Changed Feature Names on Vista, 2008, Windows 7

Changed Feature Names on Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7

Posted: 22th June 2010, Updated: 27th Apr 2011.

80+ new Windows feature names.

After the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft changed many features and components in the new edition of Windows (i.e. Vista). Some of the features, technologies, components and services are redesigned or developed. And also OS feature/component names are changed and the functionality of some items has been enhanced and moved or consolidated with other features with a new ones.

Here are the lists of features/components that are changed or modified in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and in Windows 7 etc.

FORMER NAME	LATER NAME
WINDOWS 2000, XP, SERVER 2003 etc.	WINDOWS VISTA (Client OS)
Accessibility Options	Ease of Access Center
Add or Remove Programs	Programs and Features
Address Book	Windows Contacts
Automated System Recovery (ASR)	Windows Complete PC Restore
Computer Browser	Network Discovery Protocol (NDP)
Documents and Settings	Users
Error Reporting	Windows Error Reporting (WER)
Files and Setting Transfer Wizard	Windows Easy Transfer (WET)
Local Security Settings	Security Configuration Management
Microsoft Synchronization Tool	Sync Center
My Computer	Computer
My Documents	Documents
My Music	Music
My Network Places	Network Places
My Pictures	Pictures
My Recent Documents	Recent Documents
My Videos	Videos
NetMeeting	Windows Meeting Space
NTBackup (Windows Backup Utility)	Backup and Restore Center
Outlook Express	Windows Mail
Performance Monitor	Reliability and Performance Monitor
Prefetch	Superfetch
Regional Settings	Region and Language
Remote Assistance	Windows Remote Assistance
Run As	Run As Administrator
Scheduled Tasks	Task Scheduler
Stored Use Names and Passwords	Credential Manager
System File Checker (SFC)	System Integrity Check and Repair
System Restore	System Protection
Tour Windows XP	Getting Started or Welcome Center
Windows File Protection (WFP)	Windows Resource Protection (WRP)
Windows Messenger	Windows Live Messenger
Windows Picture and Fax Viewer	Windows Photo Gallery
Windows Services for Unix	Subsystem for Unix-based Applications
Windows Vista	Windows 7
Backup and Restore Center	Backup and Restore
Network Places	Networks
Pen and Input Devices	Pen and Touch
Printers	Devices And Printers
Problem Reports and Solutions	Action Center
Regional and Language Options	Region and Language
Welcome Center	Getting Started
Windows Marketplace	Get Programs (Online)
Windows Photo Gallery	Windows Photo Viewer
Windows Security Center	Action Center
Windows Sidebar	Desktop Gadgets
WINDOWS SERVER 2008 (Server OS)
Computer Management	Server Manager
Error Reporting	Problem Reports and Solutions
NTBackup (Windows Backup Utility)	Windows Server Backup
Windows Firewall	Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
OTHER TECHNOLOGY / FEATURE
Data Protection Server	System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM)
MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components)	Windows DAC
Microsoft Business Solutions	Microsoft Dynamics products
Microsoft Installer	Windows Installer
Microsoft Internet Explorer (till IE6)	Windows Internet Explorer (IE7 onwards)
Microsoft Office Groove	Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
Microsoft Office Outlook	Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)	System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit	Windows SteadyState
Microsoft Virtual PC	Windows Virtual PC
Remote Installation Services (RIS)	Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
System File Protection	Windows File Protection
Systems Management Server (SMS)	System Center Configuration Manager
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA)	Windows Activation Technology (WAT)
Windows Photo Gallery	Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Scripting Host	Windows Script Host

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Windows 7 Resources for IT Professionals

Windows 7 Resources for IT Professionals

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor

Brief Description

Download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to see if your PC is ready for Windows 7. It scans your hardware, devices, and installed programs for known compatibility issues, gives you guidance on how to resolve potential issues found, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.

Overview

Before you begin: Be sure to plug in and turn on any USB devices or other devices, such as printers,

external hard disks, and scanners, that you regularly use with the PC you're checking.

The Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor scans your PC for potential compatibility issues and lets you know about

your Windows 7 upgrade options. Within minutes, you'll get a report that tells you if your PC meets the

system requirements, if any known compatibility issues with your hardware, devices, and installed programs are found, and gives guidance on what to do to before installing Windows 7 on your PC.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15

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Windows Easy Transfer for transferring from Windows XP (32 bit) to Windows 7

Brief Description

Use Windows Easy Transfer to copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more from a computer running Windows XP to a computer running Windows 7. You can transfer data using an Easy Transfer Cable, removable media, or across a network.

Overview

This software installs Windows Easy Transfer on a computer running the 32-bit version of Windows XP

so you can copy your files, photos, music, e-mail, settings, and more to a computer running Windows

7. If your computer is running another version of Windows, you can download other versions of Windows Easy Transfer by following this link. This software is already built into Windows 7, so it is not necessary to install it on a computer running Windows 7.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=734917D8-0663-4C26-89D0-2D00B632EBDB&displaylang=en

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BitLocker To Go Reader

Brief Description

The BitLocker To Go Reader is an application that provides users read-only access to BitLocker-protected FAT-formatted drives on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista.

Overview

BitLocker protection on removable drives is known as BitLocker To Go. When a BitLocker-protected removable drive is unlocked on a computer running Windows 7, the drive is automatically recognized and the user is either prompted for credentials to unlock the drive or the drive is unlocked automatically if configured to do so. Computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista do not automatically recognize that the removable drive is BitLocker-protected. With the BitLocker To Go Reader users can unlock the BitLocker-protected drives by using a password or a recovery password (also known as a recovery key) and gain read-only access to their data.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Business; Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Enterprise; Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Basic; Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Home Premium; Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Service Pack 2; Windows Vista Starter; Windows Vista Ultimate; Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows XP Service Pack 3.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64851943-78C9-4CD4-8E8D-F551F06F6B3D&displaylang=en

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Microsoft Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool

Brief Description

The Hardware-assisted virtualization (HAV) detection tool checks if the computer processor supports HAV and if this setting is enabled.

Overview

Windows Virtual PC requires processors capable of hardwareassisted virtualization with AMD-V™, Intel® VT or VIA® VT turned on in the BIOS. The HAV detection tool helps you check if the computer processor supports hardware virtualization. The tool also checks if this feature is enabled on the processor. For more information about Windows Virtual PC, please visit the Windows Virtual PC website.

To know whether your computer is compatible to run Windows XP Mode/Hyper-v/Windows Virtual PC or not use the following tool:

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0EE2A17F-8538-4619-8D1C-05D27E11ADB2&displaylang=en

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7

Brief Description

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows® 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server® 2008, or Windows Server® 2003, from a remote computer that is running Windows 7.

Overview

**Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 can be installed ONLY on computers that are running the Enterprise, Professional, or Ultimate editions of Windows 7.**

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on remote computers that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 (and, for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003) from a remote computer that is running Windows 7. It includes support for remote management of computers that are running either the Server Core or full installation options of Windows Server 2008 R2, and for some roles and features, Windows Server 2008. Some roles and features on Windows Server 2003 can be managed remotely by using Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7, although the Server Core installation option is not available with the Windows Server 2003 operating system. This feature is comparable in functionality to the Windows Server 2003 Administrative Tools Pack and Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7D2F6AD7-656B-4313-A005-4E344E43997D&displaylang=en

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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3

Brief Description

Tool to allow capturing and protocol analysis of network traffic.

Overview

Network Monitor 3.3 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.3 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.2. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version.

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x64 Edition; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems; Windows Vista 64-bit Editions Service Pack 1; Windows Vista Service Pack 1; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Service Pack 3

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=983B941D-06CB-4658-B7F6-3088333D062F&displaylang=en

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Update for Windows XP SP3 to enable RemoteApp

Brief Description

This package lets you to run many Windows XP productivity applications from a Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC

Overview

This package lets you to run many Windows XP productivity applications from a Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC. This patch needs to be installed in your Windows XP SP3 virtual machine.

For more information about Windows Virtual PC, please visit the Windows Virtual PC website.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E5433D88-685F-4036-B435-570FF53598CD&displaylang=en

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Update for Windows Vista SP1 or above to enable RemoteApp

Brief Description

This package lets you to run many Windows Vista productivity applications from Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC.

