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31) Restrict Access to the Windows Update Feature: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
32) Shutdown workstation without logging on: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
33) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
34) Simplified EFS: Date - Jul 05, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to encrypt files easily from Windows Explorer.
35) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
36) Remove Unused Drivers and Devices: Date - Sep 16, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - TroubleShooting; If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.
37) Setting Default Email Client Per User in XP: Date - Sep 09, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Outlook and Outlook Express; Individually change each user's default email client.
38) Remove Shared Documents folders from My Computer System Folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
39) Prevent logon screensaver from launching: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
40) Why does user logon screen come up after standby mode?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
41) Where is XP's Netmeeting?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
42) W2K / XP / .NET enable verbose event messages: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
43) Windows NT/2000/XP Cascading Menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
44) Enabling the NumLock Key: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
45) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
46) Disable Enumeration of SID's: Date - Mar 08, 2005; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; One way for an attacker to scope out a target system and, particularly, to identify the Administrator account so they can focus their efforts on the account with the most privileges is to list, or enumerate, the SID's (serial identifiers) on a Windows machine.
47) Disable Windows XP's Built In Zip support: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
48) IE Booster: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
49) Installing MSI Packages with Elevated Privileges: Date - Jan 18, 2006; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Want to right-click on a .msi file and select Run As? Here's how!
50) Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
51) Manually Deleting a Network Bridge: Date - Jun 03, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
52) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
53) Kiosk Computers: Date - Jan 31, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - IE and Explorer; How to set up a computer as a kiosk for web browsing.
54) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
55) Give XP ability to search Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
56) Get Rid Of Those Balloons!: Date - Dec 06, 2005; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Command shell; Balloon tips can be annoying if they keep appearing--here's how to eliminate them.
57) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
58) Disable Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
59) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
60) Clear system page file at shutdown: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous