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A Quick Tip To Modify The Interval For DHCP Database Cleanup: Date - Feb 18, 2010; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - DHCP and DNS; This article explains how you can modify a registry entry to change the default interval for DHCP Database cleanup process.
MaximumPasswordAge DisablePasswordChange On Client Computers: Date - Jan 27, 2010; Rating - 3; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how a domain client computer changes its password with the domain controller.
A Quick Tip To Check If DCs Can Register Records With DNS Dynamically: Date - Jan 21, 2010; Rating - 4.5; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - DHCP and DNS; This article explains a registry key which you can query to know if DCs are using Dynamic DNS protocol to register records with DNS Servers.
How To Change The Default DNS Interval For Domain Controllers?: Date - Jan 14, 2010; Rating - 1; Author - Nirmal Sharma; Section - Active Directory; This article explains how you can use a registry entry to change the default DNS Referesh interval for a domain controller.

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.
Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows 2000: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
Enable Security Event Logging: Date - Dec 16, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Tony Bradley; Section - Security; Installing an alarm system on your home or car can be an effective way of at least being alerted when some sort of intrusion has been attempted. Of course, they don't work very well when they aren't enabled. Windows XP comes with the means to detect and log security events so that you can monitor and respond to intrusions or attempted security breaches, however it is not enabled by default.
Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous

Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
Password Recovery Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
Active Directory database file NTDS.DIT: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Active Directory
Windows 2000 Common Problems and Gotcha!s: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting; I will use this tip to document Windows 2000 common problems, as reported in W2K newsgroups. I will also use this tip as an index for a set of gotcha!s in Windows 2000.