Updated 09/10/02
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NT 4 Resource Kit
Utilities
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How to change the logon bitmap
What to do about an intermittent logon script
The usual dire warnings about making changes to the Registry apply here. If you are not certain about what you are doing. LEAVE IT ALONE.
1. To setup Automatic Logon;
Run RegEdit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.
check for AutoAdminLogon in the right pane. If it's there, double-click it and change the value to 1. If it isn't select Edit, New, String Value (NT 4.0). Name the new value AutoAdminLogon and give it the value 1. For the Auto log-on to work, you have to add your password. Look for DefaultPassword in the right pane. If it isn't there, create it by choosing Edit, New, String Value (4.0) or Edit, Add Value (3.51). Assign your password to it. Now you can close RegEdit and restart the computer. Note that if you click Start, Shut Down and select Close All Programs and Log On as a Different User, and then click Yes, the system will restart without offering to sign on a new user.
2. Get Powertoys from the Microsoft site. Install the Tweakup utility. It places tweakup in your settings folder under the start menu. Double click on tweakup and under the network tab type in your userid and password and wholla you don't have to input it anymore, tweakup does it for you.
How to change the logon bitmap
Replace WINNT.BMP or WINNT256.BMP in the C:\WINNT directory with the picture of your choosing.
If you have problems where a logon script runs at some computers and not at others, and you have a Primary Domain Contoller (PDC) and Backup Domain Controller(s) (BDC), it is possible that the login script is on the PDC but that the user is being authenticated by the BDC.
To fix the problem, you need to make sure that the script is replicated onto the BDC(s) in your domain.
Searching for Network Shares with Net View
Start Command versus Command Prompt
How to cut and paste from NT to the Command Line
Searching for network shares with net view
You can use the NET VIEW command line utility to display a list of a computer's network shares. However, if a computer hosts several or perhaps even dozens of shares, the list may scroll off your screen. Obviously, you can prevent the list from scrolling by piping the list results through the more command, but you would still have to search through a long list for the share you're looking for. Instead, try piping the NET VIEW results through the find command, and specify a search string of characters that appears in the name of the share you're looking for.
The command NET VIEW \\%computername% | find "%string%"
(where %computername% is name of the target computer and %string% is the search string) will display a list of only the target computer's shares that contain the characters found in the search string.
Note: the search string is case sensitive
Start Command v Command Prompt
Why do you need to use the Start command to run a program from the command prompt when you can run any executable file from the command prompt by simply typing in its name?
The difference is that you can run a program in a command prompt window by simply typing its name and pressing Enter.
When you use the Start command, however, you run a program in a NEW command prompt window by entering "Start Program Name" and pressing Enter.
For example, if you want to run a program named program.exe, you can simply type "program" at the command prompt and the program will run.
Try doing this with xcopy.
Open the command prompt window and go to the root folder (type "md c:\test" and press Enter).
Now type "xcopy c:\data c:\test."
Press Enter and xcopy will run and copy c:\data to c:\test.
Now let's use Start.
Open a command prompt window and type "Start xcopy c:\data c:\test" and press Enter.
This time, xcopy will run in a separate command prompt window, allowing you to continue using the original window to perform other work.
How to cut and paste from NT to the Command Line
To paste information from Windows NT to a command prompt line:
Select a line of text and press Ctrl-C to copy it.
Open the command prompt and click the control box. From the displayed menu, choose Edit, Paste.
(Note: You can't press Ctrl -V to paste into a command prompt window.)
If you want to copy some text from a command line window and paste it into a Windows application, click the control box, choose Edit, Mark from the menu, then use the mouse to select the text you want to copy. When you have completed your selection, press the Enter key to copy the text to the clipboard. Open the applicable Windows application and click where you want the text, then Press Ctrl-V to paste the text.
While you can use the AT command at the command prompt it's real power lies with batch files.
