View,
print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed.
To download Word Viewer from the Microsoft Download Center,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:
With
Excel Viewer, you can open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if
you don't have Excel installed. You can also copy data from Excel
Viewer to another program. However, you cannot edit data, save a
workbook, or create a new workbook. File
Formats Supported You
can open only Excel files (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .xltx, .xltm, .xls,
.xlt, .xlm, and .xlw). Even though you can open macro-enabled files
(.xlsm, .xltm, and .xlm), you will not be able to run macros. http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/a/9/ea913c8b-51a7-41b7-8697-9f0d0a7274aa/ExcelViewer.exe
PowerPoint
Viewer
PowerPoint
Viewer lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint
97 and later versions with full fidelity. This viewer also supports
opening password-protected Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. You can
view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them in the
PowerPoint Viewer. NotePowerPoint
Viewer registers with the .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .pot, .potx, .potm, .pps,
.ppsx and .ppsm file extensions only if a version of PowerPoint is not
installed on your computer. If registered, double-clicking on these
file types will launch PowerPoint Viewer. http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe
Microsoft
Visio 2013 Viewer
Microsoft
Visio 2013 Viewer allows anyone to view Visio drawings inside their
Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browser.
Viewing Visio drawings is as simple as double-clicking the drawing file
in Windows Explorer. Internet Explorer will open, and Visio Viewer will
render the drawing in the browser window. You can then pan and zoom in
the drawing window by using toolbar buttons, keyboard shortcuts, or
menu items in the shortcut menu.
Visio Viewer is implemented as an ActiveX control that loads and
renders Visio drawings inside Internet Explorer. The Visio
2013 Viewer works with Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, 9, or
10.
Normally, when you start Explorer, it opens up with the current drive
at the top of the tree in the directory-pane on the left. To start
Explorer with "My Computer" as the root, and all drives visible, adjust
your shortcuts (right-click, select Properties then go to the Shortcut
page) to Explorer by changing the TARGET field to read:
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
/e,/n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Instead of copying that out by hand, just drag your mouse over it now,
right-click, select COPY...and then paste it into the TARGET field
later (right-click, then PASTE...you get the idea.) You can also
achieve the same result by right-clicking on "My Computer" and
selecting Explore OR by holding SHIFT while double-clicking "My
Computer" but the above method yields a one-handed, no-keypress
solution.
This debug
routine is used to erase all partition information on the hard disk
drive and is only recommend for experienced users who are
unable to delete the partition information through fdisk.
xxxx:010C INT
13 <enter>
xxxx:010E INT 20 <enter>
xxxx:0110 <enter>
-g <enter>
Program terminated normally
-q<enter>
Once this
debug routine is complete, reboot computer and all partitions should be
erased. Before anything can be installed back onto the computer you
must run Fdisk and recreate the partition as well as format the hard
disk drive.
Misc Goodies (just not yet sorted or linked ;-)
RESETTING YOUR INSTALLATION LOCATION
You can change the location where Windows looks for
installation
files. For example, if you installed Windows over a network
from a
server that isn't currently available, before you can modify your
configuration, you must tell Windows to look for the files it
needs
in a different spot. To do so, launch the Registry Editor and navigate
to the
key and locate (or create) the
SourcePath
key. Modify this key to show the path Windows should now
use to find your installation files. Don't forget to end with a
backslash.
If you're using the mouse to drag an object from one place to another
and realize you don't want to make that move at all, don't panic.
Continue to hold down that mouse button and press Esc to cancel the
move (or copy). Then release the mouse button.
REMEDYING AN ERROR MESSAGE FOR NOT ENOUGH SERVER STORAGE
An incorrect value in the PagedPoolSize in the Windows NT Registry is a
common cause for the message "Not enough server storage is available to
process this command." If you receive this message, you might have a
nonzero PagePoolSize entry in the Registry. Open the Registry and go to
the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ Session
Manager \ Memory Management key. Set the PagedPoolSize value to 0. If
you change this value, you will need to reboot your system.
