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*Printer Driver Information
Diagnosing Windows XP printer errors on a printer accessible either locally or via the network? One place to start would be to determine whether or not the printer drivers are completely installed and what versions of the particular DLLs and other files are installed.
Add Custom Folder to My Computer or the Desktop
Create your own custom system folder on the desktop or in My Computer, that can't be deleted or renamed.
Automatically defrag drives with a new context menu item!
Create a new Registry import file named context_defrag.
Sending Unencrypted Passwords
Connecting to SMB servers (such as Samba and LAN Manager for UNIX) with an unencrypted (plain text) password fails after upgrading to Windows NT 4.
*Hexadecimal to Decimal Conversion on the Command Line
Computer programmers and system engineers often need to convert hexadecimal numbers such as FF to decimal numbers (255) and vice-versa, but don''t want to open up the Windows XP calculator tool?
The Sysinternals website, part of Microsoft TechNet, offers a free DOS hexadecimal to decimal conversion program called hex2dec.
Automatically Detect Slow Network Connections
By default, Windows NT will attempt to detect the time-out on network links to determine their speed (high or low).
*Change the Number of Worksheets in Your New Workbooks
By default, Excel creates three worksheets in each new workbook that you create.