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			 Laptop Tips for Windows 2000
				  8-12-2000
				Ojatex@aol.com



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Windows 2000 is advertised [by Microsoft] as "The best solution for mobile
computing". Of course, users may think otherwise depending on their experience
with it, the hardware & software on their systems, the age & capacity of their
system AND some rather unfortunate experiences with prior Windows versions,
namely Win98/98SE [especially Power Management/Hibernate/Standby problems].

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01. Compatibility: The system requirements are not too tough to meet for a
relatively new machine [133MHz, 32MB RAM & 2GB hard-drive with 650MBs free];
for older machines, they may be out of reach. Will your existing hardware &
software work with WIN2000? Although Microsoft has published lists of
compatible items on its website, the lists are not complete; the downloadable
compatibility application that MS offers is flawed for what it misses in terms
of hardware and software. Here are a few known issues with Win2000:

 A- If you run applications from portable disks, running the compability
 application on every disk is quite time consuming & the results may well be
 inaccurate.
 
 B- The compatibility application checks files that reside on peripheral
 drives that are incompatible with WIN2000 but makes no mention of the drive's
 incompatibility.

 C- AOL50 is known not to work with WIN2000, but the compatibility application
 does not mark it as incompatible.

 D- Several scanners have driver issues which don't show up in the
 compatibility report.

 E- The Power Management problems that plagued laptops with the introduction
 of Win98 may still exist with Win2000.

 F- Win2000 is a one way street -- you can't turn around & go back to a
 previous version of Windows automatically.

02. The Middle Solution: To save what you now have, installing Win2000 as a
separate OS apart from your existing Windows version is a fairly safe bet.
This will require partioning your existing hard drive; such utilities as
Partition Magic [with Boot Magic] by Power Quest at http://www.powerquest.com/
are ideal for this task.
 
[Notes: If you purchase such a utility online & are loathe to submit personal
data online, look for a company phone number on the website. Since Win2000 is 
relatively expensive, before you buy look for a deal that is laptop
"friendly", e.g. free ZIP drive &/or 10pak of Zip disks with purchase.]
 
For an over view of dual booting, see "Preparing for Dual Boot with Windows
2000 Professional" at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win2000/win2boot.asp.
If you select the dual boot method by installing Win2000 into a new partition,
prepare for partitioning & Win2000 installation by first cleaning out the TIF,
Temp[s], & History folders. Run scandisk & defrag; backup hard drive items
that you would hate to lose. Have on hand a 10 pack of new floppies; you may
need several during partitioning & installation; the good ole fashioned floppy
is still the "rescue" of choice.

03. Where Are My Settings?: Once installed, Win2000 may initialize with a
strange "look" such as a 640x480 screen. Head for the Control Panel/Display
Applet/Settings Tab to get back your resolution of choice. Many Win2000
settings are defaults that you may want to change; for example, Cookies are
enabled [go to Internet Options on the Control Panel/Security Tab to disable
or prompt Cookies]. If you prefer an easy to use Cache [i.e. Temporary
Internet Files folder], enable IFRAMES from the same tab. The default Start
Page for Internet Explorer is MSN [& it's cookied]; from the General tab in
Internet Options, change it to your choice or to open on a blank. There are
many settings you can change just like Win9.x, but if you want to get on the
Internet right away, set up your ISP/IAP soon [if it will run with WIN2000;
though widely rumoured not to work with WIN2000, AOL will work with it AND
Internet Access is possible. In addition, Critical Updates were issued the
same day Win2000 went retail, so a visit to Windows Update at
http://www.windowsupdate.com/ when running Win2000 is advised; your patches
are waiting. There is a patch of particular interest for laptoppers who use
Parallel Port Zip Drives with Win2000 at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/q251381/
which is also included with MS Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp2/

04. DUN Demoted: Dial-Up-Networking no longer has its own folder in "My
Computer"; it is now just another applet in the Control Panel named "Network
and Dial-up Connections". Connectoids are created the same way as in DUN; be
sure to have your ISPs phone number, user ID & password handy. A Network
Connection Wizard goes through the steps of setting up a connectoid; on some
occasions it may require a reboot to activate the new connection if a "closed
port" error is received when access is attempted. If Win2000 temporarily
looses an installed modem that was previously working with a "no modem found"
message, go to the "Phone & Modem" icon in Control Panel. Select the Modem tab
& inspect that the proper Com port is attached to your modem. Also select the
Properties button, then the Diagnostic Tab & "Query Modem" button to test your
hardware.

