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How can I change my user-account password from a remote computer? You can change a Windows User Account password that is on any Windows computer from any other Windows computer regardless of whether the User Account is on a workstation, a stand-alone server, or a Windows domain controller. Additionally, it makes no difference whether the…

Can I change to "No Sounds" Sounds Scheme by default? You sure can! In Windows 2000/XP/2003, each time a new user logs on for the first time, it is given a new user profile in which the default Windows Sound Scheme is used. While nice to have at home, sometimes this feature is plain annoyance….

How can I change the timeout for hanged applications in Windows XP? When an application hangs and no longer responds, Windows XP displays a dialog box that prompts you to kill the application or wait a while longer. By default, the dialog box appears after the application hasn’t responded for a half of a second….

How can I change the Telnet banner seen when connecting to my Windows Server 2003 server via Telnet? MS KB article 245095 has more: When you use Telnet to connect to the a Windows 2000/2003-based server the following banner is displayed: ​*========================================================== Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Server. *========================================================== C:’Documents and Settings’Administrator> You can change your…

How can I change the SMTP banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server via Telnet? MS KB articles 281224 and 836564 have more: When you use Telnet to connect to the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) service of a Windows 2000/2003-based server (regardless of whether it is running Exchange 2000/2003), the following banner is…

How can I change the POP3 banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server? MS KB article 303513 has more: When you connect to an Exchange 2000/2003 server with the Post Office Protocol (POP) you receive a banner that is similar to the following: ​Microsoft Exchange 2003 POP3 server version 6.0.4417.0 (your_server_name) ready. Note: The…

How can I change the IMAP4 banner seen when connecting to my Exchange server? MS KB article 303513 has more: When you connect to an Exchange 2000/2003 server with the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) you receive a banner that is similar to the following: ​* OK Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 IMAP4rev1 server version 6.5.6944.0…

To change the Binding Order in Windows XP: Start / Settings / Control Panel. Click Network and Internet Connections. Click Network Connections.   On the Advanced menu, press Advanced Settings.   Select the adapter whose Binding Order you wish to change in the Connections box. Use the arrows on the right side of the Binding…

How do I change the Binding Order in Windows 2000? To change the Binding Order in Windows 2000: Start / Settings / Control Panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections. On the Advanced menu, press Advanced Settings. Select the adapter whose Binding Order you wish to change in the Connections box. Use the arrows on the…

How do I change the Terminal Server (or RDP) listening port? By default, Terminal Server (For Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003) and Remote Desktop Protocol (for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003) listens on TCP port 3389. To change the default port for all new connections created on the Terminal Server: Run Regedit and…