Overview

This package lets you to run many Windows Vista productivity applications from Windows 7-based PC using Windows Virtual PC. This package needs to be installed in your Windows Vista virtual machine.

For more information about Windows Virtual PC, please visit the Windows Virtual PC website.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=26A2DE17-8355-4E8D-8F33-9211E48651FB&displaylang=en

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HYPER-V and RED HAT (Linux) support

Here are the details:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 have passed cert tests when running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. See more at RedHat's certified hardware site.

Windows Server 2003/ Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 are validated to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, using their KVM-based hypervisor. See more at Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program site.

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 supports monitoring of the following operating systems:

HP-UX 11i v2 and v3 (PA-RISC and IA64)

Sun Solaris 8 and 9 (SPARC) and Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86/x64) and 5 (x86/x64) Server

Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86) and 10 SP1 (x86/x64)

IBM AIX v5.3 and v6.1 (POWER)

Read:

http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2009/10/07/microsoft-and-red-hat-complete-cooperative-technicalsupport.aspx

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Microsoft Press and TechNet Magazine have teamed up to create a free e-book:

Deploying Windows 7, Essential Guidance from the Windows 7 Resource Kit and TechNet Magazine. The e-book includes ten complete chapters from Microsoft Press’s Windows 7 Resource Kit (ISBN: 9780735627000; ISBN: 1760 pages), by Mitch

Tulloch, Tony Northrup, Jerry Honeycutt, Ed. Wilson, and the Windows 7 Team at Microsoft.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ee2a1d38-88a9-43b3-95bc-7e962f0b6030

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Building a Standard Image of Windows 7 Step-by-Step Guide

Brief Description

Explains how to install a custom image by using an operating system image that includes your

customizations and applications.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=901663E1-934F-4793-8EAE-7C0A1CCB83A5&displaylang=en

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Configuring Windows 7 for a Limited User Account

Brief Description

Explains how to set up your Administrator accounts through User Account Control.

Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C473923F-DED6-4D46-8D48-707F48B193EB&displaylang=en

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Download your free e-book of Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 e-book.

Download:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/C/0/5C0BD0AB-040D-4C56-A60B-661001012DDA/Windows_Server_2008_R2_e-book.pdf

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77 Windows 7 Tips

Read:

http://technet.microsoft.com/enin/magazine/2009.10.77windows(en-us).aspx

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What’s New in Group Policy for Windows 7 and Windows Server

2008 R2

Read:

http://technet.microsoft.com/enin/magazine/2009.10.gpwin7(en-us).aspx

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UAC tweaks in Windows 7

Read:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10157978-56.html?tag=leftCol;post-1117

Article from: Windows 7 blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/01/15/useraccount-control-uac-quick-update.aspx

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Your Windows 7 Deployment Guide

Read:

http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/magazine/ee676738.aspx

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Windows 7 Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 for XP SP3 and Vista SP1 and SP2

“The Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 client update enables you to use the new Remote Desktop Services features. These features are introduced in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2 and are available for computers that are running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or Windows Vista Service Pack 2. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer”.

Download:

Update for Windows XP (KB969084)

Update for Windows Vista (KB969084)

Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB969084)

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Fully install Windows 7 from the upgrade disc

Read the full article here:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/091112/

The pros and cons of switching to Windows 7:

Read:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/091022/

Making the business case for Windows 7

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-manager/?p=2287

Create a Windows XP and 7 dual-boot systemstaged for an easy migration

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-onwindows/?p=1728

What Windows 7 means to Windows server administrators:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=1622

Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation gives small networks more options

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=1600

Windows 7 Professional feature-to-feature comparison chart

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-onwindows/?p=1662

Delayed Start feature increases options for Windows services

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=1552

Determine processes running on a remote server with PsList

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=1606

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Engineering Windows 7

Read everything on Windows 7 on E7 blog

Visit:

http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx

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Windows 7 Upgrade Paths

Read:

http://ranjanajain.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%215F09EF6281DD4DB0%21779.entry