05. AOL & Win2000: Prior to & during the release of Win2000, it was reported
that AOL will not work with Win2000. That is true for certain versions of AOL,
but there is a freely available AOL version which gives full access to AOL's
proprietary Email, FTP & NewsServer; Internet Access is available with this
version of AOL through a customized version of MSIE3.x. If AOL is your
Internet provider, you can install AOL3.0 for Windows [not the Windows 95
version]; obtain a copy from KEYWORD AOL3L, from an old CD [even an old
magazine freebie CD that had AOL tacked on], or from an old floppy that you
didn't erase. AOL3.0 is a 16BIT application that makes no entries to the
Network settings, & it will render most, but not all websites. If AOL is your
only provider, you will not be able to browse over the Shell & Windows Update
is unreachable. If you have another Internet Provider in addition to AOL, you
can use it in conjuction with AOL3.0 by setting up AOL3.0 to run via a TCP/IP
connection as follows:

 A. When running Win2000, open AOL3.0 [don't sign on], select "Setup" on the
 Welcome screen.

 B. Choose "Edit Location" on the "Network & Modem Setup" screen.

 C. From "Network Setup" screen, change the default "AOLnet" in both places
 under the "Network" drop down menu to "TCP/IP", click SAVE then OK. Leave AOL
 open.

 D. Open "Network & Dial-up Connections" in Control Panel. Select your DUN
 Connectoid of choice to connect to the Internet.

 E. Once connected, restore AOL Welcome screen, enter password & sign on.

You can now browse over & under the AOL shell while running Win2000 with full
access to & use of the latest Internet browser on your system.

NOTES:
 1. In order not to separate your AOL email storehouse [Personal File Cabinet]
 if you run AOL3.0 on Win2000 & a different AOL version on Win9.x, you can
 ignore incoming email or forward a copy of read email to yourself to be
 opened when running the other AOL version. Likewise, when writing email from
 the "lesser" AOL version, send a BCC to yourself.

 2. Be sure to empty the AOL3.0 Cache [in the AOL folder] for each screen name
 regularly.

 3. There are free ISPs available which can be used as the TCP/IP connection
 for AOL or as a standalone access provider that work with Win2000 as well as
 with other versions of Windows.

06. Dismount or Wait: Laptoppers & privacy adherents [not mutually exclusive
groups] often use peripheral drives. Leaving portable disks mounted on bootup
is no problem with Win9.x, but with Win2000 it can be a time wasting
procedure. Win2000 may check [& apparently very thouroughly] the file system
on a portable disk upon bootup. The verification can easily take 5 to 10
minutes even on an empty disk. When Win2000 is "satisfied" it will write a log
file to that disk. Save time & space if Win2000 is routinely scanning portable
disks by ejecting any mounted disks before boot-up.

07. Merge the Cache: Win2000, by default, stores the Internet Explorer Cache
in a different location than Win9.x. To combine the two Caches into the
familiar "Temporary Internet Files" folder that resides in C:\Windows, open
"Internet Options" in the Control Panel when using Win2000; from the General
Tab, select the "Settings" button. From the Settings screen, select the "Move
Folder" button. Browse to C:\Windows & click OK.

08. Change Drive Letters: If you want to make the same drive letter represent
the same drive on Win2000 as used on Win9.x in a dual boot system, Win2000 has
a Disk Management Tool which can handle the task. When running Win2000:

 A- Right click on My Computer, select Manage to open the "Computer Management
 Tool".

 B- Select "Disk Management" in the "Storage" category.

 C- Right click on the Drive whose letter you want to alter; select "Change
 Drive Letter & Path", then choose Edit.

 D- From the drop down menu, select a drive letter of choice.

09. Driverless Hardware: If any/some of your existing hardware just won't work
with or be recognized by Win2000, it's time to pay a visit to the
manufacturer's website or tech support; search Microsoft's site also for news
about drivers & compatibility. Emails [with different screen names] to the
manufacturer asking for an updated driver will put more "votes" in the ballot
box. User groups are another source of information as is the comp.sys.laptops
newsgroup. If you have older hardware, the "fix" may never arrive, but at
least with a dual boot system, Win9.x can do the job.

