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- NT FAQ
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CONTENTS
Core
Registry
Service Packs & Hotfixes
File Systems
Distributed File System
Network
Domains
RAS
TCP/IP
DHCP
WINS
DNS
IIS
Proxy Server
Internet Explorer
Installation
License
Netware
Macintosh
RAID
Performance
System Information
Multimedia
User Configuration
Desktop
Command Prompt
System Configuration
System Policy
Security
Backups
Recovery
Problem Solving
Support
Training
Utilities
Compatability
Hardware
Batch Files
Various
Windows 95/98 as a client
Exchange / Windows Messaging
Core
What are the differences between NT Workstation and NT Server?
What does NT stand for?
What is the NT Boot Process?
What is Virtual Memory?
What is the history of NT?
How do I install the SYMBOL files?
What is Windows NT?
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 are 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?
I make changes to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but they are lost on reboot.
What data types are available in the registry?
How can I automate updates to the registry?
Service Packs and Hotfixes
Service Packs and Hot fixes
What are the Q numbers and how do I look them up?
How do I install the Service Packs?
How do I install the Hot fix?
How do I remove a Hot fix?
How do I install Service Pack 3?
Emergency Repair Disk issues after installation of Service Pack 3.
How do I remove the Java Hotfix for Service Pack 3?
How do I install multiple Hotfixes at the same time?
How do I install Hotfixes the same time as I install Service Pack 3 onwards?
I have installed Service Pack 3, now I cannot run Java programs.
I have installed Service Pack 3, however the Policy Editor has not been updated.
How can I tell if I have the 128 bit version of Service Pack 3 installed?
How do I install a service pack during a unattended installation?
What order should I apply the Hot fixes?
I get an error message when I try to re-apply a hotfix after installing a service pack?
When should I reapply a Service Pack?
What is Option Pack 4?
How can I tell which version Service Pack I have installed?
File Systems
How can a FAT partition be converted to an NTFS partition?
How can a NTFS partition be converted to a FAT partition?
How do I run HPFS under NT 4.0?
How do I compress a directory?
How do I uncompress a directory?
Is there an NTFS defragmentation tool available?
Can I undelete a file in NT?
Does NT support FAT32?
Can you read a NTFS partition from DOS?
How do you delete a 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 name creation on a NTFS?
How can I stop NT from generating LFN's (Long File Names) on a FAT partition?
I can't create any files on the root of a FAT partition.
How do LFN's work?
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 next reboot, but I want to stop it.
My NTFS drive is corrupt, how do I recover?
How can I delete a file without it going to the recycle bin?
How can I change the serial number of a disk?
How can I backup the Master Boot Record?
How do I restore the Master Boot Record?
What CD-ROM file systems can NT read?
How do I disable 8.3 name creation on VFAT?
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 file can be?
How can I stop chkdsk at boot time from checking volume x?
How can I compress files/directories from the command line?
What protections can be set on files/directories on a NTFS partition?
How can I take ownership of files?
How can I view the permissions a user has on a file from the command line?
How can I tell the total amount of space used by a folder (including sub folders)?
There are files beginning with $ at the root of my NTFS drive, can I delete them?
What file system do Iomega ZIP disks use?
What cluster size does a FAT/NTFS partition use?
How much free space do I need to convert a FAT partition to NTFS?
NT becomes unresponsive during an NTFS disk operation such as a dir.
I have missing space on my NTFS partitions (Alternate Data Streams).
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 protections interact?
How can I backup/restore my Master Boot Record?
How do I convert an NTFS partition to NTFS 5.0?
- NT 5.0 only
Distributed File System
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?
Network
How do I assign User Rights for a standalone server (not the PDC/BDC) in a domain?
I can't FTP to my server, although the FTP service is running?
How do I validate my NT Logon against a UNIX account?
Can I synchronize the time of a NT Workstation with a NT Server?
How can I send a message to all users?
How do I change a Workstations Name?
