How to change the mount order in the work queue

1. Open Removable Storage.
2. In the console tree, click Work Queue.
3. In the details pane, right-click the applicable mount operation, and then click Re-order Mounts.
4. In the Change Mount Order dialog box, do one of the following:
• To make the selected mount operation the next to be completed, click Move to the front of the queue.
• To make the selected mount operation the last to be completed, click Move to the end of the queue.

To move the selected mount operation to a specific position in the work queue, click Make it number, and then click the up or down arrow to move the item ahead or behind in the queue.

How to change the size of the virtual memory paging file

1. Open System in Control Panel.
2. On the Advanced tab, click Performance Options, and under Virtual memory, click Change.
3. In the Drive list, click the drive that contains the paging fileyou want to change.
4. Under Paging file size for selected drive, type a new paging file size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, and then click Set.

If you decrease the size of either the minimum or maximum page file settings, you must restart your computer to see the effects of those changes. Increases typically do not require a restart.

How to test IPSec policy integrity

1. In IP Security Policy Management, click the IP Security Policies on folder.

Click Action, point to All Tasks, and then click Check Policy Integrity. 

How to turn on ShowSounds

• Open Accessibility Options in Control Panel.

On the Sound tab, under ShowSounds, select the Use ShowSounds check box.

How To Find System Data

1. Open System Information.
2. On the Action menu, click Find.
3. In Find What, type the word or words corresponding to the system information for which you are searching.
4. Select a search option as needed.
   
   
• To search only through the portion of the console tree, click Restrict Search to Selected Category. This option starts the search at the top of the currently selected node (and searches all of its subcategories). Clearing this check box starts the search at the root node.
• To search only the console tree node and subnode names for a match, ignoring any matches in the results pane, click Search Categories Only. Clearing this check box searches both the console tree and the results pane.

To search all categories and results information, clear both check boxes. 



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How to add a submenu to the Start menu for a group of users

1. Make sure you are logged on as an administrator.
2. Right-click Start, and then click Open All Users.
3. Double-click the folder in which you want to add a submenu, usually the Programs folder.
4. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.

Type a name for your new submenu, and then click an empty space on the desktop

To require or disable a logon password in a workgroup setting

Open Users and Passwords in Control Panel.

On the Users tab, do one of the following:

• Click the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box to require users to provide this information when they log on.
• Clear the Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer check box to allow a user to automatically log on. You will be prompted to provide the name and password of the user who will be automatically logged on each time the computer starts.

How to enable RIP Listening

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs.
2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
3. In Components, select Networking Services (but do not select its check box), and then click Details.
4. Select the RIP Listener check box, and then click OK.
5. Click Next, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.

Editing The Registry/Rules To Follow

Fiddling about in the Windows 2000 registry can be pretty dangerous to your PC's health to say the least. For a start you must remember that once you edit a registry key there is basically no turning back as neither registry editor in Windows 2000 has an undo feature.

Now then, what next? Well Windows 2000 comes with two registry editors for you to try to get to grips with, one is the good old Regedt32.exe and the other is regedit32.exe an older version of regedit. We will cover what these two do in a later tip but for now, here are a run down of rules we follow before making a registry edit, we recommend that you do the same.

1. Back up the registry before performing an edit as there is always the risk of a mistake.
   
2. Remember the keys you change just incase you would like to change them back to the original settings.
   
3. If you are worried about a setting you are thinking of changing, the best thing to do is not to change it unless it is vital to do so
   

How to Enable Auto-Complete Feature In The Command Prompt

This neat tip, Jamel provided us, avoids headaches when using the command prompt console. It'll turn on the auto-complete feature so when you type 'cd d' and hit the tab key, the console will display the list of folders that begin with the 'd' letter, and you'll be able to choose the one you're looking for, right from the console instead of typing its path.

1. Log on as Administrator,
2. Click Start, and then click Run,
3. Type Regedit and OK,
4. Double click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
5. Double click SOFTWARE,
6. Double click Microsoft,
7. Double click Command Processor,
8. In the right pane of Regedit, double click the 'CompletionChar' DWORD value,
9. Type 9 click OK,
10. Close Regedit,
11. Click start/programs/accessories/command prompt,
12. Type 'cd d' and hit the Tab key: the first folder that matches the 'd' letter is displayed (you can switch from folders pushing several times the Tab key

How to Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

Windows 2000 - Tips & Tricks

How to Enable Application Compatibility-Mode Technology in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

Compatibility mode provides an environment for running programs that more closely reflects the behavior of either Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. These modes resolve several of the most common issues that prohibit older programs from working correctly with Windows 2000. Programs that experience issues after migration may benefit from being started in one of these compatibility environments.

1. Log on as Administrator,
2. Click Start, and then click Run,
3. In the Open box, type the following command, and then click OK, where %SystemRoot% is the drive and folder in which Windows 2000 is installed: regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll
   

Administrators can use a program shortcut to set the compatibility mode for a target program. This requires that the Compatibility-mode properties be correctly installed and registered on the computer by using the previous steps. To enable Compatibility mode by using a program shortcut:

1. Log on as Administrator,
2. Right-click the shortcut, and then click Properties,
3. Click the Compatibility tab. This tab appears only if the Compatibility-mode interface has been properly enabled on the computer,
4. Click to select the Run in Compatibility Mode check box to enable Compatibility-mode support for the program,
5. Click either Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 compatibility mode in the drop-down box,
6. Click OK to save the changes,
7. Double-click the shortcut to run the program.

How to set special access configuration permissions for DCOM programs

1. Open Distributed COM Configuration Properties.
2. Click the Default Security tab, under Default Configuration Permissions click Edit Default.
3. In Registry Key Permissions in Type of Access, click Special Access.
4. In the Special Access dialog box, click the type of control you want to assign to the selected user or group:

• To assign Full Control, click Full Control (All).
• To customize special access, click Other, and then click the types of access that you want to assign.
• To enable the user to read a value entry from the registry key, click Query Value.
• To enable the user to set value entries in the registry key, click Set Value.
• To enable the user to create subkeys on the registry key, click Create Subkey.
• To enable the user to identify the subkeys of the registry key, click Enumerate Subkeys.
• To enable the user to audit notification events from the key, click Notify.
• To enable the user to create a symbolic link in the key, click Create Link.
• To enable the user to delete the key, click Delete.
• To enable the user to gain access to the key for the purpose of writing a discretionary ACL to the key, click Write DAC.
• To enable the user to gain access to the key for the purpose of taking ownership of it, click Write Owner.

To enable the user to gain access to the security information on the key, click Read Control.





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Adding Themes to Windows 2000

Although there is no tool in Control Panel for configuring desktop themes in Windows 2000, you can use and configure desktop themes by using the Desktop Themes tool.

1. Click Start, and then click Run,
2. In the Open box, type themes, and then click OK,
3. Configure the theme you want, and then click OK.

How to convert a volume to NTFS from the command prompt

1. Open a command prompt window.
2. In the command prompt window, type

convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs

How do I check to see how long Windows 2000 has been up?

Use the command line utility called UPTIME. You can also use it to check remote machines.

UPTIME, Version 1.00
(C) Copyright 1999, Microsoft Corporation

Uptime [server] [/s ] [/a] [/d:mm/dd/yyyy | /p:n] [/heartbeat] [/? | /help]
        server          Name or IP address of remote server to process.
        /s              Display key system events and statistics.
        /a              Display application failure events (assumes /s).
        /d:             Only calculate for events after mm/dd/yyyy.
        /p:             Only calculate for events in the previous n days.
        /heartbeat      Turn on/off the system's heartbeat
        /?              Basic usage.
        /help           Additional usage information