10. Shark Bites: The PCMCIA 250MB Shark drive [made by the now defunct Avatar
Peripherals company] was a laptopper's favourite, but Win2000 may not
recognize it &/or be able to use its old Win95 drivers. However it can be
forcefully installed by making Windows mad. Typically removing a PCMCIA card
on a running system without requesting permission from Windows returns a stern
warning about such foolhardy practices. If Win2000 can't find your Shark drive
[and you have installed the PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI Controller; you may have to
install, via right click, "pcmcia.inf" found in the Winnt/Inf folder &/or a
similarly named file found in the Windows/Inf folder], remove the Shark Card
[just part way will do] without asking permission. If you hear a double beep
noise [similar to the POST beeps], it is evidence that the PCMCIA card was
properly docked. If Windows sends the "shame on you" message, shove the card
back in; if you hear a double beep indicating that redocking was successful,
the Shark drive will create an icon in My Computer for it & it will now run.
In the future if the Shark disappears, click the PCMCIA permission icon on the
taskbar; select the option to eject/stop the PCMCIA IDE/ATAPI Controller. Now
slightly remove the card to the point of double beep, then redock the card;
the Shark will return. [Under this method of installation the Shark will use
Microsoft's "disk.sys", file version 5.00.2160.1, driver date 11-14-99, driver
version 5.0.2183.1]

11. Snatch an INI: Older software [the 16bit type that starts with an "ini"
file in the Windows folder], will often run on Win2000 by just copying the
relevant "ini" file from the C:\Windows folder to the C:\Winnt folder. If the
software is running from a portable disk, it may be necessary to repath the
drive letter in the pasted ini file IF the portable drive has a different
drive letter in Win2000 than Win9.x.

12. Open With: If you have used "Multilaunch" in the past, it is a very handy
utility for opening different file types with an application of choice; it
will work in Win2000 as long as it is installed properly. Multilaunch is a
"dll" file [mlaunch.dll]; it must be installed not just copied from the
Windows/System folder to the Winnt/System32 folder. If you can't locate the
setup file in your storage or if you would like to try it, go to
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/15/10/ut1510.001.html for a new
copy; install while running Win2000.

13. File Icons: If you use "iconized" bmp files [and cpls {Control Panel} as
well as some dll files], your install of Windows2000 may well have changed
them back to the default icon. Head to the Registry [Start/Run, enter
"regedit" {no quotes}], under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, browse to the "Paint.Picture"
subkey "DefaultIcon" for "bmp" files, change the value to "%1" [no quotes].
The Control Panel [cpl] "DefaultIcon" is located in the "cplfile" key; the
Dynamic Link Library [dll] "DefaultIcon" is located in the "dllfile" key.
Unlike Windows98 which instantly makes these changes, Windows2000 requires a
reboot, so it is to your advantage to change all three "DefaultIcon" values to
"%1" in the same visit to the Registry.

14. ICS Limitations: If you had an ICS [Internet Connection Sharing] network
with Win98SE & regularly used multiple Internet providers, the client[s] could
go online when the host was already online regardless of which Internet
provider was in use [except direct entry {rather than TCP/IP} to AOL]. With
Win2000Pro's implementation of ICS, the client's ability to online access is
limited to only one Internet provider. If the host happens to be online with a
non-shared Internet provider, the clients cannot get online. This limitation
is because only one Internet provider at a time can be designated as "shared"
using Win2000[Pro] whereas Win98SE's ICS implementation shares all Internet
providers. Keeping a dual boot option [Win2000/Win98SE] may be a wise choice
so that a host cannot block a client's Internet access by using a non-shared
Internet provider.

15. Over Eager Deletion: If you save a webpage that has graphics &/or other
elements, the htm[l] page is saved along with the embedded elements which are
placed in a separate folder. In some cases you may want to keep only the htm
file & delete the supporting folder. Unlike Win98, deleting the folder portion
of a saved webpage with Win2000, deletes both the htm file & the folder. If
you want to save the htm file, rename either the folder or htm file, then
delete the folder.

16. Associations Gone: Win2000 may have returned to Internet Explorer the file
association "rights" to graphic formats [e.g. gifs & jpgs] which you prefer
associated with a graphic program such as the free IrfanView program at
http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/. At long last Win2000 has improved the
file association dialogue [Tools/Folder Options/File Types in Windows
Explorer] by listing the file extensions individually in alphabetical order
that makes locating & changing file associations easy. Browse through the File
Types to "gif", select "Change", choose a program [such as IrfanView] from the
"Open With" list. If the desired program isn't listed, select "Other" & browse
to the "exe" of choice. Do the same for the "jpg" extension.

