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1) 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.
2) 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?
3) Refresh Group Policy Remotely: Date - Jun 06, 2005; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Security; How to refresh Group Policy remotely from the command line.
4) Snort: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
5) Ssh Secure Shell Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
6) Windows XP Universal Plug and Play security quagmire: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
7) Configure Windows XP to automatically reopen folders in Explorer upon logon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
8) Changing Windows unlocking behavior: Date - May 22, 2008; Rating - 4.8; 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.
9) 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.
10) 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.
11) National Security Agency : Security Recommendation Guides: Date - Feb 23, 2005; Rating - 4.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
12) Shutdown workstation without logging on: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
13) Transparent Screen Lock for Windows 2000/NT/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
14) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
15) Forcing a remote logoff: Date - Nov 27, 2007; Rating - 4.6; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Network; How to force a user to log off of a remote machine
16) Which version of NTFS am I running?: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
17) Enabling the NumLock Key: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
18) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
19) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
20) 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.
21) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
22) Manually Deleting a Network Bridge: Date - Jun 03, 2009; Rating - 4.5; Author - Eric Geier; Section - Network; Getting around the error message when deleting in the Network Connections window.
23) 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.
24) Remove Saved Passwords: Date - Nov 18, 2004; Rating - 4.4; 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.
25) Run programs as another user in Windows 2000 / Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
26) Perl for Windows: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
27) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
28) Change default application installation folder: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
29) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
30) Backup / Restore XP Activation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous