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Top Rated "Windows XP" Tips

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151) AD admins should be running Windows XP Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
152) Customize your user account icon in XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
153) Enable Quick Edit Mode in Windows XP Command Shell: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command shell
154) Hide Security tab in Explorer object properties: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE
155) Have Ctrl-Esc Starts Task Manager: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
156) Hide Desktop Icons: Date - Mar 22, 2006; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide; This tip has been recently updated. It details how to remove desktop icons on various Windows systems.
157) PopKill: Kill those annoying pop-up ads!: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
158) Pagefiles--to wipe or not to wipe: Date - Apr 19, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; Discusses whether setting Group Policy to wipe a pagefile at shutdown is a good or bad idea.
159) NT/W2K/XP DOS windows options: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
160) Memory management parameters: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
161) Keyboard shortcuts to folders: Date - May 22, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
162) Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
163) How to install Windows 2000 after XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
164) Eliminating the Welcome Screen: Date - Oct 26, 2005; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to prevent the Welcome screen from running when your users turn on their OEM-supplied XP boxes for the first time.
165) Disabling Remote Desktop: Date - May 16, 2006; Rating - 3.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to prevent users from enabling Remote Desktop on their machines.
166) Configure Account Lockout Policies: Date - Dec 01, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Given enough time and potential to try multiple username and password combinations an attacker might eventually succeed in compromising the security of a server or other computer. Account lockout policies allow you to set thresholds to automatically shut down an account if too many incorrect username and password combinations are attempted in order to protect the machine.
167) Command Interpreter Ansi Support: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
168) Control Windows XP Transition Effects for Menus and Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
169) Use pushd to help you get back: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Command Prompt
170) TCP/IP resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
171) Wayne's IDS Intrustion Detection Systems Tips and Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
172) What’s New in Security for Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network and Security
173) Windows Program Startup Locations: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
174) Unhide Windows XP Recycle Bin when dragging and dropping files: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
175) Running IE from the command line: Date - Jan 12, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - IE and Explorer; Here's a simple way you can run Internet Explorer from the command line...
176) Put Admin tools on Start Menu: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
177) Control Desktop and Explorer Info Descriptions: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
178) Block users from installing MSI installed applications: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
179) Change the Logon Window and the Shutdown Preferences in Windows XP ( Q291559 ): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
180) Checking Local Group Policy: Date - Dec 21, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; There may be times when you want to check the Local Group Policy Settings on a desktop machine.