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1) A Quick Tip To Prevent Users From Accessing The Computer Tab
Date - Jul 21, 2009
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Network
This article explains a quick tip which you can use to prevent users from accessing the Computer Tab on My Computer property.
2) A Quick Tip To Reconfigure Windows Time Service
Date - Dec 01, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - TroubleShooting
This article explains how you can reconfigure Windows Time Service
3) 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.
4) Hide a Server from the Microsoft Computer Browser Service
Date - Apr 26, 2011
Rating - 5
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Network
Stop sending announcements to the domain.
5) 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?
6) Logon hours on standalone machines
Date - Sep 27, 2007
Rating - 5
Author - Mitch Tulloch
Section - Miscellaneous
How to configure logon hours for local users on standalone machines in a workgroup
7) Snort
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
8) Ssh Secure Shell Resources
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
9) Three Ways To Check Event Logs On Remote Computers
Date - Nov 23, 2010
Rating - 5
Author - Nirmal Sharma
Section - Utilities
This article explains how you can check Event Logs on remote computer.
10) Windows XP Universal Plug and Play security quagmire
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
11) Configure Windows XP to automatically reopen folders in Explorer upon logon
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
12) 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.
13) 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.
14) Manually Deleting a Network Bridge
Date - Jun 03, 2009
Rating - 4.7
Author - Eric Geier
Section - Network
Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
15) National Security Agency : Security Recommendation Guides
Date - Feb 23, 2005
Rating - 4.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Security
16) Shutdown workstation without logging on
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
17) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
18) Which version of NTFS am I running?
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
19) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
20) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
21) Perl for Windows
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
22) 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.
23) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
24) Enabling the NumLock Key
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
25) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
26) 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.
27) Changing Windows unlocking behavior
Date - May 22, 2008
Rating - 4.5
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.
28) Configure Notepad to automatically insert the date / time
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
29) Backup / Restore XP Activation
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
30) Change default application installation folder
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
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