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[	3440	]	Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base	Last updated: Mar 09, 2010
[	15	]	Applications	Last updated: Apr 01, 2009
[	10	]	Boot	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	12	]	Command Prompt	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	26	]	Customization	Last updated: Jun 22, 2004
[	13	]	IE and Explorer	Last updated: Jun 15, 2006
[	34	]	Miscellaneous	Last updated: Mar 07, 2005
[	10	]	Performance	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	9	]	Security	Last updated: Aug 21, 2008
[	17	]	TroubleShooting	Last updated: Jan 07, 2009

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