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Cloud Infrastructure

Read this article for more about Cloud Computing infrastructures:

http://itinfras.blogspot.com/2009/11/cloud-infrastructure.html

Challenges of Virtual Infrastructure Deployment and Management

Read this article:

http://itinfras.blogspot.com/2009/10/challenges-of-virtualinfrastructure.html

10+ ways Windows 7 will affect IT pros

Read:

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1139

Installing Windows 7 on an existing Windows XP Computer

To install Windows 7 and migrate existing user files and settings. Read the complete article:

http://ranjanajain.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%215F09EF6281DD4DB0%21794.entry

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Disk2vhd Tool from Sysinternals

Yet another awesome tool from the Sysinternals team, Disk2vhd. As the name implies this tool can covert a physical disk into a virtual disk. Here is the quick summary of it’s capabilities. The converted VHD file can be used to boot from Virtual PC, Hyper-V and another physical machine as well Works on a machine that’s online VHD can be created on the same volume that is getting converted Preserves the partition information of the disk

Cool utility to create your physical dosk drive to a VHD file.

Download this tool from:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

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Windows Vista: Windows update went bad, now my PC is stuck in endless updating cycle

This is the place for all problem reports / Troubleshooting methods and more informations on Tech. Support. Read a recent post relating to a Windows Update issue on Windows Vista, from forum of CNET.com:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-12546_102-0.html?messageID=3151505&tag=nl.e497

Read this and try to sort out the solutions here......

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Fix Windows 7 Activation Status Not Available or SLMgr 0×80070422 Error

Windows 7 displays the system activation status in System Properties, which can be accessed via Control Panel -> System and Security -> System. However, sometimes, Windows activation may display error message which saying activation status not available, together with product ID which is also not available.

Read this page for detail:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/06/fixwindows-7-activation-status-not-available-orslmgr-0x80070422-error/

And also read:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/11/08/fixwindows-7-kb974431-fails-to-install-with-c004f050-error/

Related articles:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/03/04/slmgrcommands-and-options-with-windows-vistaproduct-key-activation/

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/02/windowssoftware-licensing-management-tool-vistaslmgrvbs-usage-hack-guide/

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/02/how-tocheck-and-verify-vista-activation-status/

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/09/24/how-tobackup-and-restore-windows-7-and-server-2008-r2-activation-status-activate-offline-on-reinstall/

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Windows Command Guide 2010

Windows Command Guide 2010 (updated 2016)

Version 4.3 Final, Last Updated: Dec, 2015

Welcome to the “Windows Command Guide”. In this guide you will find all types of Windows commands. This guide includes every possible command; those are available on a Windows platform. There are many long and unusual commands, those you may not use commonly – but, these are commands available in Windows platform whether you know it or not. If you have more information, then please share with me. For more information visit the website.

Always download the latest version of this guide from here:

Current Version

About this Article:
Every computer user knows about Windows commands. This guide contains 550+ Run commands and 700+ additional Windows commands. This guide contains approx. 1200+ Windows commands in various categories. This is very useful for every user - desktop, laptop and server. The objective of this guide is to know more about Windows commands, features and to ease the administrative tasks. The document is maintained by the original author with the feedback and suggestions from IT Pro community. See the version number to check the latest updates.

Contents

PART – 1 (Everyone)



Chapter – 1
Windows RUN Commands
RUN Commands in Windows Vista
RUN Commands in Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2
RUN Commands in Windows 7
Network RUN Commands

Chapter – 2

RUN Commands for Third-party Applications

Control Panel (applets) Commands

Command-line Tools:

Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003

Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 2008 R2 /Windows 7

PART - 2 (Advance users)

Chapter – 3

Advance rundll32 Commands:

Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003

Windows Vista / Server 2008 / 2008 R2 / Windows 7

Netsh Commands

Relative System Paths

Environment Variables

Environment Variables: Windows XP Embedded

Chapter – 4

Recovery Console Commands

Miscellaneous Commands

Appendix – A

Appendix – B: CHANGED FEATURES AND NAMES

REFERENCES

Run Commands:

