Should I Use?



How Can I Stop the “Welcome to Windows NT” Screen during Setup?



I Have Windows 98 Installed. How Do I Install NT?



I Have Windows 2000 Installed, but When I Try to Install Windows NT 4.0, the Installation Fails.



How Do I Manually Install Scsi Drivers Before the Autodetect during Installation?



During Installation of Windows 2000 Server, the Type of Server Cannot be Set. Why?



How Can I Install Windows 2000 on a Machine with Less Than 64mb of Memory?



My Evaluation Period Has Expired on My NT Installation. Why?



There Is a File Rollback.Exe. What Is It?



4. Licensing.


How Is NT Licensed?



How Can I View What Licenses I Have Installed or Used?



How Do I Install Extra Licenses?



How Do I Convert from per Server to per Seat?



How Can I Reset the License Information?



How Can I Run the License Manager Software on an NT Workstation?



5. Service Packs and Hotfixes.


What Service Packs and Fixes Are Available?



What Are Q Numbers and How Do I Look Them Up?



How Do I Install a Service Pack?



How Do I Install a Hotfix?



How Do I Remove a Hotfix?



What Are the Emergency Repair Disk Issues after Installation of Service Packs 3 and 4?



How Do I Install Multiple Hotfixes at the Same Time?



How Do I Install Hotfixes at the Same Time as I Install Service Pack 3 Onward?



I Have Installed Service Pack 3, but the Policy Editor Has Not Been Updated. Why?



How Can I Tell If I Have the 128.Bit Version of Service Pack 3 Installed?



How Do I Install a Service Pack during an Unattended Installation?



In What Order Should I Apply the Hotfixes for Service Pack 3?



I Get an Error Message When I Try to Reapply a Hotfix after Installing a Service Pack. Why?



When Should I Reapply a Service Pack?



What Is NT 4 Option Pack?



How Can I Tell Which Version Service Pack I Have Installed?



6. System Configuration.


How Do I Decrease the Boot Delay?



How Do I Configure the Boot Menu to Show Forever?



Where Do I Load Ansi.Sys?



How Do I Schedule Commands?



How Can I Execute a Batch File Using Winat with Administrator Permissions?



How Do I Change the Organization Name on NT?



How Do I Change the Default Location Where NT Expects to Find NT Software for Installation (That Is, Cd)?



How Can I Remove the Shutdown Button from the Logon Screen?



How Can I Parse/Not Parse Autoexec.Bat?



How Do I Add a Path Statement in NT?



Can I Change the Default Windows Background?



How Do I Configure a Default Screen Saver If No One Logs On?



How Do I Configure the Default Screen Saver to Be the Opengl Text Screen Saver?



How Can I Move Shares and Their Contents from One Machine to Another?



How Can I Restore the Old Program Manager?



Is There a Way to Start NT in Dos Mode?



How Can I Disable Lock Workstation When I Press Ctrl+Alt+Del?



How Do I Enable Ctrl+Esc to Start Task Manager?



How Can I Disable Alt+Tab?



How Can I Allow Nonadministrators to Issue at Commands?



How Do I Control Access to Floppy Drives and Cd.Rom Drives?



I Have Dos, Windows 95, and NT Installed, and I Want Them All to Show on the Boot Menu. How Do I Do It?



How Do I Assign a Drive Letter to a Removable Drive?



How Can I Create a New Hardware Profile?



I Have Entries on the Remove Software List That Don't Work. How Can I Remove Them?



How Can I Disable Dr. Watson?



How Can I Configure the Machine to Reboot at a Certain Time?



How Can I Configure Explorer to Start with A.



Specific Drive?



How Can I Stop and Start Services from the Command Line?



How Do I Delete a Service?



How Can I Change the Startup Order of the Services?



What Are the Errorcontrol, Start, and Type Values Under the Services Subkeys?



How Can I Decrease the Time My Machine Takes to Shut Down or Reboot?



How Can I Configure the System So That Certain Commands Run at Boot Time?



What Are the .Cpl Files in the System32 Directory?



How Do I Remove an Application from the Control Panel?



How Can I Disable the Display Control Panel Applet?



How Can I Disable Elements of the Display Control Panel Applet?



How Can I Run a Control Panel Applet from the Command Line?



What Registry Keys Do the Control Panel Applets Update?



How Can I Create a Non.Network Hardware Configuration?



How Can I Remove the Option “Press Spacebar for Last Known Good Config”?



How Can I Disable the OS/2 and Posix Subsystems?



How Can I Configure a Program/Batch File to Run Every X Minutes?



How Can I Run a Script at Shutdown Time?



How Can I Make NT Power Down on Shutdown?



How Can I Create My Own Tips to Be Shown When NT Starts?



How Can I Change the Location of the Event Logs?



How Can I Configure the Default Internet Browser?



How Can I Change the Alert for Low Disk Space on a Partition?



How Can I Tell NT How Much Secondary Cache (L2) Is Installed?



What Are the Long Pathnames in the Boot.Ini File?



What Switches Can Be Used in Boot.Ini?



I Have Duplicate Entries on My Boot Menu. What Can I Do?



How Can I Change the Default Editor Used for Editing Batch Files?



How Can I Add My Own Information to the General Tab of the System Control Panel Applet?



How Can I Change the Program Associated with a File Extension?



How Can I Open a File with an Application Other Than the One with Which It Is Associated?



How Do I Set a Process to Use a Certain Processor?



How Can I Add the Printer Panel to the Start Menu?



How Can I Hide the Administrative Tools on the Start Menu?



How Do I Change the Start Menu Items Under the Line?



How Can I Install a Font from the Command Line or a Batch File?



How Do I Restrict Access to the Floppy Drive?



How Do I Enable Autologon?



How Do I Disable Autologon?



How Do I Add a Warning Logon Message?



How Can I Stop People from Being Authenticated By a Server?



Users Fail to Log on at a Server. Why?



How Do I Configure the Default Keyboard Layout during Logon?



How Do I Enable Numlock Automatically?



How Do I Limit the Number of Simultaneous Logons?



How Can I Configure the System to Run a Program at Logon Time?



How Can I Stop the Name of the Last User to Log on from Being Displayed?



%Systemroot% Is Not Expanded When I Use It in a Command. Why?



How Can I Disable the Win Key?



What Are the Shortcuts Available with the Win Key?



What Keyboard Shortcuts Are Available?



How Do I Set the Number of Cached Logons a Machine Stores?



How Do I Disable the File Delete Confirmation?



How Can I Switch the Time Between 24.Hour and 12-Hour Systems?



How Can I Suppress Boot Error Messages?



How Can I Enable or Disable the Ctrl+Alt+Del to Enter Logon Information?



The Screen Saver Can Only Be Configured to Start up to 60 Minutes after Inactivity. Can This Be Changed?



I Have Lost the Admin$ Share. Why?



How Can I Configure Notepad to Word.Wrap?



How Do I Modify the Logon Timer for Profiles?



How Do I Modify System Variables?



How Do I Disable the Ability to Change a Password in the Security Dialog?



How Do I Stop a Process on a Remote Machine?



How Do I Install the Security Configuration Editor (Sce)?



How Can I Get the Cool Ui Effects to Work on My P166 Computer?



7. User Configuration.


How Do I Add a User?



How Can I Add a User from the Command Line?



Can I Add User Accounts from a Database?



How Do I Change My Password?



How Do I Create a Captive Account?



Where Should Login Scripts Go?



What Should Be in the Login Script?



Are There Any Utilities That Help with Login Scripts?



Is There a Way of Performing Operations Depending on a User's Group Membership?



How Do I Limit the Disk Space for a User?



What Variables Are Available for Use with a User?



Is There a Utility That Shows Who Is Currently Logged On?



How Can I Find Out Which Groups a User Is In?



How Can I Change Environment Variables from the Command Line?



How Can I Hide Drive X from Users?



How Do I Make the Shell Start Before the Logon Script Finishes?



I Can No Longer See Items in the Common Groups from the Start Menu. Why?



How Do I Configure Users So They Can Change the System Time?



How Do I Configure Roaming Profiles?



Roaming Profiles Are Not Saved to the Server. Why?



How Do I Debug Roaming Profiles?



How Can I Copy a User Profile?



What Are the Differences Between NT and 9x Profiles?



When I Log Off, All My Home Directory Files Are Deleted. Why?



How Can I Delete a Local Profile?



I'm Having Problems Locally Copying Profiles. Why?



How Do I Define the Profile Area to Use for a User?



Faq 7-28 How Do I Limit User Profile Space?



I Can't Log Off Because My User Profile Quota Is Over the Limit. What Can I Do?



How Can I Configure Each User to Have a Different Screen Resolution?



How Can I Create a List of All User Accounts?



How Can I Move Users from One Machine to Another?



How Can I Configure a User to Log Off at a Certain Time?



How Can I Grant User Rights from the Command Line?



How Can I Configure the System So All Users Share a Common Favorites Folder?



Is It Possible to Delete or Rename the Administrator Account?



How Can I Change the Local Administrator Passwords on Machines without Going to Them?



How Can I Configure Default Settings for New Users?



How Can I Tell Which User Has Which Security Identifier (Sid)?



How Can I Configure NT Server 4.0 to Not Allow Users to Log in If Their Mandatory Profile Is Not Available?



How Do I Automatically Log Off Clients after N Minutes of Inactivity?



How Can I Edit the List of Connections Listed in Explorer When I Map a Connection?



How Can I Exclude the Temporary Internet Files Folder from the User Profile?



How Can I Stop the Programs in My Startup Folders from Running When I Log On?



I Can't Delete User X. Why?



How Can I Stop Users from Being Able to Map or Disconnect Network Drives?



How Can I Disable a Whole Group of Users?



How Can I Rename a User from the Command Prompt?



I Have Made User Shares Hidden, but Now the Connection Fails. Why?



How Do I Grant User Rights in Windows 2000?



How Can I Log Off from the Command Prompt?



Where Is User Manager for Domains in Windows 2000?



How Do I Administer Domain Users in Windows 2000?



How Do I Change the Location for Temporary Files?



8. Desktop Configuration.


How Do I Remove the Goto Menu from Explorer?



How Can I Delete the My Computer Icon?



How Do I Hide the Network Neighborhood Icon?



How Do I Delete or Rename the Recycle Bin?



How Do I Delete or Rename the Inbox Icon?



I Have Deleted the Recycle Bin. How Can I Re-Create It?



I Have Deleted Internet Explorer from the Desktop. How Can I Re-Create It?



I Have Deleted the Inbox Icon. How Can I Re-Create It?



How Do I Change the My Computer Icon?



How Do I Change the Internet Explorer Icon?



How Do I Change the Network Neighborhood Icon?



How Do I Change the Recycle Bin Icons?



How Do I Change the Briefcase Icon?



How Do I Create a Shortcut on the Desktop to a Directory or Disk?



How Do I Disable Task Manager?



How Do I Disable Window Animation?



How Do I Reduce or Increase the Delay for Cascading Menus?



Why Can't I Move Any Icons?



How Can I Modify the Size of the Icons on the Desktop?



How Can I Configure the Alt+Tab Display?



How Can I Disable the Right Mouse Button Menu?



How Do I Change the Color Used to Display Compressed Files.



And Directories?



How Can I Configure the Wallpaper to Be Displayed Somewhere Other Than the Center of the Screen?



How Can I Stop the Click Here to Begin Message?



How Can I Get More Room on the Taskbar?



How Do I Add the Control Panel to the Start Menu?



