Copyright: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:41:21


Specifies the Select Driver options.

 Printer

 Driver

 Print to


Specifies the destination.


Specifies the name of the printer.


Specifies the name of the printer driver.


Click the following for more information:

 Enter password for

 Password


Specifies the name of the print server.


Specifies the password for the print server.


Specifies the name of the file that will store the document. The document is stored in a format readable by your printer, not by the program you are using to print.


Displays the status of files. The left column shows the status of the file stored in Briefcase. The right column shows the status of its counterpart outside Briefcase. The center column reflects the file's status after you click Update.


Updates the selected file by applying the changes made to the file outside Briefcase.


Displays the file name and icon.


Breaks the connection between the file stored in Briefcase and its counterpart outside Briefcase.


Finds the original file that is connected to its counterpart stored in Briefcase.


Lists all the color profiles currently associated with this printer.

Click a profile, and then click Set As Default to make it the active profile that your printer will use to apply color settings.


Specifies that Windows will automatically choose the appropriate color profile from the list of profiles associated with this printer.


Specifies that you will manually choose a color profile from the list of profiles associated with this printer.


Displays the name of the current default profile for this printer.


Click to associate a new profile with this printer.


Removes a profile from the list.


Makes the selected profile the default profile.


Displays the name of the current monitor.


Displays the name of the current default profile for this monitor.


Lists all the color profiles currently associated with this monitor.

Click a profile to make it the active profile. Otherwise, the default profile is the active profile.


Click to associate a new profile with this monitor.


Removes a profile from the list.


Makes the selected profile the default profile.


Lists the hardware devices on this computer that are associated with this color profile.


Lists the hardware devices on this computer that can be associated with this color profile.


Displays the name of the color profile being used by this file.


Click to enable color management for this document. Color profiles communicate the color characteristics of a device to the color management system. Associating the correct color profile with all of your publishing tools helps to ensure consistent color application throughout the publishing process.


Click to turn on basic color management, which coordinates the way a document's colors appear on your scanner, monitor, and printer.


Click to turn on proofing, which lets you simulate or emulate how colors will appear on a certain printer or monitor. Proofing allows you to ensure color consistency across devices and platforms.


Lists the rendering intents you can use.

A rendering intent maps the colors of an image to the color gamut of a monitor or printer. The color gamut is the range of color that a device can produce:

Pictures is best for photographic images. All the colors of one gamut are scaled to fit within another gamut. The relationship between colors is maintained.

Proof is best for logo images, in which a few colors must be matched exactly. The colors that fall within the gamuts of both devices are left unchanged. Other colors might map to a single color, however, resulting in tone compression.

Graphics is best for graphs and pie charts, in which vividness is more important than actual color. The relative saturation of colors is maintained from gamut to gamut. Colors outside the gamut are changed to colors of the same saturation, but different degrees of brightness, at the edge of the gamut.

Match is used for mapping to a device-independent color space. The result is an idealized print viewed on a perfect paper with a large dynamic range and color gamut.


Lists the color profiles available for the monitor.


Lists the color profiles available for the printer.


Lists the profiles you can use to emulate another device on your monitor and printer. The profile could represent another monitor or printer, a printing press, color space, or any other output device.


Click to associate a device with this profile.


Click to remove the association between this profile and the selected device.


Displays the name of the color profile you want to associate to a device.


Lists the color profiles associated with this device. If you have more than one profile listed, select the one you want.


Click to associate a new profile with this device.


Click to remove the profile from the list.


Displays the buttons that you can add to the toolbar in the active window.


Adds the selected button to the toolbar when the Customize Toolbar dialog box is closed. Clicking Add moves the button selected in Available toolbar buttons to Current toolbar buttons. Only the buttons listed in Current toolbar buttons appear on the toolbar.


Removes the selected button from the toolbar when the Customize Toolbar dialog box is closed. Clicking Remove moves the button selected in Current toolbar buttons to Available toolbar buttons. Only the buttons listed in Current toolbar buttons appear on the toolbar.


Displays the buttons in the order they appear (from left to right) on the toolbar in the active window.


Restores the default set of buttons on the toolbar in the active window.


Moves the selected button up one line. On the toolbar, the button shifts left one space.


Moves the selected button down one line. On the toolbar, the button shifts right one space.


Closes the dialog box and saves any changes you have made.


Closes the dialog box and saves any changes you have made.


Closes the dialog box without saving any changes you have made.


Prints the document and closes the Print dialog box.


Displays program information, version number, and copyright.


Click to display an overview of the dialog box.


Click Help to display help for this dialog box.


Saves all the changes you have made without closing the dialog box.


Lists the available styles for the specified font.


Lists the available point sizes for the specified font.


Shows a sample of how text will appear with the specified font settings.


Specifies whether to strike out or underline the font, and specifies the available colors for the font.


Lists the available language scripts for the specified font.  When you select a different language script, the character set for that language becomes available for creating multilingual documents.


Lists the available fonts.


Lists the available colors for the specified font.


Specifies the location where you want to locate a file or folder. Click the arrow to select another location, or click  [image]  on the toolbar to move up levels.

The box below lists the items in the selected location. To open a file, in the Open dialog box, double-click the name of the file you want to open. To save a file using an existing file name, in the Save dialog box, double-click the name of the file you want to save.


Lists the available folders and files.


 Lists the folders and files in the selected location.


Specifies that you can read the file but cannot make changes to it.


Lists the types of files to display.


Specifies the type of file you are saving.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the file you want to open or save. To quickly find a file you’ve previously opened, click the file name in the drop-down list, if available.

If you are searching for a file, you can use asterisks (*) as wildcards. For example, you can type *.* to see a list of all files. You can also type the full path of a file, for example, C:\Mydocs\Letter.doc.

If you are saving a file, you cannot use a question mark (?) or an asterisk in the file name. If you use a question mark or asterisk and click Save, the file will not be saved and the dialog box will not close.


Opens the specified file.


Saves the specified file.


Provides a space for you to type the text you want to find.


Finds the next instance of the text specified in Find what.


Finds only whole words specified in Find what.


Finds only text with uppercase and lowercase characters as specified in Find what.


Specifies which direction to search starting from the insertion point in the document. Click Up to search from the insertion point to the top. Click Down to search from the insertion point to the bottom.


Finds the next instance of text specified in Find what and replaces it with the text in Replace with.


Finds all instances of text specified in Find what and replaces it with the text in Replace with.


Provides a space for you to type the text you want to replace with the text you typed in Find what.


Click the plus sign (+) next to an item to display more choices.


Lists the printers that are connected to your computer.


Click to connect to a shared network folder.


Provides a space for you to type the number of copies you want to print.


If you have selected more than one copy, specifies whether you want the copies to be collated.


Prints the document to a file instead of routing it directly to a printer. The document is saved with the printer formatting, such as font selection and color specifications, in a .prn file that can be printed on another printer.


Specifies whether to print the entire document, the current page, or specific pages.


Specifies whether to print the entire document, specific pages, or the portion you selected.


Click to set up options for the printer. The options available depend on the printer’s features.


Shows information about the selected printer, such as the printer’s name and location.


Click to find and use the printer you want. If the necessary drivers are not already installed on your computer, they will be installed automatically.


Lists the printers that are available from your computer. Click the printer you want to use, double-click Add Printer to install a printer, or click Find Printer to connect to another printer on the network. You can also right-click a printer to view properties, pause printing, and share the printer.


Shows how the page layout will look. As you change the options, the page layout example changes.


Specifies how the document is positioned on the printed page.

To see how the orientation will look on the sample page, click Portrait or Landscape.


Specifies the size of the paper, envelope, or other print media you want to use.


Specifies where the paper you want to use is located in the printer. Different printer models support different paper sources, such as the upper tray, envelope feed, and manual feed.


Sets the printing area of the page. The printer will print only within these margins.


Click to change printer options.


Displays any custom colors you have already defined.

To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.  When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.

To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then click Define Custom Colors.  Define the new color, and then click Add to Custom Colors.


Displays any custom colors you have already defined.

To change a custom color, click it, and then click Define Custom Colors.  When you have completed your changes, click Add to Custom Colors.

To define a new custom color, click an empty custom color box, and then click Define Custom Colors.  Define the new color, and then click Add to Custom Colors.


Displays the basic colors available.

You can define a custom color by clicking the closest basic color and then defining a custom color by using the color matrix.


Displays a color matrix. To define a custom color, click anywhere in the matrix.

To further define your custom colors, you can change the hue, saturation (Sat), lumination (Lum), and the amount of red, green, and blue for each color by moving the pointer on the matrix, or by typing the numerical values. Change hue by moving the pointer horizontally; change saturation by moving the pointer vertically. Use the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity.


Drag the slider to change the luminosity, or relative lightness or darkness, of a color. The corresponding numerical value appears in Lum.


Specifies the hue of a color. If you change the hue, the values for red, green, and blue will be changed to match. Values range from 0 to 239.


Specifies the saturation of a color. Saturation is the strength or purity of color in a specified hue, up to a maximum of 240. The higher the saturation, the purer the color.


Specifies the amount of red in a color. You can use a combination of red, green, and blue to define any color.


Specifies the amount of green in a color. You can use a combination of red, green, and blue to define any color.


Specifies the amount of blue in a color. You can use a combination of red, green, and blue to define any color.


Specifies the luminosity of a color. Luminosity is the lightness or darkness in a color, specified by a value between 0 (black) and 240 (white).

If Sat (saturation) is 0, Lum specifies a shade of gray.


Adds the custom color you have defined to Custom colors.


Displays the color selected in the color matrix or specified in the Custom colors boxes.

If your monitor is set to display 256 colors, Color|Solid might show two colors. The right side shows how the selected color will appear as a solid color (that is, which of the available 256 colors the selected color will map to). The left side shows the "dithered" color, which is the approximation of the specified color using two of the available 256 colors.


Click to display the color matrix where you can define custom colors.

To define a custom color, click the color in the color matrix, and then click Add to Custom Colors.

You can also define a custom color by entering values for hue, saturation, and luminosity, or red, green, and blue, and then clicking Add to Custom Colors.


Provides shortcuts to places on your computer or the network from which you can open a file, such as the History folder, the desktop, or My Network Places. When you click a location, it will appear in Look in, and the files and folders in the selected location will be listed at the right.


Click to go back to a prior location.


Click to save the results of the search and the search criteria.


