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Top Rated Tips

541) Limit the total number of users who can log onto NT Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
542) LDAP and Exchange port conflict
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
543) Lockdown right-click on the Start Button
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
544) Make Notepad Wordwrap
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
545) Microsoft L2TP/IPSec VPN Client for Windows 2000 and XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
546) Migrating printers in Windows 2000
Date - Nov 05, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - oliver marshall
Section - Print
Ever wanted to replace that aging print server in the corner? Here's how.
547) Migrating UNIX and Other Applications to Windows Server 2003
Date - Jun 21, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Migration
169 KB Microsoft Word file - white paper outlines the many system management tools and the advanced development environment that make it easy for IT professionals and developers to migrate UNIX and Java applications to a Windows-based solution.
548) Missing Computers in the WSUS Console
Date - Apr 16, 2008
Rating - 4
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Admin
One of the more frustrating problems I have run into when deploying WSUS is when computers simply do not show up in the console. Here is the most common solution to this problem.
549) Mercury Mail Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
freeware email server
550) Managing devices on XP desktops
Date - Jan 05, 2006
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Customization
Managing devices on XP desktops requires admin-level credentials, but what if your users don't have such credentials and yet you want to let them manage their own devices?
551) Reghance : enhanced registry editor
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
552) Refresh NT Registry
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Registry
553) Registry Settings for the Microsoft DNS Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - DC and DNS
554) Registry Entries for Printing
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Print
555) Reboot NT nightly
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Booting
556) Procedures for Hardening Windows NT Workstation
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
557) Purpose of the BOOT.INI File
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Booting
558) Place IE5 History Icon on Start Menu
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IE and Explorer
559) Postie commandline mailer
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
commercial, supports the SMTP, ESMTP, MIME, BASE64, UUENCODE/UUDECODE, POP3, IMAP4, HTTP protocols
560) Postie commandline mailer
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
commercial, supports the SMTP, ESMTP, MIME, BASE64, UUENCODE/UUDECODE, POP3, IMAP4, HTTP protocols
561) Preventing Offline Files from Caching Certain Files
Date - Mar 01, 2007
Rating - 4
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Admin
Certain files can cause headaches for the offline file backup system. Using group policy we can all together exclude these files.
562) Preventing processing of local Group Policy
Date - Jan 28, 2009
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Administration
In Windows Vista and later you can prevent the processing of local Group Policy by configuring—guess what—a Group Policy setting!
563) Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access Group permission vulnerability
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
564) Opening a command prompt during Setup
Date - Feb 21, 2007
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Deployment
You can open a command prompt during Setup if you need to, here's how.
565) Packet Sniffers
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
566) Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
567) One more Virtual PC performance tip
Date - Feb 28, 2006
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
One more tip for improving performance of Virtual PC.
568) NETDOM Reports Access Denied with Windows NT 4.0 SP4
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
569) Multihomed PDC Causes Browsing Problems
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
570) Monitor and capture all text a program writes to the screen
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security

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