Windows stores the names of previously mapped drives; this can be a security threat if vulnerable hidden shares are listed. An advantage is that this key can also be used to set default items for list, if for example inexperienced users where required to map common drives, you could store them here.
Windows NT can be configured to automatically disconnect idle LAN sessions are a set number of minutes.
The start menu of the Windows XP is populated with the number of shortcuts and newly installed programs. If you want to remove any of the programs from the start menu just right click on that program and click “Remove from this list”. The program will be removed from the start menu. Additionally, there are certain programs at… Read More »
Hardware profiles are used in multiple environments such as LAN, mobile and standalone. You can create hardware profiles in Windows XP Professional by doing the following steps.
Here you will learn that how to distribute a customized desktop theme to the other users in the network. You can send the customized them by email or by placing at the user’s desktop computer through the My Network Places.
DNS or Domain Name System is a general purpose, replicated and name resolution system that resolves the host names into the IP addresses and it stores the information about your host name, domain names on your local network and on internet. The DNS translates the IP address into the domain name and domain name into the IP address.… Read More »
Makes a multi-line textbox into a scrolling textbox, chat-style.
Outlook will occasionally check how old your mail is in your Inbox to determine if it is an ideal time to archive. By archiving, Outlook will move your old items from your Inbox to another file; your “Archive” file. These messages will still be available to you, but they will not be visible in your regular Inbox.
One issue those running XP and Vista systems on the same network might have is being unable to see the computers running Vista from the XP computers. If this happens, the first thing to check is the workgroup name that is being used on the XP computer and make sure the same workgroup name being used on the… Read More »
Its been almost a year since I”ve used Windows XP, but I do know that one hotkey shortcut combo I used quite frequently with XP was the CTRL + ALT + DEL combination to instantly bring up the Task Manager. Here is a quickie key combo to to task manager in Windows 7 or Vista.