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Latest "Windows XP" Tips

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1) Change or Spoof your Network Adapter MAC Address: Date - Jun 09, 2011; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Miscellaneous; See how easy it is to change your network adapter's MAC address.
2) Discover a Hidden Wireless Network’s SSID (Network Name): Date - Jun 08, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Miscellaneous; Recover the Network Name from a Wi-Fi network that's not broadcasting its SSID.
3) Stop Auto Reboots after Windows Updates: Date - Jun 08, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Miscellaneous; Prevent Windows Update from rebooting your PC after automatically installing updates.
4) Impose Network Connection Restrictions: Date - Jun 06, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Control access to LAN, RAS and other network connection settings.
5) Disable Recent Shares in Network Places: Date - Jun 02, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Stop Windows from automatically adding shared folders to My Network Places
6) Disable Mapped Drive Reconnect Warning: Date - May 10, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Stop the annoying error message about unavailable mapped network drives or shares.
7) Change Network Bridge Settings: Date - May 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Change the Forwarding and/or STA settings of Network Bridges in Windows.
8) Load Balancing Among Multiple Network Adapters: Date - May 04, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Make Windows randomly distribute connections across muliple network adapters.
9) Respond to WINS Queries with Only One IP when Using Multiple Adapters: Date - May 04, 2011; Rating - 2; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Make Windows respond to WINS queries with one IP instead of all IPs of the muliple adapters.
10) Enabling the Network Adapter Onboard Processor: Date - Apr 28, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; If your NIC supports it, turn it on in Windows.
11) Display Error Statistics on the Network Connection Status Window: Date - Apr 27, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Show errors in addition to the amount of sent/recieved packets.
12) Hide a Server from the Microsoft Computer Browser Service: Date - Apr 26, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Stop sending announcements to the domain.
13) Office XML-Based Files Downloading as ZIP: Date - Apr 07, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - TroubleShooting; Convert a DOCX, PPTX, or XLSX file back to the correct format.
14) Remove Blank Entries from the MSConfig Startup Tab in Windows XP: Date - Apr 06, 2011; Rating - 1.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Disable - Hide; Clean up the startup entries by deleting blank items.
15) Check if a CPU Supports Virtualization: Date - Apr 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Utilities; Check if your PC supports AMD-V, Intel VT or VIA VT.
16) How To Compress using Command Line tool?: Date - Feb 16, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This article explains how you can use Compress.exe, a command line tool, to compress files on Windows Computers.
17) A Quick Tip To Check If A Port Is Listening On Multiple Computers: Date - Feb 09, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; This article explains how you can check if a port is listening on multiple computers.
18) Configure Static IP with the Netsh Command-Line Utility: Date - Feb 02, 2011; Rating - 2.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; Manually set the IP address of network connections via the Command Prompt.
19) 802.1X Authentication Registry Hacks in XP: Date - Feb 01, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security; Modifing the Pairwise Master Key (PMK) and Preauthentication settings for better roaming.
20) Securing 802.1X Authentication Settings: Date - Jan 27, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Security
21) A Quick Tip To Change RPC Port Range: Date - Dec 29, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; This article explains the MaxUserPort registry entry for RPC.
22) A Quick Tip To Create a Dependable Service: Date - Dec 02, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Customization; This article explains how you can create a service dependable on another service.
23) A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service: Date - Dec 01, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - TroubleShooting; This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
24) Three Ways To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers: Date - Nov 23, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Utilities; This article explains how you can check Event Logs on remote computer.
25) Integrate USMT With WDS Image For Profile Migration: Date - Nov 10, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Customization; This article explains how you can integrate USMT 4.0 tool with WDS Image for migrating user profiles automatically.
26) How To Migrate User Profiles From Windows XP To Windows 7: Date - Nov 09, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Miscellaneous; This tip explains how you can migrate user profiles from Windows XP to Windows 7.
27) Disable/Hide the Control Panel: Date - Nov 03, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Customization; How to remove the Control Panel shorcut from the Start Menu.
28) Disable InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8: Date - Oct 14, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer; Prevent users from easily hiding where they've been on the Web.
29) Prevent Users from Reopening Last Browsing Session in Internet Explorer 8: Date - Oct 14, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer
30) Stop Coloring of Tabs in Internet Explorer 8: Date - Sep 23, 2010; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer; Don't like the different tab colors? Disable Tab Grouping.