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Manage hardware profiles.
A hardware profile is a set of instructions that
tells Windows 2000 which devices to start when
you start your computer or what settings to use
for each device. When you first install Windows
2000, a hardware profile called Profile 1 (for
laptops, the profiles would be Docked Profile or
Undocked Profile) is created. By default, every
device that is installed on your computer at the
time you install Windows 2000 is enabled in the
Profile 1 hardware profile.
Hardware profiles are especially useful if you
have a portable computer. Most portable
computers are used in a variety of locations,
and hardware profiles will let you change which
devices your computer uses when you move it from
location to location. For example, you may have
one profile named Docking Station Configuration
for using your portable computer at a docking
station with hardware components such as a
CD-ROM drive and a network adapter. And you may
have a second profile named Undocked
Configuration for using your portable computer
in a hotel or on an airplane, when you are not
using a network adapter or a CD-ROM but you are
using a modem and a portable printer.
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