Removes the context menus for the tray, including the Start button, Tab control, and Clock. (This option was added in Service Pack 2.) Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]Value Name: NoTrayContextMenuData Type: REG_DWORDData: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)
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.
Looking at the origins of the OSI Reference Model takes us back to several issues that were discussed in the Networking Fundamentals chapter of this Guide; specifically, I am talking about standards and standards organizations. The idea behind the creation of networking standards is to define widely-accepted ways of setting up networks and connecting them together. The OSI… Read More »
Here you will learn network topology introduction, how computers get connected, bus, star, hub, hybrid, mesh, tree topologies and network physical design. In Computer Networking “topology” refers to the layout or design of the connected devices. Network Topologies can be physical or logical. In this section I will illustrate on the different types of the topologies.
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 »
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.
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.
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 »
Just my opinion on some mistakes that some folks make. Not by any means a definitive list.