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Most Popular Tips

151) Enable / Disable Active Desktop from Start/Settings
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IE and Explorer
152) Use CACLS Windows NT utility to edit or display file permissions
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
153) SSH / SCP for Windows NT / W2K / XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
154) Adding Pop-Up Blocker Exceptions via GPO
Date - Dec 22, 2005
Rating - 4.1
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.
155) Disable automatic share and print discovery in Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
156) 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.
157) Undelete file recovery for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
158) Microsoft L2TP/IPSec VPN Client for Windows 2000 and XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
159) Request a certificate for an IIS web server
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IIS
160) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Home
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
161) Installing the Windows Server 2003 Network Monitor
Date - May 18, 2006
Rating - 4
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.
162) Perl for Windows
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
163) Remotely Kill Windows 2000 Processes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
164) Clearing the ARP Cache
Date - Sep 13, 2007
Rating - 3.5
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.
165) How to prevent users from installing software
Date - Apr 17, 2007
Rating - 1.5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
Preventing users from installing software.
166) Windows XP update for Easy CD Creator 5 is now available
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
167) Memory management parameters
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
168) What All Ports Are Rrequired By Domain Controllers And Client Computers?
Date - Feb 04, 2009
Rating - 3.9
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Active Directory
This article explains the key port requirement for Client computers and Domain Controllers communicating with each other.
169) Disable Enumeration of SID's
Date - Mar 08, 2005
Rating - 4.4
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.
170) 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.
171) Put XP Start menu icons on the Desktop
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
172) Restricting Concurrent Logons
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Logon
173) Internet Printing Protocol (IPP)
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
174) 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.
175) Windows 2000 MsConfig
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
176) Add Administrator to Windows XP Welcome logon screen
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
177) 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.
178) Domain Controller Diagnostic tool ( Dcdiag )
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Domain
179) Open a command prompt in any folder using Windows Explorer
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - IE and Explorer
180) ADSI Edit
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous

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