To use the AT command you first need to start the Schedule Service by opening Control Panel, Services, then starting the Schedule service. Now for the gotcha! Before you close the Services dialog, double click the Schedule entry. This opens another dialog that you use to enter a user account name that has permissions for the task you want to perform. If the Schedule service was already running, make sure you stop it then start it again and, if the task you want to perform is over a network, make sure that the original network connection is broken before you run the AT command.
How to access a bad NTFS partition
How to access a bad NTFS partition
Most troubleshooting procedures recommend installing another copy of NT on the local system. This technique is slow and costly for support personnel, and it's not always possible. An alternative solution is to use an external hard disk and an NT boot floppy. First, you must install Windows NT on a local SCSI hard disk on any system. You'll only need to install the basic operating system. But if you need networking, add the I386 directory and the appropriate drivers for the network interface cards that you use at your site.
Once you've configured this system, remove the hard disk and place it in a portable SCSI drive bay. Next, take the portable drive to the broken system and plug it into the external SCSI plug. Then use an NT boot floppy (with correct ARC path names) to start the NT installation on the portable drive. You'll then have access to the broken system and may back up all of its data.
How to add a Printer panel to the Start menu
How to turn off the Print Notification
How to Uninstall a Network Printer
If you periodically need to print something that uses a special setup, consider installing a new printer. You say you have only one printer? Don't worry--Windows NT doesn't really know.
Choose Start|Settings|Printers and then double-click on Add Printer. Follow the Wizard to install your new printer. Give it a different name from the original printer.
After the printer is installed, set its defaults to those needed by your periodic printing requirements. Go to the document you want to print, choose Print, and choose the new printer. Set up the necessary parameters and print your document.
When you want to print standard documents, choose your original printer.
How to add a Printer panel to the Start menu
*To add a Printer panel to the Start menu, create a new folder (right-click
the desktop and choose New, Folder). Name the folder exactly as follows:
Printers.{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
Now right-click Start and choose Open. Drag the new folder to the Start Menu window. You must type the name exactly as shown here.
Note that the period between Printers and the bracket is not an error.
How to turn off the print notification
Select the Printers program, choose File, Properties from the menu and then the Advanced tab on the properties screen, you can select the level of logging you need.
How to Uninstall a Network Printer
You can uninstall a printer (local or network) by simply choosing Start|Settings|Printers and then selecting the printer and pressing Delete. If Windows NT asks if you want to delete the files associated with the printer, choose Yes if you're sure you won't reinstall the printer and No if you're not so sure.
Note that you may not be able to uninstall some networked printers because they are attached to a dedicated printer server and take orders only from a controller. In this case, you'd have to have permission to uninstall the printer.
How to stop a Stop: 0x0000001E message during startup
How to get rid of an Alerter Error
How to broadcast urgent Network messages
How to get rid of the 'not enough server storage message
How to get rid of the Messenger service terminated with service-specific error 2105
How to get rid of the not enough server storage message
1. If you have a service pack installed and you have changed your computer configuration either software or hardware wise you may get this message. This occurs when a service associated with the configuration change has been started for the first time To get rid of it, reinstall the service pack.
2. This message most frequently occurs when there is an incorrect value in the PagedPoolSize in the Windows NT Registry. This incorrect value is often a number other than zero. To fix the problem,
Open the Registry,
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement and set the value of PagedPoolSize to 0.
Reboot your system.
How to stop a Stop: 0x0000001E during startup
This "Stop: 0x0000001E" message can display after the first reboot during Windows NT Setup. It may also occur after Setup is finished. You may get the error because:
1. Your disk drive is full.
2. You have an incompatible third-party video driver.
3. You have an incompatible system BIOS.
If you get an Alerter error message when you start your work station it probably means that you have not protocols installed. You need at least one protocol installed to communicate across your network. By default NT installs TCP/P.
