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31) 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.
32) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
33) Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
34) Active Directory Replication Monitor: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Replication
35) Do it yourself WHOIS command: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
36) DOS Window cmd.exe prompt: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
37) Enable / Disable Command prompt extensions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command shell
38) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Restriction
39) Manage the DNS resolver cache with IPCONFIG: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - DHCP and DNS; Manage the DNS resolver cache with IPCONFIG
40) Manual vs Fast Repair in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
41) Internet Connection Sharing with Windows 2000 Professional acts a proxy server: Date - Mar 07, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
42) Remove Patch Uninstall Folders To Clean Hard Drive: Date - May 04, 2005; Rating - 3.3; Author - Tony Bradley; 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 500 Mb of space on my drive.
43) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
44) Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.1; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it.
45) HIbernation vs Standby Mode in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Hybernation
46) Registry cleaners / healers - clear inconsistent and obsolete sections: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
47) Virtual Device Driver failed DLL initialization: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
48) Hide local drive from My Computer in Windows NT / Windows 2000 Explorer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Restriction
49) IPconfig displays Windows NT/W2K/XP ip information: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
50) CD Rom Autorun: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
51) Remove Windows NT / Windows 2000 Shut Down button from Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
52) Sample security policies and guidelines: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Rating - 2.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
53) Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
54) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
55) 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.
56) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
57) 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.
58) Enable/disable disk performance counters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
59) Shared printer separator page for Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Date - Dec 17, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
60) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization