Windows XP Cookbook. Solutions and Examples for Power Users & Administrators Robbie Allen, Preston Gralla

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• Windows XP Cookbook
• Preface
  • Who Should Read This Book
  • Whats in This Book
  • Using Code Examples
  • Safari Enabled
  • Conventions in This Book
  • Wed Like Your Feedback!
  • Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Approach to the Book
  • 1.2. At Least Three Ways to Do It
  • 1.3. Where to Find the Tools
  • 1.4. Running Tools with Alternate Credentials
  • 1.5. A Brief Word on Windows Scripting
  • 1.6. Where to Find More Information
• 2. Operating System Installation and Maintenance
  • Introduction
  • 2.1. Preparing to Install Windows XP
  • 2.2. Installing from a CD or DVD
  • 2.3. Installing from a Network Share
  • 2.4. Installing from an Unattended Installation
  • 2.5. Cloning Windows XP Installations
  • 2.6. Installing from Remote Installation Services (RIS)
  • 2.7. Troubleshooting Installation Problems
  • 2.8. Upgrading to Windows XP
  • 2.9. Creating a Multiboot Installation
  • 2.10. Troubleshooting Multiboot Problems
  • 2.11. Activating Windows XP
  • 2.12. Viewing the Installed Service Pack and Hotfixes
  • 2.13. Installing a Hotfix
  • 2.14. Installing a Service Pack
  • 2.15. Slipstreaming a Service Pack or Hotfix into a Build
  • 2.16. Configuring Automatic Updates
  • 2.17. Disabling the Windows Firewall After Installation
  • 2.18. Keeping an Installation Process Worm- and Virus-Free
• 3. Managing Hardware and Devices
  • Introduction
  • 3.1. Adding Hardware
  • 3.2. Resolving Unknown Devices
  • 3.3. Repairing a Missing Modem
  • 3.4. Recovering from a Bad Device Driver Update
  • 3.5. Using the Last Known Good Configuration to Resolve Hardware Problems
  • 3.6. Running Windows in Safe Mode
  • 3.7. Using System Restore to Recover from a Hardware-Induced Problem
  • 3.8. Resolving Device Conflicts
  • 3.9. Resolving USB Bandwidth Problems
  • 3.10. Resolving Hung USB Devices
  • 3.11. Keeping USB Devices from Disappearing
  • 3.12. Curing Stubborn USB Devices
  • 3.13. Revealing Hidden Devices
  • 3.14. Checking Drivers with the Driver Verifier Tool
  • 3.15. Resolving Printer Timed-Out and Not Ready Problems
  • 3.16. Troubleshooting Local Printing Problems
  • 3.17. Printing to a USB Printer from DOS
  • 3.18. Resolving Failed Network Printing with Internet Connection Sharing
  • 3.19. Interpreting Device Manager Error Codes
  • 3.20. Troubleshooting Sound Problems
  • 3.21. Troubleshooting Video Problems
  • 3.22. Troubleshooting Video Monitor Problems
  • 3.23. Stopping LCD Monitor Resolution Messages
  • 3.24. Interpreting Windows INF Files
  • 3.25. Figuring out AUTORUN.INF Files
  • 3.26. Correcting Parameters in BIOS
  • 3.27. Troubleshooting CD Autorun Software Installation Problems
  • 3.28. Troubleshooting CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Reading Problems
  • 3.29. Resolving DVD Reading and DVD Movie Problems
  • 3.30. Restoring Access to CD-ROMs
• 4. Installing, Uninstalling, and Working with Applications
  • Introduction
  • 4.1. Uninstalling Unremovable Components
  • 4.2. Removing Unruly Applications
  • 4.3. Removing Stubborn Uninstall Entries from Already Uninstalled Programs
  • 4.4. Changing the Default Location for Installing Applications
  • 4.5. Launching Applications with Keyboard Shortcuts
  • 4.6. Customizing the Way Applications Open Using Switches and Parameters
  • 4.7. Running Older Applications
  • 4.8. Using the Application Compatibility Toolkit to Solve Compatibility Problems
  • 4.9. Troubleshooting Application Compatibility
  • 4.10. Running DOS Programs in Their Own Optimized Environments
  • 4.11. Forcing Older Programs to Use Windows XP Common Controls
  • 4.12. Using Keyboard Application Shortcuts
  • 4.13. Moving a New Microsoft Application to Another Windows XP System
  • 4.14. Remotely Installing a Microsoft Application Using Group Policy
  • 4.15. Remotely Redeploying a Microsoft Application Using Group Policy
  • 4.16. Remotely Uninstalling a Microsoft Application Using Group Policy
• 5. Customizing the Interface
  • Introduction
  • 5.1. Getting Rid of Undeletable Desktop Icons
  • 5.2. Changing Unchangeable Desktop Icons and System Objects
  • 5.3. Showing Your XP Version on Your Desktop
  • 5.4. Turning Off Balloon Tips
  • 5.5. Cleaning Your Desktop Automatically
  • 5.6. Adding an Address Bar to the Taskbar
  • 5.7. Adding a Shortcut to a Disk, Folder, or Internet Address to the Taskbar
  • 5.8. Hiding Specific Icons in the Notification Area
  • 5.9. Hiding All Icons in the Notification Area
  • 5.10. Controlling the Start Menus Frequently Used Programs List
  • 5.11. Customizing the Start Menus Pinned Programs List
  • 5.12. Displaying Control Panel Applets in a Cascading Menu
  • 5.13. Hiding and Recategorizing Control Panel Applets
  • 5.14. Customizing Right-Click Menu Choices in Windows Explorer
  • 5.15. Changing the Resolution of Thumbnails in Windows Explorer
  • 5.16. Improving Laptop and LCD Resolution with ClearType
  • 5.17. Converting to the Classic Windows Interface
  • 5.18. Using TweakUI
  • 5.19. Using Group Policy Editor to Alter the Interface
  • 5.20. Saving Your Desktop Settings
  • 5.21. Fixing the Start Shortcut Menu
  • 5.22. Troubleshooting My Recent Documents
• 6. System Properties, Startup, and Shutdown
  • Introduction
  • 6.1. Automatically Setting the Time on a Domain-Connected PC
  • 6.2. Automatically Setting the Time on a PC Not Connected to a Domain
  • 6.3. Changing the System Name
  • 6.4. Create a Multiboot Menu
  • 6.5. Using Virtual PC to Run Multiple Operating Systems Simultaneously
  • 6.6. Performing a Clean Boot
  • 6.7. Shutting Down Unnecessary Programs and Services that Run on Startup
  • 6.8. Speeding Up Shutdown Time
  • 6.9. Changing Your Boot Screen
  • 6.10. Personalizing Your PCs Sounds
  • 6.11. Creating Power Schemes
  • 6.12. Extending Battery Life on a Laptop
  • 6.13. Changing the Location of Your Startup Folders
  • 6.14. Disabling Error Reporting
  • 6.15. Creating Environment Variables
  • 6.16. Creating a Reboot or Shutdown Shortcut
  • 6.17. Scheduling a Reboot
  • 6.18. Speeding Up System Startup
• 7. Disks, Drives, and Volumes
  • Introduction
  • 7.1. Viewing the Disk, Drive, and Volume Layout
  • 7.2. Converting a Basic Disk to Dynamic
  • 7.3. Enabling Disk Performance Statistics
  • 7.4. Formatting a Volume
  • 7.5. Setting the Drive Letter of a Volume
  • 7.6. Setting the Label of a Volume
  • 7.7. Cleaning Up a Volume
  • 7.8. Defragmenting a Volume
  • 7.9. Compressing a Volume
  • 7.10. Checking a Volume for Errors
