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Showing posts with label features. Show all posts

Sunday

Alter When Pending Password Expiration Warning Appears

Use this Tweaks...

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: PasswordExpiryWarning
Setting for Value Data: [Enter Number of Days Before Expiration to Begin Warnings]
Exit Registry and Reboot

Saturday

Create Password Reset Disks

Domain Password Reset Disk
Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to open the Windows Security dialog box.
Click Change Password.
Click Backup to open the Forgotten Password Wizard.
Click Next and then follow the instructions as they appear on the screen.

Non-Domain Password Reset Disks

Administrator Password Reset Disk

[Start] [Control Panel] [User Accounts]
Select the account name.
Click [Prevent A Forgotten Password] under Related Tasks on left of screen.
Follow the instructions in Forgotten Password Wizard.

Limited Account Password Reset Disk
[Start] [Control Panel] [User Accounts]
Click [Prevent A Forgotten Password] under Realted Tasks on left of screen.
Follow the instructions in Forgotten Password Wizard.

Wednesday

Active Partition

The computer does not start after you change the active partition by using the Disk Management tool

IMPORTANT Before performing the steps listed below, make sure that you have a good backup of your critical data files.




  1. To resolve this behavior, use one of the following procedures:
  2. Try changing the active partition by booting to a floppy disk and then using disk utilities to manually change the active partition:
  3. Boot to a command prompt by using a Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows 98, or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) boot floppy disk.
  4. At the command prompt, type fdisk, and then press ENTER.
  5. When you are prompted to enable large disk support, click Yes.
  6. Click Set active partition, press the number of the partition that you want to make active, and then press ENTER.
  7. Press ESC.
Remove the boot floppy disk, and then restart the computer.

Tuesday

Set Accessibility features for people who are blind or who have low vision in Windows XP

The Start menu Accessibility programs
The Start menu contains visual enhancement utilities that you can select.

To use the Accessibility program, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Accessibility.
Select one of the following features:
Magnifier
With this feature, you can enlarge the screen display.
Narrator
This feature provides audio assistance about the items that are displayed on the screen.

Get more detail from here.....

Enable/Disable Low Disk Space Message

By default, on a Windows XP system the following messages are displayed. This tweak will prevent the messages being displayed.

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: NoLowDiskSpaceChecks
Modify/Create the Value Name [NoLowDiskSpaceChecks] according to the Value Data listed above.
Value Data: [0 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Disabled / 1 = NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Enabled]
Exit Registry and Reboot
 

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