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![]() Once enabled, files are protected by being re-written (from the install CD) when a change to the file is detected.
If the driver is not contained in the DRIVER.CAB file, the Add/Remove Hardware Wizard starts automatically. For example, if you want to install an Iomega Parallel port or other such device, go to Device Manager, Port Settings tab, select the “Enable Legacy Plug And Play Detection” check box. Install scanners and cameras from Control Panel | Scanners and Cameras snap-in | Wizard.
Legacy adapters require System resources: memory and I/O ranges, direct memory access (DMA), and interrupt requests (IRQs) ![]() Unsigned files include c:\windows \system \spool \drivers \w32x86 \3 ![]()
Separate Integrated and Plug-in Audio Sound CardsIf you have a sound card built into your motherboard but want to install a new sound card, first disable the “integrated” card in Device Manager (not CMOS), then install the new card and let Windows detect it.To receive analog audio output from the headphone jack on the CD-ROM drive, uncheck the "Enable Digital CD Audio For This CD-ROM Device" check box. To find this box, from the Properties menu of the CD-ROM drive, View the Properties, double-click the CD-ROM device in the Hardware tab of the Sounds And Multimedia Properties dialog box. |
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![]() ACPI support is provided by the ACPI.SYS driver and the ACPIEC.SYS embedded controller driver loaded in the %systemroot%\ System32 \Drivers folder. The HAL for a computer containing both ACPI and APIC hardware is upgradable to a multiprocessor system or downgradable to a uniprocessor system. This also applies to the hardware-specific HAL for a non-ACPI computer containing APIC hardware.
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The Windows XP Update Service uses Network (not LAN) connections to a Microsoft website. It uses port standard TCP 80 outbound but TCP ports 4700-4799 inbound on the negotiated return.
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Instead of using the old NT4 utility Uptomp.exe, use the Windows 2000 Device Manager MMC. To use the System Information MMC snap-in, run this from the WINNT/System32 folder, which invokes MSINFO32.MSC from "Program files \common files \Microsoft shared \msinfo": To use the DirectX Diagnostics for testing multimedia components, run:
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lowest numbers | multi(0) | rdisk(0) | partition(1) | ||
scsi(0) | disk(0) | partition(1) |
Specify /NODEBUG and /NOGUIBOOT in Boot.iniDoing this slightly speeds up the Ntldr run during boot-up.
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If you want the boot menu to be displayed until you press Enter, regardless of how much time elapses, set the timeout value to -1. This value can't be set in the Startup And Recovery dialog box. | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pool PrintersIf you have several print devices on a server which use the same printer driver, build fault tolerance by allowing printing to occur on the first available printer. Right click on a printer, select the Ports tab, check "Enabling Printer Pooling", select the ports participating in the pool.Set Printer PrioritiesCreate logical printers with different priorities. A 99 (high) Priority job prints before a 1 (low) Priority job.Set Separator PagesDefine what appears on Separator Pages by creating a .sep file. But this is generally not a good idea. If confidentiality is an issue, get additional printers in individual offices.Confirm Printer AvailabilityTo confirm what printers have been defined to a server, try these commands which uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): For a list of printers:
Change the print spool location ??? ![]() Unlike NT4, Windows 2000 spooler operations and print jobs are recognized by System Monitor. | ![]()
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The GSNW installation process automatically activates NWLink — the Microsoft implementation of Novell's IPX/SPX networking protocol that provides NetBIOS and the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) functionality on NetWare networks.
Windows clients need to install the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol.
A change to Registry is necessary to set the default frame type to
802.3 for NetWare versions 3.11 and lower
802.2 for NetWare versions 3.12 and higher.
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