Click to continue to the next screen.


Click to return to the previous screen.


Click to complete the wizard process.


Shows the drive and folder you have selected.


Shows the name of the drive you have selected.


Shows which printer will print this document.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the file to be printed.


Lists the available printers. Click to select the printer you want to use, or double-click Add Printer to set up other printers.


Specifies additional setup options for individual printers.


Lists the available choices for paper size and source.


Specifies whether the document should be printed with its top along the short side of the paper (Portrait) or along the long side of the paper (Landscape).


Specifies the printing quality you want.


Specifies how you want to print the page.


Click to choose a different printer or to specify print options.


Displays the name of the selected folder.


Click to create a new folder.


Specifies that you want to save only the rows you selected.


Click to set preferences for the printer, such as paper size, paper quality, and layout.


No Help topic is associated with this item.


Dialog Box Help
This Help file contains context-sensitive Help for dialog boxes. You can view this Help by clicking the ? button and then clicking an item in a dialog box, or by right-clicking an item in a dialog box and then clicking What's This?. For overviews of features and help with specific tasks, click Start, and then click Help and Support.


Help is available for each item in this group. Click [image] at the top of the dialog box, and then click the item you want information about.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the drive where the file, folder, or program is located.


Click to assign a new password or change an existing password.


Provides a space for you to type your old password.


Provides a space for you to type a new password. After you have typed your password, type it again in Confirm new password.


Provides a space for you to type your new password again. If what you type matches what you typed in New password, Windows changes the password.


Click to browse through folders to find the file you want.


Formats the selected text as bold.


Formats the selected text as italic.


Right-click any item you want more information about. Left-click any item to continue working.


No additional information is available.


Displays your computer's current month setting.


Displays your computer's current year setting.


Displays the days that correspond to the selected month and year settings. The selected date is your computer's current setting.


Displays your computer's current time setting.


Shows which time zone is selected on the Time Zone tab. To change the time zone, click the Time Zone tab, and then click your time zone in the list.


Lists all available time zones. Select your time zone from the list.


Automatically adjusts your computer's clock when daylight saving time changes. If you use more than one operating system, make sure that only one of them automatically adjusts for daylight saving time.


Displays your computer's current date setting.


Specifies whether your computer clock is automatically synchronized with an Internet time server. In addition, the check box must be selected if you want to change the Internet time server or synchronize your clock immediately.

Clock synchronization normally occurs weekly if you have a continuous Internet connection, or it might be more sporadic if you only connect to the Internet occasionally. Click Update Now to synchronize your clock immediately.


Click to synchronize your computer clock with the selected Internet Time Server.  You must be connected to the Internet, and the Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server check box must be selected.

If synchronization fails, a message will display below explaining the reason. Most corporate firewalls will block time synchronization, as will some personal firewalls. If the network is too busy or not available for some reason, try again later.


Enables you to select the Internet time server with which you want to synchronize your computer clock. Click one of the options or type in an address.

The time server time.windows.com is operated by Microsoft, and time.nist.gov is operated by the U.S. government. Other time servers provided by your computer’s manufacturer might also be listed.  You can type the name of a time server if you want to use one that is not listed. Only time servers that use the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) will work. Inserting an Internet address that uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) will not work.


Displays a message if clock synchronization fails when you click the Update Now button. If the network is busy or not available for some reason, try again later, or set your clock manually on the Date & Time tab.

If synchronization was blocked by a firewall, you might not be able to use Internet time synchronization. If you are using a personal firewall, see your firewall documentation for information about unblocking network time protocol (NTP). Also, ensure that your date is set correctly.  Clock synchronization can fail if your computer date is incorrect.


Displays the total amount of disk space you can free on the selected drive by accepting the files recommended in Files to delete.


Displays the types of files to remove and the amount of disk space taken up by each type of file.


Displays the amount of disk space you can free on the selected drive by removing files specified in Files to delete.


Describes the types of files selected in Files to delete.


Click to display the details of the selected files.


Click Clean up to start the Windows Components Wizard, which you can use to add or remove Windows components. If you are not using a particular component, you can save disk space by removing it.


Click to start the Windows Components Wizard, which you can use to add or remove Windows components. If you are not using a particular component, you can save disk space by removing it.


Click Clean up to open Add or Remove Programs, which you can use to remove installed programs. If you are not using a particular program, you can save disk space by removing it.


Click to open Add or Remove Programs, which you can use to remove installed programs. If you are not using a particular program, you can save disk space by removing it.


Select to run Disk Cleanup automatically whenever the selected volume gets low on free disk space.


Lists all local drives available to Disk Cleanup. No network drives can be accessed.


Closes the dialog box and starts Disk Cleanup for the selected drive.


Closes the dialog box and exits Disk Cleanup without making any changes.


Click Clean up to open System Restore, which you can use to remove saved system restore points. If you have several saved system restore points, you might not need the older ones, and you can save disk space by removing them. The Clean up button purges all but the most recent restore point on the specified drive.


Click to open System Restore, which you can use to remove saved system restore points. If you have several saved system restore points, you might not need the older ones, and you can save disk space by removing them. The Clean up button purges all but the most recent restore point on the specified drive.


File/Folder Properties General tab. Right-click a file or folder, and then click Properties.


Displays the icon for the selected file or files.


Specifies the name of the file or folder, and provides a space for you to type a new name.


Displays how many files and folders are selected when you display the properties.


Displays the type of file or folder that is selected.

If the type is a shortcut, you are looking at the properties for the shortcut to an item, not at the properties of the original item.


Displays the size of the file or folder.


Displays the number of files and folders contained in this folder.


Displays the location of the file or folder.


Displays the date that the file or folder was created.


Displays the date that the information in this file or folder was last changed.


Displays the date that this file or folder was last opened.


Specifies whether this file is read-only, which means that it cannot be changed or accidentally deleted.

For multiple files, if you select this check box all of the files will be read-only. If you clear the check box, none of the selected files will be read-only


Specifies whether the files in this folder are read-only, which means that they cannot be changed or accidentally deleted.

For multiple folders, if you select this check box all of the files in the folders will be read-only. If you clear the check box, none of the files in the selected folders will be read-only.


Specifies whether this file or folder should be archived. Some programs use this option to control which files and folders are backed up.

If multiple files or folders are selected, a check mark means that all the files or folders have the archive attribute set. A filled box means that some files or folders have the archive attribute set and some do not.


Specifies whether the file or folder is hidden, which means that you cannot see or use it unless you know its name.

If multiple files are selected, a check mark means that all the files are hidden. A filled box means that some files are hidden and some are not.


I am unable to find the following ID.


Specifies the MS-DOS path, which is the location of this file or folder. The MS-DOS path includes the drive name, the names of the folders containing this file or folder, and the MS-DOS name for this file or folder.


Version tab. Right-click a file with an .exe extension on an NTFS drive, and then click Properties.


Displays version and copyright information about this version of Windows. Click a category on the left to display the information on the right.


Displays version and copyright information about this file. For more specific information, click the categories listed under Other version information.


Shortcut tab. Right-click a shortcut, and then click Properties


Displays the icon for the selected shortcut. To change the icon, click Change Icon.


Displays the name of this shortcut. The name of the shortcut does not have to match the name of the original item that it points to.


Displays the location of the original item that this shortcut points to.


Specifies the name of the item that this shortcut points to, and provides a space for you to type in a different item. A shortcut can point to many types of items, such as a file, a folder, part of a document, a printer, or a computer on your network.


Specifies that you want to open a shortcut to a program using a different user name. When the shortcut is opened, you are prompted to specify a user name.


Displays the type of item that this shortcut points to.


I don’t see the following topic anywhere.


Displays the size of the item that this shortcut points to.


Specifies the folder that contains the original item or some related files. Sometimes, programs need to use files from other locations. You might need to specify the folder where these files are located so that the program can find them.


Provides a space for you to type a keyboard shortcut that you press to start or switch to a program. Shortcut keys automatically include CTRL+ALT. Press the key you want to add to this combination. For example, to define the shortcut key combination CTRL+ALT+H, press H. You cannot use ESC, ENTER, TAB, the SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, DELETE, or BACKSPACE.

No other program can use this key combination. If the shortcut key conflicts with an access key in a Windows-based program, the access key does not work. An access key is a letter or number that, when used in combination with the ALT key, carries out the same command as clicking the command with the mouse.


Specifies how you want the window to display this item when you open the shortcut: in a standard window, in a full screen (maximized), or as a button on the taskbar (minimized).


Click to change the icon for this shortcut.

This does not change the icon for the original item.


Click to open the folder that contains the original item that this shortcut points to.


Specifies the name of the file that contains the icon for this shortcut. Some files contain more than one icon, and you can select a different icon from the Current icon list. To use an icon from a different file, type the file name here, or click Browse to find and select the file.


Shows which icon you are currently using. If other icons are available, they appear in the list. To change to another icon, click a different one in the list or type a new file in File name.


Drive Properties, General tab


Displays the icon for the type of disk that is selected.


Specifies the name of the disk, and provides a space for you to type a new name. If disk is formatted with the FAT file system, the label can contain up to 11 characters. If the disk is formatted with the NTFS file system, the limit is 32 characters.


Displays the type of disk that is selected:

·	A local disk is a hard disk installed in your computer.

·	A network connection is a hard disk on another computer that you are connected to.

·	A floppy disk drive is a drive in which you can insert a floppy disk.

·	A CD-ROM drive is a drive that can use a CD-ROM or play a compact disc.

·	A RAM disk is a drive that has been set up to use your computer's memory as storage for files and folders.

·	A removable drive is a portable drive that you can disconnect from your computer and attach to another computer.

·	A mounted disk is a drive that has been set up through an empty folder on an NTFS drive.


Displays the amount of available and used space on this disk.


Displays the total capacity of this disk.


Shows how much space on this disk is used and how much is free.


Displays the drive letter associated with this disk. The drive letter is used by some programs when you open files on a particular disk.


General Properties page for a Mounted Volume. Create a mounted volume, right-click the volume, and then click Properties.

Topics for the Properties button and Target.


Click to display and configure additional Properties for the mounted volume.


Displays the file system for the mounted volume.


To display the following dialog, create a file with an extension of .foo. Right-click the file, and then click Open With. You should see a dialog with this text: Description for files of this type.


Provides a space for you to type a name for the file type.


Open With dialog. Click Change button on General tab for a file.