To install a protocol:
1. From the Start Menu, select Control Panel.
2. From the Control Panel, open the Network icon,
3. From the Network dialog, select Protocols, then select the Add button.
4. From the Select Network Protocol dialog, select the appropriate protocol, usually TCP/IP then select OK
5. When the protocol has loaded, select the Bindings tab.
6. When the protocol has been bound, NT will request that you shut down and restart your computer.
7. You should probably also repeat the exercise and install NetBEUI.
To fix the problem, attack each symptom one at a time, starting with freeing disk space. Next, remove the video driver. Go back to plain VGA if necessary. Finally, upgrade your computer's BIOS.
How to Broadcast Urgent Network Messages
To broadcast an urgent message to NT4.0 users:
Open the Command Prompt window and enter
NET SEND {computername| * |/DOMAIN[:domainname] /USERS} message
If you want to send a message to all network users, enter, for example, NET SEND * This is an urgent message! The Server is shutting down! Then press the Enter key. Notice that you don't enclose the message in quotes.
To stop broadcasts reaching your desktop, stop this service using the Control Panel's Service applet.
How to get rid of the not enough server storage message
1. If you have a service pack installed and you have changed your computer configuration either software or hardware wise you may get this message. This occurs when a service associated with the configuration change has been started for the first time To get rid of it, reinstall the service pack.
2. This message most frequently occurs when there is an incorrect value in the PagedPoolSize in the Windows NT Registry. This incorrect value is often a number other than zero. To fix the problem,
Open the Registry,
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement and set the value of PagedPoolSize to 0.
Reboot your system.
How to get rid of the Messenger service terminated with service-specific error 2105
The error displays because NetBIOS Interface is missing from the Services tab. To get rid of it;
Open Start, Settings Control Panel, Network, then select the Services tab, select the Add button and add NetBIOS Interface. If NetBIOS is already installed, make sure that a protocol is bound to the adapter. You can check this by opening the Bindings tab. If a protocol isn't bound to the adapter, then delete all the current protocols then add them again. You'll then have to reboot.
Check before you upgrade
If you're thinking of upgrading some computers in your organization from Windows 95 to Windows NT Workstation 4.0, you need to consider a few points before you spend any money or time.
Windows 95 supports more than 1000 devices than does Windows NT. Make sure you have device drivers for all your hardware before you start an installation. Although you may think that most Windows 95 drivers will work with NT, this is not the case.
You also need to make sure that all your software will run properly in Windows NT. Some software that you use with Windows 95 may have been written specifically for that operating system and may not run in Windows NT.
Consider going to Windows NT Workstation only on your fastest computers. Although Windows NT will run on a 486, we strongly recommend that you use at least a 90-MHz Pentium.
Remember that you cannot install Windows NT over Windows 95. The best approach may be to install NT on a Windows 95 computer as a dual-boot system. This way, you can test NT without compromising the Windows 95 installation.
When you're planning your company's NT domain model, make sure you give your domains the room they need to grow. Remember that every user, computer and group account in a NT domain takes up file space in the domain's SAM (Security Accounts Manager) database. Microsoft recommends that a domain's SAM database should be no larger than 40 Mb. Each user account uses 1Kb. Each computer account uses 500 bytes. Each group account uses 4 Kb. Therefore, a single NT domain could conceivably hold 40,000 user accounts or 25,000 user accounts, 14,000 computer accounts and 2,000 group accounts. If you use a single master domain model where all user and global group accounts are stored in the master domain and all computer and local group accounts are stored in the resource domains, you may need to implement multiple master domains if you have more than 40,000 users.
Create a new ERD each time you change hardware or software in your machine.
1. Be aware that the ERD is not bootable. To use it you need to start with the 3 Startup disks that come with NT.
2. If you cannot locate the 3 startup disks, you can create them from the CD. Simply run winnt.exe with the /ox switch. That is; select Run from the Start menu, and in the box type winnt /ox.
3. If you start rdisk and it appears to work very quickly and you are not requested for a disk, then rdisk has NOT worked. This is because you have to be an administrator
How to Install System Policy Editor on a Worksation
To administer profiles install poledit.exe located on the CD. When installed it appears in the start menu, administration tools as system policy editor. From it you can assign and administer system, computer, group and user profiles.
How to install System Policy Editor on a Workstation
From a NT Server or the CD , copy
the three files in a floppy .
Poledit.exe
common.adm
winnt.adm
Insert the floppy in a NT workstation , execute the file
Poledit.exe . It will give some errors . Click OK for them . Now
the policy Editor opens . In the main menu , goto OPTIONS, POLICY
TEMPLATES and add the adm files from the floppy .
If you want to reinstall and don't want to reformat the hard disk here's how:
Install NT to a different directory than the original installation, delete the first installation folders then edit the boot.ini file to remove references to the original installation.
Remember to remove the hidden and read attributes from boot.ini before you start editing
How to Delete a Folder Hierarchy
How to turn of the CD Autostart
How to Map Hidden Home Folders
How to create a jump to a command prompt
If you like to use sounds to alert you when something happens, open Control Panel and double-click on the Sounds icon. Now you can select a sound for any Windows NT occurrence.
If you'd like to have more sounds at your disposal, double-click on Add/Remove Programs and then click on the Windows NT Setup tab. Double-click on Multimedia and select all the extra sounds. Click on OK to close the dialog box and then click on OK to install the new sounds. You'll have to insert your Windows NT CD to install the sounds. You need to use the \i386 directory on the CD.
If you need to open a folder and then open a folder in that folder, etc., etc., but you don't want to leave a trail of folders on your desktop, here 's what you can do: Open the main folder. Now hold down Ctrl and double-click on the subfolder you want to open. The new folder will open and the original folder will close.
The only drawback is that the subfolder will open in the same format as the main folder. If the main folder was set to Large Icons, then the subfolder will open with large icons even if it was originally set to List.
To set up a sound card In Windows NT 4.0, determine the card's selections (I/O port, interrupt number), turn off the computer, insert the card, and restart the computer. Now open Control Panel and double-click on the Multimedia icon. When the dialog box opens, click on the Devices tab.
Now select Audio Devices and click on Add. (You'll probably need to insert your Windows NT 4.0 CD at this point). When offered a driver selection, choose the device that matches your sound card. Set the I/O to match your card and click on Continue. Now set the interrupt to match and click on OK. You'll be prompted to restart. After the restart, your sound card should function.
If there's an interrupt conflict, you may need to set your sound card to a different interrupt. If so, make the change, reinsert the card, and repeat the installation procedure.
How to Delete a Folder hierarchy
Some Windows NT 4.0 users have asked about a command similar tothe Windows 95 Deltree command. You can accomplish the same thing in Windows NT 4.0 by using the Rmdir command.
Try this: Create a new folder and then create within that folder a subfolder. Now place some files in the subfolder. You can use copies of existing files from another folder. Just make sure you copy (not move) the files. Now go to the command prompt and type
RD c:\NewFolder\Test /s
and press Enter to delete the folders and the files contained within them.
The quick fix is hold down the Shift key while loading the CD. For a more permanent fix, set the value 0 (that's zero) to the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom
How to Map hidden Home Folders
If you use Windows NT server to provide shared home directories for Windows 95 users, you've probably dreaded the task of creating a separate logon script for each user that will map a drive letter to the user's home directory. However, you can use a simple technique to create a generic logon script that maps a drive letter to a user's home directory, which is hidden from other users.
First, create a shared home directory on your Windows NT server for each Windows 95 user. Give the share the same name as its user's username, but add a dollar sign to the end, for example,
BloggsJ$
This will hide the share from view in Network Neighborhood. Be sure to assign each home directory's share permissions and NTFS permissions appropriately. Then use User Manager for Domains to open each user's User Properties sheet and specify the paths to the user's hidden home directory and the generic logon script. Then create the generic logon script, and add the command
NET USE U: /HOME /YES
to map the drive letter U to the user's home directory.
