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61) Control Windows XP Startup with MSConfig: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
62) Net Commands: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
63) Troubleshooting Regsvr32 Error 0x80004005: Date - Jan 17, 2008; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Application Compatibility; Until software vendors get totally Vista compatible, having to manually register DLL files is going to be a pretty common task. Here is how to troubleshooting one of the most common errors received while doing this.
64) Run batch file at Windows NT startup with no one logged on: Date - Mar 07, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
65) Remove Unused Drivers and Devices: Date - Sep 16, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - TroubleShooting; If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.
66) Enhance Performance by Moving the Pagefile: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Boost performance by moving your pagefile to a separate volume.
67) Operation could not be completed. The RPC server is unavailable.: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Print
68) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
69) Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
70) Active Directory Replication Monitor: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Replication
71) Stop / Start / Pause Services Remotely: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Services
72) Installing MSI Packages with Elevated Privileges: Date - Jan 18, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to right-click on a .msi file and select Run As? Here's how!
73) Do it yourself WHOIS command: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
74) DOS Window cmd.exe prompt: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
75) Enable / Disable Command prompt extensions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
76) Change location of "My Documents", "Desktop", "Favorites", and "Start Menu": Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
77) Find All Locked-Out Accounts: Date - May 12, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; Use Saved Queries to quickly locate all locked out user accounts.
78) How to Delete Corrupt Event Viewer Log Files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Event Logs
79) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Restriction
80) Pruning Old Computer Accounts in AD: Date - May 25, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Admin; In large organizations the task of keeping Active Directory cleansed of inactive computer accounts can be daunting. Here are a few ways to ease the process.
81) Access NTFS from DOS, Win95 or Win98 using NTFSDOS driver: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - File Systems
82) How to delete user profiles properly: Date - Apr 05, 2007; Rating - 2.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; The right way and the wrong way of deleting user profiles from a machine.
83) 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
84) Manual vs Fast Repair in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
85) Internet Connection Sharing with Windows 2000 Professional acts a proxy server: Date - Mar 07, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
86) Remove Patch Uninstall Folders To Clean Hard Drive: Date - May 04, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Miscellaneous; Hard drives are cheap and people typically have more space than they know what to do with these days. But, that is no reason to just waste it. When you install Windows patches, hidden folders are created which contain the uninstall data. Viewing the hidden data on my computer, I found 50 or so patch uninstall folders taking up over 500 Mb of space on my drive.
87) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
88) Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.1; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it.
89) HIbernation vs Standby Mode in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hybernation
90) HP Web JetAdmin: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Print