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1) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.6; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
2) Recover Lost Windows NT Administrator Password: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
3) Remote Desktop client for Windows 2000, NT, Win9x: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
4) Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha's: Date - Sep 07, 2004; Rating - 3.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - TroubleShooting
5) Backup / Restore XP Activation: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
6) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
7) Password Recovery Resources: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
8) 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.
9) Give XP ability to search Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
10) Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
11) Disable Windows NT/W2K/XP Hidden Administrative Shares: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
12) nslookup and DNS Zone Transfers: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
13) SysLog Servers for NT/2000/XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Security
14) Windows XP User Tips Tidbits: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
15) Run programs as another user in Windows 2000 / Windows XP: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
16) XP commandline registry tool: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
17) Create Lock Desktop Icon: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
18) Control Windows XP Startup with MSConfig: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.3; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
19) DOS Window cmd.exe prompt: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.1; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
20) Scanners, sniffers, network analyzers, traffic monitors, port scanners: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.2; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
21) Disable Windows Scripting Host ( WSH ): Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Customization
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) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.4; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
24) Windows Program Startup Locations: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.7; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
25) Lockdown by group using Local Computer Policy without Active Directory: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 4.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Miscellaneous
26) Registry cleaners / healers - clear inconsistent and obsolete sections: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.9; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Utilities
27) Running IE from the command line: Date - Jan 12, 2006; Rating - 3.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - IE and Explorer; Here's a simple way you can run Internet Explorer from the command line...
28) Do it yourself WHOIS command: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network
29) Protect Wireless Access Using MAC Address Filters: Date - Mar 22, 2005; Rating - 4.2; 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.
30) IPconfig displays Windows NT/W2K/XP ip information: Date - Apr 20, 2004; Rating - 3.5; Author - Wayne Maples; Section - Network