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121) Rewrite Master Boot Record: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
122) Remove Administrative Shares: Date - Jan 20, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Windows creates hidden Administrative Shares at the root of each drive and to the system root folder to allow administrators to remotely access the data. If a server or workstation will not be administered remotely or has no need for the Administrative Shares though, they should be removed so that they don't provide a potential attack vector for a hacker or malware to enter the system.
123) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
124) Windows XP SystemInfo Utility: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
125) ILS directory service for NetMeeting: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
126) Block XP Registration: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
127) Using the DHCPLOC Utility: Date - Apr 20, 2006; Rating - 2.4; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - DHCP and DNS; The DHCPLOC utility can come in handy in a variety of situations. Here are some of those.
128) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
129) Cracking Windows NT passwords: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Passwords
130) Disable Balloon Tips in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
131) Find and Remove file locks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
132) Backup/Restore Master Boot Record: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
133) Enable/disable disk performance counters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
134) Setup Domain Time Source Server: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
135) Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Line: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Shell
136) Shared printer separator page for Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Date - Dec 17, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
137) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
138) Enable Security Event Logging: Date - Dec 16, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Installing an alarm system on your home or car can be an effective way of at least being alerted when some sort of intrusion has been attempted. Of course, they don't work very well when they aren't enabled. Windows XP comes with the means to detect and log security events so that you can monitor and respond to intrusions or attempted security breaches, however it is not enabled by default.
139) Domain Replication and the knowledge consistency checker: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Replication
140) Keyboard Shortcuts within Remote Desktop: Date - Jun 29, 2006; Rating - 3.1; 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.
141) NT Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous; NT links to sites specializing in NT security, NT newletters, NT FAQs and tutorials, NT support, software and utilies.
142) Increase IRP stack size: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
143) Active Directory Remote Admin Scripts: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Administrator
144) Remove Windows XP system tray from the task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
145) Windows NT/2000 Hide "Map Network Drive" and "Disconnect Network Drive": Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
146) Disable caching of roaming profiles: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable
147) Enforce strong passwords: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
148) XP : speedup access to network shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
149) LSA Secrets: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
150) Undo : Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: Date - Jan 25, 2005; Rating - 1.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security