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How delete cached copies of roaming profiles in Windows 2000
and later
When you use a roaming profile in Win2K or later, the operating system
typically caches a local copy of the profile. However, you can disable this
caching by performing the following steps:
- Open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Active Directory Users and
Computers snap-in, right-click the container that holds the group policy that
you want to use to apply the change, select Properties, select the Group
Policy tab, and then click Edit.
- Navigate to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, "Logon
for Windows 2000" or "Computer Configuration", Administrative Templates,
System, and then click "User Profiles for Windows 2003".
- Double-click Delete cached copies of roaming profiles.
- Select either "Local intranet" or "Trusted sites," and then click Sites.
- If you click "Local intranet" in Step 4, click Sites, and then click
Advanced in the "Local intranet" dialog box to add or remove Web sites from
the trusted zone. If you click "Trusted sites" in Step 4, click Sites to add
or remove Web sites from the trusted zone.
- Select Enabled, and then click OK.
- Close the policy editor. Don't use this policy if you enable slow-link
detection for Windows XP and Win2K clients because this feature relies on
cached profiles when a slow link is detected. You can also disable cached
copies of roaming profiles directly in the registry by creating a registry
value named DeleteRoamingCache of type REG_DWORD and setting it to 1 under the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System registry subkey.
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Upgrading, Activating and Coexisting with Windows XP
Last time, I gave a short and very limited overview of Windows XP. Several
readers had questions and comments about that article though. First, a question
from reader Sean McK.
"Does WinXP run on FAT32? Is it designed to migrate Win9x to WinXP? Or
how does it coexist?"
You can run Windows XP using either NTFS or FAT32 partitions. As with Windows
2000, MS recommends that you use NTFS partitions, but Windows XP will read and
write FAT, FAT32, and NTFS disks. You can upgrade from Windows 98/Me to Windows
XP Home without losing much in the way of drivers; only the USB to serial port
adapter drivers failed to work for me. Upgrading from Windows 2000 to Window XP
Professional resulted in no loss at all. In fact, we gained a SanDisk USB
Compact Flash reader that works in Windows XP without installing any drivers
other than those included in the OS. We have not tried upgrading Windows 98/Me
to Windows XP Professional.
If you have a second partition available, then you can install Windows XP (either
version) to this second partition by running the XP Setup disc in the existing
Windows environment. Windows will provide a dual boot menu that allows you to
select one of the two operating systems on startup.
Reader Kamalesh T. has some comments and questions "Thanks for your
WinXP overview relating some of what we can expect from upgrading. I was
wondering, though, if you've noticed any UI enhancements in XP? You mentioned a
new XP UI, while still being able to revert-back to the Win2000 UI. After being
in the industry for almost ten years now, I've been disappointed by the lack of
any windows management evolution in the OS. New ideas surrounding minimizing
clicks, mouse travel, and keystrokes to perform everyday tasks haven't
materialized with each new iteration of Windows. My litmus test for a new OS
would be Can I do anything faster, thus increasing my productivity, using this
new upgrade? Would you agree?"
Windows XP does offer a modified user interface, which I personally find
easier to work with than the standard UI. My wife, Sue, is now using Windows XP
Home, and she likes the new interface too. However, I suspect that this new UI,
being more of a dressed up Windows interface than a serious departure from the
classic Windows 9x/Me/NT 4/2000 interface, falls short you're expectations. Is
it faster? Maybe. It would only be faster though, if you find it easier to use.
Nothing is really strikingly different about the new UI, except that it looks
better.
One more reader question: "You wrote that 'The only potential problem is
Microsoft's intention for us to re-activate Windows any time we install it on
another computer.' Does this mean that you have to get some type of release from
Microsoft for the operating system to work?"
Understand that we're talking about the beta version, so I don't really know
what Microsoft will do when XP is released. However, the beta works as follows.
When you install XP, you'll be asked if you want to activate the system using
the Internet. If you're connected to the Internet, then you can activate the
system at this time. Activation sends a hardware profile of your computer to
Microsoft, so if you change your computer (or motherboard), then you will need
to re-activate the new installation. If you choose not to activate the system
when you install it, then you will have 11 days to activate it. The OS will stop
running at the end of the 11 days if you have not activated it. For anyone
without an Internet connection, a phone number is available to call for
activation.
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Dual Booting: Linux and Windows with LILO
A number of people asked about booting Linux
and Windows NT 4.0 Workstation /Windows
2000 Pro. We have no personal information on this. However,
reader B.B.B. sent in a detailed explanation of how to set up the
dual boot.
"I already have Windows NT/Linux dual-boot configuration on my system. I would
like to describe how I achieved this, so other ITworld.com readers can
benefit from it. First of all, this process involves boot sectors in part,
so novice users should be careful and read more about dealing with boot sectors.
Also, they may need to read the Linux documentation before proceeding
with the Linux installation.