CHANGE THE PRINT SPOOL DIRECTORY
By default, Windows NT uses the system disk for all print spooling
directories. If you're running out of space or fire off a large number
of print jobs, this can soon become a performance bottleneck. You can
change the spool directory by adding a new REG_SZ value named
and setting it to a local path. You should replace
[PrinterName] with the name you gave the printer when you created it.
Note: You can't use a UNC path for the printer spool. You must use a
fully qualified local path that exists before you make the changes.
You must stop and restart the Spooler service after making these
changes to the Registry.
ADD NOTEPAD TO RIGHT-CLICK MENU FOR EVERY FILE
This tip will set Notepad as the default application for any extensions
that are not associated with another application. It will also add
Notepad to the right-click menu for every file. This feature lets you
open any file in Notepad without navigating to Send-To and lets you
double-click a file that doesn't have an association established, such
as Config.sys, to open it in Notepad. If the file is too big for
Notepad, you will get a prompt to open the file in Wordpad instead.
1. Run REGEDIT
2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*. (This should be the very first
subtree.)
3. A key called "shellex" should already be here. Add a new key called
"Shell" at the same tree level as "shellex."
4. Under the "Shell" key, create another key called "Notepad."
5. Create another key under the "Notepad" key called "Command."
6. You'll see a string value named Default when you highlight the
"Command" key. Double-click Default and enter "NOTEPAD %1" (without the
quotes). Click OK.
7. Exit Regedit and test it out.
Use the MEDIA="print" style attribute to determine page breaks when
printing Web pages. To use this technique, include the MEDIA="print"
attribute in a style block, as shown:
Then add the CLASS="page" attribute to the element you want to appear
on a new page. For example,
<BODY>
<H1>I'm on the first
page</H1>
<P CLASS =
"page"> </P>
<H2>This begins the second
page</H2>
<H2 CLASS = "page">This is on the
third page!
</H2>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Note that these styles are invoked only when the pages are printed, and
they are supported only by IE 4.x and above.
RUNNING LOW ON SPACE IN THE SYSTEM/BOOT PARTITION?
As a systems administrator, you must work within the limitations of
your company. Usually, you'll have one or two servers with two disks
(or more), but what happens when your disk space is low, and you have
nothing else to delete on the (sometimes) C:\ boot-system partition?
Your server also acts like a print server, so in the
systemroot\system32\spool are the spooled files that are wasting your
hard disk space. You can move these spooled files by opening Control
Panel\Printers. Click File and select Server Properties. Click Advanced
tab and change the Spool Server path from C to D. This trick will free
disk space and also enable the print server spooled files to run faster.
STARTING WINDOWS NT EXPLORER WITH A SPECIFIC DRIVE EXPANDED
By default, Windows NT Explorer always starts with the drive containing
the Windows NT root folder (\winnt) expanded. But what if you want to
start Explorer with a different drive expanded? You can do this by
choosing Start| Run, and then typing
explorer /e, d:
Replace d: with the letter of the drive you want to expand when you
start Explorer. (You could also modify the Explorer shortcut on your
Start menu to run this command.)
DELETING UNDELETABLE PRINT JOBS ON YOUR NT SERVER
Have you tried to delete a print job from your NT server, only to find
that the job is stuck and won't delete? If so, here's how you get rid
of it. First, close the Printers Folder. Next, open the Control Panel
and double-click the Services icon. Click the Spooler Service. Click
Stop. If you are using TCP/IP Printing Services, click it as well and
then click Stop.
Next, delete the *.spl and *.shd files that show the approximate time
and date of the print job causing the problem. You'll find them in the
%Winroot%\System32\Spool\Printers directory.
SET YOUR SYSTEM CLOCK TO MATCH ANOTHER COMPUTER ON YOUR LAN
If you have a computer with an unreliable clock, you can use your LAN
to correct
it. At the command prompt, type:
NET TIME \\computername /SET /YES
The clock on your computer will be set the same as the one on.
Shortcut to Hibernate your computer:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, SetSuspendState
0,1,0