Many people don't realize that using the regular "copy" function to copy files on an NT based network doesn't transfer security properties of that file.
Luckily, there is a solution. Included on the Windows NT Server Resource Kit (CD) is an application called "scopy.exe.". SCOPY copies files and directories to and from NTFS partitions with security intact. SCOPY will not copy files to or from FAT, HPFS, or other non-secured file systems. SCOPY requires that you have Backup and Restore files User Rights on both the source and destination computers. Parameters must be given in this order..
SCOPY source destination [/o] [/a] [/s]
"source" - specifies files to copy
"destination" - where files are to be copied to
"/o" - copies owner security information
"/a" - copies auditing information. This requires that you have the Manage Auditing User Right on both the source and destination computers.
"/s" - copies all files in subdirectories.
Note: The SCOPY program does not support copying only modified files. The XCOPY program does support copying only modified files but does not copy file permissions. Different situations will dictate the use of one or the other of these programs.
If you'd like to examine the fonts available to your system, go to the \Winnt\Fonts folder. All the fonts are in this folder. You can view them to see exactly what they look like by simply double-clicking on the font you want to view.
If your font list is very long, you can trim it somewhat (without losing any fonts) by choosing View|Hide Variations(Bold, Italic, etc.). The font variations are still there; you just can't see them in the list. You can repeat the command to get them back into view.
If you'd like to use a simple image program, try loading Windows NT imaging software. Although this program (applet really) sports abbreviated editing capabilities, it will do many simple graphic manipulations.
If you have a scanner installed on your computer, you can use the imaging software to handle the scanner output for you. Just make sure you install all the scanner driver software before you install the imaging software.
To install imaging, go to Control Panel and double-click on Add/Remove Programs. Now click on the Windows NT Setup tab and double-click on Accessories. Locate Imaging and select it. Click on OK to close the dialog box and then click on OK again to install. You'll have to insert your Windows NT CD at this point. The directory you need on the CD is \i386.
How to create a jump to a command prompt
You can create a right-click mouse option to jump to a command prompt from any selected folder location. If you are far down a directory tree and need to get to a command prompt in the selected folder, all you need to do is right-click on the highlighted folder and select the "Command Prompt Here" option.
To enable this option, bring up NT Explorer. Select View, Options, and then select the File Types tab. Select the registered file type Folder. Then add a New action called "Command Prompt Here," or whatever you want to call it. In Application used to perform this action, type the path to CMD.EXE (usually c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe).
How to add a workstation to a Domain
Copying, Moving and Compressing Files
How to preserve Permissions when Copying
How to find out which users are connected
How to create user name folders
How to remove the user id from the Logon dialog
How to delete an 'Access Denied' folder or file
How to add a Workstation to a Domain
You need a PDC in the domain. You then need to create a computer account at the PDC. Then you need to change the the workstation from a workgroup computer to a domain computer with the same name as the computer account at the PDC. Finally, you need to create users accounts at the PDC for all users that will need access to the domain.
Copying, Moving and Compressing Files
You can compress one file or all files in a directory. Compressing a directory ensures that new files created in the directory are automatically compressed. Uncompressing a directory ensures that new files created in the directory are created uncompressed.
When you copy or move a file into a directory or subdirectory within an NTFS volume (or from one NTFS volume to another), the file inherits the compression state of the destination directory.
When you move a file into a directory or subdirectory within an NTFS volume, the file retains its compression state, regardless of the compression setting of the destination directory.
When you move a file from one NTFS volume to another, the file inherits the compression state of the destination directory.
When you compress or uncompress a directory, the Explorer prompts you to indicate whether to compress or uncompress existing subdirectories in the selected directory. Existing subdirectories in compressed or uncompressed directories retain their compression state unless you change it.