  • 7.11. Making a Disk or Volume Read-Only
  • 7.12. Mapping a Network Drive
  • 7.13. Creating a Virtual Drive to Another Drive or Folder
  • 7.14. Finding Large Files and Folders on a Volume
  • 7.15. Enabling Disk Quotas
  • 7.16. Limiting a User to a Specified Disk Quota
  • 7.17. Viewing Disk Quota Usage
• 8. Files, Folders, and Shares
  • Introduction
  • 8.1. Creating and Deleting a File
  • 8.2. Creating and Deleting a Folder
  • 8.3. Undeleting a File
  • 8.4. Securely Deleting a File
  • 8.5. Viewing the Properties of a File or Folder
  • 8.6. Creating a Shortcut
  • 8.7. Creating a Link or Junction Point
  • 8.8. Creating a Program Alias
  • 8.9. Searching for Files or Folders
  • 8.10. Copying, Moving, or Renaming a File or Folder
  • 8.11. Comparing Files or Folders
  • 8.12. Hiding a File or Folder
  • 8.13. Making a File or Folder Read-Only
  • 8.14. Compressing a File or Folder
  • 8.15. Encrypting a File or Folder
  • 8.16. Replacing a File That Is in Use
  • 8.17. Taking Ownership of a File or Folder
  • 8.18. Finding Out Who Opened or Modified a File Last
  • 8.19. Finding Open Files
  • 8.20. Finding the Process That Has a File Open
  • 8.21. Viewing File Activity
  • 8.22. Performing an Action on Several Files at Once
  • 8.23. Creating and Deleting Shares
  • 8.24. Viewing Shares
  • 8.25. Restricting Access to a Share
  • 8.26. Enabling Web Sharing
  • 8.27. Publishing a Share in Active Directory
• 9. The Registry
  • Introduction
  • 9.1. Creating and Deleting a Key
  • 9.2. Setting a Value
  • 9.3. Setting Keys or Values Using Group Policy
  • 9.4. Exporting Registry Files
  • 9.5. Importing Registry Files
  • 9.6. Searching the Registry
  • 9.7. Comparing the Registry
  • 9.8. Restricting Access to the Registry
  • 9.9. Backing Up and Restoring the Registry
  • 9.10. Creating a Registry Link
  • 9.11. Monitoring Registry Activity
  • 9.12. Viewing Processes That Have a Registry Key Open
• 10. Processes, Tasks, and Services
  • Introduction
  • 10.1. Viewing the Running Processes
  • 10.2. Viewing the Properties of a Process
  • 10.3. Viewing the Resources a Process Is Using
  • 10.4. Suspending a Process
  • 10.5. Killing a Process
  • 10.6. Running a Task with Alternate Credentials
  • 10.7. Running a Task on a Remote System
  • 10.8. Running a Task Automatically via the Registry
  • 10.9. Running a Task Automatically via Login Scripts
  • 10.10. Running a Task via Group Policy
  • 10.11. Viewing All Automatic Tasks
  • 10.12. Scheduling a Task
  • 10.13. Viewing Scheduled Tasks
  • 10.14. Deleting a Scheduled Task
  • 10.15. Troubleshooting Scheduled Tasks
  • 10.16. Starting and Stopping a Service
  • 10.17. Running Any Program or Script as a Service
  • 10.18. Setting the Startup Type of a Service
  • 10.19. Setting the Account and Password of a Service
  • 10.20. Performing an Action Automatically When a Service Fails
  • 10.21. Viewing the Antecedent and Dependent Services for a Service
  • 10.22. Viewing the Service Load Order
  • 10.23. Viewing the Startup History of a Service
  • 10.24. Granting Permissions to Manage One or More Services
• 11. Digital Media
  • Introduction
  • 11.1. Ripping Digital Music
  • 11.2. Creating a Playlist
  • 11.3. Burning a CD
  • 11.4. Troubleshooting CD Burning
  • 11.5. Playing Internet Radio Stations
  • 11.6. Protecting Your Privacy in Windows Media Player