How do I stop the default admin shares from being created?
How do I disconnect all network drives?
How do I hide a machine from Network Browsers?
How do I remote Boot NT?
How can I get a list of users currently logged on?
How do I configure NT to be a gateway to an ISP?
How do I install the FTP server service?
How do I get a list of all connections to my PC?
How can I get the Ethernet address of my Network card?
How can I configure the preferred Master Browser?
Is it possible to protect against Telnet attacks?
What Telnet Servers/Daemons are available for Windows NT?
How do I install MSN under NT?
What FireWall products are available for NT?
How do I install the Remoteboot Service?
How many connections can NT have?
How can I secure a server that will be a Web Server on the Internet?
How can I stop a user logging on more than once?
How can I get information about my domain account?
A machine is shown as Inactive in Server manager when it is not.
How do I automatically FTP 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 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 do I grant users access to a network printer?
How can I create a share on another machine over the network?
I get errors accessing a Windows NT FTP Server from a non Internet Explorer browser.
How can I view which machines are acting as browse masters?
Is there any way to improve the performance of my modem internet connection?
How can I remotely tell who is logged on at a machine?
How do I remove a NT computer from a domain?
How can I shutdown a number of machines without going to each machine?
How can I close all network sessions/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 net?
How can I remotely manage services?
Domains
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 to I change my server from Stand Alone to a PDC/BDC?
What is a PDC, BDC?
How many BDC's should I have?
How do I configure a Trust Relationship?
How do I terminate a Trust Relationship?
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 BDC's from 3.51 to 4.0?
What tuning can I perform on PDC/BDC Synchronization?
I cannot add a BDC over a WAN.
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?
RAS
How do I connect two Workstations using RAS?
Is it possible to dial an ISP using the command line?
How can I stop the RAS connections closing when I logoff?
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.
I have connected via RAS to a server however I can only see resources on the machine I connect to.
How do I force the "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 that 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.
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?
TCP/IP
What is TCP/IP
How do I install TCP/IP
Is there a way to trace TCP/IP traffic using NT?
I do not have a network card, but would like to install TCP/IP.
I have installed TCP/IP, what steps should I use to verify the setup is correct?
How can I trace the route the TCP/IP packets take?
What is the subnet mask?
What diagnostic utilities are there for TCP/IP?
What is routing and how is it configured?
What is ARP?
My Network is not connected to the Internet, can I use any IP address?
How can I increase the time entries are kept in the ARP cache?
What other registry entries are there for TCP/IP?
How can I configure more than 6 IP addresses?
What are the common TCP ports?
How can I perform a migration to DHCP?
DHCP
What is DHCP?
How do I install the DHCP Server Service?
How do I configure 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 backup the DHCP database?
How can I restore the DHCP database?
How do I reserve a specific address for a particular machine?
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 the 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 error message "No More Endpoints".
WINS
What is 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 DHCP?
How can I compress my WINS database?
Exchange/Windows Messaging
The Outlook/Exchange client takes a long time to start.
How can I stop Outlook dialing my Internet Account on Startup?
How do I install Exchange?
How do I enable the Exchange Active Server Pages?
How do I use the Exchange Optimizer utility?
How can I convert mail system X to Exchange?
How can I create shortcut on the desktop with the "to" field completed?
NT Server hangs at shutdown if User Manager is running.
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 mail file?
I have a bad message in my POP3 mail box using TELNET
How can I send mail to a SMTP server using Telnet?
Internet Information Server
What is IIS?
How do I install Internet Information Server?
What is Internet Service Manager?
What is Index Server?
What are Active Server Pages?
How can I configure the Connection Limit?
How do I change the default file name?
How can I enable browsers to view the contents of directories on the server?
How can I configure the FTP welcome message?
How do I configure a virtual server?
How can I administer my IIS server using a web browser?
How can I configure FTP to use Directory Annotation?
Only the first line of the Directory Annotation is shown.
How can I configure the amount of IIS Cache?
