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121) Remove Administrative Shares: Date - Jan 20, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Windows creates hidden Administrative Shares at the root of each drive and to the system root folder to allow administrators to remotely access the data. If a server or workstation will not be administered remotely or has no need for the Administrative Shares though, they should be removed so that they don't provide a potential attack vector for a hacker or malware to enter the system.
122) ILS directory service for NetMeeting: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
123) Sample security policies and guidelines: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Rating - 2.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
124) Windows XP SystemInfo Utility: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
125) What happened to NTBACKUP in Window Server 2008?: Date - Nov 22, 2007; Rating - 2.7; Author - David Davis; Section - Admin; In Windows 2000 and 2003, ntbackup is a well-known application. In Windows 2008 Server, you won't find it. What do you do?
126) XP schtasks commandline utility replaces AT.exe: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
127) Disable Balloon Tips in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
128) Cracking Windows NT passwords: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Passwords
129) Backup/Restore Master Boot Record: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
130) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
131) Setup Domain Time Source Server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
132) Using the DHCPLOC Utility: Date - Apr 20, 2006; Rating - 2.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - DHCP and DNS; The DHCPLOC utility can come in handy in a variety of situations. Here are some of those.
133) Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Line: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Shell
134) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
135) Enable/disable disk performance counters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
136) Shared printer separator page for Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Date - Dec 17, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
137) Active Directory Remote Admin Scripts: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Administrator
138) NT Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; NT links to sites specializing in NT security, NT newletters, NT FAQs and tutorials, NT support, software and utilies.
139) Remove Windows XP system tray from the task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
140) Windows NT/2000 Hide "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive": Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
141) Domain Replication and the knowledge consistency checker: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Replication
142) Find and Remove file locks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
143) Enforce strong passwords: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
144) XP : speedup access to network shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
145) Undo : Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: Date - Jan 25, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
146) Increase IRP stack size: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
147) Disable caching of roaming profiles: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable
148) Enable / Disable Active Desktop from Start/Settings: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
149) Enable Security Event Logging: Date - Dec 16, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Installing an alarm system on your home or car can be an effective way of at least being alerted when some sort of intrusion has been attempted. Of course, they don't work very well when they aren't enabled. Windows XP comes with the means to detect and log security events so that you can monitor and respond to intrusions or attempted security breaches, however it is not enabled by default.
150) LSA Secrets: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous