One of the things that really bugs me about Windows XP is that on a Standalone or P2P networked machine, any user account that you create on XP, automatically gets that users documents made available to every other user. This can be quite undesirable especially if the users personal documents might be stored there.
Switching off Share/Personal Documents
Windows XP
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Mar 282007
(Updated) Internet Explorer Proxy Tool
Windows XP
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Feb 072007
Do you have teachers complaining that they can't access the Internet on there laptops when they are at home? The chances are they are trying to use there own broadband connection and the Internet Explorer Proxy setting has been enabled for the schools filtered internet service.
Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit
Windows XP
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Nov 132005
The Microsoft Shared Computer toolkit is a suite of applications that can be used on a standalone PC in an environment which is open to public access. The tool kit allows an administrator to apply policies onto the computer so that users cannot change or break a computer system. One of the main features is called Windows Disk Protection and can be used to restore a computer back to a preconfigured state each time the computer is restarted.
Sep 232005
Windows update is one of the tools that I always use to ensure that the computer that I am installing or using is kept up to date with the latest service packs and hotfixes. However I have experienced problems where Windows Update starts, but all the downloads fail to download for no apparent reason. I think this problem is caused by the proxy server settings not being correctly read by the Windows Update tool.
Internet Explorer JavaScript not working
Windows XP
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Jul 222005
Recently the helpline where I work had an interesting problem with Internet Explorer. What was happening was that the user was able to visit a site, but items on the site, like roll-over images and pop-up windows did not work. Another thing that didn't work was the Users Applet from the Control Panel.
Convert Volume to NTFS
Windows XP
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Mar 022005
Converting your volume to NTFS can have many benefits in terms of security, speed and reliability. However there are many Windows XP computers that ship with FAT32 as the volume filesystem. The volume can be easily converted to NTFS, here is how.
Obtaining usernames in Microsoft Product
Windows XP
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Jan 202005
How to obtain a logged on user name quickly and easily with a simple command.
Enable Remote Desktop using Script
Windows XP
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Oct 222004
Enable the Remote Desktop feature on Windows XP using simple scripting or remote registry calls. This information will get you started.
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