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What does “Legacy” mean in the world of computers? If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! First we need to look at the general definition of the word “Legacy”, as it means a gift or honor handed down, as …

Type: Internal (2.0 and later) Syntax: IF [NOT] EXIST filename (command) [parameters] IF [NOT] (string1)==(string2) (command) [parameters] IF [NOT] ERRORLEVEL (number) (command) [parameters] Purpose: Allows for conditional operations in batch processing. Discussion When used in combination with the GOTO command, the IF command provides a way to transfer control within …

Building a Windows 98 Startup Disk There are a few ways to approach this depending upon your individual situation. As an example, the Windows 98 CD-ROM contains a program you can use to create a startup disk that is capable of creating and reading FAT32 partitions. The basic system boot …

HPFS – High Performance File System If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! The (HPFS) or High Performance File System was developed by Microsoft and Intel for OS/2 1.2, for the most part to support the LAN Manager file …

Repairing the Thumbnail Preview in Windows Explorer Trying to fix the Preview of Thumbnails in Windows Explorer can be extremely vexing at times, even when you have enabled “View As A Web Page” for your desktop settings. If it appears as though none of yours is working, then you may …

Troubleshooting the Windows 2000 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) The following information applies to: Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Server There are several ways to troubleshoot issues related to the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that may occur as a …

Desktop Related Registry Keys and Application Performance Enabling command-line completion [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] “CompletionChar”=dword:00000009 Set to the ASCII value of the desired key. 09 means the TAB key Disabling Shortcuts Created Resolving to UNC Paths [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] For all users on the machine Disabled “LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo”=dword:00000000 Enabled “LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo”=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] For individual users Disabled …

Type: External (6.0 and later) Syntax: MEMMAKER [/B][/batch][/session][/swap:d][/T][/undo] [/W:size1,size2] Purpose: Starts MemMaker which is a program that lets you optimize your computer`s memory (new with DOS Version 6). Discussion The MemMaker program moves device drivers and memory-resident programs to upper memory in order to optimize your computer`s memory. Your computer …

Policy Related Restrictions Note: We have delineated between Windows 9x and Windows NT. Where no delineation is present, the restriction will work on either. Disabling the change password button [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] Disabled “DisableChangePassword”=dword:00000000 Enabled “DisableChangePassword”=dword:00000001 Disable lock workstation in Windows NT SP4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System] Disabled “DisableLockWorkstation”=dword:00000000 Enabled “DisableLockWorkstation”=dword:00000001 Disable registry editing tools …

  INI Info to Windows Registry Converter By Funduc Software INI to Registry (see screen shot below) is a neat little utility for Windows 95/NT that will read the contents of any INI file and then load that information into the Windows 95 or Windows NT registry. By doing this, …