When you try and click on a .log file served from IIS6 you receive a 404 error. You need to look through you log files and find out exactly what 404 IIS was giving. If it was 404 with a sub status of 3, then it is denied due to MIME Type, so make sure […]
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Screen Lock Transparent for Windows 2000/NT/XP
Transparent Screen Lock enables IT professionals to prevent unauthorized system access, while maintaining the ability to view applications running on the desktop for monitoring purposes. Website
Create Lock Desktop Icon
You can lock the Windows 2000 or XP desktop with a click of an icon. Create a shortcut icon on the desktop to run the following command: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
Use pushd to help you get back
Lets say your current directory is C:gamesSteamCounter-Strike> and you want to get back here. Use the pushd DOS command. pushd . that is push the current UNC, machine, drive and directory onto the stack. Yes the “.” is understood as the current location. Then change drives, directories as much as you wish and when you […]
Disable Windows XP’s builtin zip support
Windows XP comes with builtin support for uncompressing zip’d files. If you prefer to continue using a dedicated utility like pkzip or winzip which has more functionality, you probably need to disable the limited capability of XP to prevent interactions and problems, run the following command: regsvr32 /u %windir%system32zipfldr.dll Want to re-enable the builtin zip […]
Disable Low Disk Space Notification in Windows XP
You can disable these alerts using the following Windows XP registry hack: Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER Key: SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer Name: NoLowDiskSpaceChecks Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1 disables alerts
What’s Gpotool?
Gpotool (gpotool.exe) is an advanced Group Policy troubleshooting tool that’s included in the Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 Server resource kits. You can find information about the Windows 2003 version of Gpotool in the resource kit and at Microsoft Web site. You can download the Win2K Server version of Gpotool at Microsoft Web site. […]
How can I mark my USB storage devices as read-only?
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) introduces a new registry subkey that lets you mark USB-based storage devices such as memory sticks as read-only devices. This is a useful security capability that can prevent users from copying data from their systems and taking that data offsite via a USB device. To enable the USB write […]
Suppress the Windows Tour Prompt in Windows XP
XP displays the Windows Tour balloon prompt the first 3 times you logon to XP. If you want to suppress the XP Tour, use the following XP registry hack: Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key: SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppletsTour Name: RunCount Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0 Setting RunCount = 0 will disable the balloon prompt for all users.
Speed opening folders with large numbers of AVI files
Opening a folder containing a large number of AVI file can open quite slowly because the OS has to open each AVI file and extract info from AVIs. If you have a large collection, you can speedup XP’s folder access to blocking it from automatically extracting this info. Doesn’t hurt anything, the OS will read […]