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301) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
302) Backup / Restore XP Activation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
303) Automatic Logon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
304) Automatic Reboot after Lockup or BSOD: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
305) Application is not listed in Add/Remove applet: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
306) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
307) Can I convert existing PCs to thin clients?: Date - Mar 10, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - William Henderson; Section - Terminal Servers and Thin Clients; Yes you can. There is no need to have to buy thin client devices, you can simply convert old (or new) PC's to thin clients. The advantage of doing this is that you will significantly reduce management of these PC's. There are several solutions to convert PC's to thin clients:
308) Create an alias name for a Windows NT server.: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
309) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
310) Disabling UAC: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to disable the UAC feature in Vista.
311) Disable Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
312) Disable the Network Control Panel: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
313) Get Rid Of Those Balloons!: Date - Dec 06, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Command shell; Balloon tips can be annoying if they keep appearing--here's how to eliminate them.
314) Give XP ability to search Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
315) Get KB Articles Fast: Date - Feb 02, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; A registry hack that lets you find KB articles--fast!
316) Enhance Performance by Moving the Pagefile: Date - Apr 12, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Boost performance by moving your pagefile to a separate volume.
317) Finding Windows NT Memory Leaks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
318) Find and Remove file locks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
319) Managing Microsoft Office Applications with Group Policy: Date - Jun 08, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; In organizations where Microsoft Office is commonplace on workstations, the ability to manage settings within those applications can come in handy. I will show you how we can manage those settings via Group Policy
320) Manage boot volume space consumed by Windows 2000 Windows File Protection dllcache: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
321) Kiosk Computers: Date - Jan 31, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - IE and Explorer; How to set up a computer as a kiosk for web browsing.
322) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
323) Preferred Master Browser: Date - Feb 28, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
324) Monitor Share Usage for File Server Migration: Date - Apr 07, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Leon Funnell; Section - Utilities; How to monitor share access on a file server.
325) NetBIOS Service codes in the NetBIOS suffix: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
326) Registry Tip : Screen Saver Password Grace Period: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; NT screen saver has a grace period after screen comes up before you have to enter password.
327) Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; Policy:Disable the new simple Start Menu
Policy:Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
Policy:Remove common program groups from Start Menu
Policy:Gray unavailable Windows Installer programs Start Menu shortcuts
Policy:Disable and remove links to Windows Update
Policy:Remove user folders from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing user folder paths
Policy:Remove My Documents folder from the Start Menu
Policy:Prohibit user from changing My Documents path
Policy:Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
Policy:Maximum number of recent documents
Policy:Clear history of recent documents on exit
Policy:Remove Favorites item from Start Menu
Policy:Remove My Computer from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Connections from the Start Menu
Policy:Remove Network Places from the Star
328) Remove Saved Passwords: Date - Nov 18, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Windows XP offers the ability to save passwords for web sites and network resources. This can be very convenient as opposed to remembering and entering the username and password each time you need access, but it poses a security risk because anyone who has physical access to your computer would also be able to log into those sites using your saved credentials.
329) Remove My Computer from the Desktop and Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
330) Remove Windows NT / Windows 2000 Shut Down button from Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer