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Windows How to's

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How to block ports on W2K/XP
How to Create a New Network Place
How can I find all computers, their IPs  and users who logon particular computer in our network?
How to change the domain/workgroup name on w2k/xp
How to disable changing display
How to get your XP Product Key
How to open ports for VPN
How to setup a policy to deny certain users logon a computer
How to sort programs in Start
How to stop all share connections
How to transferring files between two remote computers without sharing

How to block ports on W2K/XP

To block ports, go to the properties of the LAN (NIC)>properties of TCP/IP>Advanced>TCP/IP Filtering.

How to Create a New Network Place

To create a new network place: go to Control Panel>Network and Internet Connections>Add Network Place, follow the instruction to browse the the network shared folder that you wan to.

How can I find all computers, their IPs  and users who logon particular computer in our network?

A. If you have a WINS server, you should be able to find these information. To list all computers, their IPs and users who logon particular computers.. Go to WINS server's Administrative Tools>WINS>Active Registrations, right-click>find By Name or By Owner, type * and press enter.  WINS will show all computer names, IPs and active users.

How to change the domain/workgroup name on w2k/xp

Right-click My Computer>Properties>Computer Name, Click Change button.

How to disable changing display

 To disable changing Display, go to MMC>Local Computer Policy>User Configuration>Administrative Templates>Control Panel>Display.

How to get your XP Product Key

If you lost the XP Product Key and want to get your XP Product Key from your running system, run ViewKeyXP.exe that can be downloaded at http://akamai.tehnokratt.net/gems/usu/ or http://www.paulmenard.net/downloads.html.

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How to open ports for VPN

Q: My friend and I wish to connect our two computers through a VPN.  When we try do connect we get a 800 error. 

To use VPN on w2k/xp, you need to open TCP Port 1723, IP Protocol 47.  To do that, 1) XP: go to the properties of TCP/IP Advanced>ICF Settings>ADD. 2) W2K: go to  he properties of TCP/IP Advanced>TCP/IP Filter.

How to setup a policy to deny certain users logon a computer

By the default, Administrators, Backup Operators, Power Users, Users, and Guest are assigned rights to log on locally on workstations and servers; Account Operators, Administrators, Backup Operators, and Print Operators are assigned rights to log on locally on domain controllers. To prevent some users to access a computer, go to MMC>Local Computer Policy>Computer Configuration>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>User Rights Assignment, remove the Users and add a user or groups who are allowed to access to the computer.

How to sort programs in Start

To sort programs in Start, right click any program and select "sort by name"

How to stop all share connections on W2K server

1) Stop server service. 2) Go to My Computer>Manager>Share Folders>Sessions, right-click and select Disconnect All Sessions.

How to transferring files between two remote computers without sharing. I was just wondering if it is possible to copy the remote desktop files (remote desktop allows you to connect to that computer, remote desktop connection allows a user to connect to that computer) from Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 and put them into Windows XP Home so users can connect to the Home edition computer?

A: You can use NetMeeting or VNC to transfer the data. NetMeeting is built-in to XP/Windows 2K and downloadable for other Windows OS from MS. You can get the VNC server and client software from http://www.realvnc.com. The problem with VNC is the data stream is not encrypted.