Lists the programs that Windows has registered. Click the program you want to use to open the selected file. If the program you want is not on this list, click Browse.

If you want to use this program each time you open this file, select the Always use this program to open these files check box.


Click to choose another program. You'll be able to browse through the folders on your computer.


Specifies that the next time you open this file, or any other file having the same file name extension, you want Windows to use the program that you specify here.


Click this link to search the Internet for a program to open your file.  The link connects to the Windows File Associations page on the Microsoft Web site.  You must have an Internet connection to use this link.


Cannot open this file dialog box


Select this option if you want to search the Internet for a program to open your file. The link connects to the Windows File Associations page on the Microsoft Web site. You must have an Internet connection to use this option.


Select this option if you want to choose a program to open the file from a list in the Open With dialog box.


Tools tab. Right-click an NTFS drive.


Click to open the Check Disk tool, which scans the selected drive for damage. The disk is not available for use when it is being scanned.

The disk-checking process can take a long time for a drive that contains an extremely large number of files.


Click to select wizards that help you back up and restore files and folders or prepare for automated system recovery. You can also create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) and schedule backup and restore jobs.


Click to open Disk Defragmenter, which locates fragmented files and folders on local volumes and puts the pieces in one place.

Disk Defragmenter also can be used to analyze local volumes for fragmented files and folders.


General tab. Right-click a file or folder in the Recycle Bin.


Displays where this file or folder was located on your computer.


Displays the date when this file or folder was deleted.


Specifies whether this file or folder is marked as read-only. You cannot change the attributes of a deleted file or folder.


Specifies whether this file or folder is marked as hidden. You cannot change the attributes of a deleted file or folder.


Specifies whether this file or folder was modified since it was last backed up. You cannot change the attributes of a deleted file or folder.


Unable to find the following two Ids. I suspect they’re not used anymore.


Specifies whether this file or folder is marked as a system file. You cannot change the attributes of a deleted file or folder.


Specifies whether this file or folder is compressed. You cannot change the attributes of a deleted file or folder.


Folder Options/File Types tab


Lists the file name extensions and associated file types that are currently registered with Windows. When a file type is registered, information including what program should be used to open files of that type is also registered.

Extensions are the characters, usually three or four letters such as .doc, .txt, or .html, that follow the period at the end of a file name. Extensions are associated with a particular type of file. The file type identifies the program, such as Word, that is used to open the file.

When you click one of the types in the list, a summary of what program is used to open the file and what file name extension the type has is displayed under Details.


Click to create a new association between a file name extension and a file type, or to create and register a new file type with Windows.


Click to remove the association between the selected extension and file type. This also deletes the extension from the list, but does not delete the extension or the file type from the computer.

Removing the association between an extension and file type means files with that extension are not automatically opened by the program linked to that file type.

For example, if you double-click a file with a .txt extension in Windows Explorer, the file opens in Notepad because the .txt extension is associated with the file type Text Document. If you delete the association between the .txt extension and Text Document, you are prompted to select a program to open the file when you double-click the file in Windows Explorer.

To recreate the association, or to create a new association, see the procedure "To associate a file name extension with a file type" in Help.


Click to modify the settings of the selected file type.


Resets the selected extension to the previous file type.


Summarizes information about the selected file name extension and its associated file type, including the program used to open files of this type.


Shows the icon for the selected file type.


Click to change the icon that is associated with this file type.


Specifies a description of this file type, and provides a space for you to type in a new one. This description appears in folder windows when you display files in Details view.


Lists the commands that have been defined for this file type. These commands appear on the shortcut menu for all files of this type. To add a command, click New. To change an existing command, click the command, and then click Edit. You can define as many commands as you want, and you can give them any name you want. For example, you could create a file type that has two commands, Open with Notepad and Open with WordPad. Both of these commands would appear on the File menu and on the shortcut menu for the item.


Sets the selected command as the command to be carried out when the file is invoked.

The default command for the file is shown in bold on the shortcut menu for the file.


Click to add a new command for this file type.


Click to change the actions of the selected command.


Removes the selected command.


The following topic was a check box for Enable Quick View. Seems to be gone/unused.


Specifies whether this file type supports Quick View. You can use Quick View to preview a file without opening it.


Specifies that the extension for this file type should be visible in a folder window.


Specifies that you always want to open files of this type as soon as they have finished downloading.


Specifies that you always want files of this type to open in the existing window instead of opening another window.


Editing action for type. Click Edit button in the Edit File Type dialog.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the command that appears on the shortcut menu for this item. Common commands are Open and Print. You can specify any name you want for the command.

To specify a character as an accelerator key, precede the character with an ampersand (&). For example, the following command would appear with the letter N underlined: Open with &Notepad. You can carry out this command by pressing ALT+N.


Provides a space for you to type what should happen or which program should be used when the command specified in Action is selected. Be sure to include the path to the command and any required parameters. For example, if you created a command named Open with Notepad, you would type Notepad.exe in Action.

If the program supports Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE), type the program file name here, select Use DDE, and then specify the DDE commands required to perform the action you want.


Click to locate a program to carry out the command specified in Action.


Specifies whether the program or file type uses Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).


Select the Use DDE check box, and the following options appear.


Provides a space for you to type the Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) command for the selected action. Use the %1 replaceable parameter to represent a file name. The %1 parameter is replaced with the selected file name when the command is carried out. For example, if the specified action is Open, the DDE command for opening a file is [open("%1")].

This option works only with programs that support DDE.


Provides a space for you to type the DDE application string to use to initiate a DDE conversation with the program.

If you leave this area blank, Windows uses the command specified in Application used to perform action.


Provides a space for you to type the DDE command to use if the program is not already running. Use the %1 replaceable parameter to represent a file name. The %1 parameter is replaced with the selected file name when the command is carried out. For example, if you want to specify the action for printing when the program is not running, you would type [open("%1")][print()][quit()].

If you leave this area blank, Windows uses the value specified in DDE Message.


Provides a space for you to type the DDE topic string to use to initiate a DDE conversation with the program. If you do not complete this area, Windows uses System.


 The following three topics are for the Create New Extension dialog. In File Types, click New button.


Provides a space for you to type a new or existing file name extension. A file name extension is usually a three-letter or four-letter extension, for example .doc, .txt, or .html, at the end of a file name. File name extensions are usually associated with a particular file type, as well as the program that is used to open the file.

Type a new or existing extension, and then click Advanced to associate the extension with a new or existing file type.


Click to display a list of file types that you can associate with a new or existing extension.


Displays the file type associated with the file name extension.

Click <New> or one of the existing file types to associate with the file name extension.

To create a new file type, click <New>.

To associate a new file name extension with an existing file type, click a file type.

To associate an existing file name extension with a different file type, click a file type.


I have absolutely NO idea where the following topics come from.


Displays information about this file. This information was specified in the program used to create this file, and cannot be modified here. If no information was specified when the file was saved, you'll see a message saying that no information is available.


Displays information about this file. This information is tracked by Windows and your program. You cannot modify the information here.


In My Computer, select a floppy disk drive. Then on the File menu, click Copy Disk.


Lists the available disk drives. Click the one you want to copy files from.


Lists the available disk drives. Click the one you want to copy files to.

The disks must be the same type.

The Copy from drive can be the same drive as the Copy to drive.

Any existing information on the disk is deleted and replaced with the information you are copying.


Click to begin copying the disk.


General tab, disk properties


Click to specify disk cleanup options on the selected drive. You can use Disk Cleanup to free disk space by deleting temporary files and uninstalling programs.


Advanced Attributes dialog box. On an NTFS drive, select a file or folder, right-click Properties, and then click Advanced.


Specifies whether this file or folder is compressed. The contents of compressed folders are not automatically compressed unless you elect to compress the contents when prompted.

If multiple files are selected, a check mark means that all the files are compressed. A filled box means that some files are compressed and some are not.

Compressed files and folders cannot be encrypted.


General tab. Size on disk.


Displays the actual amount of disk space used by the selected file or folder. The number shown reflects the cluster size used by the file, or if the file is compressed the number shown reflects the compressed size of the file.


Properties for General tab of an NTFS drive, Compress and Index check boxes.


Specifies that this NTFS drive be compressed. By default, only files in the root directory are compressed automatically. To have Windows compress all folders on this drive, select the Also compress subfolders check box in the message that appears.


Specifies that the contents of the drive be indexed, which improves the speed of your searches. Indexing enables you to search for information such as text in the document, or properties, such as creation date, of the document.

The entire contents of the drive are not indexed unless you elect to index files and subfolders when prompted.


Displays the file system for this drive:

·	CDFS is a compact-disc file system.

·	FAT (file allocation table) is a file system used by MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows 95 or later. Windows NT, Windows 2000, and this version of Windows can also use the FAT file system.

·	FAT32 is used by Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and this version of Windows only.

·	NTFS is an advanced file system recognized by Windows NT, Windows 2000, and this version of Windows only.

·	UDF (Universal Disk Format) is a DVD/compact-disc file system.


Check Disk dialog for drives. Click Tools tab, click Check Now.


Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk checking. All files must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is currently in use, a message asks if you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time you restart your computer. Your drive is not available to run other tasks while the disk is being checked.


Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk checking, locates bad sectors, and recovers readable information. All files must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is currently in use, a message asks if you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time you restart your computer. Your drive is not available to run other tasks while the disk is being checked.

If you select this option, you do not need to select Automatically fix file system errors. Windows fixes any errors on the disk.


Starts the disk-checking process.

If you choose to have Windows fix file-system errors or scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors, the drive cannot be used while it is being checked. If the drive is currently in use, a message asks if you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time you restart your computer.


Cancels the disk-checking process.


Marks the progress of disk checking.


Custom tab. Right-click Properties for a .doc file on an NTFS drive.


Provides a space for you to assign a custom property to this file by typing its name in this box.


Lists the types of custom properties. Your selection must be compatible with the value that appears in Value. For example, if you want to enter a date in Value, click Date in the Type box.


Provides a space for you to type a value for the custom property. What you type must be compatible with the selection that appears in Type. For example, if you have clicked Number in Type, you must type a number (such as 9) in Value.


Still Custom tab, click Yes or No in Type box to see the following text.


Specifies that the type is Yes or No.


Adds a custom property to this file. Or, if you have modified the type or value of a custom property, this button changes to Modify. You would then click Modify to save your changes.


Deletes the selected custom property from this file.


