Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base

• by Wayne Maples
• Published on 20 April 2004
• Section: Network

• by Tony Bradley
• Published on 20 Jan. 2005
• 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... Read More

• by Eric Geier
• Published on 6 April 2011
• Section: Disable - Hide

Clean up the startup entries by deleting blank items... Read More

• by Eric Geier
• Published on 28 May 2009
• Section: Network

Delete the username and password stored for authenication... Read More

• by Eric Geier
• Published on 20 July 2010
• Section: Internet Explorer

Make only the previously typed URLs appear for the AutoComplete... Read More

• by Chris Sanders
• Published on 1 Aug. 2007
• Section: Miscellaneous

Pesky users can do all sorts of things to mess with a workstation. One of these things is to set a supervisor password on Internet Explorer. Here we look at how to remove one... Read More

• by Wayne Maples
• Published on 20 April 2004
• Section: Customization

• by Wayne Maples
• Published on 20 April 2004
• Section: Restriction

• by Tony Bradley
• Published on 4 May 2005
• Section: Miscellaneous

Hard drives are cheap and people typically have more space than they know what to do with these days. But, that is no reason to just waste it. When you install Windows patches, hidden folders are created which contain the uninstall data. Viewing the hidden data on my computer, I found 50 or so patch uninstall folders taking up over... Read More

• by Wayne Maples
• Published on 20 April 2004
• Section: Print