How Can I Remove a Program from the Open with Menu That Appears When I Right-Click on a File?



How Do I Add an Item to the Right-Click (Context) Menu?



Is It Possible to Move the Taskbar?



How Can I Configure NT to Display a Thumbnail of Bitmaps.



As the Icon Instead of the Paint Icon?



Can I Remove One of the Startup Folders on the Start Menu?



How Can I Clear the Run History?



How Can I Remove the Documents Menu?



How Do I Disable the Context Menu for the Start Button?



How Can I Add a Shortcut to Launch a Screen Saver on the Desktop?



How Can I Stop and Start Explorer (The Shell)?



How Do I Enable the Mouse Snapto?



How Do I Enable X Windows-Style Autoraise?



How Do I Remove a Template from the New Menu?



I Don't Have the New Item on My Desktop Context Menu. Why?



How Do I Remove the Favorites Branch of the Start Menu?



How Do I Disable the Log-Off Buttons?



How Do I Stop the Default “Shortcut To” Text Added to New Shortcuts?



How Can I Get Rid of the Arrow Over the Shortcuts?



How Do I Modify the Shortcut Arrow?



How Do I Change the Icon Associated with a Shortcut?



How Can I Set the Default View for All Drives and Folders?



9. System Information.


How Can I Tell the Role of My NT Machine?



How Can I Tell Who Has Which Files Open on a Machine?



How Do I View All of the Applications and Processes on the System?



Where Can I Get Information about My Machine?



How Can I Tell When NT Was Last Started?



I Have Lost My NT Installation Cd-Rom Case That Had the Key Number. How Can I Find Out What It Is?



How Can I Get Detailed System Information from the Command Prompt?



How Can I Tell When NT Was Installed?



How Can I Tell If My NT Installation Is a 120-Day Evaluation or Full?



10. the Registry.


What Is the Registry?



What Files Make up the Registry, and Where Are They?



How Do I Restrict Access to the Registry Editor?



What Is the Maximum Registry Size?



Should I Use Regedit.Exe or Regedt32.Exe?



How Do I Restrict Access to a Remote Registry?



How Can I Tell What Changes Have Been Made to the Registry?



How Can I Delete a Registry Value/Key from the Command Line?



How Can I Audit Changes to the Registry?



How Can I Clean Up/Remove Invalid Entries from the Registry?



When I Make Changes to Hkey_Local_Machine/Hardware, They Are Lost on Reboot. Why?



What Data Types Are Available in the Registry?



How Can I Automate Updates to the Registry?



How Do I Apply a .Reg File without the Success Message?



11. Recovery.


How Do I Create an Emergency Repair Disk?



Where Is Rdisk in Windows 2000?



How Do I Create an NT Boot Disk?



I Get the Error “Can't Find NTLDR.” Why?



How Do I Recover a Lost Administrator Password?



I Have Set a Drive to No Access and Now No One Can Access It. What Can I Do?



If I Copy a File with Explorer or from the Command Line, the Permissions Get Lost. Why?



How Can I Get My Taskbar Back?



I Get the Error “Ntoskrnl.Exe Missing or Corrupt” On.



Bootup. Why?



How Do I Configure Directory Replication?



How Do I Remotely Create an Emergency Repair Disk?



How Do I Promote a Backup Domain Controller to the Primary Domain Controller?



How Do I Reinstate My Old Pdc Back into the Domain as the Pdc?



What Tuning Can Be Performed on Directory Replication?



I Am Unable to Perform a Repair without a Cd-Rom Drive. What Can I Do?



12. Backups.


What Backup Software Is Available for Windows NT?



How Do I Add a Tape Drive?



What Types of Backup Does Ntbackup.Exe Support?



What Backup Strategies Are Available?



What Options Are Available When Using Ntbackup.Exe?



Can I Run Ntbackup from the Command Line?



How Do I Schedule a Backup?



How Do I Restore a Backup?



How Do I Back up Open Files?



What Permissions Do I Need to Perform a Backup?



How Do I Back up the Registry?



How Can I Erase a Tape Using Ntbackup If It Reports Errors?



How Can I Remove a Dead Submitted Backup Process?



13. Network.


How Do I Hide a Machine from the Network Browse List (Network Neighborhood)?



Winnt How Do I Remote-Boot NT?



Winnt How Do I Install the Remoteboot Service?



How Can I Get a List of Users That Are Currently Logged On?



How Do I Configure NT to Be a Gateway to an Isp?



How Can I Get the Ethernet (Mac) Address of My Network Card?



Is It Possible to Protect Against Telnet Port 135 Attacks?



What Telnet Servers and Daemons Are Available for Windows NT?



How Can I Secure a Server That Will Be a Web Server on the Internet?



What Firewall Products Are Available for NT?



How Many Connections Can NT Workstation Have?



How Do I Get a List of All Connections to My Pc?



How Can I Stop a User from Logging on More Than Once?



How Can I Get Information about My Domain Account?



Winnt a Machine Is Shown as Inactive in Server Manager When It Is Not. Why?



How Do I Install the Ftp Server Service?



I Get Errors When Accessing a Windows NT Ftp Server from a Non-Internet Explorer Browser. Why?



How Do I Automatically Ftp When Using NT?



How Can I Change the Time Period Used for Displaying the Password Expiration Message?



How Can I Modify Share Permissions from the Command Line?



How Can I Change the Protocol Binding Order?



What Criteria Are Used to Decide Which Machine Will Be the Master Browser?



How Can I Set a Machine as a Certain Type of Browser?



How Can I Configure the Preferred Master Browser?



How Can I View Which Machines Are Acting as Browse Masters?



How Can I Get a List of Mac-To-Ip Addresses on the Network?



How Can I Control the List of Connections Shown When Mapping a Network Drive?



How Can I Create a Share on Another Machine Over the Network?



Is There Any Way to Improve the Performance of My Modem Connection to the Internet?



How Can I Remotely Tell Who Is Logged on at a Machine?



How Do I Remove an NT Computer from a Domain?



How Can I Shut Down a Number of Machines without Going to Each Machine?



How Can I Close All Network Sessions or Connections?



How Can I Connect to a Server, Using Different User Accounts?



How Do I Set the Comment for My Machine That Is Displayed in Network Neighborhood?



How Can I Define Multiple Netbios Names for a Machine?



How Can I Manage My NT Domain Over the Internet?



How Can I Remotely Manage Services?



How Can I Make Net.Exe Use the Next Available Drive Letter?



How Can I Check If Servers Can Communicate Via Remote Procedure Calls (Rpcs)?



14. Domains.


What Is a Pdc and What Is a Bdc?



How Many Bdcs Should I Have?



How Do I Change Domain Names?



How Do I Move a Workstation to Another Domain?



How Many User Accounts Can I Have in One Domain?



How Do I Change My Server from Standalone to a Pdc or Bdc?



How Do I Configure a Trust Relationship?



How Do I Terminate a Trust Relationship?



What Are Domain Models?



How Can I Join a Domain from the Command Line?



How Do I Demote a Pdc to a Bdc?



How Can I Configure a Bdc to Automatically Promote Itself to a Pdc If the Pdc Fails?



How Do I Rename a Pdc/Bdc?



Can I Move a Bdc to Another Domain?



Can I Change a Pdc/Bdc into a Standalone Server?



Can I Administer My Domain from an NT Workstation?



In What Order Should I Upgrade My Pdc and Bdcs from 3.51 to 4.0?



What Tuning Can I Perform on Pdc/Bdc Synchronization?



I Cannot Add a Bdc Over a Wan. Why?



How Can I Synchronize the Domain from the Command Line?



How Can I Force a Client to Validate Its Logon Against a Specific Domain Controller?



How Do I Promote a Windows 2000 Server to a Domain Controller?



How Can I Verify My Windows 2000 Domain Creation?



How Can I Generate a List of All Computer Accounts in a Domain?



15. System Policies.


How Do System Policies Work?



How Can I Install the Policy Editor on a Workstation?



How Do I Modify a Policy?



How Do I Create My Own Policy Template?



How Can I Control the Policy Updates?



16. Tcp/Ip.


What Is the Subnet Mask?



My Network Is Not Connected to the Internet. Can I Use Any Ip Address?



How Do I Install Tcp/Ip?



Is There a Way to Trace Tcp/Ip Traffic By Using NT?



I Do Not Have a Network Card but Would Like to Install Tcp/Ip. How Can I Do This?



I Have Installed Tcp/Ip. What Steps Should I Use to Verify That the Setup Is Correct?



How Can I Trace the Route the Tcp/Ip Packets Take?



What Diagnostic Utilities Are Available for Tcp/Ip?



What Is Routing and How Is It Configured?



What Is Arp?



How Can I Increase the Time during Which Entries Are Kept in the Arp Cache?



What Other Registry Entries Are There for Tcp/Ip?



How Can I Configure More Than Six Ip Addresses?



What Are the Common Tcp Ports?



How Can I Perform a Migration to Dhcp?



17. Domain Name System (Dns).


How Do I Install the Dns Service?



How Do I Configure a Domain on the Dns Server?



How Do I Add a Record to the Dns?



How Do I Configure a Client to Use Dns?



How Do I Change the Ip Address of a Dns Server?



How Can I Configure Dns to Use a Wins Server?



Where in the Registry Are the Entries for the Dns Servers Located?



I Receive the Error Message “No More Endpoints.” What Should I Do?



Setting a Secondary Dns Server as Primary Results in Errors. What Next?



How Do I Configure Dns for a Windows 2000 Domain?



How Do I Configure Active Directory Integrated Dns?



How Do I Turn Off Dynamic Dns?



How Do I Configure a Forwarder on Dns 5.0?



I Am Missing the Forwarders and Root Hints Tabs in Dns 5.0. What Can I Do?



18. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp).


How Do I Install the Dhcp Server Service?



How Do I Configure the Dhcp Server Service?



How Do I Configure a Client to Use Dhcp?



How Can I Compress My Dhcp Database?



How Can a Dhcp Client Find Its Ip Address?



How Can I Move a Dhcp Database from One Server to Another?



How Do I Create a Dhcp Relay Agent?



How Can I Stop the Dhcp Relay Agent?



How Can I Back up the Dhcp Database?



How Can I Restore the Dhcp Database?



How Do I Reserve a Specific Address for a Particular Machine?



19. Windows Internet Name Service (Wins).


How Does Wins Work?



How Do I Set up Wins?



What Is a Wins Proxy Agent?



How Do I Configure Wins Static Entries for a Non-Wins Client?



How Do I Configure Wins to Work with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp)?



How Can I Compress My Wins Database?



Wins Automatic Backup Does Not Run Every Three Hours. Why Not?



How Can I Manually Restore the Wins Database?



The Wins Log Files Are Created in Incorrect Locations. What Should I Do?



The Wins Server Is Not Being Queried for Entries in Lmhosts after Service Pack 4 Was Installed. Why?



20. Internet Information Server (Iis).


How Do I Install Internet Information Server?



What Is Internet Service Manager (Ism)?



What Is Index Server?



What Are Active Server Pages (Asp)?



How Can I Configure the Connection Limit?



How Do I Change the Default Filename?



How Can I Enable Browsers to View the Contents of Directories on the Server?



How Do I Configure a Virtual Server?



How Can I Administer My Iis Server By Using a Web Browser?



How Can I Configure Ftp to Use Directory Annotation?



How Can I Configure the Ftp Welcome Message?



Only the First Line of the Directory Annotation Is Shown. Why?



