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Not just Windows NT but also the more recent versions of the operating system (2000, XP, 2003 and Vista) are also covered by this article. If you have windows already installed on your computer then the chances are that you will have networking already installed but if you need to do a reinstall of your operating system for any reason then you may find it easier to do a basic install without any networking first in order to get things up and running quicker with fewer things to go wrong all at once. Once you have that done then this article will be what you need in order to go back and install the networking that you omitted from the earlier install.

Installing Networking on Windows NT

The old DOS operating system used a file system called FAT (file allocation table) which came in fat12, fat16 and fat32 variants. Windows NT introduced a new file system called NTFS (new technology file system) and that’s the preferred file system for the newer versions of that operating system such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Vista. These systems still support FAT though for backwards compatibility and in some instances someone configures the system to actually use FAT rather than the better HTFS. All is not lost though as you can actually convert your drive from one file system to the other as this article describes.

Converting to NTFS

When you network computers together you will not be able to gain all the benefits of doing so unless you provide some access to each computer’s hard drive from the other computers. Windows XP provides a Shared Documents folder which provides this access to some extent. In this article we look at how you can configure your computers to share whichever folders and files that you want to.

Sharing Drives and Folders

If you allow others to use your computer and you don’t have a separate login for each of them then chances are that the next time you go to use your computer you will find that they have rearranged the way you have your desktop configured. In this article we look at how you can update the Windows Registry to lock the desktop to prevent its being changed by others.

Locking Your Desktop

Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista allows you to schedule programs so that provided that the computer is actually on at the time you can have it run particular programs so that the tasks that those programs perform are handled at the time that you want them to be processed. For resource intensive housekeeping tasks having them performed in the middle of the night when you are not using the computer may be ideal. In this article I discuss the way that you access the Windows Scheduler and how to set up the commands needed to schedule your programs to run at the desired time. Of course many of the programs that you have which involve tasks that require scheduling those programs themselves will include the necessary code to add the task to the schedule without your needing to follow the steps described here.

Scheduling Jobs

Most computer keyboards these days have a couple of extra keys at the bottom that earlier keyboards didn’t have. One or two of these keys have a Widows logo on them. There is probably also one there with a small menu icon on it. In this article I explain what those keys on your keyboard do which can make using your computer much easier.

Using the Windows Key on your Keyboard

Service run behind the scenes on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista to provide certain functionality tjat you require. This includes such things as networking scheduling of tasks, running your own web server etc. Generally you have the services set to start automatically when Windows starts. Where you are maintaining your system it may be necessary to temporarily stop selected services from running. This article shows yo how to do it.

Starting and Stopping Services

While this old tutorial talks about reinstalling Windows 98, the same situation can occur if you have to reinstall Windows XP or Vista. Windows just doesn’t like to play nice with other operating systems installed onto the same computer.

I Reinstalled Windows and it Wiped Out Linux