I explained how to lock a computer by typing the following
command at a command prompt:
You can create a shortcut on the Quick Launch bar to
execute this command by performing the following steps:
By default, when you hover over a file or
folder in single-click view mode, the object will
change color to a light blue (RGB value 100 139 203).
To change the color, perform the following steps:
- Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors.
- Double-click HotTrackingColor.
- Change to the desired RGB value (e.g., 255 0 0
for red), and click OK.
- Close the registry editor.
- Log off and log on again for the change to take
effect.
How can I change
the icon for drive letters?
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Windows 2000 lets you assign a different icon to
drive letters.
To do so, complete the following steps:
- Start the registry editor (regedit.exe).
- Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer registry subkey.
- From the Edit menu, select New, Key. Enter the
name DriveIcons.
- Select the new key, select New, Key. Enter the
name of the drive (e.g., C).
- Select the created key, select New, Key. Enter
the name DefaultIcon.
- Navigate to DefaultIcon, then double-click the
(default) value.
- Set the default value to the DLL containing the
icon and the icon number
(e.g., icons.dll,-24 is icon 24 in icons.dll). Click
OK. Close the registry editor.
You can click F5 (refresh) in Windows Explorer to show
the new icons.
For example, here's a DLL that contains a C and D icon
that I created (ID 24
and 25, respectively) and a registry file that configures
them on your machine.
To use the registry file, the icons.dll file would be
at the root of the C drive, but
you can easily change the registry file.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\DriveIcons]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\DriveIcons\C]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\DriveIcons\C\DefaultIcon]
@="c:\\icons.dll,-24"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\DriveIcons\D]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current
Version\Explorer\DriveIcons\D\DefaultIcon]
@="c:\\icons.dll,-25"
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