newbie69-Win 2000 Pro (Tweaks)

[Duzmor]

newbie69- Here are some good Tweaks for Win 2000 pro

http://www.tweak3d.net/tweak/win2klan/print.shtml

Thanks
Duzmor:D :D

[twwabw]

Wow- have you read some of the stuff this guy recommends in his "guide"???

Inside the connection applet, make sure that the following components are installed. If they aren’t installed, make the point of installing them:

- Client for Microsoft Networks
- File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
- NWLink NetBIOS (will later be disabled – but you can’t uninstall it
- NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS compatible transport protocol
- Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Unless your network has some kind of special requirements, these are the only components you should have installed on your LAN. If you had to install File and Printer Sharing, make sure you go into your Internet connection and disable it if it appears in there so you don’t have a security risk.




Tweaking out your Internet (TCP/IP) settings however, is a little bit more complicated. There are two routes you can go with this – you can either go for one of the standard IP address ranges (I would recommend the 192.168.0.x range personally) or go for the 125.125.125.x range. I received a lot of ‘flame’ messages over my recommendation of that range in my Win9x LAN tweak guide – so I’m disclaiming now – if you don’t like it, send me some proof as to why. I’ll be honest; I haven’t tested the 125.125.125.x range for speed on Win2k as of yet (even though I’m using it and it runs just fine – just haven’t done a comparison yet). My current theory on the range is that because of the way that the Microsoft programmers choose to code their TCP/IP stacks. Using the recommended range will NOT cause a security issue on your computer as long as you follow my instructions, so don’t worry about your LAN being accessible from the Internet.

Install nwlink by default??? Use the 125.125.125.0 IP range?? His description of file and print sharing??

This guy (whoever he is) wrote this in 1999, and I hope he's learned a little by now.

I don't think this is a good recommendation for a new Win2K user, imho.

[Duzmor]

I thought this would Be Interesting -

What does NetBIOS setting for DHCP Server Do ?????

Duzmor:D :D

[twwabw]

Lets PC get NetBT and WINS config info from DHCP server.

DHCP server provide correct NetBIOS settings.