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Most Popular "Windows XP" Tips

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91) Microsoft's Administration Tools for Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
92) Configure Notepad to automatically insert the date / time: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
93) Enable ClearType font rendering: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
94) Where is XP's Netmeeting?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
95) Disable ALL autostart features in Windows XP (pro and home): Date - Nov 24, 2005; Rating - 3.5; Author - Robert Olovsson; Section - Disable - Hide; This little trick will disable all autoplay features, eg. CDs, USB-memories etc.
96) Disable Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Disable - Hide
97) Google Yourself To Identify Security Holes: Date - Mar 15, 2005; Rating - 4; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Google is very good at what it does. It automatically and systematically catalogues every document, image, web site or other data that is web accessible so that it can be quickly retrieved using the Google search engine. That includes potentially sensitive or confidential data that wasn't intended to be shared publicly. Google your own network or sites to identify possible security holes.
98) Disable FindFast, the Indexing Service: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
99) Backdoors : backorifice, subseven, netbus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
100) When was Windows installed on this machine?: Date - May 31, 2006; Rating - 4.4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How to find when Windows was installed on a computer.
101) Registry Tip : Windows NT NTFS Last Access TimeStamp: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
102) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
103) Display the Sharing Tab in XP Folder Properties: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
104) Refresh Group Policy Remotely: Date - Jun 06, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.
105) Speedup Windows XP workstation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Performance
106) Disk Write Caching: Date - May 23, 2006; Rating - 2.9; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Miscellaneous; How and why to disable disk write caching.
107) Windows XP System Restore: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Performance
108) Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA): Date - Mar 07, 2005; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
109) Download Java Virtual Machines for XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
110) Create Shutdown, Restart, and Logoff Desktop Icons: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
111) Checking Local Group Policy: Date - Dec 21, 2005; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; There may be times when you want to check the Local Group Policy Settings on a desktop machine.
112) Turning the Windows XP Wireless Utility On or Off: Date - Apr 03, 2008; Rating - 2.3; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network and Security; How to toggle between your wireless adapter’s configuration utility and Windows XP’s.
113) Keystroke loggers and spy software / hardware: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
114) Get the Latest ADM Files: Date - Jul 12, 2005; Rating - 2.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to obtain the latest Administrative Template files from Microsoft.
115) Lie to incompatible programs: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
116) Overview of Network Address Translation (NAT) in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
117) XP Logman commandline utility: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 1.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
118) Create a Password Reset Disk: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
119) Control Windows Messenger in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
120) Use Shortcuts To Navigate Explorer Folders: Date - Apr 26, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Miscellaneous; Windows Explorer is a fairly functional tool for browsing files and folders and finding what you are looking for. But, depending on how large and how organized your hard drive is, it may take some time to sift through to the folder you really want. Using command line parameters, you can create desktop shortcuts that take you quickly to your most-used folders.