How do I create a virtual directory?
Proxy Server 2.0
What is Proxy Server 2.0?
How do I install Proxy Server 2.0?
How do I install the client for the WinSock Service?
How do I remove the client WinSock Service?
How can I bypass the client Winsock?
How do I configure an Internet Browser to use the Web Proxy service?
How do I manage the Proxy Server?
How can I configure the Proxy server to automatically dial out to the 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?
Internet Explorer 4/5
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 in the Quick Launch toolbar?
I have lost Show Desktop/View Channels from the Quick Launch bar, help!
How do I change the default Search Engine?
How do I remove the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop?
How can I browse off-line?
How can I reclaim wasted space by Microsoft's Internet E-mail readers?
I cannot specify a download directory when I download a file.
Internet Explorer opens .EXE files instead of Downloading them.
How can I change the default start page?
I have forgotten the content advisor password.
Where can I download IE 5.0?
How do I clear Internet Explorers History?
How can I modify IE's toolbar background?
How can I restore the IE animated logo?
Are there any Easter Eggs in Internet Explorer 5.0?
How can I stop users accessing local drives via Internet Explorer?
What addition restrictions are available in Internet Explorer IE4.01 SP2 and above?
How can I configure proxy settings in Internet Explorer 5.0?
How can I install Internet Explorer 4.0 without adding the IE icon to the desktop?
How do I use the Internet Explorer 5.0 repair tool?
Installation
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?
Installation hangs when detecting the hardware.
Is it possible to install NT without using boot disks or temp files?
Does NT have to be installed on the C drive?
There is a file \Support\Deptools\<system>\ROLLBACK.EXE. What is it?
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 Windows95 to NT 4.0?
How do I remove NT from a FAT partition?
How do I remove NT from a NTFS partition?
How do I install the Iomega Parallel Disk Drive?
How do I install at tape drive on NT Server?
How do I install the NEC 4x4 CD changer?
What are symbol files, and do I need them?
How do I install NT and Linux?
How do I install NT over the network?
Is it possible to use Disk Duplication to Distribute Windows NT?
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?
Install detects the wrong video card and locks the installation.
How do I upgrade from NT 3.51 to NT 4.0?
When I use an unattended installation, how do I avoid the Yes at the license agreement?
I have NT installed, how do I install Windows95?
How do I remove Windows95/Dos from my NT system?
I can't create a NTFS partition over 4GB during installation.
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?
How can I make domain users members of local Admin group during an unattended install?
I have problems running a program as part of the unattended installation?
I have Windows NT installed, how do I install Windows 98?
I have Windows 98 installed, how do I install NT?
I have Windows NT 5.0 installed but when I try to install Windows NT 4.0 the install fails.
I want to install Windows 98 and NT, what file system should I use?
How do I manually install SCSI drivers before the autodetect of installation?
License
How is NT Licensed?
How can I view what licenses I have installed/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 a NT Workstation?
Windows 95/98 as a client
How do I communicate with a Windows 95 client?
How can I administer my domain from a Windows95 client?
How do I force a 95 machine to logon to a domain?
How do I enable Windows 95 machines to use Group policies?
How do I enable Load Balancing on a Windows 95 machine?
How can I stop a Windows 95 machine acting as a browse master or backup browser?
Some of the Windows 95/98 clients do not show up in Network Neighborhood.
How can I stop my Windows 9x clients entering a separate password when logging onto 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 do I install the Windows 9x Policy Editor?
How can I stop Windows 9x profiles being copied to the home directory?
How do I implement local system policies on Windows 9x?
I have lost my Windows 98 installation key, how can I find it?
How do I install the Windows 9x directory services client?
A user has forgotten the local Windows 9x password, how can it be reset?
NetWare
What about Netware?
What are Client Services for Netware?
What are Gateway Services for Netware?
How do I install Gateway Services for Netware?
How do I attach to a NetWare 3.12 Server?
