Stay up-to-date on your disk maintenance in Windows 98!
If you're not sure when the last time was that you performed some
maintenance on your hard disk, you can get a quick look at the
last time you backed up files, checked for errors, and
defragmented your hard drive.
To accomplish this, just right-click on your C: drive icon, select
Properties, and select the Tools tab. You can see the status of
these three operations, along with how many days have passed since
you've last run each operation. Once you've noted these dates, you
can then perform any operation just by clicking its corresponding
button.
New ways to open the Control Panel in Windows ME!
As you know, in previous versions of Windows (and in Windows Me)
you can open the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs dialog box by
clicking the Start button, choosing Settings | Control Panel and
double-clicking on the Add/Remove Programs icon. But did you know
that Me has an additional way for you to quickly access this
dialog box?
Launch My Computer or Windows Explorer and open your Program Files
folder. In the right pane, to the left of the Program Files
folder's contents, you'll see a link for Add/Remove Programs.
Click on this link and you'll open the Add/Remove Programs
Properties dialog box. This new way to open the dialog box is
especially helpful when you're browsing in Windows Explorer or My
Computer and come across a program you'd like to remove. You no
longer have to take the extra step as you did in previous versions
of Windows to access the Control Panel through the Start menu.
Use active and passive FTP in IE for file transfers in Windows
2000!
The FTP protocol
supports two modes: active and passive. With active mode, the
client establishes a connection to the server on port 21. Then the
client sends a PORT command to the FTP server to specify the port
on which the client will receive the data. The server establishes
a new connection to the client and sends the data from port 20.
Many firewalls don't accept new incoming connections from an
external interface, so even though the firewall allows ports 20
and 21, it drops the incoming connection from the server and the
FTP session fails.
For that reason, you might need to use passive mode for FTP. In
this mode, the client issues a PASV command to the server, which
opens a port at 1024 or higher (the range depends on the server).
The server uses the new port as the source for the data, which
eliminates the need to establish a new connection to the client,
and therefore, gets around the problem of the firewall dropping
the connection.
IE supports both active and passive FTP modes. When you use folder
view for FTP in IE, it uses active FTP. You can configure it for
passive mode if necessary to make FTP work through your firewall.
1. Open IE, go to Tools | Internet Options and click the Advanced
tab.
2. Place a check beside the option Use Passive FTP.
3. Remove the check beside the option Enable Folder View For FTP
Sites.
4. Click OK.
An important point to understand is that when you enable folder
view, IE operates in active mode regardless of the state of the
Use Passive FTP option. You must turn off folder view to use
passive mode.
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