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Server Message Blocks Protocol (SMB) is the file sharing protocol used by default on Windows-based computers. SMB 1.0 was designed for early Windows network operating systems such as Microsoft LAN Manager and Windows for Workgroups, but until Windows Server 2008 and Vista, all Microsoft-based operating systems continued to use it more or less in its…

Microsoft is offering a FREE service called “Windows Live Custom Domains”, in which they will provide e-mail services to your domain. With this service, administrators can create and manage an unlimited number of user accounts, each with a e-mail storage space of 2 GB. The e-mail interface is that of Hotmail, which means that the user does not need to…

Google is now offering a FREE service called “Gmail for your domain”, in which they will provide Gmail service to a domain, any domain, YOUR DOMAIN! When you logon to Gmail you will use a your company’s domain name instead of the Gmail.com domain, and all the e-mail service will be hosted on Google’s servers. As with Gmail, users will be able…

Can I hide the Windows Messenger icon in Windows XP? Yes, and this is much better than to Uninstall Windows Messenger in Windows XP. To turn hide Windows Messenger in Windows XP do the following: Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note: As always, before making changes to your registry you should always make sure you have…

Can I hide the Security Center icon in Windows Vista? Yes you can. The Security Center is an application that informs Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista users about their security settings, or better saying – the lack of. Windows Security Center in Windows Vista has a separate section for the Firewall, Automatic Updates, Malware…

How can I hide Public Folders in Exchange 2000/2003? If you want to create new top-level public folders but wish to limit their visibility to only specific users or groups you can do the following: Create a new top-level public folder (you can do it from Outlook, Windows Explorer or Exchange System Manager). Give the…

How can I hide a user from the Welcome Screen in Windows XP? To hide a user‘s account from the welcome screen in Windows XP: Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList Create the following entry: Username: REG_DWORD (Where Username is the username of the user you want…

You can configure a computer so that it does not send announcements to browsers on the domain. If you do so, you hide the computer from the Browser list, which can help reduce network traffic. Editing the Registry Open the registry editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanmanServerParameters From the Edit menu, choose Add Value and type:…

Featuring Shalvik’s exclusive PatchPush, HFNetChkPro is the easiest way to manage security patches on your network, keeping your network safe. You no longer need to walk to each computer to install patches, or track security patches by hand. HFNetChkPro does this job for you, providing significant time savings in dealing with the large number of…

HFNetChk is a command-line tool that enables an administrator to check the patch status of all the machines in a network from a central location. The tool does this by referring to an XML database that’s constantly updated by Microsoft. HFNetChk can be run on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 systems, and will scan…