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271) Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; Policy:Disable the new simple Start Menu
Policy:Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Policy:Gray unavailable Windows Installer programs Start Menu shortcuts
Policy:Disable and remove links to Windows Update
Policy:Remove user folders from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing user folder paths
Policy:Remove My Documents folder from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing My Documents path
Policy:Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
Policy:Maximum number of recent documents
Policy:Clear history of recent documents on exit
Policy:Remove Favorites item from Start Menu
Policy:Remove My Computer from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Connections from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Places from the Star
272) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
273) Prevent logon screensaver from launching: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
274) No hard drive detected during Windows NT install: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
275) NT ERD - never there when you need it: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
276) Keyboard Buffer Size: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hardware; Fast typist? Overrunning the keyboard buffer in NT? Increase the buffer size..
277) Launching Control Panel Apps from the Command Line: Date - Feb 08, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to launch Control Panel apps from the command line
278) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
279) Microsoft Management Console (MMC): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
280) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
281) Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
282) Remove Unused Drivers and Devices: Date - Sep 16, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - TroubleShooting; If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.
283) Run A Custom Script During WIN PE Intialization: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Administration; This article explains how you can run a custom script during WINPE intialization.
284) Running chkdsk on very large volumes: Date - Jun 13, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Using DFS to get around long wait times checking very large volumes.
285) Right-click a document and copy or move it to another folder using Context Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
286) SCSI Ports: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hardware; SCSI Port registry keys.
287) Screen Lock Transparent for Windows 2000/NT/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
288) Simplified EFS: Date - Jul 05, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.
289) Setting Default Email Client Per User in XP: Date - Sep 09, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Outlook and Outlook Express; Individually change each user's default email client.
290) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
291) Unhide Windows 2000 Recycle Bin when dragging and dropping files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
292) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
293) Use Esentutl when Ntdsutil tool fails to repair the Active Directory database: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory
294) How does Windows Server 2008 resolve Domain Controller Load Balancing problems: Date - Aug 07, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article discusses a new Group Policy setting which solves the Load Balancing issues with the domain controllers.
295) Hidden Windows NT Administrative Shares C$ D$: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hide
296) Group Policy Registry Table: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; Group Policy uses Group Policy Objects in Active Directory, and affects computers and users by adding, deleting, and changing the values of entries in the registry. This table displays the Group Policy settings in the Administrative Templates folder and the registry entries that they change.
297) How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Event Logs
298) How To Take System State Backup In Server Core: Date - Oct 14, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Admin; Take System State backup in Server Core.
299) IE Booster: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
300) IE Content Advisor Password: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer