The year 2000 bug ShowNote: This article was written before the year 2000.
The year 2000 bug
The year 2000 bug stems from the fact that on many computers, dates are given in two figures, so instead of displaying (calculating) 4 figures (e.g. 1974), these computers...
The MSCONFIG Utility under Windows 2000 ShowThe MSCONFIG Utility under Windows 2000
MISCONFIG is a utility for managing programs that is launched automatically at Windows start up. However this is application is installed as default under Windows 2000.
To remedy to this,...
Sharing a Printer ShowSharing a Printer
Sharing a computer with printer server
Sharing printer with a print server
How to share a printer to make it accessible from any workstation with a Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP:
First, we must quickly...
Disabling the internal speaker beep (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) ShowDisabling the internal speaker beep (Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
Even if you turn off the sound, the MS-DOS programs can still beep the internal speaker of the computer.
This can be annoying.
Here's how to disable it once and for...
Reactivating Autorun under windows 2000 ShowReactivating Autorun under windows 2000
Below is a small tips for reactivation of the application Autorun under Windows 2000:
First of all, go to the registry of your computer by selecting menu start followed by run and type...
Windows networking ShowNetworking
in Windows 2000/XP
To configure each computer, simply go to the control panel, then double-click "network connections" and right-click "local area connection", then choose properties!
The local area connection window displays the...
Cmd - cmd.exe Showcmd - cmd.exe
cmd.exe (cmd signifiant Windows Command Prompt) is a Windows NT/2000/XP generic process which opens a text-mode console for running programs using a command line. The process cmd is not in any way a virus, a worm, a Trojan horse,...
Spoolsv - spoolsv.exe Showspoolsv - spoolsv.exe
spoolsv.exe (spoolsv stands for Printer Spooler Service) is a Windows NT/2000/XP generic process which places printing jobs in a queue. It is not in any way a virus, a worm, a Trojan horse, spyware, or AdWare. It is a process...