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» Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD FREE
By  Super Admin | Published 05/10/2005 | Security | Rating:
Microsoft will ship the CD to you free of charge. This CD includes the same Service Pack 2 software that is available for download from Windows Update.
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» Using credit card to purchase items or services on the Web
By  Super Admin | Published 04/14/2005 | Security | Rating:
How safe is it to use a credit card to purchase items or services on the Web?
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» Phishing scams
By  Super Admin | Published 04/14/2005 | Security | Rating:
Crooks use official-looking e-mails and fake Web sites to get your personal data, then steal from you. Here's how to protect yourself from phishing frauds, the Net's biggest scam.
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» 10 ways to stop identity theft cold
By  Super Admin | Published 04/14/2005 | Security | Rating:
Find out how to safeguard your identity in a world of Dumpster divers, mail thieves and shoulder surfers. Plus: What to do if your identity is stolen.
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» Make your Net banking safe
By  Super Admin | Published 04/14/2005 | Security | Rating:
16 MUSTs to make your Net banking safe
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» Access Stored User Names and Passwords with rundll32.exe
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Here is a way to launch it using a desktop shortcut using the rundll32.exe program
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» Administrator Account Password in XP Home
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
In XP Home Edition the admin account is only accessible from SafeMode. This accounts password is by default BLANK
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» Block incoming attacks
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Limit your exposure to the outside world by blocking incomming connections.
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» Changing ANY user password without having to know the existing password
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
This tweak gives a user the opportunity to use it for good or bad.
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» Clear pagefile on shutdown
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
While it is generally not necessary for most users, some people want to clear the pagefile on shutdown.
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» Clear temp files on IE close
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
For this tweak I will talk about the feature that clear the temporary internet files each time you close internet explorer.
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» Create an XP Pro Mandatory User Profile on the Local Machine
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Create an XP Pro Mandatory User Profile on the Local Machine
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» Decrypt Encrypted files on Windows XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Decrypt Encrypted files on Windows XP
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» Do not save encrypted data to disk in IE
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Explorer includes some great security features.  For this tweak I will talk about enabling the feature to not save encrypted files to disk.
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» Harden XP Part1
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
There are many howto's , books dealing with security and hardening operating systems in general.However there aren't a lot off sites that cover a broader range off hardening / security settings.
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» How to Secure Windows XP and Office XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
How to Secure Windows XP and Office XP
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» How To See the Security Tab in XP Home
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
How To See the Security Tab in XP Home
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» Maintain System Security
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Unrated
Maintaining security on our systems is becoming more and more difficult - and more and more important - every day.
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» Locking Computer in XP
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
If you would like to lock a computer remotely
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» Must Do Security Settings
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Must Do Security Settings
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» No recent documents history
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
No recent documents history
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» Passwording Guest Account
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
You can set a Guest account password by simply doing this
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» Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to Log In
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
If you do this, then you will get the "Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to begin" box when you turn on your computer
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» Protecting XP from intruders
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
There are several things one can do to protect against intruders.
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» Remote registry editing
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Windows XP lets remote registry editing by running a service for it.
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» Reset Security on all folders
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
The problem is with using Windows Explorer to modify security settings globally on a partition, directories, and files.
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» Security Settings AKA Windows 2000 Style
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:

Miss the old Windows 2000 style of setting security permissions?

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» Disabling services, Posix, and OS 2
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Disabling services, Posix, and OS/2
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» Dump files tweak and disable dr.watson
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Dump files tweak and disable dr.watson
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» Setting Administrator password
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
Okay, Well this is very easy and does not involve rebooting or logging off, BUT it requires Administrative Access.
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» SPYWARE Removal and Prevention
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
There are 3 main programs you need to use to stay spyware/malware FREE. The following is a small tutorial on how to setup and use these 3 programs, they are Ad-aware, SpyBot Search & Destroy and SpywareBlaster
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» Testing Your Systems Security
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Unrated
This is not really a tweak, but simply a list of websites, which offer online system security testing.
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» The wonders of Syskey
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
This is an interesting way to increase the security of your machine further.
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» Use the group policy tool to restrict account
By  Super Admin | Published 02/25/2005 | Security | Rating:
If you would like to limit or control just about every aspect of your computer you can use a great tool called the group policy editor.
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