(Here are few commands to know all about the Windows commands download the complete PDF or XPS document below this page.)
Accessibility Controls: access.cpl
Accessibility Wizard: accwiz
Add Hardware Wizard: hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs: appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools: control admintools
Automatic Updates: wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard: fsquirtCalculator: calc
Certificate Manager: certmgr.msc
Character Map: charmap
Check Disk Utility: chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer: clipbrd
Command Prompt: cmd
Component Services (DCOM/COM+ configuration): dcomcnfg
Computer Management: compmgmt.msc
Control Panel: control
Date and Time Properties: timedate.cplDDE Shares: ddeshare
Default E-mail client: mailto:
Device Manager: devmgmt.msc
DirectX Diagnostic Tool: dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility (Appendix-A1): cleanmgr
Disk Defragment: dfrg.msc
Disk Management: diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager: diskpart
Display Properties: control desktop
Display Properties: desk.cpl
Display Properties (Appearance tab pre-selected): control color
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility (16-bit): drwatson
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility (32-bit): drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility: verifier
DVD Placeholder Utility (playing DVD in WMP): dvdplay
Event Viewer: eventvwr
Event Viewer: eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool: sigverif
Files and Setting Transfer Wizard: migwiz
Folders Properties: control folders
Fonts Folder: control fonts
Fonts Folder: fonts
Game Controllers: joy.cpl
Game: Free Cell: freecell
Game: Hearts Card Game: mshearts
Game: Internet Backgammon: bckgzm
Game: Internet Checkers: chkrzm
Game: Internet Hearts: hrtzzm
Game: Internet Reversi: rvsezm
Game: Internet Spades: shvlzm
Game: Minesweeper: winmine
Game: Pinball: pinball
Game: Solitaire: sol
Game: Spider Solitaire: spider
Group Policy Object Editor: gpedit.msc
Help and Support Center: helpctr
HyperTerminal: hypertrm
Iexpress Wizard (packaging tool): iexpress
Indexing Service: ciadv.msc
Internet Connection Wizard: icwconn1
Internet Explorer (IE): iexplore
Internet Explorer (InPrivate Mode) (IE8 or later): iexplore -private
Internet Explorer (no Add-ons): iexplore -extoff
Internet Properties: inetcpl.cpl
Internet Setup Wizard: inetwiz
Keyboard Properties: control keyboard
Local Security Settings: secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups: lusrmgr.msc
Log Off: logoff
Mail configurations (Outlook / Office Outlook): control mlcfg32.cpl
Microsoft Chat: winchat
Microsoft Management Console (MMC): mmc
Microsoft Media Player (for audio only): mplay32
Microsoft Movie Maker: moviemk
Microsoft Paint: mspaint
Microsoft Paint: pbrush
Microsoft Program Manager: progman
Microsoft Synchronization Tool: mobsync
Mouse Properties: control mouse
Mouse Properties: main.cpl
MS-DOS Editor (editing files in DOS mode): edit
Network Access Protection (NPA) Client UI: napstat
Network Connections: control netconnections
Network Connections: ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard: netsetup.cpl
Notepad: notepad
Object Packager: packager
On Screen Keyboard: osk
Outlook Express: msimn
Password Properties: password.cpl
Performance Monitor: perfmon
Performance Monitor: perfmon.msc
Phone and Modem Options: telephon.cpl
Phone Dialer: dialer
Power Configuration: powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes: control printers
Printers Folder: printers
Private Character Editor: eudcedit
Regional Settings: intl.cpl
Registry Editor: regedit
Registry Editor: regedt32
Remote Access Phonebook: rasphone
Remote Assistance: rcimlby –launchra
Remote Desktop: mstsc
Removable Storage: ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests: ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (RSOP): rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras: sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks: control schedtasks
Security Center: wscui.cpl
Services: services.msc
Shared Folders: fsmgmt.msc
Shutdown Windows (Appendix-A2): shutdown –s –t 00
Sound Recorder: sndrec32
Sounds and Audio: mmsys.cpl
SQL Client Configuration: cliconfg
System Configuration Editor: sysedit
System Configuration Utility: msconfig
System Information: msinfo32
System Information: winmsd
System Properties: sysdm.cpl
Task Manager: taskmgr
Telnet Client: telnet
Telnet Server Admin: tlntadmn
User Accounts 2: control userpasswords2
User Accounts Management: nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager: utilman
Windows Address Book: wab
Windows Address Book Import Utility: wabmig
Windows Backup Utility: ntbackup
Windows Diagnose: winmsd
Windows Explorer: explorer
Windows Firewall: firewall.cpl
Windows Installer version checking: msiexec
Windows Magnifier: magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure (WMI): wmimgmt.msc
Windows Media Player (WMP): wmplayer
Windows Media Player 6.4.09 (old version): mplayer2
Windows Messenger: msmsgs
Windows NetMeeting: conf
Windows Picture Import Wizard (require a camera): wiaacmgr
Windows Product Activation (WPA) status: oobe/msoobe /a
Windows System Security Tool: syskey
Windows Update Launches (update website): wupdmgr
Windows Version Information: winver
Windows WordPad: wordpad
Windows Write: write
Windows XP Registration Wizard: regwiz /r
Windows XP Tour Wizard: tourstart

