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151) Microsoft L2TP/IPSec VPN Client for Windows 2000 and XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
152) SSH / SCP for Windows NT / W2K / XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
153) Use CACLS Windows NT utility to edit or display file permissions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
154) Undelete file recovery for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
155) Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop: Date - Jun 29, 2006; Rating - 3.2; 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.
156) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Home: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
157) Remotely Kill Windows 2000 Processes: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
158) Disable automatic share and print discovery in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
159) Disabling the RunAs Command: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; To enhance security you can prevent users from using the RunAs command.
160) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
161) Windows XP update for Easy CD Creator 5 is now available: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
162) Adding Pop-Up Blocker Exceptions via GPO: Date - Dec 22, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; Occasionally there are sites that we as domain administrators need to allow pop-ups for across the board. This tip shows how to do this with Group Policy.
163) Memory management parameters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
164) Put XP Start menu icons on the Desktop: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
165) Windows 2000 MsConfig: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
166) Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
167) Disable Enumeration of SID's: Date - Mar 08, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; One way for an attacker to scope out a target system and, particularly, to identify the Administrator account so they can focus their efforts on the account with the most privileges is to list, or enumerate, the SID's (serial identifiers) on a Windows machine.
168) Restricting Concurrent Logons: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Logon
169) Installing the Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor: Date - May 18, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; The Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor is a very useful tool for network monitoring and troubleshooting. Here is how to install it.
170) Request a certificate for an IIS web server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IIS
171) ADSI Edit: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
172) Add Administrator to Windows XP Welcome logon screen: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
173) How to prevent users from installing software: Date - Apr 17, 2007; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Preventing users from installing software.
174) Open a command prompt in any folder using Windows Explorer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
175) When Windows Won't Shut Down: Date - Jul 04, 2006; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to automatically kill hung processes when you try to shut down Windows.
176) IP Private address ranges: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
177) Domain Controller Diagnostic tool ( Dcdiag ): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Domain
178) Using XP as a router: Date - Mar 29, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; A cheap and easy way of using an XP box as a router.
179) Do Not Save Encrypted Web Pages: Date - Oct 29, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - IE and Explorer; Internet Explorer saves a lot of web site information and data in temporary files for faster retrieval in the future. For most web sites that isn't a problem, but saving encrypted web pages that should be secure to a temp file on your disk can pose a security risk. This tip will show you how to disable the saving of encrypted web pages.
180) Clearing the ARP Cache: Date - Sep 13, 2007; Rating - 3.8; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; Knowing how to clear the ARP cache on a workstation or server can often be a good step in troubleshooting connectivity problems.