Windows NT
I need to run an old MS-DOS program under NT, but it needs expanded memory available to work properly. How do I use expanded memory with this program?
To set up expanded memory for a program of this type, follow these instructions:
1. Create a shortcut to the program. To do this, use the right mouse button to drag the file's icon onto the desktop.
2. Once you've created a shortcut right-click it and choose Properties. In the dialog box, click Memory. Now you can tell the system what type of memory you need.
3. After you make all your selections, click OK. In general, these settings are dependent on the specific program you need to run. However, it is suggested to use Auto in Expanded (EMS) memory. If this won't work, you will need to try some other settings.
There apparently is an inadvertent reference to the A: drive in your registry or Autoexec file. These unwanted references may have been the result of a program installation or the NT installation itself. Check the following keys in your registry and remove the unwanted references to the A: drive.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\WinntPath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\Environment\Path
It's also a good idea to check your Autoexec.bat file for unwanted references. Backup your registry before making any changes.
* Attention - ALWAYS make a copy of any files that you are going to edit before you make any changes, so if you accidentally change something you have a back-up.
To make this change, you must be logged on as the administrator or have the proper rights to change items on your computer. The default time for this prompt is 30 seconds. There are two ways to shorten the time for this prompt:
1) Click once on My Computer (to highlight it) on your desktop. Right-click and select Properties from the list. Select the Startup/Shutdown tab. Under the system startup category, Windows NTŠ states "Show list for __ 30 seconds." Change the setting from 30 seconds to the desired amount of time. After changing, click on the Apply button and then on the OK button. To view the changes re-boot your computer.
2) Click on the Start button, then click on Programs, then on Windows NT Explorer. Go to your "C drive." On the right hand side under contents find boot.ini. Click on boot.ini once to highlight the file, then right click and go down and select Properties. Once in Properties uncheck the read-only box (this allows you to write, read or append to the file). Edit the file by double-clicking the file. This should bring you into an editor to allow you to edit the file. If it does not, highlight the file by clicking on it. Right-click and go down to the open command. This should open the file into a text editor. Go down to the line that reads "timeout = 30" this should be located under the [boot loader] statement. Change the "timeout" statement to read "timeout = 2." After you have made the change save the file before exiting. Exit the file, re-boot the computer and review your changes.
You can assign function keys to load programs. However, many of these keys are already assigned. If you reassign them, you'll lose the original function. This caveat applies to program key assignments as well. For example, F1 is assigned to Help. When you press F1, the Help window will open. This works in almost all Windows NT 4.0 programs. If you assign F1 to open a program, you'll lose the ability to press F1 in any program when you want to open Help. Let's suppose that you don't care about using F1 to open Help and that you'd like to reassign it to open Microsoft Word. To do this, place a shortcut to Word on your desktop. Right-click the shortcut's icon and choose Properties from the menu. In the Properties dialog box, click the Shortcut tab. Next, click once in the Shortcut Key entry box. Press F1 to assign the key to Word. Click OK to close the dialog box. When you press F1 now, Word will open. You can assign any key combination that isn't already in use, or you can assign one that is in use as long as you don't need to use the keys for the original purpose.
Your difficulty lies within the path. You do not have the full path in the command line. This example will scan the C: drive at 12:00 noon: "AT 12:00 C:\program files\navnt\ navwnt.exe scan c:\"
To fix this, reapply the Service Pack after installing an upgrade or software product.
The config.nt and the Autoexec.nt were in the Winnt\repair directory in error. Move these files to the winnt\system32 directory, and reboot the system. This will fix the problem.
It sounds like your Windows 98 installation has written over the boot loader. Try this: Boot from the NT setup floppies and then choose Repair. Elect to repair only the boot records. Follow through with the repair, then restart the computer. You should now be able to dual-boot again. If you've installed a service pack, it's a good idea to reinstall it to make sure all your files are up to date.
You need to try Windows NT Workstation 4.0's Hardware Query Tool. This tool can check all the hardware installed in your computer to see if it is Plug and Play or not. To use the program, put your Windows NT Workstation 4.0 installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The disc should autostart. If it doesn't, open My Computer and double-click the CD-ROM icon. When the opening screen appears, click Browse this CD. Navigate to \Support\Hqtool and insert a blank floppy disk into drive A. Now double-click the Makedisk.bat icon to open the program. Makedisk.bat creates a bootable floppy disk. With your new floppy disk in A:, restart the computer. Follow the dialog boxes in the Hqtool program and it will investigate your system and present a report. You can print or save the results of the hardware report.