How do I attach to a NetWare 4.1 Server?
What are File and Print Services for Netware?
What is Directory Service Manager?
What is Migration Tool for Netware?
What are the NT equivalents of NetWare Rights?
NWCONVE.EXE is not migrating your users and groups.
I have very slow performance saving documents to a FPNW server.
How can I disable the print separator page when printing to a NetWare print server?
How can I stop my machine complaining about NWLNKRIP service not starting?
Macintosh
How do I add the services for Macintosh?
How can I read a Macintosh disk from Windows NT?
Does NT RAS support AppleTalk?
Can NT act as an AppleTalk client?
How can I make a Macintosh PPP connection to Windows NT RAS?
I am unable to write to the Microsoft UAM folder from the Macintosh?
Is there an Outlook (Exchange Server) client for Macintosh?
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 recreate 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?
Can I install NT on a stripe set?
I am unable to boot using on the Mirror disk.
I have reinstalled NT now I have lost all RAID/volume sets.
Performance
How do I move my pagefile?
How big and where should my Pagefile be?
Users complain server response is slow, but when I use the server everything is fine.
Is there a RAM disk in NT4.0?
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 apps, 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 to help diagnose performance problems?
Is there anyway 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 being paged?
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 the applications/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 it out?
How can I tell if my NT installation was upgraded?
MultiMedia
How do I disable CD AutoPlay?
How do I install a Joystick in NT?
How do I change my Soundcards Settings (IRQ)?
Does NT 4.0 support Direct X?
Does NT have a speaker driver?
How do I install my SoundBlaster Sound Card?
How do I install a WaveBlaster card?
I have lost the speaker icon from my task bar.
User Configuration
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 users group membership?
How do I limit the disk space for a User?
What variables are available for use with a User?
Can I add user accounts from a database?
Is there a utility that shows who is currently logged on?
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?
How can I find out which groups a user is in?
I can no longer see items in the common groups from the Start Menu.
How do I configure a user so they can change the system time?
How do I add a user?
How do I configure roaming profiles?
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 add a user from the command line?
How can I move users from one machine to another?
How can I configure a user to logoff 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 favourites folder?
How can I change the local Administrator passwords on machines without going to them?
How do I change my password?
How can I configure default settings for new users?
How can I tell which User has which SID?
How can I configure NT to not allow users to login if their mandatory profile is unavailable?
How do I automatically logoff clients after n minutes of inactivity?
How can I modify the size of icons on the desktop?
How can I disable Alt-Tab?
How can I configure the Alt-Tab display?
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 start-up folders running when I log on?
I can't delete user x.
How can I stop users from being able to map/disconnect network drives?
How can I disable a whole group of users?
How can I remove a user from a group from the command prompt?
How can I remove the : from the time?
Desktop
How do I delete/rename the Recycle Bin?
How do I disable Task Manager?
How do I disable Window animation?
How do I reduce/increase the delay for cascading menus?
How do I change the My Computer icon?
How do I hide the "Network Neighborhood" icon?
Why can't I move any icons?
How can I disable the Right mouse button?
How do I change the colour used to display compressed files/directories?
How can I configure the wallpaper to be displayed 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 Task Bar?
How do I add the Control Panel to the Start Menu?
How can I remove a program from the "Open With" when right clicking?
How do I change the Internet Explorer icon?
How do I add an item to the Right Click menu?
Is it possible to move the Task bar?
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 do I change the Network Neighborhood icon?
How do I change the Recycle Bin icons?
How do I change the Briefcase icon?
How can I get rid of the arrow over the shortcuts?
I have deleted the Recycle bin how can I recreate it?
I have deleted Internet Explorer from the desktop how can I recreate it?
How can I add a shortcut to launch a screensaver on the desktop?
How do I delete/rename the Inbox icon?
I have deleted the Inbox icon, how can I recreate it?
How can I stop and start Explorer (the shell)?
How do I enable the mouse snap-to?
