Microsoft KB Archive/123802

Tips for Finding Knowledge Base Articles on the TechNet CD

PSS ID Number: Q123802 Article last modified on 03-20-1997

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SUMMARY ======= The following is the complete text of an article that is included on the TechNet CD. The article provides TechNet customers with tips on how to search the TechNet for KB articles.

MORE INFORMATION ================ = TIPS FOR FINDING KNOWLEDGE BASE ARTICLES ON TECHNET =

The United States version of the Microsoft Knowledge Base (US KB) on TechNet is a valuable information resource- a collection of articles so huge that it contains just about anything you want to know about Microsoft products. It is so huge, however, that you may find it challenging to locate special groups of articles you are interested in.

So before you set off to find the subset of articles that deal with, say, printing issues, take a few minutes to look over the article that follows. It can help you make more efficient and productive searches. “Using Keywords to Search the Knowledge Base” describes the keywords Microsoft uses to categorize KB articles. You can use these to refine your queries when you search for articles.

“Browsing Through TechNet Knowledge Base Books” lists Microsoft products alphabetically and points you to the first- and second-level TechNet books with the most information about that product. Use the tables when you want to browse through the KB for articles on specific products.

= USING KEYWORDS TO SEARCH THE KNOWLEDGE BASE =

All articles in the Microsoft U.S. Knowledge Base contain keywords relating to subject (kbprint) and/or product (ntboot) that we use for tracking and sorting. You can use them too, to find groups of articles that cover similar topics. For example, if you want to find all of the articles about OLE, query on the keyword kbole. On this month’s CD, that query yields a list of 572 articles.

Subject keywords are located at the end of an article in the KBCategory field. Product-specific keywords, if the article contains any, are located directly below the KBCategory field in the KBSubcategory field.

You can find lists of keywords in the Knowledge Base by searching on the term kbkeyword. Click the Find button on the upper toolbar (or press CTRL+F) to open the Find dialog box. Enter kbkeyword in the Query box.

If you want to speed up your search, the following procedure shows you how to create your own U.S. KB content subset:


 * 1) Click the Define Subset button in the Find dialog box.
 * 2) Choose Knowledge Base and then United States in the Books to Choose From box.
 * 3) Click the Add button, type a name in the Subset Name box, then click the Save button.
 * 4) Close the Define Subset dialog box.

Now when you open the Find dialog box, you can limit the Scope of Search to your new U.S. KB content subset. This returns the titles of about ten articles that contain lists of KB-wide keywords and keywords for article subcategories: DDKs, SDKs, languages, Win32, Visual Basic, and NT. Several of the articles contain information about how to write and submit articles to the KB; these do not contain keyword lists.

Find the list you want and the keyword you need and you are on your way. Search on that keyword in the U.S. KB and you will get a list of all the articles containing it.

There are a couple things to remember. First, all articles have at least one subject keyword, but not all contain product-specific keywords. If you can’t locate a list of keywords specific to a particular product, it probably is because the articles for that product do not contain this type of keyword. Second, while all articles have been reviewed and categorized by keyword, there may be information pertinent to your search in an article not returned by your search. Keywords apply to the basic subject and thrust of an article: associated information included in the text may not be represented by a keyword. The odds of this adversely affecting a search are minimal, and we placed keywords carefully so that when they are used in a search they return focused and useful lists.

= BROWSING THROUGH TECHNET KNOWLEDGE BASE BOOKS =

Along with using the search engine, you can use this table to browse first- and second-level U.S. KB books to find articles you are interested in:

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Microsoft Access Applications Access

Microsoft Access Languages and Development Access Distribution Kit Kits

Microsoft Access Solutions Languages and Development Access Pack Kits

Aircraft and Scenery Applications Home Games Designer for MS-DOS

Ancient Lands for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Arcade for Windows Applications Home Games

Art Gallery for Macintosh Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Art Gallery for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

-B-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

BallPoint Operating Systems and Hardware Products Hardware

BallPoint with QuickPort Operating Systems and Hardware Products Connection Hardware

Basic Professional Languages and Development Basic Kits

Bookshelf for Macintosh Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Bookshelf for MS-DOS Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Bookshelf for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

-C-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

C Developer’s Toolkit for Languages and Development C Compiler MS-DOS Kits

C for MS-DOS Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

C/C++ for Windows Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

Cinemania for Macintosh Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Cinemania for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

CodeView for MS-DOS Languages and Development Programming Utilities Kits

CodeView for Windows Languages and Development Programming Utilities Kits

Complete Baseball for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Creative Writer for Applications Home Kids Products Macintosh

Creative Writer for Applications Home Kids Products Windows

-D-

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Dangerous Creatures for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

