How do I prevent XP from running checkdisk?

this tweak prevents XP from running checkdisk when it gets an unclean shutdown. I have found in the past that that sometimes a machine will want to continually check disk every time you reboot for no apparant reason, even though the hard drive is OK

the fastest way i found to circumvent this is to do the following:

open the registry editor: [start] [run] [regedit]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

REG_MULTI_SZ: BootExecute=""

in the box you will see " autocheck autochk * " remove these and no more pesky check disk.

obviously, if you suspect your HDD of being fried, this isnt the best solution to just bury your head in the sand!

how do i delete files and folders stored on this computer in XP?

This reg setting deletes the " files and folders stored on this computer" icons shown at the top of Windows explorer / my computer screens in XP. These icons can provide a security concern on shared computers with users being able to see each others files. To remove :

open the registry editor:

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]

Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\

Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace\DelegateFolders

In the left pane, delete the sub-key {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

Exit Registry and Reboot

How to I map a network drive in DOS?

Net use is a DOS command used to map a network drive to a local computer. Net use can be ued in a DOS environment such as from a Windows 98 Boot Disk, or from a CMD/DOS session in Windows.

to view all the commands availaible in Net use, type net use /? in DOS to see a list of commands.

Typically, the command goes like this. if you wanted to map the F$ share on a server called "server1", to a local G drive on the command would go

net use g: \\server1\f$

if a password is needed, the remote server will normally now prompt you for this.