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Change the Program Files and Common Files paths (=>Win2k)
Domains
How to access the Group Policy component (=>Win2k)
Domain admin: How to set up a default user roaming profile (WinNTx)
IIS
Logging options worth setting for the IIS SMTP service (=>Win2k)
Install IIS SMTP mailroot to a different place (WinNTx)
Miscellaneous
[NEW] Change the Program Files and Common Files paths (=>Win2k)
How to disable disk performance counters (DISKPERF) (=>Win2k)
How to troubleshoot the fax printer driver installation (=>Win2k)
How to disable IPsec (Win2k)
Group policy: reduce the amount of time it takes to log out (=>Win2k)
How to disable IPsec on Windows XP (WinXP)
How to disable the network connections service without errors (=>Win2k)
The Protected Storage service, what it provides (WinNTx)
Networking
How to disable DCOM and also some DCOM vuln-related info (WinNTx)
DHCP client dependencies (WinNTx)
Dial-up networking dependencies (=>Win2k)
Internet Connection Sharing dependencies (=>Win2k)
How to disable IPsec (Win2k)
How to disable IPsec on Windows XP (WinXP)
How to disable the network connections service without errors (=>Win2k)
How to switch off TCP/IP ports 135, 137-139 and 445 (WinNTx)
[UPDATED] How to set up Terminal Services SSH tunnelling (=>Win2k)
[UPDATED] How to set up WinVNC SSH tunnelling (WinNTx)
Performance
How to disable disk performance counters (DISKPERF) (=>Win2k)
How to access the Group Policy component (=>Win2k)
[NEW] Group policy: reduce the amount of time it takes to log out (=>Win2k)
How to disable OS/2 & POSIX subsystems (WinNTx)
The Protected Storage service, what it provides (WinNTx)
Primers
A primer for configuring volume-wide filesystem permissions (WinNTx)
Scripting
Installing patches using VBS (WinNTx)
Security
How to disable DCOM and also some DCOM vuln-related info (WinNTx)
How to disable OS/2 & POSIX subsystems (WinNTx)
How to switch off TCP/IP ports 135, 137-139 and 445 (WinNTx)
How to set up WinVNC SSH tunnelling (WinNTx)
A quick key to OS-specifics:
(WinNTx) = Windows NT4 and later
(=>Win2k) = Windows 2000 and later
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