1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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CPU

II-8 To see what kind of processor chip you are running on a remote computer, look in the registry. These entries give you information about the class of CPU the target machine is running. If you have more than one CPU, the CentralProcessor key has numbered subkeys (1, 2, 3).

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0
Value Name: Identifier
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: x86 Family 6 Model 1 Stepping 7

This value gives you information about the specific CPU revision.

II-9 Value Name: VendorIdentifier
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: GenuineIntel

This value gives you the manufacturer of the CPU.

II-10 Value Name: ∼MHz
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0xc7

This value is the actual speed of the CPU. This example says my CPU is faster than 199 Mhz, which it is. I tested this on a 200 Mhz Pentium Pro.

Network Cards

Diamond Net Commander

II-11 If you have installed a Diamond Multimedia Net Commander ISDN adapter and are having problems, you may want to check these registry entries.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Diamond Multimedia\NetCommander\ncVector
Value Name: Status
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: In Service

If the Net Commander is functioning properly, the value for Status is In Service. If the value is anything else, the card is not functioning properly.

II-12 Problem: after installing the software necessary to run the Net Commander, the configuration screen pop ups every time you reboot. Modify the following registry entry to keep the screen from popping up.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Value Name: NetCmdrSetup
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value:

Delete anything in the Value field. Restart the machine for this change to take effect.

Digiboard

II-13 If RAS can’t see all the ports on your Digiboard multiport serial I/O board, make sure the following registry value is set correctly.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Asyncmac\Parameters
Value Name: Ports
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: <number of ports>

If you have eight ports available, this value should be 8. Restart the machine for these changes to take effect.

Iomega Zip Drive

II-14 You just bought an Iomega Zip Drive. From time to time you don’t have it connected to your computer, which generates an error. To disable the message, change this entry; it stops the driver from reporting an error to the system log.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: System\Current\Controlset\Services\PPA3NT\Parameters

Add the following value under the Parameters key:

Value Name: ErrorControl
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0


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