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Most Popular Tips

121) Rewrite Master Boot Record
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.8
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
122) 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.
123) Change default application installation folder
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
124) Windows XP SystemInfo Utility
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
125) ILS directory service for NetMeeting
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
126) Block XP Registration
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
127) 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.
128) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
129) Cracking Windows NT passwords
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Passwords
130) Disable Balloon Tips in Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Disable - Hide
131) Backup/Restore Master Boot Record
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
132) Find and Remove file locks
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
133) Enable/disable disk performance counters
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
134) Setup Domain Time Source Server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
135) Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Line
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command Shell
136) Shared printer separator page for Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Date - Dec 17, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
137) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
138) 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.
139) Domain Replication and the knowledge consistency checker
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Replication
140) Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop
Date - Jun 29, 2006
Rating - 3.1
Author - Chris Sanders
Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients
The various keyboard shortcuts used in Windows change when within a remote desktop window. Here is a list of the more common ones.
141) 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.
142) Increase IRP stack size
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
143) Active Directory Remote Admin Scripts
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Administrator
144) Remove Windows XP system tray from the task bar
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
145) Windows NT/2000 Hide "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive"
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
146) Disable caching of roaming profiles
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Disable
147) Enforce strong passwords
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
148) XP : speedup access to network shares
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
149) LSA Secrets
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
150) Undo : Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments
Date - Jan 25, 2005
Rating - 1.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security

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