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Encrypting Files and Directories in Windows 2000 Windows 2000 is equipped with the latest version of the NTFS file system, NTFS version 5, and with this latest version, you can encrypt individual files or entire directories while in Windows 2000 Explorer or from a command prompt. Here’s how Open Windows …

Installation Monitor This command-line tool tracks changes made by Setup programs in any secondary processes they invoke, including changes to registry entries, files and .ini file entries. Installation Monitor creates an .iml file that documents all those changes, along with enough information to undo all the changes. You can use …

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! A long, long time ago, in the land of Redmond, a group of developers sought the creation of a more flexible interface …

Using Windows 2000 Disk Cleanup Disk Cleanup helps free up space on your hard drive. Disk Cleanup searches your drive, and then shows you temporary files, Internet cache files, and unnecessary program files that you can safely delete. You can direct Disk Cleanup to delete some or all of those …

Using the Microsoft QFECHECK Tool Based upon the way Microsoft concatenates or chains together their hot fixes, they have also created a problem as these new chained fixes actually undo some previously applied hot fixes. With that, Microsoft has released a command-line tool named Qfecheck.exe that will provide you with …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center If you have arrived here through a search engine, click here! Whether you’re just considering the move to Windows 2000 or you’ve decided to take the plunge and install Windows 2000, we can help. Unlike previous Windows operating systems, Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows 98 …

System Information Overview The System Information tool is used to collect and display your system configuration information. You can use this specific information about your computer when troubleshooting your configuration. You can use System Information to quickly find the data needed to resolve your system problem. System Information displays a …

Press and hold the ALT key, and then press the keys on the numeric keypad that represent the decimal code value of the character you want to input. After you finish typing, release the ALT key. Windows 2000 generates the character you specified and passes it to the foreground program. Note: …

Using the Windows 2000 Safemode Switches Although we love working with Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, both workstation and server versions, there are those moments that cause monetary hair loss, as in pulling your hair out trying to find out what is wrong. When it comes to Windows NT, …

Microsoft® Windows 2000 Knowledge Center Features and Tools similar to Windows 95/98 If you have arrived here through a search engine, click here! You may call them tools, or features, or anything you like for that matter, but they do enhance the usability of Windows 2000. They may not be …