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151) Recover Passwords for Dial-up or VPN Connections: Date - Aug 03, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Run this utility to retrieve passwords stored for Dial-up or VPN Connections.
152) Capture Passwords via Your Network Adapter: Date - Jul 28, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Use this sniffer to listen to your network connection and capture any passwords that pass through.
153) Discover Passwords Stored by Your Router: Date - Jul 27, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Run your router's backup configuration file through this utility to see what passwords can be recovered.
154) Recover WEP, WPA, or WPA2 Encryption Keys from Windows: Date - Jul 27, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Discover the encryption keys or passphrases stored by Windows for the Wi-Fi networks you connect to.
155) Disable the Wireless Hosted Network or Virtual AP Feature: Date - Jul 26, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Prevent users from knowingly or unknowingly hosting a virtual wireless access point (AP).
156) Troubleshooting inability for system to sleep: Date - Jul 21, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; A tip on how to troubleshoot the inability of a Windows 7 system from being able to enter sleep mode.
157) Preventing accidental shutdown: Date - Jul 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to prevent users from accidentally shutting down their computers.
158) Installing out-of-box drivers from the command line when Windows is running: Date - Jul 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to install out-of-box drivers from the command line when Windows is running.
159) Installing components from the command line: Date - Jul 19, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to install Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system components from the command line.
160) Import and Export TCP/IP Configuration with Netsh: Date - Jul 14, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Backup or transfer static IP and DNS address detail using the Network Shell.
161) Disable F8 during LTI install: Date - Jul 14, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Migration; How do prevent users from opening a WinPE command prompt during LTI install using MDT 2010.
162) Enabling fast search for filenames: Date - Jul 14, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Search; How to enable fast searching of filenames in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
163) Transfer Wireless Network Settings via USB Flash Drive: Date - Jul 12, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Use Windows Connect Now (WCN) to export and import your Wi-Fi settings.
164) Transfer Wireless Network Settings via USB Flash Drive: Date - Jul 07, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Use Windows Connect Now (WCN) to export and import your Wi-Fi settings
165) Enable the Built-In Windows 7 Administrator Account: Date - Jul 06, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Admin; Enable the default Administrator account and set a password.
166) Import and Export Wired Authentication Settings with Netsh: Date - Jul 06, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Networking; Backup or transfer the 802.1X client settings in Windows Vista or 7.
167) Using Process Explorer to Examine Dialog Boxes: Date - Jul 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; When troubleshooting program errors dialog boxes can often be unclear or confusing. This tip will show you a quick method to getting more out of those dialog boxes than meets the eye.
168) Process Monitor versus Process Explorer: Date - Jul 04, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; Process Monitor and Process Explorer both have a lot in common. This tip gives a brief outline of how they are different and what tasks each on does.
169) Hiding Account Properties When a Device is Locked: Date - Jun 30, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Security; When a Windows computer is locked it will show the username of the person who locked it by default. This tip will provide a method for fixing this bad security practice.
170) Forcing Server 2008 Domain Controller Demotion: Date - Jun 30, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; When forcing the demotion of a domain controller in Windows Server 2003 there was a caveat that limited your ability to perform this action. This tip explains the caveat and its removal in Server 2008.
171) Enabling Jumbo Frames for Improved Data Transfer: Date - Jun 28, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Jumbo frames are not anything new but they are often forgotten about. Enabling them may provide a bit of a performance boost. This tip shows how to do that.
172) Configuring Indexing for Performance: Date - Jun 23, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Indexing has improved greatly in Windows operating systems over the course of the last several years, but you can still benefit from disabling it in certain areas. This tip discusses how to configure indexing for greater performance.
173) Changing the Location of the Indexing Database: Date - Jun 22, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; This tip demonstrates how to change the location of the Windows indexing database and why you might want to do so.
174) Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows 7: Date - Jun 22, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to launch the Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows 7.
175) Network traffic and the ADMX central store: Date - Jun 21, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Active Directory; A tip concerning planning for network traffic when you implement a central store for ADMX template files.
176) Resynchronizing with a Time Server: Date - Jun 16, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to resynchronize a domain-joined Windows 7 computer with a time server.
177) Printing from Windows 7 to Windows XP in a workgroup: Date - Jun 15, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to print from a Windows 7 computer to a Windows XP printer in a workgroup.
178) Deleting zillions of tiny files from a volume: Date - Jun 15, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to delete zillions of tiny files from a volume without taking forever.
179) Creating a new file association in Windows 7: Date - Jun 14, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to create a new file association in Windows 7.
180) Change or Spoof your Network Adapter MAC Address: Date - Jun 09, 2011; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Miscellaneous; See how easy it is to change your network adapter's MAC address.