----------------------------------------------------------------- SearchWin2000's Administrator Tip ----------------------------------------------------------------- TODAY'S ADMIN TIP: You CAN flash your BIOS ================================================================= SPONSORED BY: Quest Software ----------------------------------------------------------------- Quest Software - Role-based Administration for Active Directory FastLane ActiveRoles provides role-based administration to simplify management of Active Directory and Windows 2000. ActiveRoles leverages native AD capabilities and allows administrators to define and enforce policies for consistent directory data across the enterprise. Request your evaluation copy today at http://www.quest.com/landing/searchwin2k_activeroles.asp. ================================================================= "You CAN flash your BIOS" By Serdar Yegulalp A lot of Windows 2000 admins find themselves in a tight spot when they realize they have no way of booting to DOS to flash firmware, since firmware can't be flashed through Windows 2000 itself. It's never a bad idea to have a DOS boot disk handy, but if you don't, there's a solution. On the Windows 2000 CD-ROM, there's a directory \VALUEADD\3RDPARTY\CA_ANTIV, which contains an antivirus utility that can be "re-purposed" for simply booting to DOS. Go into the directory and insert a blank 1.44 MB diskette into drive A:. Click on Start.Run and type makedisk in the dialog box. When the disk finishes creating, delete the autoexec.bat file on the floppy, and all of the files except for the following: COMMAND.COM CONFIG.SYS DRVSPACE.BIN HIMEM.SYS IO.SYS MSDOS.SYS Simply boot the floppy to enter DOS mode. You can place whatever firmware flash utilities you like on the floppy as well, since there should be a fair amount of room left over. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Serdar Yegulalp is the editor of the Windows 2000 Power Users Newsletter (http://www.win2kpowerusers.com/). *Have you visited searchWin2000's hoppin' administrator discussion forum yet? With almost 600 posts from your peers, it's worth checking out! Just go to: http://searchwin2000.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?50@@.ee83d68. ================================================================= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DID YOU LIKE TODAY'S TIP? ================================================================= We rely on your feedback! Whether you loved this tip or hated it, why not let us know? Rate it at http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci770748,00.html. Have additional comments? E-mail us at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] to sound off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ================================================================= BONUS TIPS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the following user submitted admin tips. Please rate them, too! We rely on your votes to help us pick our monthly tip contest winners. Submit a tip of your own while you're there to become eligible for this month's very cool prize - an iBOT Pro Firewire desktop video camera w/microphone! "Don't let printer monitor adversely affect network performance" by Christopher Jenkinson: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci768755,00.html "Enable Ultra DMA in Win2k" by Andrew McConville: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci770469,00.html ==================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FREE ACTIVE DIRECTORY NEWSLETTER! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Register to received searchWin2000's monthly Active Directory tip! Active Directory is perhaps the most complicated part of the Windows 2000 architecture, and the foundation for Exchange 2000 among other programs. Our monthly Active Directory tips will help you with the planning, administration and maintenance of AD services within your distributed networking environments. Don't wait to begin receiving these helpful and timesaving expert tips. Register to receive this newsletter at http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/register/1,,sid1,00.html. ==================================================================== If you would like to sponsor this or any TechTarget newsletter, please contact Mike Kelly at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. ==================================================================== If you no longer wish to receive this newsletter simply reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the subject line. Or, visit http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/register and adjust your subscriptions accordingly. If you choose to unsubscribe using our automated processing, you must send the "REMOVE" request from the email account to which this newsletter was delivered. Please allow 24 hours for your "REMOVE" request to be processed.