How Can I Configure the Amount of Iis Cache?



How Do I Create a Virtual Directory?



How Do I Install Frontpage Server Extensions on Windows 2000 Beta 2?



What Fixes Are Available for Iis?



21. Internet Explorer.


How Can I Remove the Active Desktop?



How Can I Get Past the Active Desktop Recovery Page?



What Keyboard Commands Can I Use with Internet Explorer 4.0?



How Can I Create a Keyboard Shortcut to a Web Site?



How Can I Customize Folders with Web View Enabled?



How Can I Change the Icons on the Quick Launch Toolbar?



I Have Lost Show Desktop/View Channels from the Quick Launch Toolbar. Help! 451.



How Do I Change the Default Search Engine?



How Do I Remove the Internet Explorer Icon from the Desktop?



How Can I Browse Offline?



How Can I Reclaim Space Wasted By Microsoft's Internet E-Mail Readers?



I Cannot Specify a Download Directory When I Download a File. Why?



Internet Explorer Opens .Exe Files Instead of Downloading Them. Why?



How Can I Change the Default Start Page?



I Have Forgotten the Content Advisor Password. What Can I Do?



Where Can I Download Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta?



How Do I Clear Internet Explorer's History?



How Can I Modify Internet Explorer's Toolbar Background?



How Can I Restore Internet Explorer's Animated Logo?



22. Remote Access Server (Ras).


How Do I Connect Two Workstations, Using Ras?



Is It Possible to Dial an Isp from the Command Line?



How Can I Keep the Ras Connections from Disconnecting When I Log Off?



How Can I Create a Ras Connection Script?



How Can I Debug the Ras Connection Script?



How Do I Configure Ras to Connect to a Leased Line?



How Can I Disable Ras Autodial?



Ras Tries to Dial Out Even on Local Resources. Why?



I Have Connected Via Ras to a Server, but the Only Resources I See Are on the Machine I Connect To; Why?



How Do I Force Logon Using Dialup Networking to Be Checked By Default on the Logon Screen?



Where Are the Ras Phone Book Entries and Settings Stored?



How Can I Change the Number of Rings the Ras Server Waits for Before Answering?



How Can I Configure How Long Ras Server Waits Before Calling Back a User When Callback Is Enabled?



Whenever I Connect Via Ras, I Cannot Connect to Local Machines on My Lan. Why?



How Can I Disable the Save Password Option in Dial-Up Networking?



How Can I Set the Number of Authentication Retries for Dial-Up Connections?



How Can I Set the Authentication Time-Out for Dial-Up Connections?



How Do I Enable 128-Bit Ras Data Encryption?



Why Does My Ras Client Have the Wrong Ip Configuration?



23. File Systems.


How Can a Fat Partition Be Converted to an NTFS Partition?



How Much Free Space Do I Need to Convert a Fat Partition to NTFS?



How Can an NTFS Partition Be Converted to a Fat Partition?



What Cluster Size Does a Fat/NTFS Partition Use?



How Do I Run Hpfs Under NT 4.0?



How Do I Compress a Directory?



How Do I Uncompress a Directory?



How Can I Compress Files and Directories from the Command Line?



Is There an NTFS Defragmentation Tool Available?



Can I Undelete a File in NT?



Does NT Support Fat32?



Can You Read an NTFS Partition from Dos?



How Can I Delete an NTFS Partition?



Is It Possible to Repartition a Disk without Losing Data?



What Is the Biggest Disk NT Can Use?



Can I Disable 8.3 Filename Creation on NTFS?



How Do I Disable 8.3 Filename Creation on VFAT?



How Can I Stop NT from Generating Long Filenames (LFNS) on a Fat Partition?



How Do Long Filenames (LFNS) Work?



I Can't Create Any Files on the Root of a Fat Partition. Why?



How Do I Change Access Permissions on a Directory?



How Can I Change Access Permissions from the Command Line?



I Have a Chkdsk Scheduled to Start at Next Reboot,.



but I Want to Stop It. How Do I Do It?



How Can I Stop Chkdsk at Boot Time from Checking Volume X?



How Can I Modify the Chkdsk Timer?



My NTFS Drive Is Corrupt. How Do I Recover?



How Can I Delete a File without Sending It to the Recycle Bin?



How Can I Back up the Master Boot Record?



How Do I Restore the Master Boot Record?



What Cd-Rom File Systems Can NT Read?



How Do I Create a Volume Set?



How Do I Extend a Volume Set?



How Do I Delete a Volume Set?



What Is the Maximum Number of Characters a Filename Can Have?



What Protections Can Be Set on Files and Directories on an NTFS Partition?



How Can I Take Ownership of Files?



How Can I View, from the Command Line, the Permissions a User Has on a File?



How Can I Tell the Total Amount of Space Used By a Folder (Including Subfolders)?



There Are Files Beginning with $ at the Root of My NTFS Drive. Can I Delete Them?



What File Systems Do Iomega Jaz or Zip Disks Use?



NT Becomes Unresponsive during an NTFS Disk Operation Such as a Dir. Why?



I Have Missing Space on My NTFS Partitions (Alternate Data Streams). Why?



How Can I Change the Volume Id of a Disk?



How Do I Read NTFS 5.0 Partitions from Windows NT 4.0?



How Do Share and File System Permissions Interact?



Is It Possible to Map a Drive Letter to a Directory?



How Do I Convert an NTFS Partition to NTFS 5.0?



I Cannot Compress Files on an NTFS Partition. Why?



How Can I View the Current Owner of a File?



How Can I View/Defrag Pagefile Fragmentation?



I Get a Disk Maintenance Message during Setup. Why?



Where Is Disk Administrator in Windows 2000?



How Do I Convert a Basic Disk to Dynamic?



How Do I Import a Foreign Volume in Windows 2000?