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Windows Common FAQs-01

Windows Common FAQs-001

Here are some common windows FAQs for everyone. Read and tell me if you know more like these. Enjoy.
Alternative User Input
01- What is “Ctfmon.exe” and why it is always starting with windows startup programs and office programs?Solution: Ctfmon.exe is a file that is used for the Alternative User Input and the Office Language Bar in MS-Office XP or Higher versions. It monitors the activities of office and windows and provides “Text Input Service” support for Speech Recognition, Handwriting Recognition, Keyboard, Translation and other Alternative User Input technologies. Removing or deleting this file might cause problems for your Office programs. However if you still want to remove it then proceed.
The procedure to remove is: Open Add or Remove Programs, select the MS office click ‘Change’ button, now the Office XP Installer will run. Go to the Maintenance Mode Options >Add/Remove features. Here, choose the Installation option for all Office applications and tools and (Custom Setup> Choose “Advanced Customization of Applications” in case of Office 2003) select “Office Shared Features” expand that list, in which you can remove Alternative User Input (right click and select 'Not Available' then click update button).This will uninstall the Alternative User Input and will not start the file “Ctfmon.exe”.
DOH: It is recommended that you don’t remove it for smooth working of office programs.

Keyboard Settings02- I have installed Windows XP in my computer. In MS Word, the numeric keys and other special symbol keys were not working properly—they seem to have become jumbled up. For example, when I press [#], [@], [~], [“”] it shows the symbols £, ”, ¬, @ respectively. What is the reason?Solution: Whenever you face this type of situations you should think that this is a setting changed in the Regional and Language Options. To fix this, go to Control Panel > Regional and Language Options. In the Languages tab click Details button, then in the Text Services and Input Languages dialog box change the Default input language to (English-US) and press OK. Here, your default keyboard will be set to US instead of any other language. After finishing these settings restart computer and see the result.

Installing Windows XP in DOS mode:03- My PC has Windows 98 SE, but I want to upgrade to Windows XP Pro. I was unable to install Windows XP Professional in the MS-DOS mode. What is the way to install XP from DOS?Solution: 1- It seems that the Windows XP CD that you have is not bootable CD. If your CD is bootable, then boot your PC from CD. Re-start your PC and press [Del] or [F2] or [F12], depending upon your motherboard to enter the CMOS settings. Change the CD-ROM as first boot device and harddisk as second boot device. Don’t disable harddisk, press F10 to save the settings and exit. Now boot your PC using the Windows XP CD. Follow the screen to install XP.
2- If the CD is not bootable then start the computer in DOS mode. Now install Windows XP by executing the winnt.exe within the i386 folder on the Windows XP CD. This will start the Windows XP installation. Then follow the screen.

XP Startup disk04- My PC runs on Windows XP Professional. I want to create a Startup Disk, how and where can I create a XP startup disk or bootable floppy?
Solution: To create a boot floppy for Windows XP, format it first from Windows XP by right click the floppy icon from explorer then select format. In the format dialog box select “Create an MS-DOS startup disk” then click start and it will create the start disk.