How do I enable X Windows-Style auto-raise?
Command Prompt
How can I configure the command prompt?
How do I enable/disable command extensions?
What commands can be used to configure the command window?
How can I configure a scroll bar on my command window?
How do I cut/paste information in a command box?
How do I enable Tab to complete file names?
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 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 CMD 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/command files?
System Configuration
How do I decrease the boot delay?
Where do I load ANSI.SYS?
How can I configure the local machine to perform a task at a set time?
How do I change the Organization name on NT?
How do I change the default location NT expects to find NT software for installation(i.e. CD)
How can I remove the Shut Down button from the login 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 change the Start menu items under the line?
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 can I make NT powerdown on shutdown?
How do I enable Ctrl-Esc to start Task Manager?
How can I allow non-Administrators to issue AT commands?
How do I control Access to Floppy Drives/CD-ROM drives?
I have DOS, Windows95 and NT installed, and want them all to show on the boot menu.
How do I remove an App from Control Panel?
How do I assign a drive letter to a removable drive?
How do I configure a default Screen Saver if no one logs on?
How do I configure the default screen saver to be the Open GL Text Saver?
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 do I create a network share?
How do I connect to a network share?
How do I configure the boot menu to show forever?
How can I configure the machine to reboot at a certain time?
How can I configure Explorer to start with drive x: ?
How can I decrease the time my machine takes to shutdown/reboot?
How can I change the startup order of the services?
How can I configure the system so that certain commands run at boot up time?
What are the .cpl files in the system32 directory?
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 OS2/POSIX subsystems?
How can I configure NT to automatically refresh the screen?
How can I run a control panel applet from the command line?
How can I configure a program/batch file to run every x minutes?
What registry keys do the Control Panel applets update?
How can I run a script at shutdown time?
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?
Is it possible to delete/rename the Administrator account?
How can I tell NT how much secondary cache (L2) is installed?
What switches can be used in boot.ini?
How can I change the default editor used for editing batch files?
What are the default protections on an NTFS boot partition?
How do I configure the default keyboard layout during login?
How can I add my own information to General tab of the System Control Panel applet?
How can I change the program associated with a file extension?
How do I set a process to use a certain processor?
I have duplicate entries on my boot menu.
How can I stop a service from the command line?
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 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 do I stop the last logon name being displayed?
How can I stop people logging on to the server?
Users fail to logon at a server.
How do I enable NumLock automatically?
How do I limit the number of simultaneous logons?
%SystemRoot% is not expanded when I use it in a command.
How can I disable the Win key?
How do I set the number of Cached logons a machine stores?
How can I configure the system to run a program at logon time?
How can I install the Policy Editor on a Workstation?
How can I delete the "My Computer" icon?
How do I disable the file delete confirmation?
How can I switch the time between 24 hour and 12 hour?
How can I suppress boot Error Messages?
System Policy
How do System Policies work?
How do I modify a Policy?
How do I create my own Policy template?
Where can I get information on Profiles and Policies?
Security
How do I enable auditing?
How do I view/clear the security log?
Where can I get more information on the Event Viewer?
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/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?
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 backup open files?
What permissions do I need to perform a backup?
How do I backup the registry?
How can I erase a tape using NTBackup that reports errors?
Recovery
How do I create an Emergency Repair Disk?
How do I create a NT Boot Disk?
I get the error "Can't find NTLDR"
How do I recover a lost administrator password?
I have set a drive to no access, now no-one can access it.
If I copy a file with Explorer or from the command line, the permissions get lost.
How can I get my taskbar back?
I get the error "NTOSKRNL.EXE missing or corrupt" on bootup.
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?
Changing the Administrator password if you have forgotten it.
Problem Solving
I have installed Office 97 now I can no longer use Desktop Themes.
I cannot delete a file called AUX.BAT or COM1!
The AT command does not work!
I can't format a disk/ create an Emergency Repair disk?
When I change CD's/access the floppy drive NT crashes.
After a new installation of NT, I can logon but no shell starts.
I have a Matrox Millenium graphics card and the windows blink and flash when moved.
When I start NT I get NTDETECT twice.
My desktop disappears after a crash.
I have installed a second CPU, however NT will not recognize it.
I reinstalled NT, now I cannot logon.
I have Windows 95 installed, and I am trying to start the NT installation but it fails.
An Application keeps starting every time I start NT.
Each time I start NT I get a file delete sharing violation?
Sometimes when I run a program or Control Panel applet it says "no disk in drive a:".
When I try and create an Emergency Repair Disk I get an error that files are missing.
I have installed Service Pack 3, now I cannot run Java programs.
Every time I start NT, explorer is started showing the system32 directory.
I have removed my IDE CD-ROM drive, now NT will not boot.
I get the error, The procedure entry point WNetEnumCachedPasswords could not be located.
What information is shown in the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) ?
I have created my own service, however on logoff the application stops.
I can't install any software.
I get an error "This application is not supported by Windows NT".
I have installed IE 4.0 now my shortcut icons are corrupt.
I have lost access to the root of the boot partition, now I can't logon.
I receive the error: The procedure entry point WNetEnumCachedPasswords could not be located.
How can I perform a kernel debug?
How do I configure remote debugging?
I get the error "Not enough server storage is available to process this command".
I can't delete a directory called con.
I get an error when I try to export a profile other than Administrator.
I have chosen a screen resolution that has corrupted display and now I can't restore it
I get error "Boot record signature AA55 not found (1079 found)".
When I boot up NT, it pauses for about 30 seconds on the blue screen.
I receive a RDISK error, disk is full.
My Shortcuts try and resolve to UNC paths?
When I select a hyperlink or open a channel system32 folder opens?
When I try and use WinAT I get a Dr Watson error.
Drive mappings are being created by themselves.
I can't create a partition over 1GB on an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller.
I get a STOP 0x00000078 error.
A file Testdir.tmp is created on a shared volume which cannot be deleted.
How can I replace an in use NT system file?
I removed my folder association and cannot open any folders!
The batch file I schedule to run does not work with the /every switch.
I have a volume of type Unknown in Disk Administrator.
I am unable to use Start from the command line with files with spaces in.
Printing
How do I create a queue to a Network Printer?
How do I delete a network port (e.g. LPT3:)?
How do I configure my print jobs to wait until out of hours?
How can I disable the Printer PopUp message?
How do I change the Print Spool location?
How do I enable Print Auditing?
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 many printers can be on one NT Server?
How can I print to an ascii text file?
How do I set security on a printer?
I get the error "The print processor is unknown" when installing a printer.
Where in the registry is the default printer set?
When I try to print to a parallel device I receive error: System could not find the file.
How can I allow members of the Printer Operators group to Add Printers?
Support
What Newsgroups are good for NT information?
Where can I get more information?
Training
Where can I go for Training in Microsoft Products?
Where is information about becoming a MCSE?
Utilities
Where can I find the resource kit?
How do I run an application as a service?
How can I shutdown a computer remotely?
Where can I find a Unix su (substitute user) like utility?
I'm running NT on Alpha - Can I run INTEL programs?
What is TWEAKUI?
What else is good?
Do Windows 95 Powertoys work in NT?
Is there a X-terminal for 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/copy files on an NTFS partition from outside Windows NT?
What are the "Windows NT Support Tools"?
Compatibility
Does application x work with NT 4.0?
Does game x work with NT 4.0?
Does NT run 16bit applications?
Will NT 3.51 drivers work with NT 4.0?
Hardware
How do I change the letter associated with a drive?
How can I get NT to recognize my second harddisk?
How do I install a HP scanner?
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?
What are the IRQ's used for?
How Many CPU's does NT support?
Is there a list of hardware NT supports?
Can I test my hardware to see if it is compatible with NT?
Can I test my SCSI d