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I-181 During installation, NT opted to use a slow drive for your print spooling. You have recently installed a bigger and faster drive and want to change the drive NT uses for print spooling By default, NT uses the %systemroot%\system32\spool folder. The following registry entry lets you specify an alternate path for all printers. Change the value for DefaultSpoolDirectory under the Printers key to your new path and directory.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers |
Value Name: | DefaultSpoolDirectory |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | <path> |
I-182 Are you worried that someone will see who logged into a system last? This registry entry disables that feature.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin |
Add the following value under the WinLogin
Value Name: | DontDisplayLastUserName |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD |
Value: | 1 |
Make sure you restart the machine for these changes to take effect.
I-183 You want to add a corporate message or disclaimer before people log on to their machines. The next two registry entries let you display a message before the user logs on.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon |
Change the following values under the Winlogon key.
Value Name: | LegalNoticeText |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | Text you want displayed before the user logs on |
I-184 | Value Name: | LegalNoticeCaption |
Data Type: | REG_SZ | |
Value: | Text you want displayed on the title bar of the dialog box |
I-185 If you have a Windows NT machine and you dont really care about security, you can have the system log on for you automatically by modifying or adding the following registry entries. Set the DefaultDomain and the DefaultUserName to the domain and user name that you want the system to use to log on.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin |
Value Name: | DefaultDomainName |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | <domain name> |
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin |
Value Name: | DefaultUserName |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | <username> |
Next, add these two values:
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin |
Value Name: | DefaultPassword |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | <password> |
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\WinLogin |
Value Name: | AutoAdminLogon |
Data Type: | REG_SZ |
Value: | 1 |
Be sure to set the AutoAdminLogon value to 1. Remember, your system is now quite insecure. Anyone with access to the registry can read the password.
I-186 If you have NetWare 4.0 servers on a network with Windows NT servers and youre trying to synchronize user accounts via the Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN), you may run into problems. First, make sure your NetWare 4.0 server is running in bindery emulation mode, then add the following registry value:
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSSYNC\parameters |
Value Name: | Allow4X |
Data Type: | REG_DWORD |
Value: | 1 |
Restart the machine for this change to take effect.
I-187 If your logon scripts arent working correctly, you may want to verify the following value on your server its the fully qualified path to the directory where the Logon Scripts are stored.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetLogon\Parameters |
Value Name: | Scripts |
Data Type: | REG_MULTI_SZ |
Value: | <fully qualified pathname> |
I-188 If you need to verify the list of trusted domains on a machine from a remote location, look at the following registry value.
Hive: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
Key: | System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetLogon\Parameters |
Value Name: | TrustedDomainList |
Data Type: | REG_MULTI_SZ |
Value: | <any list of valid domain names> |
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