I was unable to find the following one topic. However the one after it is on the custom tab.


Specifies whether the custom property is linked to specific content in this document.


Lists the name, value, and type of the custom properties defined in this dialog box. A chain icon next to a property indicates that the property is linked to contents in the file.


Converts the drive to the NTFS file system. NTFS drives are accessible only on computers running Windows NT, Windows 2000, or this version of Windows.


Shortcut Properties, Comment box


Displays the text description for this shortcut. When you create a shortcut, you can type the text description here.


General tab, Opens with/Description text

Change button on General tab and on the file types tab in Folder Options.


Displays the name of the program that opens this file, or displays a description of the selected program or batch file.


Click to change the program that opens files of this type.


Advanced button for files/folders on NTFS drives.


Click to set attributes for archiving, indexing, compression, or encryption.


Advanced attributes dialog on NTFS drives only.


Specifies whether the contents of the selected file or folder be indexed for faster searching. Once the file or folder is indexed, you can search for text within the file or folder as well as search for properties, such as the date, or attributes of the file or folder.

Indexing a folder does not automatically index files and subfolders in the folder unless you elect to index the contents when prompted.

If multiple files are selected, a check mark means that all the files have the indexing attribute set. A filled box means that some files have the attribute set and some do not.


Specifies that the contents of this file or folder be encrypted. Only the user who encrypts the file or folder can access the content. However, files and folders might be decrypted depending on how they are moved or copied.

If multiple files are selected, a check mark means that all the files have the encryption attribute set. A filled box means that some files have the attribute set and some don't.

Encrypted files and folders cannot be compressed.


I think the following topics have been replaced by the Confirm Attribute Changes dialog.


Click to view information about a file or folder you might have encrypted.


Click to save attribute changes to this folder only. This does not change the attributes for any folders within this folder.


Click to save attribute changes to this folder and to any folders that are within this folder.


I have no idea where the following topics are used. I suspect they come from a property page for mounted volumes. However, I mounted a volume and none of these topics are being displayed.


Displays the icon for the type of disk you are looking at.


Displays the type of disk you are looking at:

·	A local disk is a hard disk installed in your computer.

·	A network connection is a hard disk on another computer that you are connected to.

·	A floppy disk drive is a drive in which you can insert a floppy disk.

·	A compact disc is a CD-ROM drive.

·	A RAM disk is a drive that has been set up to use your computer's memory as storage for files and folders.

·	A removable drive is a portable drive that you can disconnect from your computer and attach to another computer.

·	A mounted disk is a drive that has been set up through an empty folder on an NTFS drive.


Displays the letter assigned to this drive or the drive letter and folder name assigned to this mounted drive.


Displays the label for this drive.


Displays the date that this drive was created.


Specifies whether this drive is read-only, which means that the contents of the drive cannot be changed or accidentally deleted.


Specifies whether this drive is hidden, which means that you cannot see or use it unless you know its name.


Click to set attributes for archiving, indexing, compression, and encryption for this NTFS drive.


Click to view more information about this drive.


The following topics belong to the Properties page for icons within the Entire Network option in My Network Places. Added 5/21/99

The topics were ported from network.hlp which isn't dropped anymore.


Specifies the name of the network for which properties are listed.


Specifies the name of the computer for which properties are listed.


Specifies a description or other comment about the computer.


Specifies the name of the selected domain or workgroup of computers.


Specifies the type of network or operating system.


Specifies the name of the shared resource for which properties are shown.


Compatibility tab for program Properties sheet.  Added 4/2/2001


Changes the operating environment for this program. Try this option if you ran a program successfully in a previous version of Windows, but are having problems running it in Windows XP. Select the operating system in which the program used to run successfully.


Adjusts the color quality setting to 256 colors while this program is running. When you close the program, the color quality setting will switch back to your default setting.


Adjusts the screen resolution to 640 x 480 pixels while this program is running. When you close the program, the screen resolution setting will switch back to your default setting.


Prevents visual themes from being applied to the program. Try this option if you are experiencing problems with menus or with buttons on the title bar of a program. When you close the program, the theme setting will switch back to your default setting.


Prevents this program from writing registry settings and file data to locations that are only available to administrators. Try this option if the program displays errors regarding user access or privileges.


Specifies how much data the volume can hold. To select a different capacity for a floppy disk, click the arrow, and then click an item in the list.


Provides a space for you to type a name for the volume so you can easily identify it later. The volume label can contain up to 11 characters for FAT and FAT32 volumes or up to 32 characters for NTFS volumes.


Starts formatting the volume using the options you've specified.


Displays the file system for the volume. To format using another file system, click the arrow, and then click an item in the list:

FAT (file allocation table) is the best choice if this computer also runs Windows 95 or later, Windows for Workgroups, MS-DOS, or OS/2. The FAT file system is best used on smaller volumes; it cannot be used for volumes larger than 2 GB.

NTFS provides features such as permissions, encryption, compression, and recoverability. NTFS is recommended if the computer has no other operating system installed. If the computer also runs Windows 95 or later, Windows for Workgroups, MS-DOS, or OS/2, be careful when formatting volumes to use NTFS because these operating systems are unable to access or boot from NTFS volumes on the computer.

FAT32 provides improvements over FAT, such as support for volumes up to 32 GB, and more efficient use of disk space by using smaller cluster sizes. This version of Windows, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, and Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 are the only operating systems capable of accessing FAT32 volumes. MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 and earlier, Windows for Workgroups, the original version of Windows 95, and Windows NT 4.0 and earlier do not recognize FAT32 volumes and are unable to boot from a FAT32 volume.


Specifies the disk allocation unit size or cluster size. All file systems used by this version of Windows organize your hard disk based on cluster size, which represents the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file. The smaller the cluster size you use, the more efficiently your disk stores information. If no cluster size is specified during format, Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume. These defaults have been selected to reduce the amount of space lost and to reduce the amount of fragmentation on the volume. For general use, default settings are strongly recommended.


Specifies whether to perform a quick format by removing files from the disk without scanning the disk for bad sectors. Use this option only if this disk has been previously formatted and you are sure the disk is not damaged.


Specifies whether to format the volume so that folders and files on it are compressed. Compression is supported only on NTFS drives.


Marks the progress of the formatting process.


Provides a place for you to select how you want programs to display dates, times, currency, and numbers. Select the locale to control how these items are displayed. An example of the formatting for the current selection is shown under Samples.

Click the Customize button to change individual settings. For example, you can change how the date is displayed in short or long format.


Click to customize the way programs display and format numbers, currencies, times, and dates.


Displays samples of your current settings, based on the locale you selected from the list box above. Select a different locale to change the settings. To change individual settings, click the Customize button.


Provides a place for you to select the country or region from which you want to receive local content, mostly through your Web browser. You only need to select a country or region if it is different from the locale you selected under Standards and Formats.

For example, if you live in Ireland, but want to receive news, weather, and sports updates from the Netherlands when you open your Web browser, you would select the Netherlands in this box.

This option affects only certain content providers, such as MSN.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of positive numbers.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of negative numbers.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of positive Arabic numbers.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of negative Arabic numbers.


Specifies the symbol that indicates decimal values.


Specifies how many digits appear to the right of the decimal symbol.


Specifies the symbol that groups the digits in large numbers.


Specifies how digits are grouped.


Specifies the symbol that indicates a number is negative.


Specifies how Windows displays negative numbers.


Specifies whether a zero appears before the decimal symbol in decimal values.


Specifies the character that separates the items in a list.


Specifies the system of measurement your computer uses.


Specifies which digit form should be used to represent numbers.


Specifies whether and how to replace European digits displayed by programs. European digits include those commonly used in Europe and the United States.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of positive currency values.


After you click Apply, shows how the selected settings will affect the appearance of negative currency values.


Specifies the symbol that identifies the currency of a particular region.


Specifies how Windows displays positive currency values.


Specifies how Windows displays negative currency values.


Specifies the symbol that separates units of currency.


Specifies how many digits appear after the decimal symbol in a currency value.


Specifies the symbol that groups the digits in large currency values.


Specifies how many digits appear between digit-grouping symbols.


After you click Apply, shows how the Time settings you selected will appear.


After you click Apply, shows how the Time settings you selected will appear in Arabic.


Specifies the indicator for the hours before noon when you use a 12-hour time format.


Specifies the indicator for the hours after noon when you use a 12-hour time format.


Specifies the symbol that separates hours, minutes, and seconds.


Changes the way Windows displays the time.


Describes the notation used in Time format.


Specifies how some programs interpret two-digit years. The default time span is 1930 to 2029. For example, using the default, your beginning date is January 1, 1930 and your ending date is December 31, 2029. This means that a program that uses this option to interpret two-digit years will consider the years between (and including) 30 and 99 to be preceded by 19, and years between (and including) 00 and 29 to be preceded by 20. For example, 99 will be interpreted as 1999 and 01 will be interpreted as 2001. To change the time span, type the ending year. Four-digit years are not affected by this option.

Not all programs use this option. If the program you are using does not correctly interpret two-digit years, consult the documentation or manufacturer of that program.


Shows which calendar your computer uses. The options listed in this box are determined by your user locale. Switching calendars changes the names of months and days. It also affects the number of days in weeks and months, the number of months in a year, and when months and years begin.


Specifies the number of days to extend or reduce the current month. Use this option when the Hijri date shown by Windows is not the same as the published date.


After you click Apply, shows how the Short date format and Date separator settings will appear.


After you click Apply, shows how the Short date format and Date separator settings will appear in Arabic.


Enables you to change how Windows displays the short version of the date.


Specifies the character that separates the day, month, and year.


After you click Apply, shows how the Long date format setting will appear.


After you click Apply, shows how the Long date format setting will appear in Arabic.


Enables you to change how Windows displays the long version of the date.


Specifies the sorting method for the selected locale. Some locales have multiple methods of sorting characters. The sorting method you choose affects the way characters, words, files, and folders are sorted in programs.


Enables you to add and remove input languages and text services. Input languages are the languages in which you enter and display text. Text services include keyboard layouts, Input Method Editors (IMEs), which enable you to enter East Asian language characters with a keyboard, and speech and handwriting recognition programs.

Click Details to add or remove an input language or text service.


Enables you to install the language files for those languages that are not installed on Windows XP by default. (Most languages are already installed.) Installing the language files enables you to enter and display text in these languages.

