Errata for Windows NT in a Nutshell

and port number of proxy"

"When you have the local computer selected, you are configuring a service running on the local computer. When you have the domain selected, you are configuring a service running on the PDC."

list Striping, Striping with parity, and Mirroring. Replaced the 2 sentences following the var list with "All fault tolerance capabilities can be used on NT Workstation and Server, but they can be created only on the Server."

unpartitioned areas." Also changed "before it is recognized by the operating system" to "before it can be used as a boot disk".

"If one of the two partitions has failed, breaking the mirror allows you to start using the remaining disk as a replacement."

and auditing, or take ownership of a file or directory, on the selected drive."

file. View and edit attributes of the selected file or directory." Also, in item #3, changed the second sentence to read: "If you compress a directory, you will be asked if you wish to compress all files and directories within the selected directory." Finally, in item #5, deleted "three-character"

Log to File [Properties-Service Properties-Logging-Enable Logging] changed #18's title to: Log Format [Properties-Service Properties-Logging-Enable Logging-Log to File]

local address database. You will still have to save the address database to disk to keep the name from being lost upon exiting Network Monitor."

contain" to "Every 12-byte Ethernet address contains"

of RAS allows only one RAS connection at a time, while Server can support up to 256 simultaneous connections."

computer"

sharing, and set permissions for sharing, on the selected computer." In #5 and #10, changed "button" to "menu option"

with "...the list of users is displayed, but not the user-specific fields such as username, full name, or description." under "23 Select Users": changed "(Server and Domain controller only)" to "(Server only)" under "24 View": changed "(Server and Domain controller only)" to "(Server only)"

[Policies-Account-Password Restrictions... to [Policies-Account Policies-Password Restrictions... list items 33 and 34: changed "(Server and DC only)" to "(Server only)"

system statistics..." to "Various network statistics..."

[Mappings-Show Database] to [Mappings-show Database-Display Options]

IP only" to "SLIP is TCP/IP only". Finally, changed "protocols will run over" to "which protocols can run over" in #7

used to end procedure main, PPP (or SLIP) will be started."

changed "When run on NT Workstation" to "When run on NT Workstation and on a standalone Server" and in sentence 2, changed "This is the default option for NT Server" to "This is the default option for NT domain controllers" description of "Options", "/lockoutwin:minutes:", changed: "If the lockout threshold is exceeded..." to "If the lockout threshold is reached..."

Workstation" to "When run on NT Workstation and on a standalone Server"

detailed description"

standalone Server"

the server service"

emp share in response to the command net share C$. The results were changed to read Share name C$ Path C:

"reboots" to "subsequent logons". end of sentence 3, changed "at the time of reboot" to "after the last logon of the current user" description of "/user", sentence 2: changed "If a domain name is also supplied, the connection is made in..." to "If a domain name is also supplied, the user has his account in..."

Use an asterisk as a device name to use the next available device name. net use does not display connections to printers that do not use LPT-ports. ("net use" is italicized.)

"When run on NT Workstation" to "When run on NT Workstation and on a standalone Server" and in sentence 2, changed "This is the default for NT Server" to "This is the default for NT domain controllers" description of "/scriptpath": changed "Pathname" to "File name"

domains" to "Display list of domains and workgroups"; also changed the last one-line para. to read "Display list of computers in domain or workgroup OFFICE"

DNS server is unreachable, the second is tried, and so on. If all three DNS servers are unreachable, the lookup fails."

the data being printed"

local hosts"

"If the local computer does not receive an answer within that time, it will send the query again and wait twice as long for a reply. The option retry sets the number of queries that will be made." ("retry" is italicized.)

target Computer or gateway whose connectivity you want to test.

to "65527 bytes". Finally, under -i, changed "245" to "128".

into hostnames"

date" changed to "defaults to the current dateday of month"

"...if it contains spaces" to "...if it contains options that could be mistaken for options to the at command" last code line: changed "cmd" to "cmd /c"

invalid. It is contained in the NT help system but does not work."

the performance of single disks within a stripe set, use the E flag."

indicates that /b requires the /s option, but this is apparently not true."

entry to dial"

addresses"

"usually do not leave"

directory"

via routers, broadcasts never leave the local network" changed to "Broadcasts usually do not leave the local network"

For Windows for Workgroups computers, edit the SYSTEM.INI file and add the following line to the [Network] section: MaintainServerList=no

the SUPPORT/HQTOOL subdirectory of the NT CDROM to generate the NTHQ boot floppy."

#INCLUDE..." now reads: "The computer name following the #INCLUDE keyword must be defined earlier in the LMHOST file in order for it to be preloaded."

configuration information to TCP/IP clients which send DHCP queries."

and from tape devices."

"Predecessor of HTTP"

and tracert to find and isolate network problems."

that can exchange computer names and addresses."

disk drive into a larger virtual drive to improve performance or enable fault tolerance."

also contain directory name(s) and a file name."