MDAC 2.0, SP1 can be found at ftp://ftp.Microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/.
The Intel version is MDACTYPI.EXE and is 6,208,832 bytes, while the Alpha version is MDACTYPA.EXE and is 6,585,192 bytes.
You can also get it at http://www.microsoft.c...
SP4 adds a /C and / switch to CHKDSK.
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The /C switch directsCHKDSK to skip the checks that detect cycles in the directory structure. Cycles are a very rare form of corruption in which a subdirectory
has itself for an ancestor. Using the /C s...
The download versions of SP4 (as of 24-Oct-98) are missing the setupdd.sys and Winnt32.exe files.
I quote the readme.txt at
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ussp4/additional/:
Winnt32.exe and Setupdd.sys are ...
SP4 adds a 10 second countdown timer to Autochk, the process that runs Chkdsk on the blue screen during boot.
You can alter the default timer value by navigating to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager
Add...
The W9x Server Tools must be in your path.
Edit autoexec.bat and add the Server Tools to your path statement.
The Security tab, used to manage permissions of files and folders on an NTFS partition, is controlled by %SystemRoot%\System32\Rshx32.dll. Normally, everyone has read permission to this file and Administrator has Full Control.
To hid...
It is better to be safe than sorry!
0. Read the Readme.txt file.
1. Perform a full backup of files and registry.
2. Update the emergency repair disk (ERD). Run rdisk /s.
3. Shutdown and restart your system, che...
SP4 brings us the following System Event Log Messages:
Clean shutdown Event ID 6006: The Event Log Service was stopped.
Dirty shutdown Event ID 6008: The previous shutdown at <HH:MM> on <date> was unexpected.
System version E...