Admin Tips
- Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base
  - Windows XP
    - Admin Tips

Knowledge Base Tips topic

[	4013	]	Windows Server 2008/2003/2000/XP/NT Administrator Knowledge Base	Last updated: Feb 08, 2012
[	9	]	Accounts	Last updated: May 12, 2005
[	7	]	Administrator	Last updated: Dec 02, 2010
[	15	]	Booting	Last updated: Mar 07, 2005
[	10	]	Commandline	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	18	]	Email	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	16	]	Event Logs	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	15	]	File Systems	Last updated: Jul 22, 2009
[	17	]	IE	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	16	]	IIS	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	10	]	Installation	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	26	]	Logon	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	114	]	Miscellaneous	Last updated: Aug 24, 2008
[	98	]	Network	Last updated: Jul 22, 2009
[	13	]	Passwords	Last updated: Sep 07, 2004
[	20	]	Print	Last updated: Nov 05, 2004
[	15	]	Registry	Last updated: Nov 30, 2010
[	33	]	Security	Last updated: Feb 04, 2009
[	13	]	Services	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	6	]	Shutdown	Last updated: Apr 20, 2004
[	30	]	TroubleShooting	Last updated: May 12, 2005
[	74	]	Utilities	Last updated: Apr 07, 2005
[	17	]	Miscellaneous	Last updated: Feb 08, 2012

Most Popular "Admin Tips" Tips

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

31) Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.1; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Wireless networks add a significant level of convenience for many users. The ability to roam at will and access the network without adding wires is quite useful. But, you need to do so securely. There are a number of basic steps you should take to protect your wireless network and filtering MAC addresses is one more way to secure it.
32) Registry cleaners / healers - clear inconsistent and obsolete sections: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
33) Enabling the NumLock Key: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
34) IPconfig displays Windows NT/W2K/XP ip information: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
35) 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.
36) Troubleshooting Windows XP Shutdown and Restart problems: Date - May 10, 2004; Rating - 2.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
37) Forcing a remote logoff: Date - Nov 27, 2007; Rating - 3.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
38) Rename The Administrator Account: Date - Feb 25, 2005; Rating - 3.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Some experts say that renaming the Administrator account is pointless. Any worthy hacker knows that the true Administrator account has a unique identifier and how to find it. But, that doesn't mean you need to make it easy for the hackers who aren't worthy.
39) Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.8; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
40) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
41) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
42) Sample security policies and guidelines: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Rating - 2.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
43) XP schtasks commandline utility replaces AT.exe: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
44) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
45) Shared printer separator page for Windows 2000 and Windows XP: Date - Dec 17, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
46) Enforce strong passwords: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
47) XP : speedup access to network shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
48) Microsoft L2TP/IPSec VPN Client for Windows 2000 and XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
49) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Home: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
50) Disable automatic share and print discovery in Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
51) Disabling the RunAs Command: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; To enhance security you can prevent users from using the RunAs command.
52) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
53) Windows XP update for Easy CD Creator 5 is now available: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
54) Adding Pop-Up Blocker Exceptions via GPO: Date - Dec 22, 2005; Rating - 4.2; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - IE and Explorer; Occasionally there are sites that we as domain administrators need to allow pop-ups for across the board. This tip shows how to do this with Group Policy.
55) Put XP Start menu icons on the Desktop: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
56) 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.
57) Open a command prompt in any folder using Windows Explorer: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - IE and Explorer
58) Using XP as a router: Date - Mar 29, 2006; Rating - 4.1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; A cheap and easy way of using an XP box as a router.
59) netcat ( nc ) utility resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
60) Wireless penetration testing resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 2.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network