Select Install files for complex script and right-to-left languages to install the language files for Arabic, Armenian, Georgian, Hebrew, the Indic languages, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Select Install files for East Asian languages to install the language files for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Input Method Editors (IMEs) are also installed for each of the three languages.

It is recommended that you install the files only if you need them. The East Asian files require about 230 megabytes of hard disk space. The complex script and right-to-left languages do not use much disk space, but installing either set of files might cause some slowdown in performance when entering text.

You must be an administrator on this computer to install these additional languages. Once installed, the languages are available to all users on this computer.


Provides a place for you to switch the language used by the operating system for menus and dialogs. To change languages, click the language you want, and then log off and log back on to your computer.


Select the language that matches the language version of any of your programs that don't use Unicode encoding. For example, if you are using an older Japanese program, click Japanese. By selecting the original language, the menus and dialog boxes in the program will display correctly.


Lists the code page conversion tables currently installed on your computer. The selected check boxes indicate which code page conversion tables are installed. To install an additional code page conversion table, click to select the check box next to the one you want to install. To remove one, clear its check box.

Add a code page conversion table if you are using a program that was written to use that code page. By adding the conversion table, Windows is able to interpret the letters and other characters used in that program and convert them to and from Unicode.

Only members of the Administrators group can install or remove code page conversion tables.


Select the check box to apply the settings you have made in Regional and Language Options to your user account and to all new user accounts created on this computer. For example, if you have added a German keyboard as an input method, any person creating an account on this computer will be able to enter text in German, including their user name and password when they log on.


Adjusts the amount of time that elapses before a character begins to repeat when you hold down a key. To change the repeat delay, drag the slider.


Adjusts the speed at which a character repeats when you hold down a key. To change the repeat rate, drag the slider.


Provides a place for you to test Repeat delay and Repeat rate settings.


Adjusts the speed at which the cursor (or insertion point) blinks. To change the cursor blink rate, drag the slider. To prevent the cursor from blinking, drag the slider to the left end of the bar.


Shows the speed at which the cursor (or insertion point) will blink. A cursor that blinks quickly is generally easier to locate. To change the cursor blink rate, drag the slider.


Displays the image representing your system’s sound card manufacturer if the manufacturer included one. If not, a generic Windows image is displayed.


Displays the name of the computer’s sound card manufacturer. If the manufacturer name is underlined, and your computer can connect to the Internet, click to link to the manufacturer’s Web site for upgrades and other information.


Adjusts your computer’s system volume.


Click to turn the mute feature on your computer’s system sound on or off. A check mark indicates the system sound is muted.


Displays an indicator in the notification area that you can use to quickly change your audio hardware's playback volume.


Click to open Volume Control, where you can adjust your system’s sound source settings, such as CD, MIDI, and other installed devices.


Click to adjust volume levels for the speakers attached to your sound card.


Adjusts the volume settings for the speakers that are available via your sound card. The number of controls and sliders that are displayed depends on your system. Low Frequency settings are those set for subwoofers and other similar devices.


Moves all slide indicators at the same time, while maintaining their relative positions.


Centers all available sliders, which is their default position.


Click to choose the speakers, adjust audio playback features, and to select sound effects you want to apply for audio playback.


Displays a graphic image of the selected speaker.


Lists the available output devices, such as speakers and headphones. Click the item that corresponds to your output device:

No speakers: Routes multi-channel output directly to professional audio equipment, such as a mixing console.

Stereo headphones: Click if you listen through headphones.

Desktop stereo speakers: Click if stereo speakers are installed or you have a subwoofer connected.

Laptop speakers: Click Laptop mono speakers or Laptop stereo speakers.

Monitor speakers: Click an option for stereo speakers built into or mounted to a monitor or monitor stand.

Keyboard stereo speakers: Click for stereo speakers built into a keyboard.

Quadraphonic speakers: Click for four speakers connected in quadraphonic positions of front left, front right, back left, and back right.

Surround sound speakers: Click the surround sound item that corresponds to your speaker configuration: a decoder device, such as a home theater system or A/V receiver; five speakers in the 5.1 surround position; or seven speakers in the 7.1 surround position.


Specifies the degree of acceleration for your sound mixing. For certain applications (mainly games), some sound cards use DirectSound acceleration to relieve the CPU of some audio processing tasks. This frees up the space for accelerated performance. Many sound cards use similar methods to improve audio processing and quality.

Full acceleration supports all standard drivers and all other drivers and is recommended for most computers. If your computer is having problems and you suspect sound acceleration is the cause, use the highest setting at which you do not have problems.


Adjusts the setting for audio rate conversions. If your computer experiences performance problems, choose a lower setting.


Click to restore playback and recording defaults.


Global effects are sound effects that can be applied to universally change the way PC audio is received or played back. For example, global effects will change the sound of CD audio or the playback of system sounds. You can add a maximum of three effects

If multiple effects are available in Effects, and you apply global effects to a sound or voice recording device, the top effect in the list is applied first.

If you apply global effects to a sound playback device, the bottom effect in the list is applied first. The way sound is played back or received can vary drastically, depending on the order of the applied global effects.


Moves the highlighted effect up one level in the list. To move an effect higher in the list, click the effect name, and then click Move Up. To be played, an effect must have a check mark next to it.


Moves the highlighted effect down one level in the list. To move an effect lower in the list, click the effect name, and then click Move Down. To be played, an effect must have a check mark next to it.


Click to review the properties of the selected effect.


Opens the Add Effect dialog box where you can select available sound effects you have installed on your computer.

Note: You must have already installed sound effects on your computer.


Plays the default sound for the selected effect.


Deletes the selected effect.


Click one of the listed effects to add the sound effects, and then click OK.


Lists effects applied to current device (sound card).


Deletes selected effect from "applied list.”


Adds a new effect to the "applied list."


Plays default sound so you can hear the effects (becomes enabled after you click Apply).


Lists schemes that you can use to change the sounds assigned to many program events. Each scheme consists of a set of events and the sounds associated with them. You can create a new sound scheme by clicking Save As.


Click to save your current event settings. This will create a new sound scheme.


Deletes the selected sound scheme.


Lists the program events to which you can assign sounds. To assign a sound to a program event, click a program event (such as Close program) under Events, and then click a sound under Sounds.

If you do not see a sound in Sounds, you can click the down arrow to select from those listed, or you can click Browse to search for sound files on your computer.


Lists the available sound files that you can associate with program events. The sound files listed are typically those files stored in systemroot\media. However, if you have browsed to a different folder and used sounds located in that folder, the Sounds list includes sounds from that folder.

You can search for sound files in other folders by clicking Browse.

Sound files for program events must be in Microsoft WAV format, a file format developed to store and replay sounds on a personal computer. Their names usually include .wav as an extension.


Plays the selected sound. When the sound plays, this button changes to a square block or a Stop button. Click the Stop button to stop playing the selected sound.


Plays sound files. To play a sound, click a file name under Sound Name, and then click [image]. To stop playing a sound, click [image].


Click to search for sounds on other drives or in other folders.


Click to display information about the selected sound. If this button is unavailable, there is no additional information.


Stops playing the selected sound.


Lists the default audio playback hardware available on your computer.


Lists the default recording hardware available on your computer.


Starts Recording Control for the default recording device.


Click to specify advanced audio features for recording.


Lists the audio hardware available for voice playback on your computer. If you have more than one voice playback device installed, click the Default device arrow to select it from the list.


Opens Volume Control for the selected Voice Playback device.


Click to choose the speakers, adjust audio playback settings, and to specify sound effects you want to apply for voice playback.


Lists the audio hardware available for voice capture on your computer. If you have more than one Voice Recording device installed, click the Default device arrow to select it from the list.


Opens Recording Control for the selected Voice Recording device.


Opens Advanced Audio Properties for the selected Voice Recording device.


Click to start the Sound Hardware Test Wizard, where you can test PC hardware devices to test voice recording and playback.


Provides a place for you to type a name for the event scheme.


Limits your programs to the selected sound cards. If you use programs that require a specific type of sound card, and that sound card is selected in Default device, select this check box. If your programs can use any sound card on your computer, clear this check box.


Specifies the instrument that plays MIDI output. This instrument is normally used by games.


Displays the instrument that plays MIDI output. This instrument is normally used by games.


Starts Volume Control for the default MIDI device.


Lists the instruments connected to the sound cards installed on your computer. To select a different instrument, double-click a sound card to expand the list of instruments connected to it, and then click the instrument you want.


Click to select a MIDI scheme, modify an existing scheme, or create a new one. If you have several MIDI instruments, you can assign those instruments to different channels by clicking Configure.


Lists schemes that you can use to simultaneously change some or all of your channel assignments. To create a new scheme or modify an existing one, click it, and then click Configure.


Click to assign channels to MIDI instruments. If you have more than one MIDI instrument, you can specify which channel each instrument uses.


Click to set up a new MIDI instrument.


Lists the MIDI schemes for which you can change settings. To modify a scheme, click it, and then click a channel. Click Change, and then select a new instrument. To save changed settings under a different name, click Save As.


Click to save your current settings under a different name.


Deletes the currently selected scheme.


Lists the instruments associated with a channel. To add or configure instruments, click a channel, and then click Change.


Click to assign a different instrument to the selected channel.


Provides a place for you to type a name for your current configuration settings.


Displays the channel to which you are assigning a new instrument.


Lists the instruments installed on your computer. Click the name of the instrument you want to assign to the selected channel.


Displays how large a video clip will be on your screen. The size of the window in this illustration corresponds to the setting that is currently selected under Show video in.


Enlarges a video clip and gives it exclusive access to your screen. Note that video clips run optimally at their original size. Video clips that you run in full-screen mode may not run optimally, but they will run better than in a maximized window or in a window that is a fraction of the screen size.


Lists the available window sizes. Note that video clips are designed to run optimally at their original size. If you change the size, your video clips may not play smoothly and may appear grainy.


Lists the CD-ROM drives on your computer. If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, Media Player, CD Player, and other programs will use the selected drive as the default.


Lists categories of multimedia device drivers. To view all the device drivers in a category, double-click the category name. To change the settings for a device driver, click it, and then click Properties.


Click to change settings for the selected device driver. If this button is unavailable, double-click the category name, and then click a device driver.


Enables your programs to use this device driver.


Prevents your programs from using this device driver. The driver remains on your disk, but it is no longer loaded into memory when you start your computer.