Error Reporting:05- If any program causes a fatal error, Windows XP is asking me if I want to send a report to Microsoft, which is good feature to report the problems to Microsoft. But if a specific program create a serious error and hangs repeatedly then the Error Reporting dialog is very annoying. How to ignore/stop this?
Solution: Allowing Windows XP to send the error report to Microsoft has some advantages to it—it helps the company develop patches to make the OS more compatible with applications. But if this is happening too often, you can disable it. Open Command Prompt, type control sysdm.cpl, system, 3 or open “System property” from control panel select “Advance” tab. Click Error Reporting and disable error reporting. If a specific application causes a lot of errors, you can disable error reporting by adding that specific program to the “choose Programs” lists to ignore.

Removing Windows Messenger:06- I don’t use the Windows Messenger, so want to stop it from auto start with windows. Also I want to uninstall it permanently. But in Windows XP there is no entry for Windows Messenger in the Add/Remove programs lists. How can I remove this program from Windows?Solution: Issue this command from RUN dialog box or from command prompt. This will completely remove the Windows Messenger from your system.
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %WinDir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Step 2: To remove MSN Messenger from Windows XP, open the file sysoc.inf from %SystemRoot%\INF folder in Notepad and go to the line, “msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7”. Remove the word ‘hide’ from this line and save the file. Now you will now be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Windows components list. And can able to uninstall it.
Note: If you wish to use it later then download the latest version of “Windows Live messenger” and Install from http://www.microsoft.com/.

Unable to read help files (e.g. “.chm” and “.hlp” files):07- In my Windows XP SP2 system I am unable to use the Help files from any program in my PC. I tried opening the *.chm help files but I get an error that the file cannot be found, even though it is present.Solution: The help engine (i.e. winhlp32.exe and hh.exe) of your OS is corrupted.
Step-1 Restore Help Engine with this command:
regsvr32 hhctrl.ocx
Step-2 Reinstall Help and Support Service with this Command:
Rundll32 setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %WinDir%\inf\pchealth.inf
Step-3 There might also be corrupt Internet Explorer files present. So, update your Internet Explorer. This will replace winhlp32.exe, and the corresponding files.
Reinstall Internet Explorer with this Command:
Rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 %WinDir%\inf\ie.inf

Repairing Windows from Linux boot loader:08- My computer has both Windows XP and Linux. The Linux OS get damaged and didn’t run. So I manually deleted all the partitions of Linux. But still I get the initial dual boot screen i.e. Linux boot loader. How can I remove this?Solution: Start the computer with Windows XP CD and go to recovery console by pressing R on the first screen. Then follows the instruction to logon to your windows installation. At the command prompt issue the command fdisk /mbr, then type exit to reboot. This will remove the dual boot screen.

“Error: unmountable_boot_volume”:09- If you get the error “unmountable_boot_volume” and the screen displayed on blue screen, when you are booting from or installing Windows XP, the following are the reasons and solutions:1- Error at the time of booting.
Solution: This problem occurs when you have a corrupted boot.ini file. Boot up using the Window XP CD. Press [R] when you get the Setup screen, to get to a DOS-like mode. Here, type chkdsk /p and press [Enter]. After it is done, type fixboot, press [Enter] and then [y] and then again press [Enter]. After this, type exit to reboot to Windows. This should solve your problem. If it doesn’t, boot into the CD again. Type chkdsk /r to switch to the recovery mode. When it is finished type exit to reboot to Windows. This should definitely help you out.
2- Error at the time of Installing:
Solution: If this problem occurred at the time of installing windows, then remove the hardware creating problem e.g. graphics card, sound card or other devices that are not required for installing Windows. Or Use an 80-conductor cable for connecting UDMA drives, instead the standard 40-conductor cable. In the BIOS settings for your computer, load the ‘Fail-Safe’ default settings and then set the most frequently used options such as USB Support.

Delayed system startup10- The problem is that my windows machine takes a very long time to boot up.Solution: Anytime an operating system is booting up, it requires time to load device drivers, start-up programs, etc. The loading time is further dependent on devices being initialized by their drivers. Sometimes a slow device such as an external modem can increase boot up time. Windows XP is a much faster than the previous versions of windows. To reduce the boot up time, you can use tweaking utilities such as bootvis, from http://www.microsoft.com/. You can use third party system tuning or system tweaking software for this purpose, but it requires some knowledge and tweaking.

