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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) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) Disable OS/2 and/or Posix subsystems
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Disable - Hide
6) Drag and Drop
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
7) 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.
8) 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?
9) 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).
10) 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.
11) Refresh Group Policy Remotely
Date - Jun 06, 2005
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.
12) Snort
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
13) Speed opening folders with large numbers of AVI files
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
14) Ssh Secure Shell Resources
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
15) 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
16) Using Notepad and Wordpad
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
17) Windows NT NTFS Directory Compression
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
18) Windows XP Universal Plug and Play security quagmire
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
19) Search for All File Types
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
20) Configure Windows XP to automatically reopen folders in Explorer upon logon
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
21) Changing Windows unlocking behavior
Date - May 22, 2008
Rating - 4.8
Author - Martin Webber
Section - Security
Third party application that allows you to change the unlocking behavior of windows allowing you to set which users can unlock a workstation.
22) 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.
23) Identifying duplicate machines
Date - Dec 19, 2007
Rating - 4.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - TroubleShooting
How to find Windows installations that are exact copies of each other.
24) Security Patches as ISO images
Date - Feb 21, 2006
Rating - 4.8
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Security
You can obtain patches for Windows as an ISO (CD) image.
25) XP registry values to tune EFS caching
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
26) National Security Agency : Security Recommendation Guides
Date - Feb 23, 2005
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
27) Forcing a remote logoff
Date - Nov 27, 2007
Rating - 4.6
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Network
How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
28) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
29) Which version of NTFS am I running?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
30) Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
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