Prevents your programs from using this device driver. Unless one of your programs specifically requests it, this device will not be used.


Removes the selected device driver from your hard disk.


Click to change settings for this device driver. If this button is unavailable, the driver does not have any settings you can change.


Changes the priority of this audio codec. When audio codecs are equally capable of compression, they are used in the order of the priority assigned to them.


Displays information about this audio codec. The manufacturer provides this information.


Lists the instruments that are currently installed on your computer. To add a new instrument, click Add New Instrument.


Displays the name of the selected instrument.


Displays which MIDI port on your sound card this instrument is plugged into.


Click if the definition file you want to use doesn't appear in Instrument definition and you have the definition file you want to use on a disk.


Displays the name of the selected instrument's definition file and, if applicable, any individual definition names within that file. The definition file contains information about how your computer communicates with the selected instrument. If the definition file you want to use doesn't appear in Instrument definition, click Browse.


Lists the drivers available. Select the driver you want to install. If the driver is not listed, click Add, and then click Unlisted Or Updated Driver.


Click if you are having problems with video playback in some programs.


Select to enable 16-bit video programs. This will slow performance of some programs, so select this option only if you are having problems with video playback.


Determines the CD-ROM drive volume level. This setting affects digital and analog signals sent from the CD-ROM device.


Click to enable digital CD audio.


Lists audio formats you can use. Each name refers to a format and a set of attributes. You can add your own names to the list by changing the values under Format and Attributes, and then clicking Save As.


Saves your current format and attribute settings under a new name.


Removes the selected name from the Name list.


Lists the audio formats that your computer supports.


Lists the available attributes for the selected format. These attributes include the sampling frequency, number of channels, and other settings.


Provides a space for you to type the name of this MS-DOS-based program.


Provides a space for you to type the path and command to start this MS-DOS-based program. If necessary, include the drive, folder, file name extension, and any parameters for the command. You can use environment variables in this box (%variable%).

If you type a space followed by a question mark (?) on the command line, you will be prompted for parameters each time the program is started.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the folder that this program will load files from, and where it will save files. If necessary, include the drive letter.


Provides a space for you to type the name of a batch file that will run each time you start this program.


Provides a space for you to define a keyboard shortcut to start or switch to this program from Windows 2000. Shortcut keys must include CTRL and/or ALT and another key (for example, CTRL+Y). You cannot use ESC, ENTER, TAB, SPACEBAR, PRINT SCREEN, or BACKSPACE.

No other program can use this key combination. If the shortcut key conflicts with an access key in a Windows-based program, the access key will not work.


Specifies how the window is displayed when you start this program. You can display it as a normal window, reduced to a button on the taskbar, or enlarged to take up the whole screen.

Note that many MS-DOS-based programs cannot be enlarged to take up the whole screen.


Changes the icon that represents this program.


Enables MS-DOS-based programs to reduce the rate at which the computer’s timer sends timing signals.


Displays the icon that will represent this program.


If you created custom startup files, you can type the path where they will be located on your hard disk. Changing to a custom configuration file allows this program to have exclusive use of your computer, in MS-DOS mode, or enables Windows-based programs to run in addition to this program.  A check box is available for specifying compatible timer hardware emulation.


Provides a space for you to enter the Config.nt file that is used when you run this program in MS-DOS mode.

If you leave the Config Filename box blank, the program will use your current Config.nt file, and will start faster.

You can use environment variables in this box (%variable%).


Provides a space for you to enter the Autoexec.nt file that is used when you run this program in MS-DOS mode.

If you leave the Autoexec Filename box blank, the program will use your current Autoexec.nt file, and will start faster.

You can use environment variables in this box (%variable%).


These three options specify the types of fonts available for this program.


Lists the available font sizes for this program.


Shows how the program window will appear on your screen.


Shows how the fonts will appear in this program.


Specifies that the mouse can be used to select text for cutting and copying. If QuickEdit is not selected, you must click Mark on the Edit menu to mark text for cutting and copying.

This feature is only in effect when the program is run under the Windows 95 operating system.


Enables the mouse to work exclusively with this program. You will not be able to use the mouse as a standard Windows pointer.


Specifies whether to close or leave open the MS-DOS window after the program is completed.


Receives a warning message when you try to close the program window while the program is still running.


Enables a quicker method of pasting information into this program. Fast pasting works with most programs; however, if you try to paste information into your program and it does not paste correctly, clear this check box.


Displays the MS-DOS toolbar when this program is running in a window.


Restores the window size and position on the desktop the next time you start this program.


Specifies that the program will run in a full screen. This uses the least memory and is mostly used to run graphics.


Specifies that the program will run in a window. This mode makes it easier to share information with other Windows-based programs and is mostly used for text-based MS-DOS programs.


Specifies the initial number of lines on the screen for this program. A program that resets the display to its default number of lines on the screen will override this setting.


Specifies whether the display driver should emulate any of the video functions in read-only memory (ROM) functions.


Specifies the amount of conventional memory that is required (in kilobytes).


Specifies whether to protect system memory from inappropriate modifications by this program.


Specifies the maximum amount of expanded memory to allocate to this program (in kilobytes).


Specifies the maximum amount of MS-DOS protected-mode (DPMI) memory to allocate to this program (in kilobytes).

This feature is only in effect when the program is run under the Windows 95 operating system.


Specifies the maximum amount of extended memory to allocate to the program (in kilobytes).


Specifies whether this program can use the high-memory area (HMA).

This option has no effect if the HMA is already being used by the system (for example, if MS-DOS is loaded or if an MS-DOS device driver is using the HMA).


Specifies the shortcut keys you want to reserve for use with Windows 2000 instead of with this program. Clear the check box for a key sequence if you want Windows 2000 to ignore it when this program is in use.


Specifies that the screen saver starts even when the program is the active program.


Prevents any system resources from being used by this program when it is not active.


Specifies how long the program will remain idle (waiting for keyboard input) before reducing the CPU resources allotted to the program and enabling other programs to use them.

Low idle sensitivity lets the program run longer before the CPU resources are allotted to it. High idle sensitivity reduces the CPU resources allotted to the program sooner.

If a program that is running in the background is not getting enough CPU resources, move the slider toward Low. If you want a program to use fewer CPU resources, move the slider toward High.


Specifies the number of bytes of memory reserved for the MS-DOS Command Interpreter (Command.com). This setting also applies to batch files having the extension .bat.

If set to Auto, the initial size of the environment is determined by the SHELL= line in your Config.nt file.

This feature is only in effect when the program is run under the Windows 95 operating system.


Restores window settings when you quit this program, including the window size, position, and font. This is not used if you are running the program in a full screen.


Specifies that this program uses text and graphic modes and you want to maximize the amount of memory available to other programs while this program is running. When you switch to the mode requiring less memory, more memory will become available to other programs.


Enables you to select a small, medium, or large cursor.


Enables you to use a pointing device (mouse) to cut and paste, bypassing the Edit menu.


Enables you to insert text at the cursor. If this is not selected, text that is typed at the cursor replaces existing text.


Eliminates duplicate commands in the buffer.


Changes the number of commands the buffer can contain.


Changes the number of processes that can have distinct history buffers.


Displays the selected font as bold.


Displays a list of the available fonts.


Sets the number of characters stored in a line in the buffer.


Sets the number of lines stored in memory. If the current window size settings are smaller than the screen buffer size settings, scroll bars are displayed so you can scroll back through the information.

You cannot resize a window to be larger than the area set by the screen buffer settings. On x86-based computers, if you switch to full screen display, Windows will display the number of lines (25, 43, or 50) supported by your hardware that is closest to your window mode configuration.


Sets the width of the window.


Sets the height of the window.


Positions the left side of the window.

If you want the system to automatically position the window, select the Let System Position Window check box.


Positions the top of the window.

If you want the system to automatically position the window, select the Let System Position Window check box.


Specifies that the system will automatically position the window.


Specifies that you can adjust the color of the screen text in a window by clicking on a color below.


Specifies that you can adjust the color of the screen background in a window by clicking on a color below.


Specifies that you can adjust the color of the text in a pop-up window by clicking on a color below.


Specifies that you can adjust the background color of a pop-up window by clicking on a color below.


Enables you to adjust the amounts of red, green, and blue in the selected color.


Shows how the selected screen colors will look in a window.


Shows how the selected colors look in a pop-up window.


Changes the color of the selected text or background type.


Selects a language in which MS-DOS programs will be displayed.


Enables you to quickly complete commands by pressing the TAB key to cycle through the available items in a directory. Type the command name followed by a space and the first few letters or numbers of the item you want to act on. Press TAB until you see the item you want.


Context help for My Files – Right-click My Files, click Properties [My Files renamed from My Documents]


Click to view the location of your target folder.


Click to specify a new target folder.


Displays the actual location, or target location, of the My Documents folder. If you want to change the target location, type a new path or click Move to locate a different folder.


Click to restore the My Documents folder to its default location.


Specifies the name of the port you are creating.


Specifies the amount of time that will elapse before you are notified that the printer or plotter is not responding. The setting affects the printer you've selected and any other local printers that use the same printer driver.

If you print to a pen plotter, you might need to increase the port time-out setting to allow more time for the plotter to clear its buffer.


Specifies the name of the file that will store the document. The document is stored in a format readable by your printer, not by the program you are using to print.


Specifies the name of the installed printer. The name can be assigned by the person who installed the printer, or a default name can be assigned by the printer driver.


Specifies special information about the printer, such as which departments use it or whom you should contact for printer maintenance or supplies.


Specifies where the printer is located. For example, A/100 indicates that the printer is located in office 100 of building A.


Click to open the Browse for Location dialog box, where you can browse through your organization to locate the printer you want.


Click to print a test page. If the page does not print correctly, try running the Print troubleshooter.


Click to view and change your personal default document properties for the selected printer. For example, if the printer is set up to print in portrait orientation, you can change the setting so that your documents are printed in landscape orientation.


Specifies the name of the printer driver installed.


Specifies whether the printer is able to print multiple colors. If No is displayed, the printer can only print monochrome (one color). If Yes is displayed, color printing is available.


Specifies whether the option to print on both the front and back of a sheet of paper is available on the printer.


Specifies whether the stapling feature is available on the printer.


Specifies the maximum print speed available on the printer. When printing documents with color or graphics, the pages printed per minute might be less than the number displayed.


