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Latest "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base" Tips Full List

Folder Redirection and Group Policy

Date - Feb 08, 2012

Rating - Not Rated

Author - Mitch Tulloch

Section - Active Directory

Why does any change to a Folder Redirection policy require that users log off and then log on again before the policy change takes effect?

Add Take Ownership Option to Right-Click Menu

Date - Feb 08, 2012

Rating - Not Rated

Author - Eric Geier

Section - Miscellaneous

Quickly change ownership of a file or folder to the current logged on user.

New Command Prompt Tips

Date - Feb 07, 2012

Rating - 4

Author - Eric Geier

Section - Miscellaneous

Tips and tricks to use new Command Prompt features.

Restore Your Gadgets After Disabling UAC

Date - Jan 30, 2012

Rating - Not Rated

Author - Eric Geier

Section - Miscellaneous

Reactivate Windows Gadgets after turning off UAC.

Top Rated "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base" Tips Full List

Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP

Date - Apr 20, 2004

Rating - 4.6

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - Utilities

Changing Windows unlocking behavior

Date - May 22, 2008

Rating - 4.5

Author - Martin Webber

Section - Security

Third party application that allows you to change the unlocking behavior of windows allowing you to set which users can unlock a workstation.

Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro

Date - Apr 20, 2004

Rating - 4.5

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - Customization

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.

Most Popular "Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base" Tips Full List

Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro

Date - Apr 20, 2004

Rating - 4.5

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - Customization

Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password

Date - Sep 07, 2004

Rating - 3.4

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - Security

Remote Desktop client for Windows 2000, NT, Win9x

Date - Apr 20, 2004

Rating - 3.9

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - Network

Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha's

Date - Sep 07, 2004

Rating - 3.4

Author - Wayne Maples

Section - TroubleShooting

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