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841) Backup/Restore Master Boot Record
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
842) Briefcase Icon
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
843) DHCP Reservations and Exclusions
Date - Sep 20, 2007
Rating - 3.6
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Network
When configuring a DHCP server I have often seen people interchange the words reservation and exclusion. These are two incredibly different concepts.
844) Demote PDC manually
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
845) Disable Winkey on keyboard
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Hardware
846) Disable "Entire Network" link in Network Neighborhood
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
847) Contents of NT ERD (Emergency Repair Disk)
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
848) Control Windows 2000 / XP Transition Effects for Menus and Windows
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
849) Configure XP's Shutdown Event Tracker
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
850) ERD - never there when you need it
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
851) Forcing a remote logoff
Date - Nov 27, 2007
Rating - 3.6
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
852) Do it yourself WHOIS command
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
853) HP Web JetAdmin
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Print
854) IIS 6 and MIME Types
Date - Sep 07, 2005
Rating - 3.6
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
Serving up files from a web server running IIS 6 can sometimes be problematical.
855) GINA - Graphical Identification and Authentication DLL
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Logon
856) Using a Script to Add a Domain User to a Local Group
Date - Aug 31, 2006
Rating - 3.6
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Network
There are sometimes situations when you need to be able to script the process of adding a domain user to a local group on a machine. Here is a script that will do just that.
857) Switch between DOS Full-Screen and Windowed modes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
858) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
859) Slow browsing of Win9x and ME network resources
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
860) Remove Windows 2000 Common Dialog MRU dropdown
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
861) Remove ability to change the wallpaper and background pattern
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
862) Open a command prompt in any folder using Windows Explorer
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IE and Explorer
863) Query NT, W2K, or XP registry for applied hotfixes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
864) Modify the Default Group Policy Refresh Interval
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
865) NetOp Remote Control for Windows
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
866) No default Administrator ownership of files
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
867) LDAP Browser/Editor
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
868) MDeamon Mail Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Email
Commercial
  • AntiVirus Plug-in
  • Content Filter Processing
  • LDaemon LDAP Server Support
  • IMAP4 support
  • Public Folders
  • Custom Mail Queue Support
  • Automatic Gateway Creation
  • Multiple Domain Support
  • Server-Side Mail Filtering
  • Mailing Lists
  • Integration with Outlook
  • Account Restrictions
  • List Pruning
  • Inactive Account and Old Mail Purging
  • NT Account Integration
  • Account Templates
  • Account Editor
  • Update Checker
  • Reverse Lookup Verification
  • Domain Gateways
  • On-Demand Mail Relay (ATRN)
  • Smart Mail Spooling and Routing
  • APOP, CRAM-MD5 and LOGIN Authentication Support
  • Dialup Control
  • Quota System Enhancements
  • Aliasing Advancements
  • System Tray Icons
  • Auto Responder
  • Priority Mail
  • MultiPOP
  • Programmable API
  • SMS Gateway Support
  • ESMTP Authentication
  • Spam Blocker
  • AntiSpam
  • Suppression Lists
  • IP Shielding
  • POP Before SMTP
    • 869) Manual vs Fast Repair in Windows 2000
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.6
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - TroubleShooting
    870) Manage the DNS resolver cache with IPCONFIG
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.6
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    Manage the DNS resolver cache with IPCONFIG
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