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Bypassing the Windows 2000 Serial Check If you’re involved in business workstation roll-outs, saving time is important. Any time you can reduce or eliminate personal (yours) or a users intervention during an operating system installation, you save time. Microsoft understood the need to make installations of Windows NT, and the …

Verify that the IDE ribbon cable from the motherboard (main board) to the CD-ROM drive is properly connected to the rear of the CD-ROM drive: Some IDE ribbon cables have a single connector at each end, while others have a single connector at one end and two connectors (for two …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center UsingThe Microsoft Management Console Step-By-Step If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left, click here! Setting The Console File Options If you are a network or site administrator and have the need to create console files for …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center Additional Resources for The Microsoft Management Console MMC FAQ Microsoft’s Frequently Asked Questions on the MMC. Microsoft Management Console: An Introduction Overview of Windows NT 4.0 MMC. Source: Windows NT Magazine (Feb 1997) Overview of the Microsoft Management Console The MMC is a central interface …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center UsingThe Microsoft Management Console Step-By-Step If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left, click here! Creating Console Taskpads If you are a system administrator who is able to delegate administrative tasks, and you have a need to …

Setting Options for a Console File When creating consoles for workgroup managers or other users, you may want to restrict how the console is used. Console options can be set so that users can access only the tools that the administrator allows. To set console file options, follow these steps: …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center UsingThe Microsoft Management Console Step-By-Step If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left, click here! Adding Windows and Customizing the Snap-in Display within the Console Now that you have developed your basic console and you have added …

Enabling The Administrative Tools on the Start Menu If you’ve been looking for your Administrative Tools on the Start Menu or in the Program Menu and haven’t found them, don’t look any further, they’re not there! While the Administrative Tools are installed by default, the menu is not enabled. To …

Fast Shutdown and Restart for Windows 2000 As most of us know, all Windows versions take their time shutting down and restarting, including Windows 2000. Unfortunately this happens to be one of those minor Windows irritants that just never goes away. While Windows XP (Whistler) looks promising, as it shuts …

Encrypting the File System (EFS) Key If you use the Windows 2000 EFS (Encrypting File System) to protect your files, you may wish to back the key up by exporting it to a file. Remember, if the key is lost or corrupted, any files encrypted with that key will be …