How Do I Delete a Volume in Windows 2000?



24. Raid.


Does NT Workstation Support Raid?



What Raid Levels Does NT Server Support?



How Do I Create a Stripe Set with Parity?



How Do I Re-Create a Broken Stripe Set?



How Do I Remove a Stripe Set?



Can NT Be on a Stripe Set?



How Do I Create a Mirror Set (Raid 1)?



How Do I Break a Mirror Set?



How Do I Repair a Broken Mirror Set?



I Am Unable to Boot By Using the Mirror Disk. Why?



I Have Reinstalled NT but Now I Have Lost All Raid/Volume Sets. What Can I Do?



How Do I Create a Raid 5 Set in Windows 2000?



How Do I Delete a Raid 5 Set in Windows 2000?



How Do I Regenerate a Raid 5 Set in Windows 2000?



How Do I Create a Mirror Set (Raid 1) in Windows 2000?



How Do I Break a Mirror Set (Raid 1) in Windows 2000?



25. Distributed File System (Dfs).


What Is Distributed File System?



Where Can I Get Dfs?



How Do I Install Dfs?



How Do I Create a New Folder as Part of the Dfs?



How Do I Uninstall Dfs?



26. Command Prompt Configuration.


How Can I Configure the Command Prompt?



How Do I Enable/Disable Command Extensions?



How Can I Configure a Scrollbar on My Command Window?



How Do I Cut and Paste Information in a Command Box?



How Do I Enable Tab to Complete Filenames?



How Do I Create a Shortcut from the Command Prompt?



How Can I Redirect the Output from a Command to a File?



How Can I Get a List of the Commands I Have Entered in a Command Session?



How Can I Start Explorer from the Command Prompt?



How Can I Change the Title of the Command Window?



What Keyboard Actions Can I Take to Navigate The.



Command Line?



How Can I Change the Default Dir Output Format?



How Do I Pause Output from a Command to One Screen at a Time?



How Can I Increase the Environment Space for a Single Command Session?



How Can I Stop a Process from the Command Line?



How Can I Open a Command Prompt at My Current Directory in Explorer?



How Can I Open a Command Prompt at My Current Drive in Explorer?



How Can I Change the Editor Used to Edit Batch or Command Files?



The at Command Works Differently Under NT 4.0/Windows 2000 Than Under NT 3.51. Why?



How Can I Append the Date and Time to a File?



27. Batch Files.


What Commands Can Be Used in a Batch File?



How Can I Perform an Action That Depends on the Arrival of a File?



How Can I Access Files on Other Machines?



How Can I Send a Message from a Batch File?



The Command I Enter Asks for Input. Can I Automate the Response?



How Can I Pass Parameters to a Batch File?



How Can I Stop My Batch File from Outputting the Command to the Screen as It Runs?



How Do I Call a Batch File from Within Another Batch File?



My .Bat Files Have Lost Their Association. What Should I Do?



How Do I Search Files for a String from a Batch File/Command Line?



How Can I Delete Files That Are Over X Days Old?



28. Windows Scripting Host (WSH).


Where Can I Get the Windows Scripting Host?



How Do I Install the Windows Scripting Host Software?



Where Can I Get More Information on WSH?



How Do I Create a New User in NT by Using ADSI?



29. Windows 95/98 Administration.


How Can I Create a Spare Set of Windows 95 Disks?



How Do I Communicate with a Windows 9x Client?



How Can I Administer My Domain from a Windows 95 Client?



How Do I Install the Windows 9x Policy Editor?



How Do I Force a 95 Machine to Log on to a Domain?



How Do I Enable Windows 9x Machines to Use Group Policies?



How Do I Enable Load Balancing on a Windows 95 Machine?



How Can I Stop a Windows 95 Machine from Acting as a Browse Master or Backup Browser?



Some of the Windows 95/98 Clients Do Not Show up in Network Neighborhood. Why?



How Can I Stop My Windows 9x Clients from Having to Enter a Separate Windows Password When Logging on to a Domain?



How Do I Enable Profiles on a Windows 9x Machine?



How Do I Enable Roaming Profiles for Windows 9x Machines?



Can Windows NT and Windows 9x Share a Roaming Profile?



How Can I Stop Windows 9x Profiles from Being Copied to the Home Directory?



30. Security.


How Do I Enable Auditing?



How Do I View or Clear the Security Log?



Where Can I Get Information on NT Security Problems?



How Can I Restore the Default Permissions to the NT Structure?



How Can I Copy Files and Keep Their Security and Permissions?



How Do I Enable Auditing on Certain Files and Directories?



How Do I Use the System Key Functionality of Service Pack 3?



How Do I Remove the System Key Functionality of Service Pack 3?



How Can I Configure the System to Stop When the Security Log Is Full?



How Can I Clear the Pagefile at Shutdown?



How Do I Enable Strong Password Filtering?



How Do I Set What Happens during a Crash?



How Can I Configure the System to Automatically Reboot in the Event of a Crash?



31. Performance.


How Do I Move My Pagefile?



How Big and Where Should My Pagefile Be?



How Can I Change the Size of the Pagefile?



Users Complain Server Response Is Slow, but When I Use the Server Everything Is Fine. What Can Cause This?



Is There a Ram Disk in NT 4.0?



How Can I Monitor Disk Performance?



How Can I Tell if I Need a Faster CPU?



I Need to Run a Number of 16-Bit Applications. What Is the Best Way to Do This?



How Can I Run an Application at a Higher Priority?



How Can I Monitor Processes That Start after I Start the Performance Monitor?



How Can I View Information in the Event Log from The.



Command Line?



Is There Anything Available to Help Diagnose Performance Problems?



Is There Any Way to Output Performance Logs Directly to a Comma-Separated File?



How Can I Control the Amount of Memory NT Uses for File Caching?



How Can I Stop Windows NT System Code and Drivers from Being Paged?