Specifies the maximum print resolution available on the printer. Note that this is not necessarily the resolution at which the printer is currently set.

Measured in dots per inch (dpi), higher resolutions (600 dpi) produce graphic images that are sharper and show finer detail, while lower resolutions (180 dpi) generally permit faster printing with less detail.


Specifies the size of the paper that is loaded in the cassette and is ready for printing.


Specifies the name of the separator page used at the beginning of each document.


Click to find and specify a new separator page.


Lists the available print processors. The print processor and the default datatype determine how much processing the printer performs. The default datatype is used only if the service does not specify a datatype. In general, you do not need to change either the default print processor or data type.

The winprint print processor includes five datatypes: RAW, RAW [FF appended], RAW [FF auto], NT EMF 1.00X, and TEXT. If the default datatype is RAW, the print processor does not change the document. If it is RAW [FF appended] or RAW [FF auto], the print processor adds a form-feed character (if appropriate). The RAW datatype is available primarily for LAN Manager compatibility. If the default datatype is TEXT, the print processor interprets the data as plain text, sending it to the printer using standard text printing commands. The NT EMF 1.00X datatype is automatically used by Windows to spool most documents printed from Windows clients and should be selected only in rare circumstances.


Lists the default datatype associated with each print processor. The default datatype is used if the program does not specify a datatype. Most Windows -based programs print using the EMF datatype by default, so they are not affected by the default datatype. If you specify a default datatype other than RAW, most MS-DOS clients, Windows for Workgroups clients, and Windows 95 clients fail when they attempt to use the printer.

In general, you do not need to change either the default print processor or datatype.


Lists the available ports (under Port), the associated port monitor (under Description), and the printers that use the port (under Printer).

If you are configuring a print server and you select the FILE check box under Port, users who print to it will be prompted for a file name. The file will be created on the client computer.


Click to specify the following:

Vendor-specific port monitors

Compaq Computer Corporation Digital Network ports

A port that supports a network printer, such as Hewlett-Packard Network printers

TCP/IP or UNIX printers (using the LPR port)

Macintosh printers

Other vendor-defined ports


Click to remove the selected port(s).

You can delete more than one port at one time. To select a consecutive group of ports, click the first port in the Ports on this server list, press and hold down the SHIFT key, and then click the last port that you want to delete. Alternately, to select ports that are not consecutively listed, press and hold down CTRL, and then click the ports you want.


Click to configure the selected port.

For example, to configure Transmission Retry for a parallel port, click the parallel port, and then click Configure Port.


Click to get setting and status information from the print device.


Enables printing to two or more identical print devices through one logical printer (printer pooling). To set up a printer pool, select the Enable printer pooling check box, and then select the check boxes for all the ports you want.


Lists the additional printer ports that are available.


Click to add a new port monitor.


Click to add a new printer port.


Configures the printer for 24-hour availability.


Configures the printer for limited availability. If you send a document to a printer when it is unavailable, the document will be held (spooled) until the printer is available.


Specifies the time that the printer will start printing spooled documents.


Specifies the time that the printer will stop printing spooled documents.


Indicates the current priority setting, which ranges from 1 (lowest) to 99 (highest). Higher-priority documents will print before lower-priority documents.


Lists the name of the installed printer driver. The printer driver name usually corresponds to the name of the print device.


Click to install a new or updated printer driver.


Specifies that documents should be spooled before being printed.

Spooling is the process of first storing the document on the hard disk and then sending the document to the print device. You can continue working with your program as soon as the document is stored on the disk. The spooler sends the document to the print device in the background.


Specifies that the print device should wait to begin printing until after the last page of the document is spooled. The printing program is unavailable until the document has finished spooling. However, using this option ensures that the whole document is available to the print device.


Specifies that the print device should begin printing after the first page of the document is spooled. This makes the printing program available sooner.


Specifies that the document should be sent directly to the print device and not spooled. Use this if you cannot print using either of the print spooling options.


Directs the spooler to check the printer setup and match it to the document setup before sending the document to the print device. If the information does not match, the document is held in the queue.

A mismatched document in the queue will not prevent correctly matched documents from printing.


Specifies that the spooler should favor documents that have completed spooling when deciding which document to print next, even if the completed documents are a lower priority than documents that are still spooling. If there are no documents that have completed spooling, the spooler will favor larger spooling documents over smaller ones. Use this option if you want to maximize printer efficiency.

When this option is disabled, the spooler picks documents based only on priority.


Specifies that the spooler should not delete documents after they are printed. This allows a document to be resubmitted to the printer from the printer queue instead of from the program.


Specifies whether the advanced printing feature is enabled. When enabled, metafile spooling is turned on and options such as Page Order, Booklet Printing, and Pages Per Sheet are available, depending on your printer. For normal printing, leave the advanced printing feature set to the default (Enabled). If compatibility problems occur, you can disable the feature. When disabled, metafile spooling is turned off and the printing options might be unavailable.


Click to view or change the default document properties for all users of the selected printer. If you share your local printer, these settings will be the default document properties for other users.


Click to specify the data type. In general, you do not need to change either the default print processor or data type. However, a few programs might require a specialized print processor and a particular data type to print.


Click to change the separator page that prints between documents.

You can use separator pages to help find your documents among others at a printer and to switch between PostScript and PCL printing. You can create your own custom separator files.


Configures the printer for private use. Only the user logged on to the computer will be able to use this printer.


Makes the printer available to network users.


Specifies the shared printer name. To allow Windows 3.x and MS-DOS clients to use the printer, use eight or fewer characters in the printer name with an extension of no more than three characters, such as Printer9.pcl.


Click to add additional printer drivers to your system so that users running other versions of Windows can connect to your printer without being prompted to install drivers missing from their systems.


Lists alternate printer drivers for computers running Windows 95, for MIPS-based, Alpha-based, or PowerPC-based computers running Windows NT, and for x86-based computers running Windows NT or Windows 2000.

A cleared check box indicates that drivers for the operating system and environment are not installed. A selected check box indicates that the drivers are candidates for installation. A selected check box that is also shaded indicates that the drivers are already installed and will not be reinstalled.


Specifies the name of the document that is currently printing.


Click to publish the shared printer in the Active Directory. Once the printer is published, other users will be able to search for the printer based on location and capabilities, such as color printing and stapling.


Displays the size of the document, in bytes.


Displays the size of the document, in pages.


Displays the document data type.

Print processors make necessary alterations to documents, based on the data type of the document.


Displays the name of the print processor being used.

Print processors make necessary alterations to documents, based on the data type of the document.


Displays the name of the user who owns the document.


Displays the time and date the document was submitted.


Specifies whom Windows notifies when the document is printed. By default, Windows notifies the owner of a document.

You can always change notification for your own documents. To change notification for other users’ documents, you must have the Manage Documents permission.


Raises and lowers the document priority. Higher-priority documents will print before lower-priority documents.


Specifies that the document can be printed at any time.


Specifies a range of time for printing the document. This is useful when you need to print a large document, but would rather schedule printing for a time when the printer is less busy (for example, 10 P.M. to 6 A.M.).


Specifies the beginning of the time range in which the document needs to be printed.


Specifies the end of the time range in which the document needs to be printed.


Specifies the print server name.


Lists the forms available on the print server.


Click to delete a form.


Specifies the name of the form you are creating or modifying.


Click to create a new form instead of modifying an existing form.


Click to use metric measurements to define the form.


Click to use English measurements to define the form.


Specifies the width of the paper.


Specifies the height of the paper.


Specifies the size of the left margin.


Specifies the size of the right margin.


Specifies the size of the top margin.


Specifies the size of the bottom margin.


Saves the form.


Lists the names of the currently installed printer drivers, along with the platform (an environment such as Intel) on which the driver is supported, and the version number of the operating system.


Click to add additional printer drivers to your system using the Add Printer Driver Wizard.


Click to remove the selected printer driver from your system.


Click to replace the selected printer driver with either the version installed with the operating system or a version provided by the printer manufacturer.


Click to view the properties - such as the name of the printer driver, the version number of the operating system, and the platform (an environment such as Intel) - that are associated with the selected printer driver.


Specifies the folder that is used for the spool file.

If the printer is shared and the spool folder is located on a drive formatted with the NTFS file system, users must have the Change permission in order to print.


Writes printing-related errors to the Windows system log.


Writes printing-related warnings to the Windows system log.


Writes printing-related informational events to the Windows system log.


Signals the print server to beep when errors occur.


Displays the status of print jobs in a pop-up window, when printing to a stand-alone network printer or to a printer attached directly to your computer. This pop-up window appears near the notification area of the user who sent the print job.


Displays the status of print jobs in a pop-up window, when printing to a printer that is attached to another computer. This pop-up window appears near the notification area of the user who sent the print job.


Provides options for notification when jobs are printed from a computer running a previous version of Windows.


When enabled, the print subsystem sends a notification message when documents have printed. When the Notify computer, not user when remote documents are printed check box is cleared, the user will be notified when documents are printed. Otherwise the computer from which the document was printed is notified.


Notifies the computer when documents are printed. When the check box is selected, it doesn’t matter what computer you are logged on to, the message will appear on the computer from which the document was printed.


Lists the name of the printer driver. The printer driver name usually corresponds to the name of the print device.


Lists the version number of the operating system.


Lists the platform (or environment such as Intel) on which the driver is supported.


Lists the name of the Language Monitor that translates the language of the printer to the language of the printing system (spooler).


Lists the default datatype associated with the print processor.

Print processors make necessary alterations to documents, based on the data type of the document.


Lists the location on the system where the driver files are located.


Lists the files (and file types) that make up the printer driver.


Click to view the properties - such as the file type, location on your hard drive, and the security permissions assigned to different users - for the selected file.


Printers cannot be managed from Device Manager, so you must open the Printers folder to view and change properties for your print devices.


Click to open the Printers folder.


Specifies the name of the printer to use. You can specify the printer either by typing the full printer name, such as \\Sales\HP4, or by browsing for the printer.


Lists the printers that are available on the network.


Select Expand by Default to open the list of printers that are available on the network.


Displays the text, such as a comment describing the printer’s capabilities, which is entered under Comment by the person who installed or manages the printer.


Indicates the current status of the printer, such as ready, printing, paused, or error.


Displays the number of documents currently waiting to be printed.


Indicates the location that this subnet or site refers to in your organization. If you have enabled Pre-populate printer search location text (the printer location tracking feature) in Group Policy, the subnet location string text is shown automatically to users on that subnet, whenever they start a search for printers.