DCA/Communications Server Operating Systems and LAN Manager Networking Series Hardware

DCA/Communications Operating Systems and LAN Manager Workstation Networking Hardware Series

Delta for Windows Languages and Development Miscellaneous Kits Software Development Kits

Development System Languages and Development Basic Kits

Dinosaurs for Macintosh Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Dinosaurs for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

-E-

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Electronic Forms Designer Applications Mail for PC Networks for Windows

Encarta for Macintosh Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Encarta for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Entertainment Pack for Applications Home Games Windows

Microsoft Excel for Applications Excel Macintosh

Microsoft Excel for Applications Excel MS-DOS

Microsoft Excel for Applications Excel Windows

-F-

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Fine Artist for Applications Home Kids Products Macintosh

Fine Artist for Windows Applications Home Kids Products Windows

Flight Simulator for Applications Home Games Macintosh

Flight Simulator for Applications Home Games MS-DOS

FORTRAN for MS-DOS Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler Kits

FORTRAN for OS/2 Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler Kits

FORTRAN for UNIX Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler Kits

FORTRAN PowerStation 32 Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler for Windows NT Kits

FORTRAN PowerStation for Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler MS-DOS Kits

FoxBASE+ for Macintosh Applications Fox Miscellaneous Products

FoxPro Connectivity Kit Applications FoxPro for Windows

FoxPro Distribution Kit Applications FoxPro for Windows

FoxPro Library Applications FoxPro Construction Kit for Windows

FoxPro Professional Applications FoxPro Edition for Macintosh

FoxPro Professional Applications FoxPro Edition for MS-DOS

FoxPro Professional Applications FoxPro Edition for Windows

FoxPro Standard Edition Applications FoxPro for Macintosh

FoxPro Standard Edition Applications FoxPro for MS-DOS

FoxPro Standard Edition Applications FoxPro for Windows

-GH-

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Game Shop for MS-DOS Languages and Development Basic Kits

Golf Championship Course Applications Home Games for Windows

Golf for Windows Applications Home Games

-I-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

IMSL for MS-DOS Languages and Development FORTRAN Compiler Kits

Isaac Asimov’s The Applications Home Multimedia Ultimate Robot for Titles Macintosh

Isaac Asimov’s The Applications Home Multimedia Ultimate Robot for Titles Windows

-JKL-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

LAN Manager for UNIX Operating Systems and LAN Manager Systems Networking Series Hardware

LAN Manager Network Device Operating Systems and LAN Manager Driver Kit Networking Hardware Series

LAN Manager Networking Operating Systems and LAN Manager Series Hardware

LAN Manager Remote Access Operating Systems and LAN Manager Service Networking Series Hardware

LAN Manager Services for Operating Systems and LAN Manager Macintosh Networking Hardware Series

LAN Manager Sockets Operating Systems and LAN Manager Development Kit Networking Hardware Series

LAN Manager TCP/IP Operating Systems and LAN Manager Utilities Networking Hardware Series

LAN Manager Toolkit for Operating Systems and LAN Manager Visual Basic Networking Hardware Series

Learning MS-DOS Applications Home Miscellaneous Products

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Macro Assembler for MS-DOS Languages and Development Macro Assembler Kits

Macro Assembler for OS/2 Languages and Development Macro Assembler Kits

Mail for AppleTalk Applications Mail for AppleTalk Networks Networks

Mail for PC Networks Applications Mail for PC Networks

Mail Gateways Applications Mail Gateways

MASM for MS-DOS Languages and Development Macro Assembler Kits

Modular Windows Operating Systems and Miscellaneous Windows Hardware Products

Money for Windows Applications Home Tools

Mouse Operating Systems and Hardware Products Hardware

MS-DOS Operating Systems and Disk Operating System Hardware (MS-DOS)

MS-DOS CD-ROM Extensions Operating Systems and Disk Operating System CD-ROM Series Hardware (MS-DOS)

Applications              MSCDEX CD-ROM Extensions Multimedia Beethoven for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Multimedia Development Kit Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail for Windows Hardware Products

Multimedia Mozart for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Multimedia Schubert for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Multimedia Strauss for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Multimedia Stravinsky for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

Musical Instruments for Applications Home Multimedia Macintosh Titles

Musical Instruments for Applications Home Multimedia Windows Titles

-O-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

ODBC Desktop Database Languages and Development Open Database Driver for Windows Kits Connectivity (ODBC)

