When a file is compressed in Windows NT, there is an option in Explorer to display it in a different color to easily distinguish them. This setting defines what color to use, the default is blue.
This tweak makes it simple to determine which computer you are logged on to and who you are logged on as. Using this tweak will rename “My Computer” to “Username on Computername”.
Command completion allows you to type only a portion of a file name, and then have the system complete the rest by pressing the specified key. This is similar to the the UNIX shell command completion feature.
To remove the Log Off [Username] command from the Start menu, use Registry Editor to modify the following key.
Bridges and switches operate principally at Layer 2 of the OSI reference model. As such, they are widely referred to as data-link layer devices. Bridges became commercially available in the early 1980s. At the time of their introduction, bridges connected and enabled packet forwarding between homogeneous networks. More recently, bridging between different networks also has been defined and… Read More »
This article describes how to restrict Internet Mail from users by filtering messages in the Internet Mail Service connector. When you select this option, all internal users in the organization who use that Internet Mail Service Connector for Internet mail delivery are affected.
You can enable the CD-ROM autorun function by changing this registry setting, this will stop applications from auto launching when you insert a CD-ROM disc into your drive.
This function will allow you to change the extension of files within a specified folder. You can either change the name of all files, or files with a specified extension. A reference to the Scripting Runtime is required. See code comments for details and example.
App.Path returns a string with the “\” character at the end if the path is the root drive (e.g., “C:\”) but without that character if it isn’t (e.g., “C:\Program Files”). Most of the time we need the “\” at the end, so this function saves you the inconvenience of adding it every time.
As with Windows NT, Windows 2000 has an ‘Administrative Tools’ folder on the Start Menu. This folder contains powerful administration utilities and therefore can be hidden to avoid accidental use.