Q: I'm having a lot of
trouble allowing folk access to PowerPoint clip art unless they log on to the
system either as a local user or as an administrator on the domain. Both choices
are unacceptable. What can I do?
PowerPoint seems to be
unable to deal with domain users. Therefore, you will need to modify permissions
in the Windows NT Registry. Run regedt32 and go to
KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE|Software|Microsoft|ClipArt Gallery|2.0. With 2.0 highlighted,
click on Security and then Permissions and give Full Control to Everyone for
this key (2.0) and the three subkeys by checking "Replace permissions on
subkeys." Alternatively, you can give everyone permission to change the
file.artgalry.cag in the WINNT35 subdirectory. (They need read/write
permission.)
Q: As an old UNIX user, I
am used to the various shells available. Have these been ported to NT yet?
Yes, several shells are
already available for NT.
1. The shell in the Windows NT Resource Kit POSIX Utilities is
pdksh, and you can download it from
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/.
2. Cygnus has a beta version--in decent, but fairly rough shape--of its port
of the GNU utilities to Win32, which includes the bash shell, at
ftp://ftp.cygnus.com/pub/sac/.
3. The commercial Hamilton C Shell is, as its name implies, a csh port.
Q: I added a new device
to my system, but NT doesn't save the configuration. Why not?
When you add a device or
service and Windows NT reverts to the previous configuration, the reason is
usually an OEM Award 4.50G BIOS. If this is the case, try updating the BIOS to
the latest version from the motherboard manufacturer. You can also try disabling
daylight-saving time in the CMOS, setting DMACLOCK to SCLK-2, PRQ2detection to
enabled, and IDEHDD-blockmode to disabled.
Q: I want to move my NT
installation from the C drive to the D drive. How can I edit the Registry for
this purpose, do blanket searches, and so on?
You'll find a search and
replace utility on the Internet and several bulletin board systems (BBSs). The
last place I saw it (regsrch.zip) was on 704-588-2669, which is a free BBS.
Q: As you know, NT has no
provisions to mirror drives across a network. This situation is awkward for us
because we need real-time mirroring over a network. Can we do it?
I've been using Octopus
for some time. It works well and lets me mirror transparently and in real-time
within the same system or to any NT nodes on a network anywhere in the world.
The latest version also provides an automatic switch-over capability.
Q: Can you make a boot
floppy for NT that lets you access mirrored drives and perform other functions?
Please help! I'm desperate.
To create an NTFS boot
floppy:
1. Diskcopy the first Setup disk.
2. Delete all the files on this boot floppy.
3. Copy ntdetect.com from your root directory to the boot floppy.
4. Copy ntldr from your root directory to the boot floppy. Rename it setup
ldr.bin.
5. Copy the SCSI driver from your system32\drivers directory to ntbootdd.sys
on the boot floppy.
6. Create a boot.ini file as follows. Spacing is important.
[boot loader]
timeout=10
default=scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (1)\WINNT35
[operating systems]
scsi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition (1)\WINNT35="Windows NT Server Version
3.5"
Note: WINNT35 is the Windows directory.
Q: I understand that some
new printer drivers are available for NT 3.51. Can you give me more information?
All the printer drivers in
table 1 are available for NT 3.51 with Service Pack 3 (or higher). You can
download any of these self-extracting files from the following services.
On CompuServe:
1. Enter GO MSL
2. Search for <filename> or S<number>
3. Display the results and download
On the Microsoft Download Service (MSDL):
1. Dial 206-936-6735 to connect to MSDL
2. Download <filename>
On the Internet (anonymous ftp):
1. Go to ftp://ftp.microsoft.com
2. Change to the SOFTLIB/MSLFILES directory
3. Get <filename>
On the Microsoft Network:
1. On the Edit menu, click Go To, and then click Other Location
2. Type mssupport
3. Double-click on the Microsoft Software Library icon
4. Find the appropriate product area
5. Download <filename>
Download the file into a temporary directory and run the self-extracting
.exe file. This file contains all the files necessary to support the device. The
text file in the extracted files contains all the information necessary to
install the driver.
Q: How much space does NT
3.51 actually require? I need to know so that I can plan for the upgrade on
three servers.
NT 3.51 requires 92MB
minimum of free disk space on the partition that will contain NT system files.