How To Make The Computer Display A Message During Network Outage In Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP?

If you need to monitor a remote IP address on the Internet,

For example:-

Your Web Page, An Internet-Enabled printer, or Another Server, you can use the PING command at the Windows 2000 DOS prompt to see whether or not the device is active. PING displays the time it takes for communication to reach the site and back.

ping {The Site Name}

To ping your own computer, the loop-back address, type,

ping 127.0.0.1

However, this only pings a device four times, and then stops. Using the “-t” parameter will run the ping command until you press CONTROL-C at the prompt.

For example:-

ping -t 127.0.0.1

While this may prove useful, it can quickly fill a DOS window with tons of messages, making it hard to tell at first glance if an Internet address is not up. What you need is a way to display messages only if the intended address does not respond, or time out. Luckily, this DOS command will do the trick:

How To Troubleshoot Error Messages In Windows 2003?

Steps:-

{A}

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Help and Support.

3.) Click on Troubleshooting Strategies (Bullet point 5).

Here is a wonderful selection of tools to lead you methodically through a problem. Each hardware device will have its own troubleshooters. They are excellent for making sure you have not overlooked something obvious.

{B}

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Help and Support.

3.) Click on Error and Event Log Messages.

4.) Type in the error message which you find in the Event Viewer.

Make sure you are on line, and Microsoft will help diagnose the cause and a solution.

How To Display Your Username And Your Computer Name In My Computer In Windows 2003?

If My Computer icon is not displayed on the Desktop:-

1.) Go to Control Panel.

2.) Click on Display.

3.) Click on Desktop Tab.

4.) Click on Customize Desktop.

5.) Check the My Computer checkbox.

Steps To Display Your Username And Your Computer Name In My Computer:-

1.) Find the setting for the My Computer object in the HKey_Classes_Root.

2.) Substitute two variables for the original setting.

Warning:

This is a particularly difficult registry change to make, so export the registry first.

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type Regedit.

4.) Click on File.

5.) Click on Export.

Getting Started:-

{A}

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type Regedit.

4.) Locate,

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} .

5.) Rename LocalizedString to LocalizedString.

I advice this step in case anything goes wrong and you want to revert to how it was.

{B}

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type Regedit.

4.) Create a new VALUE.

5.) Type Expand_SZ .

6.) Name it LocalizedString.

7.) Set the value of LocalizedString to, %Username% at %Computername% .

8.) Press F5 to refresh My Computer.

Do not Restart Your Computer or Log Off.

How To Enable Sounds In Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP?

Steps:-

1.)Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type “services.msc” (Without quotes).

4.) Click on OK.

5.)  Find the “Windows Audio” service.

6.) Right-click on it.

7.) Select Properties.

8.) Select “Automatic” instead of “Disabled” in the startup type box.

8.) Click on Apply.

9.) Click on Start.

10.) Click on OK.

Alternatively, you can double-click the Sounds and Audio Devices applet in Control Panel, and select e Enable Windows Audio check-box.

11.) Reboot your computer.

How To Enable CD Burning In Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista, Windows XP?

Note: With some third-party software, you may be able to burn CDs without starting the IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service. By The Way, some people say that it is recommended you leave this service disabled if you want to speed up the Nero Burning ROM startup.

Lamer Note:- Yes, you DO have to have a CD burner installed or else this tweak will be useless for you. It DOES NOT turn a standard CD Drive into a CD-R or CD-RW…

To have CD burning capabilities on Windows Server 2003 follow the steps below:-

1.) Click on Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type “services.msc” (Without quotes).

4.) Click on OK.

5.) Find the “IMAPI CD-burning COM” service.

6.) Right-clickon it.

7.) Select Properties.

8.) Select “Automatic” instead of “Disabled” in the startup type box.

9.) Click on Apply.

10.) Right-click the “IMAPI CD-burning COM” service.

11.) Select Start.

12.) Click on OK.

How To Delete The Recycle Bin Icon From The Desktop In Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows Vista And Windows XP?

To delete the Recycle Bin icon from the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps:-

1.) Open Registry Editor.

2.) Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

3.) Find the following key:

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Delete this key.

Note:- As always, before making changes to your registry you should always make sure you have a valid backup. In cases where you’re supposed to delete or modify keys or values from the registry it is possible to first export that key or value(s) to a .REG file before performing the changes.

4.) Close Registry Editor.

There is no need to reboot.

5.) for Wait a few seconds.

The icon disappears from the desktop.

To restore the Recycle Bin icon from the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps:- In order to restore the Recycle Bin icon to the desktop just re-create the missing key (or import it back to the registry in case you’ve exported it earlier).

1.) Open Registry Editor.

2.) Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

3.) Create the following key:

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

(Copy/paste, including the brackets).

How To Delete Files Permanently In Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows NT And Windows 98 Without They Going In Recycle Bin?

You can delete files immediately without having them move to the Recycle Bin first.

There are 2 ways to do so:

First Method:-

Delete the file, files or directories while pressing SHIFT key while deleting.

Second Method:-

1.) Click on  Start button.

2.) Click on Run option.

3.) Type gpedit.msc

4.) In Group Policy select User Configuration.

5.) Select Administrative Templates.

6.) Select Windows Components.

7.) Select Windows Explorer.

8.) Find the “Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin” setting.

9.) Set it to “Enabled”. (Without the quotes).

How To Add The Administrative Tools Icon On The Desktop In Windows XP And Windows 2003?

The administrative Tools folder is in fact a sub-folder of the,

Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs folder, but dragging it or moving it around your computer might cause it to stop functioning.

There are 2 methods of adding the Administrative Tools folder to the Quick Launch toolbar:

• One method is by dragging it from the Control Panel folder, and NOT from the Programs folder.
• The other method is by editing the registry.

Follow these steps to add the Administrative Tools icon to the Windows XP/2003 desktop by editing the registry:

1.)  Open Registry Editor.

2.) In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

3.) Create the following key:

{D20EA4E1-3957-11d2-A40B-0C5020524153}

(Just copy/paste, including the brackets)

Note:- As always, before making changes to your registry you should always make sure you have a valid backup. In cases where you’re supposed to delete or modify keys or values from the registry it is possible to first export that key or value(s) to a .REG file before performing the changes.

4.)  Close Registry Editor.

There is no need to reboot.

5.) Wait for a few seconds.

The icon appears:

How To Disable The Original Administrator Account In Windows 2003?

In Windows Server 2003, for the first time, you can disable the Administrator account.

My point is that every hacker knows that Windows has a username called Administrator, so defend it by disabling the account.

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