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- Use these four Registry tweaks to speed up Windows XP
- There are plenty of third party programs that claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, what most of them ultimately do is to simply make Registry edits. Here are four tweaks that experienced IT professionals can manually make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition...
- Tags: tweak, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, network, network security, IT professional, network administrator, Windows XP Hacks, registry
- Download resources 2005-04-08
- Create a custom Firefox search bar that searches any site or your intranet
- Firefox comes with a Google search bar that is installed by default in the browser. However, you can create a similar search bar that connects to any search engine, any site search, or even a search for your company's intranet. This sample hack from Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Search, hack, Intranet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Mozilla Firefox, network, network administrator, network security, search engine, Web browser, Windows XP Hacks
- Download resources 2005-03-26
- Tune Windows XP to speed up boot and shutdown times
- A common annoyance for both IT professionals and end users is having to sit and wait while Windows reboots. This sample hack from OReilly's Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows how to tweak a PC's BIOS, the Windows Registry, and other Windows XP settings to streamline boot and shutdown times....
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Hacks, annoyance, hack, network security, IT professional, BIOS, network administrator, Microsoft Windows Server, network, PC
- Download resources 2005-03-24
- Learn to surf the Web anonymously
- Anonymity has nearly become a thing of the past on the Internet. With cookies, adware, and spyware, most users are constantly being tracked when they surf the Internet. This can pose a variety of problems, especially in high-security industries. If you'd like to learn how to surf the Web anonymously,...
- Tags: industry, trace, Edition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Hacks, anonymity, adware, Internet, spyware, Web, training
- Download resources 2005-03-04
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- Create a custom Firefox search bar that searches any site or your intranet
- Firefox comes with a Google search bar that is installed by default in the browser. However, you can create a similar search bar that connects to any search engine, any site search, or even a search for your company's intranet. This sample hack from Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, O'Reilly Media Inc., Intranet, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet
- Book chapters 2005-03-26
- Hack Windows XP with insider tips and tricks from Preston Gralla
- In this audio interview, Preston Gralla, editor of WindowsDevCenter.com and OnDotNet, shares several Windows XP hacks that speed up boot and shutdown, improve overall XP performance, surf the Web anonymously and more. In this MP3 audio interview, Preston Gralla, author of Windows XP Hacks, Second Edition, shares...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2005-11-16
- Quickly grab Event Log information in Windows with this script
- A key component of the job of every Windows administrator is to keep an eye on Event Logs. That includes not only the info in the logs but also the size of the logs and the number of records. This sample hack from O'Reilly's Windows Server Hacks provides a script...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2005-05-18
- See how Windows Server 2003 can snap back from disasters with Automated System Recovery
- Prior to Windows Server 2003, a Windows server installation that went bad would require a reinstall of the operating system and a reconfiguration of boot and data volumes. One of the best new features of Windows Server 2003 is Automated System Recovery, which makes it much easier to recover from...
- Tags: Recovery, Microsoft Windows Server, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2005-04-15
- Windows XP Hacks - More Power: Registry Hacks to Speed Up XP
- Creating and marketing tuning and customization utilities for the Windows XP operating system is quickly becoming big business. A Google search will turn up hundreds of sites and programs dedicated to tweaking Windows XP. But no matter what type of interface is developed to make system tweaking easier and safer...
- Tags: Registry, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-02-11
- Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP
- Plenty of third-party programs claim to tweak or optimize Windows. However, most of them simply make Registry edits. Here are four manual tweaks that experienced IT professionals can make to improve the speed of Windows XP.Title: Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition ISBN: 0596009186 Published: February 2005 Author: Preston Gralla Chapter:...
- Tags: Registry, O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-04-08
- Write your own custom Snort rules for tighter security
- Snort is a favorite open source application in use in many IT departments because it offers an inexpensive and effective way to provide intrusion detection capability on a network segment. Now, with this sample hack from the O'Reilly book Network Security Hacks, you can learn how to make Snort even...
- Tags: Snort, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Network Security, Intrusion Detection, Networking, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-03-10
- Tune Windows XP to speed up boot and shutdown times
- A common annoyance for both IT professionals and end users is having to sit and wait while Windows reboots. This sample hack from OReilly's Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition shows how to tweak a PC's BIOS, the Windows Registry, and other Windows XP settings to streamline boot and shutdown times....
- Tags: O'Reilly Media Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-03-24
- Uncover hardware that the Windows XP Device Manager hides
- For administrators and help desk techs, one of the most challenging hardware troubleshooting issues in Windows XP is the fact that the Device Manager hides non-Plug and Play devices as well as non-present ghosted devices. This can make it hard to pinpoint hardware conflicts involving such devices. Instead of pulling...
- Tags: Hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Help Desk, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations
- Download resources 2005-03-09
- Block OS fingerprinting on Linux/UNIX systems
- When an attacker attempts to penetrate a targeted Linux/UNIX system, the first task involved is usually to discover which OS the system is running and then compromise it with known exploits. If you can thwart an attacker from identifying the OS, then you can make it much harder and more...
- Tags: LINUX/UNIX, Attacker, Operating System, O'Reilly Media Inc., Networking, Network Security, Operating Systems, Security, Software
- Book chapters 2005-03-25
- See how Windows Server 2003 can snap back from disasters with Automated System Recovery
- Prior to Windows Server 2003, a Windows server installation that went bad would require a reinstall of the operating system and a reconfiguration of boot and data volumes. One of the best new features of Windows Server 2003 is Automated System Recovery, which makes it much easier to recover from...
- Tags: Automated System Recovery, hack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP, network, network administrator, network security, operating system, reconfiguration, recovery, server, Windows Server Hacks
- Download resources 2005-04-15
- Allow Windows admins at remote sites to install software without making them domain admins
- With Active Directory in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 you can grant much more granular permissions to administrators, but there are still some gaps. For example, if you want to grant an administrator at a remote site the ability to install software but don't want that admin to be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Windows, Windows Server Hacks, Microsoft Windows Server, administrator, workaround, hack, network administrator, domain controller, network security, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, permission, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Mi
- Download resources 2005-04-20
- Use this script to quickly gather info on Windows user accounts
- Using this sample hack from the O'Reilly book Windows Server Hacks, learn how to build a very useful little script that will allow an administrator to query a Windows domain controller (in Windows 2000 and above) and quickly get a list of user accounts along with some basic account information...
- Tags: administrator, database, hack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, network, network administrator, network security, user account, Windows Server Hacks
- Download resources 2005-04-01
- Learn this technique for aggregating log files from remote sites
- Managing and monitoring log files is one of the most important maintenance activities that network administrators handle. However, one of the biggest challenges is handling logs from remote sites. For example, the standard syslog service on Linux/UNIX can't be used over public networks because of privacy and performance concerns. Instead,...
- Tags: Technique, Network, O'Reilly Media Inc., Networking, Microsoft Windows, Network Security, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-03-18
- Ten great Windows Server hacks
- Here are 10 of the hacks from the O'Reilly book Windows Server Hacks. They provide some great tips to help administrators wring out the best performance, solve common problems, and beef up the security of Windows servers.Some of the tips include: "Automate Creation of OU Structure," "Use netsh to Change...
- Tags: performance, hack, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows Server Hacks, administrator, security, domain controller, server
- Download resources 2005-02-11
- How do I download a specific hack?
- I downloaded Hack #110 on tweaking XP. In the article Hacks #83 and #86 were referenced. I've tried to find those hacks on the site but have been unable to find them anywhere. There must be a list of Hacks but I don't know where it is. Help would be...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, jborchel@...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-05
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