Here's how to map a drive in modern Windoz:

 C:\dev> net use Z: \\provo-data\builds\somewhere password /user:domain\russ

It's possible to modify the Windows 7 Start menu by...

1. Start.
2. Right-click on All Programs.
3. Click Open All Users (in order to change for all users of the computer host) or Open (to change the menu only for this user).

The problem is that it doesn't appear you can specify which of Program Files or Program Files (x86) on Windows 7 64-bit.

1. Launch Windows Messenger.
2. Find the menu drop-down

   

   and choose Tools.
3. Click Options, then Alerts.
4. Clear the checkbox entitled Display alerts when I sign in at more than one place.
5. Click OK.

On persistently getting a start-up error alert for an "IDT Audio Driver system tray, blah, blah, blah," I discovered that this is the driver that XP will locate automatically if you don't supply the right one (which I hadn't downloaded from Dell's site when I wiped and re-installed). You can get this driver, named "SigmaTel," from Dell. The best way is to type in your service tag number and then ask for the audio driver. When I installed it, it removed the bogus IDT driver.