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Most Popular "Windows XP" Tips

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1) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
2) Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password
Date - Sep 07, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
3) Remote Desktop client for Windows 2000, NT, Win9x
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network
4) Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha's
Date - Sep 07, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
5) Backup / Restore XP Activation
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
6) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
7) Registry Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
  • Policy:Disable the new simple Start Menu
  • Policy:Remove pinned programs list from the Start menu
  • Policy:Remove frequent programs list from the Start Menu
  • Policy:Remove More Programs list from the Start menu
  • Policy:Remove common program groups from Start Menu
  • Policy:Gray unavailable Windows Installer programs Start Menu shortcuts
  • Policy:Disable and remove links to Windows Update
  • Policy:Remove user folders from the Start Menu
  • Policy:Prohibit user from changing user folder paths
  • Policy:Remove My Documents folder from the Start Menu
  • Policy:Prohibit user from changing My Documents path
  • Policy:Remove Recent Documents item from Start Menu
  • Policy:Maximum number of recent documents
  • Policy:Clear history of recent documents on exit
  • Policy:Remove Favorites item from Start Menu
  • Policy:Remove My Computer from the Start Menu
  • Policy:Remove Network Connections from the Start Menu
  • Policy:Remove Network Places from the Star
    • 8) Remove Saved Passwords
    Date - Nov 18, 2004
    Rating - 4.3
    Author - Tony Bradley
    Section - Security
    Windows XP offers the ability to save passwords for web sites and network resources. This can be very convenient as opposed to remembering and entering the username and password each time you need access, but it poses a security risk because anyone who has physical access to your computer would also be able to log into those sites using your saved credentials.
    9) Password Recovery Resources
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Security
    10) Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Performance
    11) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    12) 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.
    13) Automatic Logon
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Security
    14) Give XP ability to search Active Directory
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    15) Disable Windows Messenger broadcasts on UDP port 1900
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.3
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    16) nslookup and DNS Zone Transfers
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.1
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Network
    17) SysLog Servers for NT/2000/XP
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Security
    18) Run programs as another user in Windows 2000 / Windows XP
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    19) XP commandline registry tool
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Command shell
    20) 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...
    21) Create Lock Desktop Icon
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.1
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Customization
    22) Windows XP User Tips Tidbits
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.3
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    23) Disable Windows XP's Built In Zip support
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.5
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Disable - Hide
    24) Windows Program Startup Locations
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.7
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    25) Disable Windows Scripting Host ( WSH )
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    26) Control Windows XP Startup with MSConfig
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.3
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Utilities
    27) 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.
    28) Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.2
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Utilities
    29) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 4.5
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Miscellaneous
    30) DOS Window cmd.exe prompt
    Date - Apr 20, 2004
    Rating - 3.2
    Author - Wayne Maples
    Section - Command Prompt
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