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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.
+
+And if you don't keep your machine patched, it will sooner or later shut down with a timed 60 seconds warning.
-Everyone loves TabCompletion. Enabled in the command processor in Windows XP, it was introduced in Windows 2000 but not implemented.
+!!! Print drivers cause crashing
-* 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
.
+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
-You'll have to restart any cmd.exe's you might have open to have them notice the change.
+ net stop spooler
-!!Remote restart/shutdown a WinNT/2K/XP machine
+but you can't do much in there and printing is out of the question.
-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
.
+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
.
-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.
+!!! Using [IPSec]
-!Print drivers cause crashing
+Check out these links.
-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
.
+* 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
-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.''
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