Execute Windows NT Explorer and choose View, Options. When the Options dialog box opens, click the File Types tab. Now click New Type and under Description Of Type enter ASCII File. Press the Tab key to move to Associated Extension and type in ASC. Now click OK to continue. Back in Options, click Edit. When the Edit File Type dialog box opens, click New. Next click the Action entry box and enter PRINT. Press Tab to move to Application Used To Perform Action and enter C:\WINNT\system32\NOTEPAD.EXE /p assuming this is the correct folder for your installation. If not, substitute the path on your system. Click OK to continue. When you get back to the Edit File Types dialog box, click Close. In Options, click Close again. Although your ASC file retains the original default icon, and will not open in Notepad if you double-click it. When you right-click on it you can choose Print from the menu.
First, right click on the "My Computer icon" located on your desktop. Select "Map Network Drive", from the list of available options. Select the drive letter that you want to associate the drive mapping with (it will default to the first free drive that it finds. Under "Path" you can add your path if you know what it is (in this format, \\server_name\share_name). If you do not know what the server or share name is, you can sroll down through the "Share Directories" until you locate and double click on the share name, in which case it will add the path of the share name to the "Path" line of your dialog box. If the "Reconnect at Logon" option is checked, the computer will re-attach the drive mapping the next time the computer is logged into.
Go to "start" on your task-bar, select "Settings" then "Task-Bar And Start Menu". Select "Start Menu Programs", under the "Documents Menu" click "Clear". Doing this clears the entire menu.
Go to "Start" on your task-bar, select "Settings" then "Printers". Your default printer will be the one with a check mark next to it. If you do not see a check mark then click on one of the printers (assuming that you have more then one). Right-click, then see if "Set as default" is checked, if so then that is your default printer, if not then go to the next printer and follow the same steps until Set as default is checked.
Windows 95 was developed to have 100 percent compatibility with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, however the goal for Windows NT 4.0 was to run most of the existing 16-bit applications, not all of them. You may not be able to run some of your older programs or MS-DOS device drivers
(or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available.” is the path to the file being loaded. To resolve this issue, try the following steps: 1. Double-click My Computer. 2. On the View Menu, Click Options. 3. Click the File Types tab. To modify an association, click the file type in the Registered File Types box, and then click Edit. 4. Click the Use DDE check box to clear it.
This happens when Task Manager is running in "Tiny Footprint mode". This mode is set by double-clicking the empty space beside the Performance tab, in Task Manager. To switch Task Manager back to normal display mode, double-click the top border of the window.
Yes, this is true. Some of the improvements include cluster service updates, an updated reservation management with DHCP servers and an improved updating of MTS files. Service Pack 5 also contains the latest Year 2000 updates for Windows NT 4.0, including post-Service Pack 4 Year 2000 updates. This is available through Microsoft Corporation.
Here is a list of the interrupts Windows NT Workstation 4.0 uses. IRQ# Device 0 Timer 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade (handles interrupts above 8) 3 COM2, COM4 4 COM1, COM3 5 LPT2 6 Floppy Disk Controller 7 LPT1 8 Clock 12 PS/2 Mouse 13 Coprocessor 14 IDE Controller IRQ 10, 11, 12, and 15 are the ones most commonly available for add-on devices.
Yes, Notepad will keep a log in a file, and every time you open this file it will append the current time and date to the end of the file. On the first line of a Notepad document type .LOG at the left margin, (make sure that you include the period before the word LOG), and save the document. You will now be able to use this file as a log for your events.
Locate the following location using Windows NT Explorer: \Winnt\Profiles\User\SendTo (where User is the current user). Drag the Zip drive icon to the Send To folder. Release the mouse button and choose Create Shortcut(s) Here.
Right-click on it, then select Adjust Audio Properties, deselect Show Volume Control On The Taskbar, and click OK. If you want to display it back, then follow these steps. Select the Start button, choose Settings then Control Panel and double-click on the Multimedia icon. On the Audio tab, select Show Volume Control On The Taskbar, then click OK.
If you want the read-only attribute to remain after the copy, type xcopy (folderName) /k and press Enter. Xcopy will no longer remove the read-only attribute from the copied files.
The easiest way to accomplish this is to copy the \Winnt\fonts folder from a system with no problem to the system with the problems. In order for this to work, you must drag and drop the \Winnt\fonts folder to a floppy disk. Insert the floppy disk into the computer that needs the font restoration. The contents of the folder must be dragged and then dropped into the \Winnt\fonts folder. Windows NT 4.0 Workstation will automatically install the fonts. TrueType fonts have TTF extensions, while others have FON extensions.
In Windows 95 you can create a shortcut to your Recycle bin then move it to your SendTo folder. You will need to right-click on the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and then select Create Shortcut. After this you will need to open Windows Explorer or My Computer and locate the \Windows\SendTo folder. Once you have located this you can now move the shortcut to the Recycle Bin from the desktop to the \Windows\SendTo folder. Now, you can easily delete any file by right-clicking on it and selecting the SendTo\Recycle Bin command.