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1) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; 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) Backup / Restore XP Activation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
7) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
8) Using the Remote Desktop Client from the Command Prompt: Date - Feb 13, 2006; Rating - 4.2; 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…
9) Password Recovery Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
10) Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; 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
11) Active Directory database file NTDS.DIT: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory
12) Remove Saved Passwords: Date - Nov 18, 2004; Rating - 4.4; 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) 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.
14) Give XP ability to search Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
15) Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Performance
16) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
17) 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.
18) Launching Control Panel Apps from the Command Line: Date - Feb 08, 2006; Rating - 4.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Admin; How to launch Control Panel apps from the command line
19) Automatic Logon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
20) 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.
21) Disable Windows Messenger broadcasts on UDP port 1900: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
22) 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.
23) Windows 2000 ERD and Recovery Console: Date - Jan 03, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
24) LDAP and Exchange port conflict: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
25) Dr Watson: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
26) Disable hibernation: Date - Jun 21, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Misc; How to disable hibernation in Vista.
27) Windows 2000 Domain Controller Operations Master Roles: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory
28) netdiag.exe network diagnostic tool: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
29) nslookup and DNS Zone Transfers: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
30) W2K and NT Security Event Log Descriptions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Event Logs