  • 11.7. Searching Through Digital Media Collections Using Metadata
  • 11.8. Capturing Video to Your PC
  • 11.9. Making Your Own DVDs
  • 11.10. Converting Images Easily Between Graphics Formats
  • 11.11. Processing Images for Email and the Web
• 12. Network Configuration
  • Introduction
  • 12.1. Viewing the Network Configuration
  • 12.2. Disabling a Connection
  • 12.3. Configuring an IP Address
  • 12.4. Renewing or Releasing a DHCP IP Address
  • 12.5. Configuring DNS Settings
  • 12.6. Registering DNS Records or Flushing the DN Cache
  • 12.7. Finding a Computers Active Directory Site
  • 12.8. Managing Routes
  • 12.9. Viewing the Open Ports and Connections
  • 12.10. Troubleshooting Network Connectivity Problems
  • 12.11. Configuring TCP/IP Filtering
  • 12.12. Measuring Link Speed and Latency Between Two Hosts
  • 12.13. Installing the IPv6 Stack
• 13. The Internet
  • Introduction
  • 13.1. Using a HOSTS File to Speed Up Web Access
  • 13.2. Troubleshooting DNS Problems
  • 13.3. Installing Internet Information Services (IIS)
  • 13.4. Using the IIS MMC Snap-in to Manage Your Internet Servers
  • 13.5. Setting Up and Configuring a Telnet Server
  • 13.6. Use the Telnet Administrator to Manage a Telnet Server
  • 13.7. Customizing Internet Explorers Logo and Titlebar
  • 13.8. Blocking Pop Ups
  • 13.9. Protecting Your Privacy by Handling Cookies Properly
  • 13.10. Protecting Yourself Against Spyware
  • 13.11. Customizing Internet Explorer Security Settings
  • 13.12. Allowing Programs to Bypass the Windows Firewall
  • 13.13. Tracking Firewall Activity with a Windows Firewall Log
  • 13.14. Protecting Yourself with the ZoneAlarm Firewall
  • 13.15. Surfing the Web Anonymously
  • 13.16. Finding and Reading RSS Feeds
• 14. Wireless Networking
  • Introduction
  • 14.1. Installing a Wireless Adapter
  • 14.2. Installing a Wireless Router
  • 14.3. Connecting to Your Wireless Network
  • 14.4. Troubleshooting WiFi Network Connections
  • 14.5. Speeding Up a WiFi Network
  • 14.6. Keeping Your WiFi Network Secure
  • 14.7. Setting Up WiFi Encryption
  • 14.8. Mixing 802.11b and 802.11g Devices
  • 14.9. Setting Up an Ad Hoc Wireless Network
  • 14.10. Connecting to a Hotspot
  • 14.11. Sending Email from a Hotspot
  • 14.12. Stopping Hotspot Stuttering
  • 14.13. Protecting Yourself at Hotspots
• 15. User, Group, and Computer Accounts
  • Introduction
  • 15.1. Creating a User Account
  • 15.2. Unlocking a User
  • 15.3. Troubleshooting Account Lockout Problems
  • 15.4. Viewing and Modifying the Account Lockout and Password Policies
  • 15.5. Enabling and Disabling a User Account
  • 15.6. Setting a Users Password
  • 15.7. Setting a Domain Users Account Options
  • 15.8. Setting a Domain Users Profile Attributes
  • 15.9. Finding a Domain Users Last Logon Time
  • 15.10. Creating a Group Account
  • 15.11. Viewing the Members of a Group
  • 15.12. Viewing a Users Group Membership
  • 15.13. Adding and Removing Members of a Group
  • 15.14. Creating a Computer Account
  • 15.15. Joining a Computer to a Domain
  • 15.16. Renaming a Computer
  • 15.17. Resetting a Computer Account
• 16. Event Logs and Log Files
  • Introduction
  • 16.1. Creating an Event
  • 16.2. Viewing Events
  • 16.3. Creating a New Event Log
  • 16.4. Viewing the Size of an Event Log
