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Security Tips

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Hiding an Entire Computer from Network Users: Date - Aug 12, 2009; Rating - 3.5; Author - Eric Geier; Preventing network users from seeing a computer in My Network Places or Network.
Block Users from Seeing or Connecting to Other Wi-Fi Networks: Date - Jul 02, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Filtering networks using the WLAN Netsh commands.
How To: Firewall Commands In Server Core: Date - Jul 01, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the commands you can use to operate Windows Firewall in Server Core
Remove/Disable Cached 802.1X/PEAP Login Information (in Vista): Date - Jun 02, 2009; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Stop Vista from saving the username and password used for authenication.
Unblocking executable files on Vista: Date - Feb 25, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to get rid of an annoying security dialog.
Tips for Securing Your Wireless LAN: Date - Feb 04, 2009; Rating - 3.4; Author - Eric Geier; Ways to protect your Wi-Fi network from eavesdroppers and hackers.
How to Disable Ad Hoc Wireless Connections on Vista: Date - Oct 28, 2008; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Windows Vista won’t automatically create ad hoc wireless connections with other computers, but for greater security you may want to disable ad-hoc wireless connections entirely. Here’s how to do this.
Don’t Disable Any Default Services in Vista: Date - Sep 23, 2008; Rating - 1.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You should not disable any of the default services running on Vista - here is why.
Replacing the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled.: Date - Jun 24, 2008; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to replace the motherboard on a Vista computer that has BitLocker enabled without losing access to your operating system and data.
Disabling File and Folder Encryption: Date - May 24, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable file/folder encryption on Windows Vista.
Locking down USB devices in Vista: Date - Feb 07, 2007; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Locking down USB devices in Vista for greater security
Disabling UAC: Date - Jun 20, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to disable the UAC feature in Vista.