Navigation of Wayne's IT Resources

Page last modified Friday November 21 2003.

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Gotcha!s
Windows NT 4 Common Problems and Gotcha!s
Windows 2000 Common Problems and Gotcha!s
Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha!s

Whitepapers
NT Domain Administrator and the Adminstrator's Workstation

Recent Tips

Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips

Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips #15: SNMP Resources
Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips #14: Expect and TCL - automate admin tasks
Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips #13: Windows 2000 Exchange Server in the DMZ
Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips #12: Logging / Syslog / Log Analysis Resources
Firewall, VPN, IDS, and Router Tips #11: TPC Port Tips and Resources
Penetration Testing and Security Tips

Penetration Testing Tip #28 : Securing and Hardening Tips
Penetration Testing Tip #27 : Tutorials / whitepapers
Penetration Testing Tip #26 : Penetration Testing / Hacker Training
Penetration Testing Tip #25 : dd resources
Penetration Testing Tip #24 : Perl Resources

Windows XP Tips

Windows XP Service Pack 1a
Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1)


XP Quick Tips : Windows XP User Tidbits

XP Registry Tip #50 : Make Outlook minimize to system tray rather than task bar
XP Registry Tip #49 : Block html script processing Windows Media Player
XP Registry Tip #48 : XP only remembers 400 folder settings
XP Registry Tip #47 : Reghance : enhanced registry editor for windows
XP Registry Tip #46 : Control thumbnail display size

XP Admin Tip #41 : psexec : light-weight telnet-replacement that lets you execute processes on other systems without having to manually install client software.
XP Admin Tip #40 : Methods to get Bios version
XP Admin Tip #39 : Give XP ability to search Active Directory
XP Admin Tip #38 : Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry
XP Admin Tip #37 : How to install Windows 2000 after XP

XP User Tip #39 : Create Shutdown, Restart, and Logoff Desktop Icons
XP User Tip #38 : DiskCleanup and Defrag Utility
XP User Tip #37 : Where is XP's Netmeeting?
XP User Tip #36 : Icons appear distorted or fuzzy

Windows 2000 Tips

Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

NSA Guides to securing Windows 2000
Prepared by the DOD's Systems and Network Attack Center

W2K Registry Tip #61 : Windows 2000 doesn't detect Iomega parallel port ZIP drive
W2K Registry Tip #60 : Restore IE default AutoSearch Page
W2K Registry Tip #59 : Registry hacks to turn-on verbose GPO logging
W2K Registry Tip #58 : Do not use the comprehensive search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts (.lnk)
W2K Registry Tip #57 : Enable Quick Edit Mode in Windows 2000 Command Shell

W2K Admin Tip #12 : make Runas scriptable
W2K Admin Tip #146 : UserDNSDomain environment variable set if a computer is a logged on to a domain
W2K Admin Tip #145 : Mixed versus Native Mode Windows 2000 Domain Ports
W2K Admin Tip #144 : Identify systems cloned with the Sysprep utility
W2K Admin Tip #143 : Move user profiles with MOVEUSER

W2K User Tip #49 : Launch URL from Windows 2000 Desktop Icon
W2K User Tip #48 : Unhide Windows 2000 Recycle Bin when dragging and dropping files
W2K User Tip #47 : Create Lock Desktop Icon
W2K User Tip #46 : Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks
W2K User Tip #45 : Microsoft VM and ActiveX bug

Windows NT4 Tips

NT Registry Tip #335 : Do not use the comprehensive search-based method when resolving shell shortcuts (.lnk)
NT/W2K/XP Registry Tip #334 : Force Outlook to read messages as plain text
NT/W2K/XP Registry Tip #333 : Control Desktop and Explorer Info Descriptions
NT Registry Tip #332 : Online Support Site for Internet Explorer
NT Registry Tip #331 : AutoReboot rather than BSOD

NT Admin Tip #361 : Enable DHCP Logging
NT Admin Tip #360 : QChain Install Multiple Hotfixes With Only 1 Reboot in Windows NT
NT Admin Tip #359 : FTP Resources
NT Admin Tip #358 : NetOp Remote Control for Windows
NT Admin Tip #357 : Microsoft drops NT Server 4.0

NT/W2K/XP User Tip #185 : Disable Windows Scripting Host ( WSH )
NT User Tip #184 : EasyRecovery FileRepair repairs and restores corrupted Microsoft® Office files
NT User Tip #183 : Personal Firewalls
NT User Tip #182 : Data encryption for Windows NT
NT User Tip #181 : Command Interpreter Ansi Support

Updated Tips

Windows XP Updated Tips

NT/W2K/XP Registry Tip #48 : Hide Desktop Icons

Windows 2000 Updated Tips

W2K Admin Tip #16 : Active Directory Planning and Deployment
W2K Admin Tip #65 : Administration Tools
W2K Admin Tip #14 : Windows Tweakers
W2K Admin Tip #12 : Run programs as another user
W2K User Tip #11 : Internet Connection Sharing with Windows 2000 Professional acts a proxy server
W2K Admin Tip #54 : WMI
W2K Admin Tip #52 : Kerberos and Windows 2000
W2K Admin Tip #33 : WinMgmt Event ID 37 and 61
W2K User Tip #28 : W2K desktop themes
W2K Admin Tip #58 : ACPI / PCI Troubleshooting
W2K Admin Tip #44 : Microsoft Domain Migration Tutorial
W2K Registry Tip #8 : Manage boot volume space consumed by Windows 2000 Windows File Protection dllcache
W2K User Tip #26 : Encrypting File System
W2K Registry Tip #3 : Configure W2Ks stack to resist network Denial of Service
W2K Registry Tip #7 : Remove Windows 2000 Build Number Display
W2K User Tip #15 : Multiple monitor support

Windows NT Updated Tips

NT Admin Tip #223 : SDelete securely deletes files
NT User Tip #3 : Dual Booting
NT User Tip #76 : Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance
NT Registry Tip #27 : NT/W2K Crash Dump and Admin Alerts Enabled
NT Admin Tip #4 : Time Synchronization Resources
NT Admin Tip #251 : Freeware NT EventLog Monitor
NT Admin Tip #14 : Tweak Windows
NT Admin Tip #293 : Windows NT Common Problems and Gotcha!s
NT User Tip #27 : Get Rid of FindFast
NT Registry Tip #204 : Shutdown without logging on
NT Admin Tip #133 : Replace locked files with InUse.exe
NT User Tip #32 : WinKey Shortcuts
NT User Tip #112 : Windows Hot-key shortcuts
NT Admin Tip #281 : Office 2000 File and Registry Eraser Utility
NT Admin Tip #155 : W2K and NT Security Event Log Descriptions
NT Registry Tip #15 : Preferred Master Browser
NT Registry Tip #174 : Exclude roaming profile directories

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