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[	4069	]	Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base	Last updated: May 23, 2012
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421) Remove Saved Passwords: Date - Nov 18, 2004; Rating - 4.3; 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.
422) Remove Windows NT / Windows 2000 Shut Down button from Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
423) Start Internet Explorer in Kiosk Mode: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE
424) System Scanner for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
425) Systeminfo for Windows 2000: Date - Mar 07, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Prasad; Section - Admin Tips; How to get "systeminfo" of Windows 2000 system
426) Track Account Lockouts Using the Checked Netlogon.dll: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Logon
427) Use CACLS Windows NT utility to edit or display file permissions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
428) Troubleshooting Network Connections with Netsh: Date - Dec 21, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Network; Netsh is a very simple to use command-line utility that can make troubleshooting connectivity issues a breeze.
429) Turning on Autologon: Date - Feb 01, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network and Security; A simple way of enabling autologon and when you might want to use it.
430) Turn off speakers ability to beep: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hardware
431) How to Move a WINS Database to Another Server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
432) Indexing a Second Hard Drive on Vista: Date - Aug 05, 2008; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Search; Making sure a second hard drive is indexed in Vista requires two settings.
433) Give XP ability to search Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
434) Hide printer by disabling browse thread: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Print
435) 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.
436) Disk Quotas: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - File Systems
437) DOS game sound support under NT / W2K / XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
438) DOS Windows Titles: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
439) Enable Rename or Delete the Recycle Bin: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
440) Enable ClearType font rendering: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
441) fpschultze's Batch Scripting Site: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
442) Forcing Active Directory Replication: Date - Jul 27, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; There may be some instances where you need to force replication between active directory replication partners. Here I will show you one method of doing this.
443) Forcing Group Policy to Run at Startup: Date - Jun 12, 2007; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Active Directory; Group policy can be quirky in the way it runs at startup, often taking two or three reboots before it actually applies to a machine. Here we are going to look at the cause of this and how to fix it.
444) Forcing Group Policy Updates Locally: Date - Apr 05, 2006; Rating - 4.3; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Miscellaneous; When testing Group Policy settings, being able to force a policy update can be very convenient. This can be done with the gpupdate command.
445) Find All Locked-Out Accounts: Date - May 12, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - TroubleShooting; Use Saved Queries to quickly locate all locked out user accounts.
446) Find It Fast With Desktop Search Tools: Date - Mar 10, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Miscellaneous; Hard drive space has gotten cheaper and the size of the drives has grown to enormous proportions. That is great for saving data, but makes it increasingly difficult to find what you're looking for when you need it. Enter the desktop search tools to help solve that problem.
447) Fast Searching of Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; Make life easier for your users by simplifying how they search for resources in Active Directory.
448) File associations and OLE information: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Registry
449) Cut and Paste Virtual Directories: Date - Sep 06, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; It would be nice if one could cut and paste a virtual directory from one IIS website to another.
450) Delete Login Credentials for a Network Share: Date - Sep 29, 2011; Rating - 4.3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Remove the cached username and password for a network share(s).