No Picture in MS-Word11- I am using Microsoft Office. When I’m trying to insert images in word, only a thick black border appears. However, I can insert images in all the Office other programs and they appear fine.Solution: You need to do is open the Word and go to Tools > Options > Picture Placeholders. Uncheck this option and you will now be able to view the inserted images in the document.

Windows Installer problem in Microsoft Office
12- Whenever I try to open Microsoft Word, the Windows Installer starts up and run for while and closes automatically. Why does it happen so?Solution: If Microsoft Office installation was done under a different user profile. Then this is normal as different profiles require some additional files to be installed. Let the Installer come up and add whatever files it needs. It generally happens if you access a function in Word that has been set for install on first use.
Once it finishes installing the required files, it should not pop up again when you open Word.
If the windows installer runs frequently whenever you run office applications. Then you have to install all office components completely. Open Add or Remove Programs; select the MS office click ‘Change’ button, now the Office XP Installer will run. Go to the Maintenance Mode Options >Add/Remove features. Here, choose the Installation option for all Office applications and tools and (Custom Setup> Choose “Advanced Customization of Applications” in case of Office 2003) select 'Office Shared Features’ right click and select “This feature and all subfeature, will be installed on local harddisk” then click next/update button. This will install the all subfeatures to your computer.

Non-administrator Burning Issue
13- How can I run the Burning software to burn CD/DVDs with a user account that does not have Administrator rights in Windows 2000, XP or 2003?Solution: First install the Burning software (e.g. Nero/Ashampoo Burning Studio) using an Administrator account. Then open registry, Go to Start Menu > Run type regedit press enter. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] edit the value of the string value "allocatecdroms” from 0 to 1. Close the Registry editor and restart. Now you can burn CD/DVD using Limited user account.

Uninstalling games in Windows 2000.14- How do I uninstall the default games that come with Windows 2000 Professional?Solution: Open the Sysoc.inf file in notepad from “C:\winnt\inf\”. Remove the word “HIDE” from these lines ‘Games=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,games.inf,HIDE,7’ and ‘AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,HIDE,7’, and save the file. Next, go to Add/Remove Programs > Windows Setup > Accessories and Utilities, de-select the Games option you want to remove and click Apply.

Accessing the SFC utility.15- I recently installed Windows 2000 and tried to run SFC (System File Checker), but it didn’t start. How can I access/use SFC utility in Windows 2000?
Solution: Unlike windows 98/ME, Windows 2000 or higher versions have a DOS-based SFC. To start it, go to the command prompt, type ‘sfc’ and press [Enter]. Here, you’ll find some help on how to use sfc. Use appropriate syntax to use sfc as per your necessity.

Errors running applet in Internet Explorer.16- I am unable to run Java APPLET in IE. When I run a Java applet in IE it says,” Your browser is completely ignoring the applet tag!" How can I run my applet/Java file through IE?Solution: It seems that your system don’t have “JRE” (i.e. Java Runtime Environment) installed Download and install latest release of JRE from http://java.sun.com/.

Disc Image files:
17- How can I use CD image files without burning into them CD?
Solution: Generally the data of CD/DVD are stored in disc images for distribution/downloading. The images are saved in different image formats such as: ISO, NRG, B5T, B6T, BWT, CCD, CUE, ISZ, MDS, PDI, CDI etc. There are many applications that open ISO files. Some of them are: Alcohol120%, Daemon Tools, WinISO, UltraISO etc. and also with WinRAR you can see the contents of ISO images only.

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Article by: bcdalai

References:
http://bcdalai.blogspot.com/2010/01/windows-command-guide-2010.html
http://bcdalai.blogspot.com/2010/06/changed-feature-names-on-vista-2008.html
http://bcdalai.blogspot.com/2010/06/useful-keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows-7.html
http://bcdalai.blogspot.com/2010/02/windows-7-resources-for-it.html