NT Won't Boot For Me
If Windows NT won't boot properly and you know what file or driver may be causing the problem, you can boot your computer using a DOS system disk. Your computer will boot to a DOS prompt, and as long as you're not using NTFS, you can remove the offending file manually.
Think Before You Convert
NTFS is a robust and secure disk operating environment. But no operating system other than NT can read an NTFS partition, and once you've converted a FAT or FAT32 partition to NTFS, there's no going back. So think hard before you convert. If your system has only one hard disk partition and you want to dual-boot, stay with the old FAT system.
Weird NT Behavior
If you have just made a change to your Windows NT environment and it starts behaving erratically, restart your computer. When you get the message 'Press the Space Bar to use Last Known Good Installation', do so. Your PC will boot to the configuration made before your last change to the NT environment.
Add New Options To The Right Click
When you right click on a file in Explorer, the choices for that extension are presented. To add a new choice, select view/options/File Types. Scroll to the file type you wish to use, select it, and click the Edit button. Click the New button. Type the "Action" (Edit, Smile, Print, view, ...) and the full path to the application (and any command line switches/parameters) required to perform the "Action". If you want to change an "Action", click "Edit" instead of "New". I suggest you edit the "Actions" of "Text Document", "Write Document" and any type that uses DDE such as "Microsoft Word Document" to see the possibilities.
Adding Applications To Your Send-To Folder
When you right click on a file in explorer, you can choose to Open with or Send To. You can add applications to your Send To. Create a Shortcut to your application (right click the NameOfProgram.exe) and copy (or cut) the Shortcut to %windir%\Profiles\YourUserId\SendTo. Now, when you right click on that file with a non-standard extension, you can Send To your application.
Lock Those Files
By default, Windows NT gives full access to anyone who can log on to your computer. But if you're using NTFS, you can prevent other people from accessing files and folders that you created yourself--and if you're logged on as the administrator, you don't even need to be their creator. Right-click the file or folder that you want to set access privileges for and choose Properties. Click the Security tab and then click Permissions. To remove a user, select a name and click Remove. To add groups of users (for example, by department), click Add and select from the list provided.
Windows 95 Plus! Pack Themes under NT 4.0
If you have Windows 95 with the Plus Pack also loaded on your system, you can use your desktop themes under Windows NT 4.0! Find the files themes.cpl and themes.exe in your Windows 95 \windows\system folder and copy it to \winnt\system32 folder. Reboot your system, and under My Computer/Control Panel, you should now see the Desktop Themes icon. |
