Have you ever wondered what all the little triangle symbols are for on the MS Word ruler?

If you haven't noticed them, take a quick look. See them now? They must be there for a reason, right? Want to know what it is?

Then you're in the right place, because that's exactly what we're going to cover today!

The "triangles" are actually markers for different paragraph indents. That means you can make changes to specific paragraph margins right in the Page/Print Layout or Normal views, without ever bothering with the Format menu or Paragraph window.

Cool, huh?

Okay, let's get down to business!

On the left side of the ruler, you'll find an hourglass type marker. That is actually three different settings all in the same place. (At least they are for now. As you'll learn, they can be separated).

The top triangle is the location for the First-line Indent. The first line of text in a paragraph will start wherever you put this on the ruler.

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• If you make changes to the indent markers before a paragraph is typed, the setting will work on the current paragraph and all other paragraphs you create after it.

• If you'd like to change just one paragraph that's already typed, simply place the cursor anywhere in the paragraph and move the markers as needed. The changes will only affect the current paragraph.

• If you'd like to make changes for several paragraphs that are already typed, highlight them before moving the markers. The change will only affect the highlighted paragraphs.

In order to get granular control of drives and their performance within Windows, admins usually separate Windows drive letter assignments by role for better performance. However, you can only do so much with the drive letters E: and higher.

If you’re running out of drive letters, one trick is to use a mount point for each logical drive that you are going to bring into Windows; this way, performance can be contained to a logical drive and still conform to your drive letter standards.

There are many scenarios in which you would want a large number of drives, such as multiple databases for Microsoft SQL Server or Exchange Server installations. Exchange databases are notorious for needing their own drives per mailbox store and, if you provision out well, you will quickly run out of drive letters. This can enable large numbers of drives to be available within one system.

Adding mount points in Windows Server 2008

With the disk available to the Windows Server 2008 operating system, right-click and select New Simple Volume. Specify the size as you would normally add a drive. Select Do Not Assign A Drive Letter Or Drive Path (Figure A).

Figure A

propecia effects align=”justify”>Perform the drive format and assign a label as normal. Once the New Simple Volume Wizard is completed, the drive will be inventoried in the list of disks. MountPoint3 has been added and now select Change Drive Letter And Paths (Figure B).

Figure B

When the Change Drive Letter And Paths option appears, point the drive to a path on the local filesystem. In this example, it is pointed to C:\MountPoints\MountPoint3. With this configuration, the path will use a different controller than the C:\ drive for the I/O operations across all drives. Figure C shows redirecting the drive to the MountPoint path.

Figure C

Once your configuration is complete, all of the mount points will appear in the subfolder you created. The “folder” icon for the mount points is a shortcut to a drive; the “folders” are redirecting the drive to the path on the parent drive. Figure D shows three mount points in one folder pulling in three different drives.

Figure D

Consolidating the drives, especially in shared storage configurations, can greatly simplify searching and organization for large systems on a Windows server. This functionality is not new to Windows, but it looks a little different now in Windows Server 2008.

The pinned items list found in the Start menu of Microsoft Windows XP can be customized to save you time by keeping your most-used applications in an easily accessible list.

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The left panel of the Start menu consists entirely of a divided list of programs that Microsoft Windows XP thinks will come in handy for you: the pinned items list above the separator line, and the most frequently used programs list, displayed below the line.

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By default, Windows XP places links to your Internet browser and your e-mail application in the pinned items list and will place as many as 30 shortcuts to the programs that you’ve recently used in the most frequently used programs list. (The most frequently used programs list is, by default, propecia effect six shortcuts long.)

In order to really take advantage of the Start menu as a launching area for all the programs you use most often, you can configure the entire left panel as a pinned items list. Here’s how:

You can pin as many as 30 of your most often used programs to the Start menu, depending on your screen resolution setting. With your actual favorite programs on the pinned items list, you can now really take advantage of the Start menu.

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) application provides you with an interface shell into which you can insert various tools called snap-ins to create custom consoles. While custom consoles can come in handy for performing any number of tasks, Windows XP’s MMC 2.0 convoluted console-creation process often seems counterintuitive.

Fortunately, Microsoft has made the new MMC interface developed for propecia ed color=”#003399″>Windows Vista available for Windows XP. Version 3.0 of the MMC application provides more functionality for snap-ins than prior versions and sports a smoother-looking user interface that makes it much easier to create and use consoles.

One of the biggest changes in MMC 3.0 for Windows XP is the new Add or Remove Snap-ins interface. Instead of having to use a tedious procedure that involves two separate dialog boxes to build a custom console, the new MMC 3.0 provides a single dialog box that makes it much easier to create custom consoles.

Downloading and installing the MMC 3.0 for Windows XP is a breeze. However, you must manually enable the new user interface by adding a key to the registry. Here’s how:

Now, when you launch MMC.exe from the Run dialog box, you’ll be able to take advantage of the new Add or Remove Snap-ins interface. You simply scroll through the available snap-ins in the left panel and click the Add button to build your custom console in the right panel.

Notes: This tip applies to both Windows XP Home and Professional but requires that Service Pack 2 or 3 is installed. Editing the registry is risky, so be sure you have a verified backup before making any changes.

As I recently wrote, propecia dosing color=”#003399″>Dell and HP are selling select, business computers loaded with Windows XP Professional. Customers can have Windows XP preinstalled and get a DVD to upgrade to Vista when they are ready.

Dell and HP’s decision to continue selling a nearly seven-year-old operating system, got me thinking about which Windows version TechRepublic members most often support.

Answer the following poll and let us know which Windows version is the most prevalent among your end users.

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