How Can I Speed up the Performance of My OS/2 Applications?



32. Problem-Solving.


I Have Installed Office 97 and Now I Can No Longer Use Desktop Themes. Why?



I Cannot Delete a File Called Aux.Bat or Com1. Why?



I Can't Delete a Directory Called Con. Why?



The at Command Does Not Work. Why?



What Is User.Dmp?



I Can't Format a Disk or Create an Emergency Repair Disk.



Why?



When I Change Cds or Access the Floppy Drive, NT Crashes. Why?



after a New Installation of NT, I Can Log On, but No Shell Starts. Why?



I Have a Matrox Millennium Graphics Card, and the Windows.



Blink and Flash When Moved. Why?



When I Start NT, I Get Ntdetect Twice. Why?



My Desktop Disappears after a Crash. Why?



I Have Installed a Second CPU; However, NT Will Not Recognize It. Why?



I Reinstalled NT and Now I Cannot Log On. Why?



I Have Windows 95 Installed and I Am Trying to Start the NT Installation, but It Fails. Why?



An Application Keeps Starting Every Time I Start NT. Why?



Each Time I Start NT, I Get a File-Delete Sharing Violation. Why?



Sometimes When I Run a Program or Control Panel Applet, I Get a “No Disk in Drive A:” Message. Why?



When I Try to Create an Emergency Repair Disk, I Get an Error Message of “One or More Configuration Files Missing.” Why?



I Have Installed Service Pack 3 and Now I Cannot Run Java Programs. Why?



Every Time I Start NT, Explorer Starts, Showing the System32 Directory. Why?



I Have Removed My Ide Cd-Rom Drive and Now NT Will Not Boot. Why?



I Get an Error Message, “Wnetenumcachedpasswords Could Not Be Located in Mpr.Dll.” Why?



What Information Is Shown on the Blue Screen of Death (Bsod)?



I Have Created My Own Application Service; However, When the User Logs Off, the Application Stops. Why?



I Can't Install Any Software. Why?



I Get an Error Message, “This Application Is Not Supported by Windows NT.” Why?



I Have Installed Ie 4.0 and Now My Shortcut Icons Are Corrupt. Why?



I Have Lost Access to the Root of the Boot Partition, So Now I Can't Log On. What Can I Do?



I Received the Error Message, “Wnetenumcachedpasswords Could Not Be Located in Mpr.Dll.” Why?



How Can I Perform a Kernel Debug?



How Do I Configure Remote Kernel Debugging?



I Get the Error Message, “Not Enough Server Storage Is Available to Process This Command.” Why?



I Get an Error When I Try to Export Any Profile Other Than the Administrator Profile. Why?



I Have Chosen a Screen Resolution That Has Corrupted the Display and Now I Can't Change It Back. What Can I Do?



I Get the Error Message, “Boot Record Signature Aa55 Not Found (1079 Found).” Why?



When I Boot up NT, It Pauses for about 30 Seconds on the Blue Screen. Why?



When I Run Rdisk, I Receive a “Disk Is Full” Error. Why?



My Shortcuts Try to Resolve to UNC Paths. Why?



When I Select a Hyperlink or Open a Channel, the System32 Folder Opens. Why?



When I Try to Use Winat, I Get a Dr. Watson Error. Why?



Drive Mappings Are Being Created By Themselves. Why?



I Can't Create a Partition Over 1gb When Using an Adaptec Scsi Controller. Why?



I Get a Stop 0x00000078 Error. Why?



A File Testdir.Tmp Is Created on a Shared Volume That Cannot Be Deleted. Why?



How Can I Replace an In-Use NT System File?



I Removed My Folder Association and Cannot Open Any Folders. What Can I Do?



The Batch File I Schedule to Run Does Not Work with the /Every Switch. Why?



I Have a Volume of Type Unknown in Disk Administrator. Why?



I Am Unable to Use Start from the Command Line for Files with Spaces in Them. Why?



I Am Not Offered the Option to Install from an Inf Context Menu. Why?



How Can I Deallocate Corrupt Memory?



I Am Unable to Run Certain 16-Bit Applications. Why?



I Have a Service Stopping NT from Booting. What Can I Do?



If I Run Winfile D:, It Starts Explorer. Why?



I Have Problems with Tips after Service Pack 4. Why?



after Installing Service Pack 4, My Atapi/Ide Zip Drive Is.



Not Available. Why?



Disk Power Management Does Not Work after Service Pack 4. Why?



I Get the Error Message, “Your Password Must Be at Least 0 Characters Long.” What Can I Do?



What Is Remote Explorer?



33. Printing.


How Do I Create a Queue to a Network Printer?



How Can I Restart the Print Spooler Service?



How Do I Delete a Network Port (For Example, Lpt3:)?



How Do I Configure My Print Jobs to Wait Until after Business Hours?



How Can I Disable the Printer Pop-Up Message?



How Do I Change the Print Spool Location?



How Do I Enable Drag-And-Drop Printing?



How Do I Configure a Print Separator Page?



How Can I Restrict Which Users Can Install Local Printer Drivers?



How Do I Grant Users Access to a Network Printer?



How Many Printers Can Be Hosted on One NT Server?



How Can I Print to an Ascii Text File?



How Do I Set Security on a Printer?



When Installing a Printer, I Get the Error Message, “The Print Processor Is Unknown.” Why?



Where in the Registry Is the Default Printer Set?



When I Try to Print to a Parallel Device (Lpt1) I Receive This Error Message: “System Could Not Find the File.” Why?



How Can I Allow Members of the Printer Operators Group to Add Printers?



How Can I Configure NT as a Print Server for Unix Systems?



How Can I Audit the Number of Pages Printed By Any Particular User on an NT Network?



34. Multimedia.


How Do I Disable Cd Autoplay?



