Check out some of the books by woody leonard. Most are available from amazon. Check out woody's windows watch for tips and tricks for windows operating systems. If there is no current discussion on 2k, then check the archives. Cheers Nigel Jackie wrote: > Hi : > I got a big surprise I was doing some editing-in the registry- in > another person's computer, then I went into the dos-(different windows) - I > saw a huge amount of TypedUrls -- everywhere this person went was recorded > even when he deleted history, his cache, cookies etc, They are still on his > hard drive. It was taking a lot of room by the time I was finished I was > able to clean out a lot of stuff 5 gigs of stuff just editing dos, also > too, old email boxes from different programs that he deleted was still on > his hard drive. Now I am wondering about mine. I do edit the registry all > the time I am a music buff I love music and it takes a lot of room-- > outside of backing them I have done that but still like to have some on my > hard drive. Many of us do business and transactions on the internet and we > do the same of cleaning out our cache etc its really not deleted is it!.... > How can I use the same method editing dos using Windows 2000 pro I have > been in there many times but I can only go through safe mode at the dos > prompt. There is dos in accessories but I am wondering if that is the true > dos. I typed cmd.exe I got the same info in both. Another thing I would like > is a good book on windows 2000 pro-- that covers everything Any > suggestions? I have win 95, win 98, win Me manuals in bookform from QUE -- I > have not seen one yet for Windows 2000 pro. I would appreciate any > suggestions those using windows 2000 or pro In lieu of Microsoft's > continuous big boo-boos in breaching security--we are all at risk.. By the > way after I finished editing in dos his Windows and programs have a lot > of zip<G> Jackie