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Today's Tips 09/02/2006
Windows XP Is Telling You That It Is Time To
Renew Your Password!
You must have Administrator privileges to do this:
1. Right click "My Computer."
2. From the popup menu, select "Manage."
3. Click the + next to "Local Users and Groups" (left side of "Computer
Management" window).
4. Under that, open the "Users" folder (you should now see a list of
users in the right-hand side).
5. Right-click "Administrator" and select "Properties."
6. Under the "General" tab, check the box next to "Password never
expires."
7. Click OK or Apply your changes, and close the Management window."
Gary Chambers
Maximize Task Manager's Dynamic Graphs In
Windows XP!
The Performance and Networking tabs in Windows Task Manager offer
dynamic graphs, such as CPU usage and network usage, respectively. Not
only do they display usage information, but they also provide CPU
history and the amount of network traffic.
While these graphs are relatively simple in nature, they're extremely
useful when gathering information during a troubleshooting expedition.
However, the actual graphs are so small that it's difficult to analyze
information over time.
Fortunately, Windows XP allows you to enlarge the graphs. When you
double-click in the middle of a graph, it expands to fill the entire
Task Manager dialog box. (Keep in mind that no matter where you
double-click on the Performance tab, the only graph you'll see is the
CPU usage.)
If you want an even larger graph, maximize the Task Manager dialog box
before you double-click the graph. To return the graph to normal size,
double-click it again.
Gary Chambers
Disable Hidden Administrative Shares In Windows
XP!
Even if you haven’t shared any of your files or folders, an
administrator (or anyone who knows a valid username and password for an
account you’ve given administrative privileges) can remotely access your
data by using the hidden administrative shares that XP creates by
default. There is an administrative share for every drive on your
system, but it doesn’t show up in the network browse list (My Network
Places) because it has been marked as hidden by appending a dollar sign
($) to the end of the drive letter. You can delete these shares, but XP
will just grow them back the next time you reboot.
To prevent this, disable administrative shares by performing the
following registry edit:
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Create Setup Boot Disks In Windows 2000!
Using Remote Installation Service (RIS) to deploy Windows 2000
automatically is the easiest way to install the operating system. The
second easiest ways to install it are running Setup from a bootable CD
or performing an installation across the network from a network share.
However, in some situations, none of these methods is possible.
In the absence of an RIS server, bootable client OS to access a network
installation share, or a bootable CD and system that supports boot from
CD, your only option is to use a set of Setup boot disks. This disk set
enables you to boot the computer, start Setup, and install the basic
drivers and files needed to start the Setup process from the Windows
2000 CD.
Windows 2000 doesn't include a set of bootable Setup disks, but it does
include a utility that enables you to create the boot disk set.
Follow these instructions to create a boot disk set for Win2K:
1. If you're running Windows 9x or later, from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM,
run Makebt32.exe A: from the CD's \bootdisk folder (assuming drive A: is
the target floppy drive). If you're running DOS or booted from a Windows
9x boot disk, run Makeboot.exe A:.
2. Follow the prompts from Makebt32.exe or Makeboot.exe to create the
Setup disks.
3. The program will prompt you to insert each disk at the appropriate
time and will copy the necessary disk image to each disk.
Please note that disks created from the Windows 2000 Server CD will not
work for Windows 2000 Professional, or vice versa.
Gary Chambers
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