How Do I Install a Joystick in NT?



How Do I Change My Soundcard's Settings (Irq, Dma, and So On)?



Does NT 4.0 Support Direct X?



Does NT Have a Speaker Driver?



How Do I Install My Soundblaster Soundcard?



I Have Lost the Speaker Icon from My Taskbar. What Can I Do?



35. Utilities.


Where Can I Find the Resource Kit?



How Do I Run an Application as a Service?



How Can I Shut Down a Computer Remotely?



Where Can I Find a Unix Su (Substitute User) Utility?



I'm Running NT on Alpha. Can I Run Intel Programs?



What Is Tweakui?



Do Windows 95 Powertoys Work in NT?



Where Is File Manager?



Where Do I Get Themes for NT?



Where Can I Get Unix Tools for NT?



How Can I Fix, Replace, or Copy Files on an NTFS Partition from Outside Windows NT?



How Can I Save a File in Notepad without the .Txt Extension?



What Are the Windows NT Support Tools?



36. Hardware.


How Can I Get NT to Recognize My Second Hard Disk?



How Do I Install Dual Screens?



How Much Memory Can NT Support?



How Much Memory Do I Need for NT?



I Cannot See My Cd-Rom Drive from NT. Why?



What Are the Irqs Used For?



How Many Cpus Does NT Support?



Is There a List of Hardware That Is Supported By NT?



Can I Test My Hardware to See If It Is Compatible with NT?



How Do I Disable Mouse Detection on a Com Port (For Ups Usage)?



My U.S. Robotics 56k Modem Only Connects at 19200. Why?



Can I Use the Ide Interface on My Soundcard?



Does NT Support Plug-And-Play?



How Do I Install an Uninterruptible Power Supply (Ups)?



How Do I Give My Tape Drive a Letter So It Is Visible from Explorer?



How Can I Force NT to Use a Mouse on a Given Port?



How Can I View Which Resources Are Being Used By Devices Under NT?



When I Disconnect One of My Devices (Such as My Zip Drive) I Get Errors When I Boot NT. How Can I Stop Them?



How Can I Tell If I Am Using the Compaq Hardware Abstraction Layer?



How Do I Get a Dual Monitor Matrox Millennium System to Not Split Dialog Boxes Across the Screens?



Does Windows NT 4.0 Support Usb?



Why Can't I Hot-Swap My Pcmcia Card with Windows NT 4.0?



How Do I Install the Iomega Parallel Disk Drive?



How Do I Enable Bus Mastering in Windows NT?



I Said No to a Pnpisa Device When It Was Detected, but Now I Want to Install It. What Can I Do?



How Do I Perform Unattended Installations on Machines with Agp Graphics Cards?



Does NT Support Dvd Drives?



37. Proxy Server 2.0.


How Do I Install Proxy Server 2.0?



How Do I Install the Client for the Winsock Proxy Service?



How Do I Remove the Client Winsock Proxy Service?



How Can I Bypass the Client Winsock Proxy?



How Do I Configure an Internet Browser to Use the Web Proxy Service?



How Do I Administer the Proxy Server?



How Can I Configure the Proxy Server to Automatically Dial Out to the Internet Service Provider (Isp) When Needed?



How Can I Stop and Start the Proxy Services?



How Can I Use the Web-Based Proxy Server Administration Software?



Which Port Does Winsock Use?



How Can I Configure the Ras Autodisconnect?



How Do I Ban a Web Site By Using Proxy Server?



38. Exchange.


The Outlook/Exchange Client Takes a Long Time to Start. Why?



How Do I Enable the Exchange Outlook Web Access?



How Can I Convert My Mail System to Exchange?



How Can I Create a Shortcut on the Desktop with the to Field Completed?



How Can I Send a Mail Message from the Command Line?



What Files Does Exchange Use?



How Can I Change the Location of My Mail File in Outlook 98?



How Can I Reduce the Size of My .Pst Mail File?



I Have a Bad Message in My Pop3 Mail Box. How Can I Remove It/Read Pop By Using Telnet?



How Can I Send Mail to an Smtp Server By Using Telnet?



Is There a List of Known Exchange Directory and Information Store Problems?



How Do I Install Exchange Server 5.5?



How Do I Run the Exchange Optimizer?



What Service Packs Are Available for Exchange 5.5?



How Can I Retrieve Mail from a Pop3 Mailbox and Forward.



It to Exchange Server?



How Do I Upgrade from Exchange 5.0 to 5.5?



How Do I Uninstall Exchange Server?



How Do I Install a Duplicate Exchange Server?



How Do I Connect Exchange Sites?



How Do I Configure Exchange Directory Replication?



How Do I Monitor an Exchange Link?



How Do I Delete a Server from an Exchange Site?



How Do I Set up an Exchange Forward?



How Do I Configure a X.400 Exchange Connector?



How Do I Allow a User to Administer Exchange?



How Do I Grant or Deny Permission for People to Create Top-Level Public Folders?



How Do I Connect My Exchange Server to an Smtp Server?



How Do I Connect My Exchange Server to a News Feed?



What Web Sites Have Good Exchange Information?



How Do I Download to Exchange from Multiple Pop3 Mailboxes?



How Do I Install the Key Management Server?



How Do I Manage the Certificate Authority of Key Management Server?



How Do I Enable Advanced Security for a User?



How Do I Automatically Create an Exchange Mailbox for All Members of the Domain?



How Do I Avoid Having to Enter the Key Management Password?



I Archived Some .Pst Files to a Cd but Am Unable to Load the Files.



How Can I Limit the Exchange Server Mailbox Size?



How Can I Limit Message Sizes in Exchange?



How Can I Undelete Mail in Outlook?



NT Server Hangs at Shutdown If User Manager Is.



Running. Why?



Appendix A.


Appendix B.


Glossary.


Index. 0201606364T04062001