17. Easy Reinstall: Many programs do not necessarily have to be reinstalled
when you do a "clean" install of Win2000 provided you have either an extant
Win9.x system or the program on portable disk. Besides copying the "ini" file
to C:\Winnt, you may have to add some "dll" files. Try opening the program in
Win2000; if a message is returned that a file is missing, get a copy from
C:\windows\system [or from a Client's harddrive if you are networked]. In some
cases the "dll" file might have to be registered - a free program such as
"RegisterEx" at http://www.moonsoftware.com/ can do the job. It puts register
& unregister functions into the context menu for "dlls" & "ocxs". If the
program still won't work, install it over itself while running Win2000.

18. Easy Share: In a dual boot system, you may want files easily available to
both OSes. Make a folder on the harddrive or portable disk especially for
these files with shortcuts on both desktops for fast access.

19. Registry Restore: Unlike Win98 which saves the last 5 days of Registry
files, Win2000 saves the "Last Known Good Configuration" which is only the
registry key: "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet". Any other Registry changes
remain. Therefore when working in other areas of the Registry, you may want to
save the relevant keys or backup the entire Registry.

20. Plain Old Mouse?: Most newer laptops use a Touchpad wherein several
settings are configurable. When Win2000 is installed a default mouse may be
present instead that doesn't have the same level of configurability. Logitech,
a popular supplier of mouse software has added a Win2000 compatible version
that works fine with most laptop touchpads. It may be obtained from Logitech's
website at http://www.logitech.com/. If the site is a bit busy, down or you
want fast access to the new driver, go through FTP. AOL users can obtain it
through KEYWORD: FTP, other site: ftp.logitech.com in the folder
pub/techsupport/mouse. Note: On some laptops, after installing the new mouse
software, your modem may be disabled & must be reinstalled.

21. TweakUI Died: If you installed TweakUI 2000, it may expire [if using a
pre-release version] leaving a useless Control Panel Applet [which can be
deleted from C:\Winnt\System32] and a disabled entry in the Uninstall list of
programs; the entry may be deleted but on the next reboot of Win2000, a
message that TweakUI is unusable will appear if you don't remove the startup
entry for TweakUI. One way of disabling this notification, is to copy/paste
the "msconfig.exe" program from a Win98 system; it's located in
C:\Windows\System in Win98 & should be pasted into C:\Winnt\System32. Note
that when "msconfig" is run there will be several messages about path errors
for items such as "config.sys", "autoexec.bat", "win.ini" & "system.ini".
These can be ignored; the Startup Tab is the operational item wherein the
TweakUI box should be unchecked. For an even leaner startup, you may want to
disable "Em_Exec.exe" [LogiTech MouseWare software] or "Point32.exe"
[Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse software] from loading also.

22. Scanner Problems: Lack of available Win2000 drivers for many scanners is a
problem. Maintaining a dual boot system or keeping a Win3x/9x laptop around
[whether networked or not] may prove to be the only solution if you want to
have use of the scanner. If you do get a Win2000 compatible driver, the
scanner may be the type that loads on bootup. To disable this annoying [&
resource draining] feature, open the "Documents & Settings" folder. Search
through the startup folders to move or delete the shortcut to the scanner.
Note: For an easy to use [& Free] utility to manage startup apps, try "Startup
Control Panel" at http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml.

23. Happy Hibernation: Win2000 has overcome some of the problems many laptops
had with Hibernation when they moved to Win98. To test your system's ability
to hibernate using Win2000, open "Power Options" in the Control Panel, set the
scheme to "Portable/Laptop", select the Hibernate tab, select "Enable
Hibernate Support". [Note: The lack of a Hibernate Tab indicates your hardware
does not support this function.] Use the APM Tab to "Enable Advanced Power
Management Support", then chose the Power Schemes Tab to set the Hibernate &
Standby time parameters.

24. AOL 32Bit: A 32bit version [5.0] of AOL is now available to run on
WinNT/2000, but [if you don't have the new CD] there may be a problem
downloading it from AOL [Keyword: Upgrade] when signed onto AOL using Windows
2000. Some of the 3.0 versions [16Bit] do not support the download feature. A
4.0 [16bit] version may work, but there can be problems trying to install the
4.0 [16bit] version on Windows 2000. However, 4.0 often will work on Windows
2000 if it had been installed on another OS such as Windows 98 but not on
Windows 2000. Note: If you find that 4.0 will not install properly on Windows
2000 & you already have a copy of 3.0 installed, before uninstalling 4.0, copy
the file, "msnls.dll" from the main AOL 4.0 folder to the main AOL 3.0 folder
to prevent future errors with the 3.0 version.