Click to open the Browse for Location dialog box, where you can browse through your organization to locate the item you want.


Displays a representation of the physical layout of your organization. Beginning with the entire directory, the representation branches down to the country/region, city, building, floor, and so on, depending on how your company has organized its network structure.


Shows the location, including country/region, town, and building, of the printer you have selected.


Specifies where the computer is located. For example, A/100 indicates that the computer is located in office 100 of building A.


Name or address of server providing lpd specifies the unique IP identifier of the host where the printer is connected. Type a DNS name or IP address. A direct-connect printer has its own IP identifier. For a printer connected to a UNIX computer, use the IP identifier of the computer.

Name of printer or print queue on that server specifies the printer name as it is identified on the host, which is either the direct-connect printer or the UNIX computer. For example, you might have a UNIX computer running the print server component (lpd) with which the TCP/IP printer you are creating will interact. If lpd recognizes the printer attached to the UNIX computer by the name Crisp, the name you should type in this box is Crisp.


Transfers the selected images to your imaging application.


Lists the images scanned from the selected digital camera. Select the scanned images you want to transfer to your imaging application.


Closes this dialog box.


Displays copyright information.


Transfers the selected pictures from your digital camera directly to your hard disk. Each picture is saved as a JPEG file in a folder in My Pictures, which is in My Documents. The folder in My Pictures where the pictures are saved has the name of your digital camera. For example, if you are using a Minolta Dimage V Digital Camera, the folder is named Minolta Dimage V Digital Camera.


Starts Windows Explorer. You can use Windows Explorer to add items to or remove items from the Start menu.


For information about the settings in the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click one of the following buttons:

Stand by

Hibernate

Shut down

Restart

Log off

Disconnect

Notes

To redisplay the Shut Down Windows dialog box, click Start, and then click Shut Down.

Stand by and Hibernate appear only if your computer supports these features and you have turned them on in Power Options.  See Power Options overview in Help.

Disconnect appears only if you are connected to a Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services.

On Windows 2000 Server products, you will be prompted to supply information regarding why you are shutting down or restarting the computer. This feature is turned off in Windows XP.  For more information on this feature, see Shutdown Event Tracker overview in Help.


Click to add a shortcut to the Start menu or the Programs menu.


Click to remove a shortcut from the Start menu or the Programs menu.


Lists the menu items that you can remove from the Start menu. To view the contents of a folder, double-click the folder icon. Some menus, such as Accessories, have submenus. If this is the case, continue double-clicking folders until the items you want to remove are visible.


Deletes the selected item from the list.


Removes the list of recently accessed documents, programs, and Web sites from the Documents menu.


Shows how the options on this tab affect how Windows displays the taskbar. This image changes as you click different options.


Ensures that the taskbar is always visible, even when you run a program in a maximized (full-screen) window.


Hides the taskbar. To redisplay the taskbar, point to the area of your screen where the taskbar is located. If you want to be sure that your taskbar will be visible whenever you point to it, select the Keep the taskbar on top of other windows check box and also select the Auto-hide the taskbar check box.


Reduces the size of the icons in the Start menu.


Displays a digital clock on the taskbar. The clock displays the time as specified by your computer's internal clock. You can point to the clock to display the date, and double-click the clock to adjust the time or date.


Provides a place for you to type the location and file name of the program you want to run. If you are not sure of the program's location or file name, click Browse. You can make a temporary network connection by typing the path to a shared computer. You can also gain access to the Internet by typing the address (URL) of the site you want to open.


 Opens the Power Options Properties dialog box.


Specifies that Windows hides menu items that have not been used recently. To see the hidden items, click the down arrow at the bottom of the menu. To bring a hidden item back to the current menu, click it.


Rearranges the items on the Programs menu so they are displayed in the default order.


Specifies whether to run a Windows 3.1-based program in a separate memory space from other programs. If this check box is selected, Windows runs this program in a separate process.


Displays a power status icon for each battery in your computer.


Displays a power icon in the notification area of the taskbar. Click the power icon to modify your power management settings.


The power icon in the notification area of the taskbar. Click the power icon to select a power scheme. Right-click the icon, and then click Adjust Power Properties to modify your power management settings.


Specifies whether to turn on Personalized Menus.

Personalized Menus keeps the Programs menu clean by hiding items you haven't used recently, while still keeping other programs easily accessible.  You can gain access to hidden programs by clicking the down arrow at the bottom of the Programs menu.


Specifies whether to display the contents of Control Panel in a menu instead of a window.


Specifies whether to display the contents of the Printers folder in a menu instead of a window.


Specifies whether to display the contents of the My Documents folder in a menu instead of a window.


Specifies whether to add the Favorites menu to the Start menu.


Specifies whether to add the Logoff command to the Start menu.


Specifies whether to display the items on the Programs menu as one long scrolling menu or as horizontal pages. Depending on your screen resolution, if you have more than 29 or 38 programs installed, and you select to have one long scrolling menu, you can access the programs you don’t see by clicking the arrow at each end of the list of programs.


Displays a list of optional settings for the Start menu.


Specifies whether to add the Administrative Tools menu to the Programs menu


Opens the file or path specified and closes the dialog box.


Specifies whether to display the contents of the Network Connections folder in a menu instead of a window.


Closes the dialog box without opening the file or path specified.


Locks the taskbar at its current position on the desktop so that it cannot be moved to a new location and also locks the size and position of any toolbar displayed on the taskbar so that it cannot be changed.


Displays taskbar buttons for files opened by the same program in the same area of the taskbar. In addition, if the taskbar becomes so crowded with buttons that the width of the buttons shrinks beyond a certain width, then the buttons for the same program are collapsed into a single button. Clicking the button lets you access the document you want. Right-clicking the button lets you close all the documents you want.


Keeps the taskbar notification area from displaying unused icons.


Lets you specify the behavior of an icon in the taskbar notification area. For each icon that has been displayed in the taskbar notification area, you can choose from these options: Always show option to have the icon always displayed; Always hide option to keep the icon from being displayed; Hide when inactive option to keep an icon from being displayed when it has not been clicked within a certain amount of time.


Specifies whether to add the Run command to the Start menu.


Specifies whether you can drag items to the Start menu.


Specifies whether to display the contents of the My Pictures folder in a menu instead of a window.


Specifies that your default Start menu is the one that gives you quickest access to e-mail and the Internet, your documents, pictures, and music, and the programs you have used recently.


Lets you specify the behavior of the Start menu and show or hide items on the Start menu.


Specifies that your default Start menu has the same look and behavior as earlier versions of Windows.


Lets you specify the behavior of the Classic Start menu and show or hide items on the Classic Start menu.


Click to restore the default settings in this dialog box.


Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the Start menu are displayed in a larger size.


Specifies that the icons that represent programs and items on the Start menu are displayed in a smaller size. You can increase the number of programs that are displayed in the most recently used programs list by increasing the number in the Programs box.


Specifies the maximum number of programs to display in the most frequently used programs list on the Start menu. You can increase or decrease the number.


Click to delete the shortcuts displayed in the most frequently used programs list on the Start menu. This does not delete the program from the computer. The next time you run a program, its shortcut is displayed on the Start menu.


Specifies that the Internet item is displayed on the Start menu. Clear this check box to remove the Internet item from the Start menu.


Click the program you want to use to access the Internet in this list.


Specifies that the e-mail item is displayed on the Start menu. Clear this check box to remove the e-mail item from the Start menu.


Click the program you want to use to access your e-mail in this list.


Specifies that when you point to a Start menu item that contains other items, those items are immediately displayed.


Specifies that a new program installed on the computer is highlighted with a different color in the All Programs list.


Lets you choose the items you want to display on the Start menu. You can choose to display items in submenus or as links you can click to open the program directly.


Select this check box to have Windows display My Recent Documents on the Start menu. The documents you opened last appear in this list so they are easy to open again.


Click to delete the shortcuts to documents displayed in My Recent Documents on the Start menu. This does not delete the documents from the computer.


Displays the Quick Launch bar on the taskbar. The Quick Launch bar is a customizable toolbar that lets you display the Windows desktop or start a program with a single click. You can add buttons to start your favorite programs.


A state in which your computer consumes less electric power when it is idle, but remains available for immediate use. Typically, you put your computer on standby to save power instead of leaving it on for extended periods.

In standby mode, information in computer memory is not saved on your hard disk. If the computer loses power, the information in memory will be lost.

This option appears only if your computer supports this feature and you have selected this option in Power Options. See Power Options overview in Help.


A state in which your computer saves any Windows settings that you changed, writes any information that is currently stored in memory to your hard disk, and turns off your computer. Unlike shutting down, when you restart your computer, your desktop is restored exactly as it was before hibernation.

Hibernate appears only if your computer supports this feature and you have selected the Enable hibernate support option in Power Options. See Power Options overview in Help.


A state in which your computer saves any Windows settings that you changed and writes any information that is currently stored in memory to your hard disk. This prepares your computer to be turned off.


A state in which your computer saves any Windows settings that you changed, writes any information that is currently stored in memory to your hard disk, and then restarts your computer.


A state in which your Terminal Services session is disconnected, but remains active on the server.  When you reconnect to Terminal Services, you are returned to the same session, and everything looks exactly as it did before you disconnected.

Disconnect appears only if you are connected to a Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services.


A state in which your computer closes all your programs, disconnects your computer from the network, and prepares your computer to be used by someone else.

When connected to a Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services, Log off closes all programs running in your Terminal Services session, disconnects your session, and returns you to your Windows desktop.


Specifies that different settings be used for each of your drives.


Specifies that the settings on this tab be used for all your drives.


Specifies whether the items you delete are immediately removed from your hard disk or the items you delete are moved to the Recycle Bin. Items moved to the Recycle Bin are not removed from your hard disk until you empty the Recycle Bin.


Specifies the maximum storage size of the Recycle Bin. You can conserve disk space by reducing the size of the Recycle Bin, but files that are larger than the maximum storage size will be deleted immediately instead of being stored in the Recycle Bin.


Displays the storage capacity of your drive.


Displays the amount of space on your drive that is reserved for deleted files. To change this setting, drag the slider.


Specifies whether a confirmation message is displayed when you delete files to prevent you from deleting files in error. If the Do not move files to the Recycle Bin check box is selected, you cannot change this setting.