You can choose to highlight compressed files and directories in an alternate color by clicking Options on the View menu.
Other file operations can be performed during compression and uncompression.
How to preserve Permissions when Copying
To preserve permissions when you copy or move files between NTFS folders, use the Scopy program on the Windows NT Server Resource Kit CD.
How to find out which users are connected
If you need to find out which users are connected to your domain; from the Start menu, select Programs, Administrative Tools (Common), Server Manager. At the Server Manager, double click the PDC, then at the Properties dialog select the Users button.
How to create user name folders
If you use %USERNAME% in the home directory path for a user, the system will automatically substitute the user name for the %USERNAME%. To do this, select the User Manager (for Domains) open the User account, select the Profile button, select the Connect radio button, select a drive, then in the To field, enter path culminating with %USERNAME%. For example, \\therehome\users\%USERNAME%
How to remove the user id from the Logon dialog
If you want more security, you can
remove the entry in the Logon user id field that displays when
you boot your system. To do this, open Reged32 and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
Key: \Microsoft\Windows NT\Current
Version\Winlogon and enter
Name: DontDisplayLastUserName
Type: REG_SZ
Value: 1
How to delete an 'Access Denied' folder or file
There are 2 reasons why you can't delete a folder or file that displays an Access Denied message. It is in a state of 'Pending Deletion'. It has previously been deleted by there are file handles for it still open, or it has become corrupted. To fix the problem, either simply wait until the handles have closed. This will happen automatically when you restart your system anyhow, or, run chkdsk /f on the volume that contains the file or folder.
From the Start Menu, select Programs, Administrative Tools (Common), User Manager (for Domains). In User Manager (for Domains), from the menu bar, select Policies, Audit. You can then select what you want to audit. Rember that auditing will slow down the system.
If your CD drive becomes inaccessible when you select it using Windows Explorer and you get the message {drive} is not accessible, the parameter is incorrect, or The system cannot find the drive specified, or The device is not ready, here's what to do;
either, close CD Player before you attempt to read a data CD-ROM or insert the Data CD-ROM before you start CD Player.
This happens because the CD Player opens all available CD-ROM Drives in exclusive mode.
Addusers.exe
Autolog.exe
Browmon.exe
Browstat.exe
Delprof.exe
Dommon.exe
Dumpel.exe
Findgrp.exe
Getsid.exe
Ifmember.exe
Logoff.exe
Netwatch.exe
Nlmon.exe
Nltest.exe
Passprop.exe
Pathman.exe
Permcopy.exe
Perms.exe
Regback.exe
Regrest.exe
Regkey.exe
Rmtshare.exe
Scopy.exe
Showacls.exe
Showgrps.exe
Shutdown.exe
Shutgui.exe
Srvinfo.exe
Timeserv.exe
Usrstat.exe
Usrtogrp.exe
Whoami.exe
Winat.exe
Addusers.exe
Dumps and imports user and group accounts in an Windows NT user
account data base to a text file. Passwords are not included.
Autolog.exe
Graphical utility to automate the registry settings for
Auto-logon.
Browmon.exe
Graphical browser monitoring utility.
Browstat.exe
A more powerful command-line browser monitoring and querying
tool.
Delprof.exe
Deletes user profiles.
Dommon.exe
Graphical domain monitoring tool. Displays secure channels
between Windows NT computers that are members of a domain, and
between domain controllers that are trusting other domains. This
utility shows the same information as the command-line utility
Nlmon.exe.
Findgrp.exe
Finds all local and global group memberships for a user in both
an accounts domain and a resource domain.
Getsid.exe
Dumps the users SID (includes the RID) for users or groups.
Ifmember.exe
Lists the groups a user is a member of.
Logoff.exe
Utility (available only with NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit) allows
the user to logoff from the command prompt.
