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Most Popular Tips
- 91) HP Web JetAdmin
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.6
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Print
- 92) Registry cleaners / healers - clear inconsistent and obsolete sections
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.9
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- 93) Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Customization
- 94) Delete Stuck Print Job
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.2
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Print
- 95) Disabling UAC
- Date - Jun 20, 2006
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Security
- How to disable the UAC feature in Vista.
- 96) Enable Windows XP Sound Scheme
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 2.8
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Customization
- 97) Alternatives to Regedit and Regedt32 Registry Editors
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Registry
- 98) Enabling the NumLock Key
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 99) Understanding .REG files
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Registry
- Windows NT Registry Tip: Understanding .REG files. Waynes NT Resources is Windows NT support site with an extensive Windows NT Registry
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- 100) How to install a network printer only once for all users of the NT workstation.
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Print
- 101) Virtual Device Driver failed DLL initialization
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.2
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 102) IPconfig displays Windows NT/W2K/XP ip information
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- 103) CD Rom Autorun
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 104) Configure Account Lockout Policies
- Date - Dec 01, 2004
- Rating - 3.8
- Author - Tony Bradley
- Section - Security
- Given enough time and potential to try multiple username and password combinations an attacker might eventually succeed in compromising the security of a server or other computer. Account lockout policies allow you to set thresholds to automatically shut down an account if too many incorrect username and password combinations are attempted in order to protect the machine.
- 105) Troubleshooting Windows XP Shutdown and Restart problems
- Date - May 10, 2004
- Rating - 2.6
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - TroubleShooting
- 106) Hide local drive from My Computer in Windows NT / Windows 2000 Explorer
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - IE and Explorer
- 107) How to Disable Mouse Acceleration
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 1.6
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 108) Security Events Logon Type Definitions
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.2
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
- 109) Can't Ping the Server
- Date - Sep 07, 2006
- Rating - 3.2
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Network
- Why you can't ping some Windows servers and how to fix it.
- 110) 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
- 111) Rename The Administrator Account
- Date - Feb 25, 2005
- Rating - 3.5
- Author - Tony Bradley
- Section - Security
- Some experts say that renaming the Administrator account is pointless. Any worthy hacker knows that the true Administrator account has a unique identifier and how to find it. But, that doesn't mean you need to make it easy for the hackers who aren't worthy.
- 112) Remove Windows NT / Windows 2000 Shut Down button from Start Menu
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.3
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - IE and Explorer
- 113) Disable Task Manager
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.9
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Disable
- 114) Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.8
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- 115) Enabling Remote Desktop on a Remote Machine
- Date - Apr 13, 2005
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Mitch Tulloch
- Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
- What if you want to use Remote Desktop on a server that's already off-site? Here's how to do it.
- 116) Rewrite Master Boot Record
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.8
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 117) Disable Alt+Tab
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 3.8
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 118) Change default application installation folder
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Miscellaneous
- 119) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4.5
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Utilities
- 120) Block XP Registration
- Date - Apr 20, 2004
- Rating - 4
- Author - Wayne Maples
- Section - Security
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