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Most Popular Tips
- 1) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Customization
- 2) Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password
- Date - Sep 07, 2004
- Rating - 3.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
- 3) Remote Desktop client for Windows 2000, NT, Win9x
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.9
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 4) Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha's
- Date - Sep 07, 2004
- Rating - 3.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - TroubleShooting
- 5) Windows NT Login Script Tricks and Tips
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.2
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Logon
- 6) Using the Remote Desktop Client from the Command Prompt
- Date - Feb 13, 2006
- Rating - 4.1
- Author - Chris Sanders
- Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
- Running the remote desktop client from the command prompt can be very useful in the right situation. Here is how to do it…
- 7) Backup / Restore XP Activation
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 8) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Customization
- 9) Active Directory database file NTDS.DIT
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.1
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Active Directory
- 10) 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
- 11) 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
- 12) Remove Saved Passwords
- Date - Nov 18, 2004
- Rating - 4.3
- Author - Tony Bradley
- Section - Security
- Windows XP offers the ability to save passwords for web sites and network resources. This can be very convenient as opposed to remembering and entering the username and password each time you need access, but it poses a security risk because anyone who has physical access to your computer would also be able to log into those sites using your saved credentials.
- 13) Password Recovery Resources
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
- 14) Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Performance
- 15) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 16) Hide Desktop Icons
- Date - Mar 22, 2006
- Rating - 3.9
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Disable - Hide
- This tip has been recently updated. It details how to remove desktop icons on various Windows systems.
- 17) Nbtstat reveals who is logged on
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.8
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- Determine who is logged on remote PCs using Windows NT nbtstat.
- 18) Automatic Logon
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
- 19) Give XP ability to search Active Directory
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 20) Windows 2000 Common Problems and Gotcha!s
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.1
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - TroubleShooting
- I will use this tip to document Windows 2000 common problems, as reported in W2K newsgroups. I will also use this tip as an index for a set of gotcha!s in Windows 2000.
- 21) Setting up Windows 2000 Radius to authenticate wireless 802.1x clients
- Date - May 03, 2005
- Rating - 4.3
- Author - Robert Vegas
- Section - Security
- How to set up RADIUS on Windows 2000 so you can autheticate wireless clients.
- 22) Disable Windows Messenger broadcasts on UDP port 1900
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.3
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 23) nslookup and DNS Zone Transfers
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.1
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 24) LDAP and Exchange port conflict
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Network
- 25) Launch Admin Tools from the Command Line
- Date - Feb 07, 2006
- Rating - 4.2
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Admin
- This list of .msc files will help you run admin tools from the command line.
- 26) Dr Watson
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- 27) Windows 2000 ERD and Recovery Console
- Date - Jan 03, 2005
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - TroubleShooting
- 28) Disable hibernation
- Date - Jun 21, 2006
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Misc
- How to disable hibernation in Vista.
- 29) Windows 2000 Domain Controller Operations Master Roles
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Active Directory
- 30) SysLog Servers for NT/2000/XP
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
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