Title: win2k101
Subject: some notes on win2k

Drivers are stored in 2 places on a Win2k system
	c:\WINNT\Driver Cache\i386\driver.cab
	c:\WINNT\system32\dllcache
  sfc -- command for working with these files.
Recovery console:
  Knowlage base Q216417 -- install
  Knowlage base Q263125 -- SP did not update the console
  Basicly, 
   1. put the install disk in a running verison of win2k.
   2. run winnt.exe /recovery
	This will add the recovery console, but service packs will not update this.
To make service packs which also update the console, you need to create a
      "slip stream" service pack?
   1. download the service pack.
   2. ./sp2 /s /tmpdir/  #unpacks the service pack to a directory
   3. /tmpdir/update/update.exe c:\i386 #updates your i386 install directory
   4. burn the i386 dir to a cd, and use it to update the console on new systems.

# Adding new users program: 
compmgmt.msc
    
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# Explorer Secrets
  In Windows 2000, Explorer frustrates many people by starting up with its focus on My Documents. 

  To change these default behaviors of Explorer:
     in Windows 2000, Start, Programs, Accessories
     Right-drag this shortcut from its original location and drop it on the Start button.
      Finally, click Copy to make a duplicate item right on your Start menu. Apply changes to this duplicate, and you'll still have your original one to go back to, if desired.
    Once you have your new Explorer shortcut on your Start menu, right-click it, then click Properties. In Windows 2000, you'll see this command line: %SystemRoot% \explorer.exe. In Windows 98, you'll see something such as the following: c:\windows \explorer.exe /n, /e, c:\.

    The /root and /select switches make things interesting. You use /select -- followed by file, folder, or computer name y -- to highlight the selected object and put Explorer's focus on its parent. You use /root in the same way, followed by x, to open Explorer with object x fixed at the "top" of the tree view.

You would typically use the /select switch to make Explorer start with a specific folder or drive selected. By contrast, the /root switch, which is used less often, makes Explorer display a window in which the "root" you've specified is as high as you can go.

  Here are some examples. The following command line would start Explorer with the Docs folder open and the file Today.doc selected: explorer /n, /e, /select,c:\docs \today.doc.

he following /root command would start Explorer with Server1 at the top of the tree: explorer /n, /e, /root, \\server1.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;130510
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 130510
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