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Posted: November 26, 1999 Written By: Keith "Farrel" McClellan After the Installation is Complete Once the installation is complete and you have your personal account set up, etc., you need to install all of your shared programs. These shared programs need to be installed on to the FAT16 partition. When installing those applications, take note of the exact installation options you used (what you did/didn't install, etc.). This will be very important later on, when you are trying to get those same applications to run on Win98. It's always a good idea to write this kind of stuff down if you have trouble remembering it. Then go and install the same programs (in the same places) from Win98. This overwriting of files won't hurt anything, and now you have the registry settings in both operating systems. While Tweak3D doesn't have any tweak guides up for WinNT (yet!), Ars Technica has some excellent ones. In particular, pay attention to the one about the free disk defragmenter. WinNT doesn't come with one of its own so having one from a 3rd party is imperative! Service Packs The last step in securing WinNT, after all of the installation and configuration is complete, is to install the latest service pack. This is imperative to system stability, security, and just plain good common sense. Trust me, you won't be disappointed. Also, after adding any new features to the OS or adding new hardware, make sure you reapply the service pack so you don't have a conflict! Conclusion Hopefully, this should make the process of creating a dual boot system easier, and give a nice speed boost over the non-optimized way to boot. Enjoy! Want to put this guide on one, printer friendly page? Click here! |
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