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<P>Paul:There is a DOS prompt in W2K--type in "doskey" at the prompt--info is in help
{F1}</P>
<P>As for remapping keys: The utility is in the "Resource Kit" that should be on
the W2K CD</P>
<P>it is called RemapKey. You can also check-out the help file under 'keyboard' there
are several options there.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>There are 4 messages totalling 175 lines in this issue.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Topics of the day:
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> 1. Windows 2000 changes and etc.
<DIV></DIV>> 2. +[SurvPC] Windows 2000 changes and etc.
<DIV></DIV>> 3. DOS BOX without extra shell
<DIV></DIV>> 4. avoid Belkin (Router spam)
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:27:33 -0700
<DIV></DIV>>From: Paul Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Windows 2000 changes and etc.
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<DIV></DIV>>I finally succeeded in installing Win2000 on my pc PIII .
It only took
<DIV></DIV>>me many months to work up courage....and get my hard drives backed up.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>here are my questions. i looked these all up in my Win2000 Secrets book
<DIV></DIV>> - but did not find a good answer.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>1. I am logged in as administrator now. I have
not set up any 'users'.
<DIV></DIV>> I plan to set things up for three users. ONE =
myself. my question
<DIV></DIV>>is this. can i set myself up as userONE and have NO
password? I am sure
<DIV></DIV>>i could , and would probably try it...but do not want to risk screwing
up.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>2. When Win2000 boots up the startup screen asks me what what i want to
<DIV></DIV>>use Win2000 or 98. How can i change this?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>3. Win3.1 used to have windows' recorder for making
macros. I used to
<DIV></DIV>>use Quickeys for win98.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>I want to
<DIV></DIV>>-change some keyboard keys - there is directions how to do this in
<DIV></DIV>>WIN2000 secrets.
<DIV></DIV>>-make hotkeys
<DIV></DIV>>-have automatic typing a la TypeIt4Me for the mac.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>ok ok i could get upgrade to QK....but it is v pricey IMHO so i thought
i
<DIV></DIV>>would ask around.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Thanks for all the good tips lately...and the lisc stuff for
MS. I
<DIV></DIV>>passed that onto my edtech email list.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Paul Pavlik
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Computer/Education Consultant
<DIV></DIV>>Grouard, Alberta
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:51:03 -0000
<DIV></DIV>>From: Ben A L Jemmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: +[SurvPC] Windows 2000 changes and etc.
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<DIV></DIV>> > 1. I am logged in as administrator now. I
have not set up any 'users'.
<DIV></DIV>> > I plan to set things up for three
users. ONE = myself. my question
<DIV></DIV>> > is this. can i set myself up as userONE and have NO
password? I am sure
<DIV></DIV>> > i could , and would probably try it...but do not want to risk
screwing up.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Sure, just create the new user (Control Panel -> Users and
Passwords) and
<DIV></DIV>>(optionally) set the password not to expire (from Users and Passwords,
<DIV></DIV>>Advanced tab, Advanced button, Users folder, right click on the user
and hit
<DIV></DIV>>Properties, there's a tickbox "Password never
expires"). It'll be an empty
<DIV></DIV>>password unless you change it.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > 2. When Win2000 boots up the startup screen asks me what what i
want to
<DIV></DIV>> > use Win2000 or 98. How can i change this?
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>As Administrator, Control Panel -> System (or just hit
Windows-Break), then
<DIV></DIV>>Advanced -> Startup and Recovery... and there are options
there. These modify
<DIV></DIV>>the settings in the BOOT.INI file, but using that dialog box is best
unless
<DIV></DIV>>you know what you're doing.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>I'm afraid I have no ideas on the macro/typing front, I haven't used
anything
<DIV></DIV>>like that for Windows.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Regards,
<DIV></DIV>>Ben A L Jemmett.
