Activating Thumbnail view in Windows 98!
As you know, when you pull down the View menu in either Windows
Explorer or My Computer, you can choose any one of four default
view options for displaying your files (Large Icons, Small Icons,
List and Details). However, there's fifth view option in Windows
98 called Thumbnail view. As its name implies, this view will
provide you with a miniature representation of each document in a
folder. Before we show you how to enable the Thumbnail view, we
should warn you that not all file formats are supported and that
this view format is best suited for use on folders that contain
graphic image files. Furthermore, you must enable the Thumbnail
view on a folder by folder basis.
To do so, locate a folder in Windows Explorer or My Computer, then
right-click on it and select the Properties command. When you see
the Properties dialog box for the folder, select the Enable
Thumbnail View check box. Now, open the folder using either My
Computer or Windows Explorer and select View | Thumbnails. You'll
now see thumbnail views of all the files in that folder.
Toss out that JetDirect software in Windows 2000!!
HP's JetDirect products enable a printer to connect directly to a
network rather than being connected to a computer. This eliminates
the need for a dedicated print server, and also helps avoid the
problem of a user turning off his or her computer, which naturally
prevents other users from printing to their shared printer.
In the past, you generally needed to use HP's JetAdmin software to
manage the printer. The software enabled the computer to capture
the printer, and then you shared the printer from that computer.
Other computers then printed to the network printer by printing to
the share point on the computer where the Admin software resided.
With the addition of a standard TCP port monitor in Windows 2000,
you no longer need the JetAdmin software to print to a JetDirect
printer. Instead, you can simply configure the print driver to
print through the port monitor. To set up the printer, follow
these steps:
1. Run the Add Printer wizard.
2. Select Local Printer, clear the Automatic Detection check box,
and then click Next.
3. When prompted for the printer port, select Create A New Port,
select Standard TCP/IP Port from the drop-down list, and click
Next. This starts the TCP/IP Printer Port wizard.
4. In the wizard, specify the host name of the printer if it has a
host record in the DNS zone, or simply enter the IP address for
the printer. (The wizard builds the port name from the host name
or address.)
5. Follow the remaining prompts to add the printer, selecting the
appropriate print driver.
If you want others to be able to print to the printer without
adding a TCP/IP port, simply share the printer you just added.
Others can then print to the printer through your computer.
When booting up to Windows XP you may get an error that reads: "Unmountable
Boot Volume"!
This is probably because your boot.ini file is messed up. Here is
a possible remedy:
1. You can boot to the XP cd and when you see the "Welcome to
setup" message, press the letter R.
2. You will then get a DOS prompt.
3. Then type: chkdsk /p [enter]
4. When that is done type: fixboot [enter]
5. Type: Y at the next prompt [enter]
6. Then type: exit [enter]
7. The system will now reboot into Windows.
If for some reason that didn't work, you can boot to the recovery
console (example above).
1. Type: "chkdsk /r" [enter]
2. When done type: exit [enter].
3. This takes a bit longer, but the system should boot back into
Windows.
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