Nlmon.exe
Command-line domain monitoring tool. Displays secure channels
between Windows NT computers that are members of a domain, and
between domain controllers that are trusting other domains. Shows
the same information as the graphical utility Dommon.exe
Nltest.exe
Very powerful command-line domain monitoring utility. Does much
more than Nlmon.exe or Dommon.exe.
Passprop.exe
Provides functionality not available in User Manager. Allows
policies to force complex passwords that contain a mix of upper
and lowercase letters and numbers or symbols, and the ability to
lock out an administrator's account over the network, but still
allowing an administrator to log on interactively on domain
controllers.
Regback.exe
Utility to backup the registry.
Regrest.exe
Utility to restore the registry.
Showgrps.exe
Shows the groups that a user is a member of.
Usrstat.exe
Displays username, fullname, and last login date and time for
each user account across all domain controllers.
Usrtogrp.exe
Adds users to local and global groups from a text file.
Dumpel.exe
Dumps an event log to a file.
Netwatch.exe
Graphical utility shows shares and connected users for one or
more servers in a single window.
Pathman.exe
Command-line utility to modify the system and user path
environment statements.
Permcopy.exe
Copies permissions from one share to another.
Perms.exe
Displays a user's permissions to files and directories on an NTFS
volume.
Regkey.exe
Graphical utility to modify the registry to change settings for
the shutdown button on the logon screen, to display the last
logged on user, whether to parse the Autoexec.bat file for path
and environment variables, to specify the number of profiles
cached, to specify the default wallpaper, and whether to generate
long file names on the FAT file system.
Rmtshare.exe
Remotely view and create shares.
Scopy.exe
Copies files between NTFS file systems and retains all file and
directory permissions.
Showacls.exe
Displays NTFS permissions for files, folders, and directory
trees.
Shutdown.exe
Command-line utility to remotely shut down and reboot Windows NT
computers.
Shutgui.exe
Graphical utility to remotely shutdown and reboot Windows NT
computers.
Srvinfo.exe
Utility that lists lots of information for local and remote
Windows NT computers. To get all the information, you must be an
administer of the remote machine. Some of the information listed
includes Windows NT type, build number, domain name, Primary
Domain Controller (PDC), IP address, drive space, and services
running.
Timeserv.exe
A service (available only with NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit) that
keeps the local system clock synchronized with a Time server that
is independent of a logged on user.
Whoami.exe
Lists the user account who spawned the CMD process.
Winat.exe
Graphical utility to administer and schedule processes using the
Scheduler service.
There are several ways to do this, probably the best is;
Backup your NT disk to a tape. Create a new, up to date ERD using rdisk /s. Install the new Hard Disk, Install NT to a directory with a different name rather than the current {winroot} folder. User your backup tape to restore. Occasionally, you may encounter registry problems, so at this point, restart your system using the installation disks. During disk 2 installation, choose the Repair option then uncheck Check System Files. Complete the installation with disk 3, then use the new ERD. You will then need to reboot again and NT should run normally.
I you don't have a tape, and you're using an NTFS partition, you could install the new disk as a mirror for the old disk. You then break the mirror, remove the original disk and set the new disk up as the boot disk.
If you've got the resource kit, you can use
scopy utility for which the user account needs Backup and Restore
rights. Install the new disk, create and NTFS partition on it
then use the command
scopy <source drive>: <new drive>: /o /a /s
When completed, close down and switch off, remove the old disk,
and set the new disk up as master (IDE) or SCSI 0/6 (SCSI) and
reboot once again using the installation disks, unchecking Check
System Files
How to change the Administrator account name
How to Disable the Guest account name
How to change the Administrator account name
To rename the Administrator account open Administrative Tools (Common), User Manager (for Domains), select the Administrator account, select User from the menu bar, select the Rename option from the drop down menu, enter the new name in the Change To field, select OK. That takes care of the Administrator change of name.
How to Disable the Guest account name
To disable the Guest account name, open Administrative Tools (Common), User Manager (for Domains), double click the Guest account. At the User Properties dialog check the Account Disabled check box.