Windows 2000 Tips N Tricks          Welcome to the tips n trixs sector for Windows 2000. Hopefully you will find something in here that will make the use of Windows XP more to the way you want it to work and improve its performance.           Please check out all pages by clicking on the next page link as there is a lot here to view. By clicking on the underlined statement below it will take you to the details of how to carry out the task.  You may find this application handy for changes in the registry.       RegEditX (Registry Editor Extensions) is freeware that enhances the Windows Registry Editor. If you edit the same keys repeatedly, this is for you! New buttons activate frequently used commands, and a combo box stores a history of visited keys and allows quick navigation back to them. The keys are saved across sessions and available the next time you use the Registry Editor. Start the DOS Command Prompt with a Click Move Portions of Your Start Menu Administration Desktop Shortcut to Device Manager What About Administration Tools? Where's MSINFO? Use Device Manager to Switch from Uniprocessor to Multiprocessor Support Recovery Console Tips for System Administrators Opening a Command Prompt from Windows Explorer Creating an Emergency Repair Disk Communications Calling-card Dial-up Setup Activate Network Monitor icon Quick E-mail Customization Immediate Queries with Indexing Service Control the Eject Function and More from Your Taskbar Folder Shortcuts Show More Details in My Documents and Windows Explorer Removing and Personalizing Desktop Icons Use File and Directory Name Completion in Command Prompt DVD Tricks Searching for Compatible DVD Hardware Devices Setting DMA and Display Settings Specifying DVD Regions and DVD-ROM Types Use Network Connection Wizard to Transfer Data   Start the DOS Command Prompt with a Click If you want to start the DOS command prompt quickly, check out this handy shortcut. Move Portions of Your Start Menu               Using this trick, you can make shortcuts on the task bar that bring up frequently used items from your start menu. This is also helpful if you want easy access to start menu items on a different part of the screen.   Desktop Shortcut to Device Manager Creating shortcut to Device Manager in Windows 2000 Professional saves time when swapping hardware. What About Administration Tools? The administration tools folder is now located in the Control Panel, but you can easily move it to back to the Start Menu. Where's MSINFO? For frequent users of the utility MSINFO, you can now find it in the Computer Management console. Use Device Manager to Switch from Uniprocessor to Multiprocessor Support You can easily go from uniprocessor (UP) to multiprocessor (MP) support in Windows 2000 by using the Device Manager. Recovery Console Tips for System Administrators          The Recovery Console lets system administrators access the file system of a Windows 2000 computer even if the hard disk is formatted using NTFS. Opening a Command Prompt from Windows Explorer With Windows 2000, you can use the Registry to activate Cmd.exe command and open a command prompt. Creating an Emergency Repair Disk         If some of your system files become corrupted or are accidentally erased, you can use a number of methods to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD).   Calling-card Dial-up Setup With Windows 2000, you can easily configure a calling-card dial-up setup, by following the steps of this helpful tip. Activate Network Monitor icon Since the Network Monitor icon is not always activated by default, use this tip to see how you can activate it yourself. Quick E-mail If you want to send a quick e-mail, check out this handy shortcut. Immediate Queries with Indexing Service You can speed your navigation through the directory structure and file lists by enabling File and Directory Name Completion. Control the Eject Function and More from Your Taskbar You can add CD eject function to your taskbar for convenience in Windows 2000 Professional. Folder Shortcuts             Folder shortcuts are a new feature of the Windows 2000 shell, allowing you to make any folder on the user's machine act as if it were another folder. Show More Details in My Documents and Windows Explorer Set Windows 2000 Professional to show file details in Windows Explorer Removing and Personalizing Desktop Icons If you want to streamline your desktop and frequently used applications, simply drag a desktop icon to the Quick Launch portion of the taskbar Use File and Directory Name Completion in Command Prompt You can speed your navigation through the directory structure and file lists by enabling File and Directory Name Completion.   Searching for Compatible DVD Hardware Devices Here's a method to help you search for compatible hardware devices and a list of Windows 2000-supported MPEG decoder cards. Setting DMA and Display Settings To avoid problems with your DVD-ROM setup, use this method to ensure that Direct Memory Access (DMA) is turned on. Specifying DVD Regions and DVD-ROM Types Since DVD movies are encoded for different world regions, you must configure your decoder card for the appropriate region. Use Network Connection Wizard to Transfer Data Use the network connection wizard to transfer data between two computers that are running Windows 2000 Professional.