  • 16.5. Setting the Maximum Size of an Event Log
  • 16.6. Setting the Event Log Retention Policy
  • 16.7. Clearing the Events in an Event Log
  • 16.8. Restricting Access to an Event Log
  • 16.9. Searching an Event Log
  • 16.10. Searching the Event Logs on Multiple Systems
  • 16.11. Archiving an Event Log
  • 16.12. Finding More Information about an Event
  • 16.13. Triggering an Action When an Event Occurs
  • 16.14. Troubleshooting a Corrupt Event Log
  • 16.15. Enabling Boot Logging
  • 16.16. Enabling User Environment Logging
  • 16.17. Enabling NetLogon Logging
  • 16.18. Enabling Windows Installer Logging
  • 16.19. Enabling Windows Time Service Logging
  • 16.20. Enabling Outlook Logging
  • 16.21. Troubleshooting Application Failures with the Dr. Watson Logs
• 17. Security and Auditing
  • Introduction
  • 17.1. Analyzing Your Security Configuration
  • 17.2. Enabling Auditing
  • 17.3. Renaming the Administrator and Guest Accounts
  • 17.4. Disabling or Removing Unused Accounts, Services, and Software
  • 17.5. Enabling Screen Saver Locking
  • 17.6. Disabling Storage of the LM Password Hash
  • 17.7. Requiring Strong Passwords
  • 17.8. Getting Notified of New Security Vulnerabilities
• 18. Performance Tuning
  • Introduction
  • 18.1. Speeding Up System Performance with the Task Manager
  • 18.2. Tracking System Performance with the Performance Console
  • 18.3. Using Memory More Efficiently
  • 18.4. Balancing System Performance and Visual Effects
  • 18.5. Optimizing Page File Size
  • 18.6. Cleaning Up Your Hard Disk
  • 18.7. Converting Your Hard Disk to NTFS
  • 18.8. Disabling Startup Services and Programs
  • 18.9. Removing Unnecessary Items from the Notification Area
  • 18.10. Improving Startup Performance
• 19. Backup and Recovery
  • Introduction
  • 19.1. Performing a Backup
  • 19.2. Restoring from Backup
  • 19.3. Using Automated System Recovery
  • 19.4. Creating an ASR Disk After the Fact
  • 19.5. Using System Restore to Revive a Broken Machine
  • 19.6. Disabling System Restore Remotely
  • 19.7. Retrieving a Shadow Copy of a Corrupted or Deleted File
  • 19.8. Using XCOPY for Interim Backups
  • 19.9. Using the Recovery Console During Boot Failures
  • 19.10. Creating a Password Reset Disk
  • 19.11. Recovering and Decrypting an Encrypted File or Folder
  • 19.12. Backing up and Restoring Activation Data
  • 19.13. Auditing Backup and Restore Actions
  • 19.14. Caring for Backup Media
• 20. Crashes and Errors
  • Introduction
  • 20.1. Using Safe Mode
  • 20.2. Using Last Known Good Configuration
  • 20.3. Using Boot Log to Trace Problems
  • 20.4. Using VGA Mode to Solve Video Problems
  • 20.5. Using Recovery Console
  • 20.6. Repairing AUTOEXEC.NT or CONFIG.NT Errors
  • 20.7. Fixing Cryptographic Services Error
  • 20.8. Fixing NTOSKRNL Errors
  • 20.9. Fixing a HAL Error
  • 20.10. Fixing Corrupted or Missing \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG Errors
  • 20.11. Fixing NTLDR or NTDETECT Not Found Errors
  • 20.12. Configuring Error Reporting
  • 20.13. Troubleshooting Blue Screen Error Messages
  • 20.14. Setting Up and Using Dr. Watson to Troubleshoot Errors
• A. Summary of Windows XP Versions and Service Packs
  • A.1. Introduction
• Index
• About the Authors
• Colophon
• Copyright

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