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Most Popular Tips

271) Disk imaging using Windows 2000 Sysprep : System Preparation Utility
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Applications
272) Use Shortcuts To Navigate Explorer Folders
Date - Apr 26, 2005
Rating - 4.2
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - Miscellaneous
Windows Explorer is a fairly functional tool for browsing files and folders and finding what you are looking for. But, depending on how large and how organized your hard drive is, it may take some time to sift through to the folder you really want. Using command line parameters, you can create desktop shortcuts that take you quickly to your most-used folders.
273) Overview of Network Address Translation (NAT) in Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
274) Control Windows Messenger in Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
275) Use 'Run As' To Protect The Registry
Date - Jan 25, 2005
Rating - 3.9
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - Security
Members of the Administrators group typically have full control to modify registry keys. Unwittingly executing a malware-infected or other questionable program with Administrator privileges can result in registry additions or edits which may adversely affect the system. To safeguard the registry without logging out you can use this trick.
276) Control Applets - Run at commandline or call in batch file
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
277) Determining system up time
Date - Jun 06, 2006
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
How to find the up time for a system.
278) XP Time Synchronization
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
279) XP's IE Keyboard Shortcuts
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IE and Explorer
280) Methods to get Bios version
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 1.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
281) Who's logged on?
Date - Apr 06, 2006
Rating - 3.1
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Active Directory
How to tell who's currently logged on to an Active Directory domain.
282) Finding Out Why a Service Won't Start
Date - Jan 03, 2007
Rating - 3.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Admin
How to display service exit codes.
283) Troubleshoot With Network Diagnostics
Date - Jun 23, 2005
Rating - 2.8
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - TroubleShooting
Windows XP includes a handy tool called Network Diagnostics which can be used to gather a variety of information which can be helpful for troubleshooting.
284) Uninstall applications in Safe Mode
Date - Feb 19, 2009
Rating - 4.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - TroubleShooting
How can you uninstall Windows Installer-based applications in Safe Mode if you need to?
285) Identifying the IPv6 Loopback Address
Date - Nov 14, 2006
Rating - 4.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Troubleshooting
How to identify the IPv6 Loopback Address
286) Windows 2000 Telnet server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
287) Disable Remote Desktop
Date - Nov 22, 2005
Rating - 4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How to disable Remote Desktop on XP machines.
288) DNSLint can verify DNS records
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
289) DOS game sound support under NT / W2K / XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
290) Remove time display from Windows XP system tray notification area
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
291) AD admins should be running Windows XP Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
292) NTLMv2 NT Authenication
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
293) NT/W2K/XP DOS windows options
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.8
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command Prompt
294) Formatting USB Flash Drives Using exFAT
Date - Mar 03, 2010
Rating - 4.4
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Misc
How to format a USB flash drive using the Extended FAT (exFAT) file system.
295) Steganography Resources
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
296) How to Restore a Corrupted DHCP Database File
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
297) Windows NT4/2000 Remove Run command from Start menu
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
298) Configure XP's Shutdown Event Tracker
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
299) Windows Freeware exe, dll, ocx, sys Dependency Walker
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
300) Reliable File and Folder Sharing in Windows XP
Date - Sep 01, 2005
Rating - 2.8
Author - Varun Sud
Section - Network
Explains how to share files and folders in Windows XP over a network. It was written specifically because users in our college network had unpredictable results in sharing files over LAN on Windows XP.

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