<DIV></DIV>>(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:56:00 -0000
<DIV></DIV>>From: Ben A L Jemmett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: DOS BOX without extra shell
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<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > I have the imression (but I'm not sure, unable to produce a
positive
<DIV></DIV>> > proof) that Windows installs not only a MBR and related things at
the
<DIV></DIV>> > beginning of the HD, and these are in a way protected against
<DIV></DIV>> > overwriting.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>If they're protected, that's only within Windows; LOCK C: might
override that
<DIV></DIV>>protection, or might not. Outside of Windows (DOS or any
other OS) they'll be
<DIV></DIV>>open for overwriting.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > But there is a smaller region at the very _end_ of the
<DIV></DIV>> > HD's range which seems to be occupied by "secret" Windows files
too.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hmm, I haven't noticed anything like that. Win3.1's swap
file used to live at
<DIV></DIV>>the end of the disk, about the 4/5ths mark or
thereabout. Certainly there's
<DIV></DIV>>nothing in the partition, since Partition Magic can shrink partitions
(which
<DIV></DIV>>would lose that data); I haven't noticed anything at the end of the disk
<DIV></DIV>>itself either since I can create partitions right up to the last
cylinder
<DIV></DIV>>without affecting Windows.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>I suspect it's some sort of recovery partition or BIOS stuff specific
to the
<DIV></DIV>>machine(s) in question; Compaqs used to have that, and my Dell laptop
has
<DIV></DIV>>something in a recovery partition that I've never had time to
investigate
<DIV></DIV>>properly. A BIOS might try and stop you deleting that data,
but anything that
<DIV></DIV>>talks to the disk controller directly (so pretty much any modern OS)
ought to
<DIV></DIV>>bypass that.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Regards,
<DIV></DIV>>Ben A L Jemmett.
<DIV></DIV>>(http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 22:19:51 -0600
<DIV></DIV>>From: James Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: avoid Belkin (Router spam)
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<DIV></DIV>>An instructive exchange I copied from another list follows for the
benefit
<DIV></DIV>>of those who may be considering buying themselves a
router. Don't buy a
<DIV></DIV>>Belkin.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > > Hi All
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > For a week or so now I have been starting up my laptop in
the office and
<DIV></DIV>> > > receiving a immediate pop-up spam add.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Havinf all filters turned on including security, popups and
cookies I was
<DIV></DIV>> > > going nuts trying to figure out how I had became infected
with a url
<DIV></DIV>> > > transfer spam program in my Linux box.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > Thanks to a posting on another list I was able to ascertain
that what is
<DIV></DIV>> > > happening is that a router company has initiated an add
campain of popups
<DIV></DIV>> > > through their routers.
<DIV></DIV>> > > The URL that always appears is:
<DIV></DIV>> > >
http://filter.belkin.com/setup.asp?SN=BEL13KK0&RP=21456&IP=192.168.0.2&FV=2
<DIV></DIV>> > >.00.04
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > which is a Belkin Router add.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > The following story explains the situation:
<DIV></DIV>> > >
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/07/1740205&tid=153
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > My solution to this issue is to post notices on all know BB
that if you buy
<DIV></DIV>> > > Belkin products expects spam from Belkin.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > > that is a *horrifying* story. i'll certainly join
you in boycotting
<DIV></DIV>> > > belkin products while they maintain such a heinous policy and
<DIV></DIV>> > > unapologetic tone. the mind boggles when you
consider that the maker
<DIV></DIV>> > > of a NIC chip could do something similar, or a video card
maker could
<DIV></DIV>> > > paint pop-up ads right into the frame buffer, a keyboard
maker could
<DIV></DIV>> > > make the keyboard change "http:..." strings to other URLs.
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > i think the ghastliest line was that "The router would grab
a random HTTP
<DIV></DIV>> > > connection every eight hours and redirect it to Belkin's
(push) advertised
<DIV></DIV>> > > web page." you would really begin to suspect your
devices were consipiring
<DIV></DIV>> > > against you--and in this case, you'd be right!!
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > the following page has more info, including
belkin's weak response:
<DIV></DIV>> > > http://www.marco.org/content/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=36
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > just do a google search on "boycott belkin"
<DIV></DIV>> > >
<DIV></DIV>> > > thanks for sharing, frank
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