Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0002im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:48px; left:577px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Windows 2000 Tips</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:88px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>complicated; check the Windows 2000 Help file, which is explicit if not particu </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:101px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>larly illuminating. The functions are listed in Figure 1.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:128px; left:247px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>File</b></i> <i><b>Management</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:159px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Short File Extensions</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:175px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>If you try to delete all *.htm files you'll kill those with .html extensions as well;</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:188px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Windows 2000 evaluates file extensions on the first three characters, as does NT.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:200px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>You can disable this attribute in the registry, however. Go the key HKEY_LO </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:213px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>CAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem and find</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:226px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the value Win95TruncatedExtensions. Set it to 0 to disable the first three charac </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:238px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>ters only rule; if you wish to restore the default and turn the feature back on, set</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:251px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the value to 1.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:273px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Previewing Images In Folders</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:289px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Windows 2000 gives you the option of previewing images in folders not just</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:302px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>displaying them as thumbnails, but actually showing a preview of a selected file</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:314px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>in an Image Preview window to the left of your file list. You can turn this on for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:327px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>an individual Windows Explorer folder by going to the View menu and selecting</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:340px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Customize This Folder. When the Customize wizard starts, click Next and then</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:352px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>select Choose or edit an HTML template for this folder. Click Next again. When</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:365px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the template list appears, select Image Preview. Click Next then Finish.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>The Image Preview is more than an oversized thumbnail, because you can use</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the buttons on top of the preview to zoom, pan and print the image. Hold down</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:411px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the Shift key to temporarily reverse the zoom direction, or hold down Ctrl to pan</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:424px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>around the image. For example, if you've zoomed in too far, don't bother selecting</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:436px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>zoom out just Shift click in the preview to zoom out. And while you can pan</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:449px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>around a large or magnified image by using the scroll bars, you can hold down</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:462px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Ctrl to achieve the same effect: just Ctrl drag in the preview area, the pointer will</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:475px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>change to a hand, and you can pan as much as you want.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:496px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Highlight Compressed Files</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:512px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>It makes good sense to highlight compressed files in the Windows Explorer. With</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:525px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>any Explorer window open you can set this option under Tools|Folder Op </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:538px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tions|View|Display Compressed Files And Folders With Alternate Color. The</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:550px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>default colour for this is blue, but you can select a different colour for compressed</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:563px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>files with a registry tweak. Find the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mi </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:576px; left:247px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>crosoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and locate the value named Alt </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:610px; left:98px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Registry</b></i> <i><b>Caveats</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:615px; left:257px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Courier'>secedit /analyze /DB databasename</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:628px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>analyses system security by checking the specified database (which should</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:635px; left:87px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:633px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Changes to the registry</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:645px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>might not take effect un </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:640px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>contain the security template).</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:658px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>til you reboot, though</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:661px; left:257px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Courier'>secedit /configure /DB databasename</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:671px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>changes to the desktop</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:674px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>applies a security template stored in the specified database. By default this</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:684px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>might be implemented</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:686px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>information is added to any existing templates, but you can force the new</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:696px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>if you click on an empty</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:699px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>security settings to overwrite the existing configuration by including the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:709px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>area of the desktop and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:712px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>/overwrite switch. And by default all areas of security specified in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:722px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>press F5 to refresh.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:724px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>template are applied to the system; another switch, /areas, can be used to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:736px; left:87px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'>G</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:734px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Most of the registry</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:737px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>specify exactly which areas are to be included.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:747px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>tweaks described here</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:760px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>refer to the HKEY_ </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:758px; left:257px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Courier'>secedit /refreshpolicy</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:772px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>CURRENT_USER tree</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:770px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>reapplies security settings to the Group Policy object.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:785px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>which will, of course,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:791px; left:257px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Courier'>secedit /export</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:798px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>apply the changes to the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:803px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>exports a security template from a security database to a security template</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:811px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>current user. In most</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:816px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>file.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:823px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>cases you can change</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:836px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>the same key under</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:837px; left:257px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Courier'>secedit /validate templatefilename</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:849px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>HKEY_LOCAL_MAC </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:849px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>validates the syntax of a security template you want to import into a database</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:861px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>HINE to apply the same</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:862px; left:257px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>for analysis or application to a system.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:874px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>settings on a system </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:887px; left:101px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>wide basis.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:897px; left:426px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:52px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Issue 128:March 2001</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:943px; left:260px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:950px; left:612px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>File: E1724.2</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:52px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>page 4</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:962px; left:499px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>End User Support:Windows NT/2000</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:967px; left:283px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>www.pcnetworkadvisor.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre><a href='page0001.htm'><<</a> <a href='page0001.htm'><</a> GO > >></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>