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-!!Wondering what all those weird processes are?
+!
!! Wondering what all those weird processes are?
-[This page
|http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM] lists
lots of common programs and tells you what they do
.. so next
time you see something like '
tikl.exe'
running and you're wondering what that might be
, here's a good place to go look it up
.
+The
[Startup Programs and Executables Listing
| http://www.lafn.org/webconnect/mentor/startup/PENINDEX.HTM] names
lots of common programs along with their purpose
. Next
time you see something like __
tikl.exe__
running, boggle no more
.
-!Blank Explorer windows on dual CPU servers
+!!
! Blank Explorer windows on dual CPU servers
Got a Windows 2000 Server that displays blank Explorer windows until you refresh or right click inside them? Recently updated to 2 CPUs (and installed the Multiprocessor HAL)?
You need Patch KB:328310 (MS02-071), even if you've installed it already.
-!!Can't authenticate users in a trusted domain for RRAS/VPN
+!
!! Can't authenticate users in a trusted domain for RRAS/VPN
-See
[this thread
|http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&
th=7f650d952132ed5c&rnum=6
], to which the ultimate outcome seemed to be that
you have to add the other DC to the group "Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Users" on the DC:
+GoogleGroups offers
[Allowing VPN access to trusted domain users
| http://groups.google.com/groups?th=7f650d952132ed5c].
+
+It seems
you have to add the other DC to the group "Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Users" on the DC:
net localgroup "Pre-Windows 2000 Compatible Access" everyone /add
See KB:240855.
-!!Windows 2000 Tab Completion
+!
!! Windows 2000 Tab Completion
+
+Everyone loves TabCompletion. It was introduced in the Windows 2000 [CLI] but not enabled by default. It is, in Windows XP. To enable it on W2k, change the value of the registry key __HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor\!CompletionChar__ (which should be a __REG_DWORD__) to __9__. (It's the [ASCII] value of a Tab for the curious.)
+
+[CLI] windows already opened before you changed the registry will not register the change.
+
+!!! Remote restart/shutdown a WinNT/2K/XP machine
+
+There are various programs that shut down a Windows machine remotely using [RPC]. The appropriate !ResourceKit for the OS has a tool for this. The [PsShutdown | http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml] utility from [SysInternal | http://www.sysinternals.com/]'s [PsTools | http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml] is another.
-Everyone loves TabCompletion. Enabled in the command processor in Windows XP
, it was introduced in Windows 2000 but not implemented
.
+And if you don't keep your machine patched
, it will sooner or later shut down with a timed 60 seconds warning
.
-* Run Regedit (Start, Run, Regedit)
-* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor\
-* Double click
!CompletionChar and change whatever is there with '9' ([ASCII] value for Tab). Click OK.
+!!! Print drivers cause crashing
-You
'll have to restart any cmd.exe's
you might have open
to have them notice
the change
.
+Sometimes you
'll find that, when starting MicrosoftExcel or Word
you'll jump
to 100% CPU usage, one half by
the application, the other half by __spoolsv__
. You can enter the application if you issue
-!!Remote restart/shutdown a WinNT/2K/XP machine
+ net stop spooler
-See [SysInternal
's PsTools|http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml] for the [PsShutdown|http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psshutdown.shtml] utility, that can use RPC to shut down a computer locally or remotely.
-Or for the same thing look at the apropriate ResourceKit for
the OS
.
+but you can
't do much in there and printing is out of
the question
.
-There are also other programs that can use RPC
to shut down your computer remotely
. Just don't patch your machine
, and sooner or later your machine will shut down after 60 seconds warning
.
+Try installing a different printer driver, then print
to screen
. If it works
, then it's the printer driver
and you'll need to contact the printer manufacturer to see if they have an updated one. If it's across a network, there could be problems with that as well, which get fairly involved to troubleshoot
.
-!Print drivers cause crashing
+!!! Using [IPSec]
-Sometimes you'll find that, when starting Word or Excel, you'll jump to 100% CPU usage, half the application, half spoolsv. You can get into the app using 'net stop spooler', but you can't do much and printing is
out of the question
.
+Check
out these links
.
-An answer from [Mark Henri|
http://www.markhenri
.com/], Excel guru
: ''If you try installing a different print driver and print to screen and it works, then it's the print driver
. You'll need to contact the printer manufacturer and see if they have an updated one
. If it's across a network, there could be problems with that too that get fairly involved to troubleshoot
.''
+*
http://www.natecarlson
.com/linux/ipsec-x509.php
+* http
://www
.securityfocus
.com/infocus/1519
+* http://www
.securityfocus.com/infocus/1526
+* http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1528
