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[	13	]	Hide	Last updated: Mar 22, 2006
[	38	]	IE and Explorer	Last updated: Mar 22, 2006
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Top Rated "Windows XP" Tips

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1) "Access Is Denied" Error Message When You Try To Delete A File/Folder: Date - Jan 07, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Utilities; This article explains how you can use Process Explorer, a tool from Sysinternals (now subsidiary of Microsoft), to kill the lock on files and folders.
2) A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab: Date - Jul 21, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Network; This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
3) 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
4) Block Write Access To Run and RunOnce Registry Entries.: Date - Oct 01, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Boot; Blocking write access to Run and RunOnce registry entries for malware or other unwanted programs running in the system.
5) Changing Login Credentials for Shared Computers: Date - Feb 17, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to change the username and password used to access a shared resource.
6) Changing the Remote Desktop Port: Date - Jun 19, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Changing the listening and connecting port for Windows Remote Desktop Connection.
7) 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.
8) Disable OS/2 and/or Posix subsystems: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
9) Drag and Drop: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
10) Drive letters and USB multi-card readers: Date - Jun 18, 2009; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to get rid of drive letter clutter with readers for memory cards.
11) 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.
12) How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS: Date - Oct 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?
13) How to run your own application when Windows Starts?: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Customization; This article explains a registry entry which you can use to run your application instead of Windows default Shell (Explorer.exe).
14) 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.
15) Install Multiple Internet Explorer Versions: Date - Jun 29, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer; Installing different IE versions on the same machine.
16) Logon hours on standalone machines: Date - Sep 27, 2007; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to configure logon hours for local users on standalone machines in a workgroup
17) Moving the IE7 Toolbar to Its Classic Position: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; The biggest uproar I have ever heard from an IE7 upgrade is that the standard toolbar has moved positions. Here is a registry fix to appease your users if they have this same complaint.
18) Open Internet Explorer 8 Directly into InPrivateBrowsing: Date - Jul 01, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer; How to make IE8 start in the InPrivateBrowsing mode.
19) Remove History and Favorites from the Internet Explorer 8 Address Bar: Date - Jul 20, 2010; Rating - 5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - IE and Explorer; Make only the previously typed URLs appear for the AutoComplete.
20) Snort: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
21) Speed opening folders with large numbers of AVI files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
22) Ssh Secure Shell Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
23) 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.
24) Troubleshooting utilities, Support WebCast: New Microsoft Windows XP Command-line Tools and Troubleshooting Utilities: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
25) Using Notepad and Wordpad: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
26) Windows NT NTFS Directory Compression: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
27) Windows XP Universal Plug and Play security quagmire: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
28) Search for All File Types: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
29) Configure Windows XP to automatically reopen folders in Explorer upon logon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
30) Managing the automatic To-list: Date - May 02, 2006; Rating - 4.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Outlook and Outlook Express; How to remove clutter from the automatic To-list in Outlook.