Windows NT4 - Troubleshoot

• Activate plug and play device detection in Windows NT4

  Windows NT4 supports by default not plug and play devices, but Microsoft have created an unsupported driver.

• Boot.ini switches used by the Boot Manager

  Boot.ini is used by the Boot Manager to determine the installed operating systems and what startup settings to use.

• Bypass the loading of programs at Windows startup

  Holding down the SHIFT key during Windows startup will stop applications from loading.

• Change the source path for the install files in Windows NT

  Configure the path to the location of the install files whether on CD-ROM or HDD.

• Checkpoints for fixing a bad or corrupt BIOS flash

  Description of different alternative ways for recovering from a bad BIOS flash.

• Checkpoints for fixing hardware conflicts

  Steps for finding what hardware devices that is causing problems.

• Checkpoints for fixing no BIOS POST

  Steps for fixing a computer which cannot perform BIOS POST.

• Configure Windows NT boot manager for dual-boot

  Dual booting several versions of Windows can be useful if running software which is locked to certain version of Windows.

• Configure and troubleshoot Print Spooler service

  How to configure the priority and logging level of the Printer Spooler service.

• Configure timeout for application termination

  Change when an application is considered as deadlocked and should be terminated.

• Control disk check at boot after incorrect shutdown

  Windows NT will perform a chkdsk at boot time after an improper shutdown.

• Convert FAT16 and FAT32 partition to NTFS

  Description of the different issues that can arise when converting from FAT16 and FAT32 partitions to NTFS.

• Description of Windows service wrappers

  Description of how Windows services are hosted within the same process.

• Fix a non-working Windows Update

  Possible steps for repairing Windows Update

• Fix blue screen of death with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

  Description of the different situations where Windows NT can fail to boot because it no longer can find the boot device.

• Load registry hive for offline registry editing

  The registry editor is capable of editing an offline registry hive.

• Manually remove programs from the Add/Remove list

  How to manually uninstall an application and remove it from the Add/Remove list.

• No boot device found or available

  Computer cannot start if no proper boot device exists, or if the active boot device fails.

• Open Command Prompt during the install phase

  It is possible to open a command prompt during the GUI part of the Windows install.

• Program startup order in Windows NT

  Description of where and in what order programs are loaded at startup.

• Rebuild icon cache to fix incorrectly displayed icons

  The icon cache can become corrupted and lead to icons being garbled.

• Recover deleted NTFS/FAT32 partition

  When deleting a partition then only the boot sector is modified, so by restoring the boot sector, then one will restore the partition.

• Reinstall printer drivers in Windows NT

  Changing printer drivers in Windows NT can cause problems, and can require that the old drivers are remove manually first.

• Reset Administrator password to recover access

  Deleting the password storage files to reset the Administrator password to recover system access.

• Restore boot manager when NTLDR is missing

  Windows NT will fail to boot if it cannot find the files used to load the boot manager.

• Unplug hardware if Windows fails to install properly

  Troubleshooting what is causing Windows not to install properly.

• Using Last Known Good Configuration

  The Last Known Good Configuration makes it possible to rollback to the previous good state of the system registry hive.

• Using the registry editor to change the service state

  How to use the registry editor to configure the state of the Windows services.