Office Assistant for Applications Office Windows

Office Professional for Applications Office Windows

Office Standard for Applications Office Macintosh

Office Standard for Applications Office Windows

OnLine Applications OnLine

Microsoft Open EIS Pak Applications Excel for Macintosh

Microsoft Open EIS Pak Applications Excel for Windows

OS/2 LAN Manager Network Operating Systems and LAN Manager Device Driver Kit for Hardware OS/2

-P-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

Paintbrush for MS-DOS Operating Systems and Hardware Products Hardware

PowerPoint for Macintosh Applications PowerPoint for Windows

PowerPoint for Windows Applications PowerPoint for Windows

Productivity Pack for Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Windows Hardware Products

Professional Advisor Languages and Development Programming Utilities Library Kit for MS-DOS Kits

Professional Advisor Languages and Development Programming Utilities Library Kit for OS/2 Kits

Microsoft Project for the Applications Project Macintosh

Microsoft Project for Applications Project MS-DOS

Microsoft Project for Applications Project Windows

Publisher Applications Publisher

Publisher Design Pack Applications Publisher

Publisher Special Occasion Applications Publisher Design Pack

-Q-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

QuickAssembler for MS-DOS Languages and Development Macro Assembler Kits

Microsoft QuickBasic for Languages and Development Basic Macintosh Kits

Microsoft QuickBasic for Languages and Development Basic MS-DOS Kits

QuickC Compiler with Languages and Development C Compiler QuickAssembler for MS-DOS Kits

QuickC for MS-DOS Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

QuickC for Windows Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

-RS-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

Scenes for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

Schedule+ for Windows Applications Schedule+ for Windows

Scholastic’s The Magic Applications Home Kids Products School Bus Explores the Human Body

Scholastic’s The Magic Applications Home Kids Products School Bus Explores the Solar System

Small Business Consultant Applications Excel CD-ROM Series

SNA Server Networking Operating Systems and Windows NT Series Hardware

SoundBits for Windows Applications Home Multimedia Titles

SQL Administrator for Languages and Development SQL Server Windows Networking Series Kits

SQL Bridge Networking Languages and Development SQL Server Series Kits

SQL Server Networking Languages and Development SQL Server Series Kits

SQL Server Client-Server Languages and Development SQL Server Development Kit for Kits Windows NT

SQL Server Programmer’s Languages and Development SQL Server Toolkit Networking Series Kits

SQL Server Software Languages and Development SQL Server Development Kit for Kits Windows NT

-T-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

Test for Windows Languages and Development Test for Windows Kits

TrueType Font Pack for Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Windows Hardware Products

TrueType Font Pack 2 for Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Windows Hardware Products

TrueType Master Set for Operating Systems and Tips for the Macintosh Hardware Macintosh System

-UV-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

Video for Windows Operating Systems and Miscellaneous Windows Hardware Products

Visual Basic for Windows Languages and Development Visual Basic for Kits Windows

Visual Basic with Languages and Development Visual Basic for Professional Toolkit for Kits Windows Windows

Visual C++ for Windows Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

Visual C++ for Windows Languages and Development C Compiler and Windows NT Kits

Visual C++ for Windows NT Languages and Development C Compiler Kits

Visual Control Pack for Languages and Development Visual Basic for Windows Kits Windows

-WXYZ-

To find information Double-click And then look about this product this TechNet book in this book ——————————————————————-

Win32 SDK Languages and Development Win32 Software Kits Development Kit

Win32s for Windows Languages and Development Win32 Software Kits Development Kit

Windows Device Driver Kit Languages and Development Windows Device Driver Kits Kit

Windows for Workgroups Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Hardware Products

Windows for Workgroups Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Add-on for MS-DOS Hardware Products

Windows NT Server for Operating Systems and Windows NT Windows NT Hardware

Windows NT Workstation for Operating Systems and Windows NT Windows NT Hardware

Windows Printing System Applications Windows Printing Issues

Operating Systems and     Windows 3.x Retail Hardware                  Products Windows Software Languages and Development Windows Software Development Kit Kits Development Kit

Windows Sound System Operating Systems and Miscellaneous Windows Hardware Products

WinLogin for Windows Operating Systems and Windows 3.x Retail Hardware Products

Word 6.0 for Windows and Applications Word version 6.x Macintosh

Word Assistant for Windows Applications Word version 6.x

Word for Macintosh Applications Word for Macintosh version 5.x and Older

Word for MS-DOS Applications Word for MS-DOS

Word for OS/2 Applications Word for Windows version 2.x

Word for Windows Applications Word for Windows version 2.x

Workgroup Templates for Operating Systems and Word for Windows Windows Hardware version 2.x

Works for Macintosh Applications Home Tools

Works for MS-DOS Applications Home Tools

Works for Windows Applications Home Tools

Microsoft TechNet January 1995 Volume 3, Issue 1

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