I have been running Windows NT 4.0 Workstation SP6a on my system and I wanted
to have the ability to boot Linux from the NT boot loader. I already
knew how the NT boot loader works -- it loads boot sectors or boot
sector images/copies of operating systems. So, I thought, adding an entry
for the boot sector image of Linux (actually, this would be Linux Loader
(LILO)) into NT's boot.ini file (used by NT boot loader) would enable
me to boot Linux from NT boot loader.
Before I could do this, I had to install Linux in a partition. I decided to
use a second disk drive. I installed this in my PC and, using NT's Disk
Administrator, formatted it as FAT (so Linux could be installed in it).
I also created a small partition on the same disk and formatted it as
FAT for sharing/exchanging files between NT and Linux.
I booted up my machine with the Linux installation diskette and installed
Linux, then I installed LILO (Linux Loader) in the Linux root partition
-- not in the partition/disk in which the NT MBR is installed.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL!
My Linux root partition/disk is /dev/hdb1 and LILO sits in its boot sector
while my NT root partition/disk is /dev/hda1 and the NT boot loader
sits in its boot sector. You should be careful where you install LILO
though as it goes to the root partition where you installed Linux, not
NT.
Depending on the Linux distribution you have, installation of LILO can be
different. The installation process may ask you to install it but I preferred
to install it later since I wanted to make sure it would be installed
in Linux root partition. To do this, I edited the file /etc/lilo.conf
and verified the following two lines pointed to the Linux root partition/disk
boot=/dev/hdb1
install=/dev/hdb1
And, I installed LILO executing the command
/sbin/lilo
You must install LILO since you will need the
copy of the boot sector on which it
resides. With LILO installed, I copied the boot sector to the extra
partition that I created to use for sharing files. It is the disk /dev/hdb3
on my system. To mount an MS-DOS/FAT formatted disk in Linux, use
the following command
mount -t msdos /dev/hdb3 /mnt
This command makes the files available on the
MS-DOS/FAT formatted disk /dev/hdb3 with
the mount point /mnt. Once I mounted it, I executed the following
command to copy LILO boot sector as a file (e.g., lnxboot.bin, or
any name you want)
dd if=/dev/hdb1 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/lnxboot.bin
Then, I shut down Linux and booted up NT. I
copied the file "lnxboot.bin" to
NT's system drive's (C) root directory. I added the following
line at the end of the file boot.ini (which is located at the C
drive's root directory).
C\lnxboot.bin="Red Hat Linux 6.1"
My Linux distribution was Red Hat Linux 6.1, so
I chose the distribution name and version.
You can substitute your own version. That was it. There
was an entry displayed during my next NT boot for Linux. I selected
it, and there were my choices!
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Removing Itens from Start Menu
Here is a question from an friend: he´s trying
to remove the Documents, Settings, and
Favorites item from Start menu. He have tried using
the Profile Manager and RegEdit, but cannot find the right keys.
We have gone over Documents and Favorites, but Settings
is a different matter. To begin with, you could prevent Control Panel
and Printers from appearing in Settings. Let's generate a single REG
file to remove all Documents and Favorites from the Start menu and to
remove Control Panel and Printers from the Settings menu. This REG file
will also remove Control Panel and Printers from My Computer.
As usual, be cautious about running REG files -- they do modify the Registry.
To proceed, run Notepad and enter the following as shown here.
Where you see BLANK LINE GOES HERE, press Enter -- please don't type in BLANK
LINE GOES HERE.
REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoFavoritesMenu"=dword00000001
"NoRecentDocsMenu"=dword00000001
"NoSetFolders"=dword00000001
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
Now, choose File, Save As and name the file
ItemsOff.reg. Locate a folder for the new
REG file and click Save. You can enter the
information in your REG file by simply double-clicking its
icon. When the dialog box appears telling you that the information has
been entered, click OK to close the dialog box and continue.
Restart your computer to see your new changes
take effect.
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Changing the Shortcut Overlay
A friend asks if we can discuss how to change
the shortcut overlay in Windows NT 4.0
Workstation. He has an arrow icon that he would
like to use in place of the standard arrow. However, you can use any
suitable icon that you have available.To change the overlay, we wrote a short
REG file. Note hat you need to customize
this file to meet your own requirements. As usual, we don't guarantee
the REG file to do what you expect.
To generate the REG file, run Notepad and enter the following as shown.
Where you see BLANK LINE GOES HERE, press Enter to create a blank line.
REGEDIT4
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons]
"29"="C\\WINNT\\Icons\\shortcut.ico"
BLANK LINE GOES HERE
Choose File, Save As, and name the file arrow.reg.
Find a folder to store the file in and
click Save. Now double-click the file's icon to merge
its data with the Registry. When you restart the computer, the new overlay
will take effect.
If you decide to do this we must caution you that not all overlays are effective.
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