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Microsoft Windows is the world's most installed operating system, used on desktop computers and servers all over the world. I have been using Windows since the Windows 3.11 days and although I have been using Linux primarily on the desktop since 2003, I still use Windows XP running in VMWare Workstation virtual machine on a daily basis so I can run Photoshop, occasionally Visual Basic, and test websites with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox natively on Windows.
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Enable the administrator account in Windows Vista
Posted May 7th, 2008 in Windows
Windows Vista comes with a built-in "Administrator" account which is disabled by default. It is possible to enable this account if for some reason you need to. This post looks at how to do this.
Editing the hosts file on Windows Vista
Posted April 20th, 2008 in Windows
On Windows Vista the hosts file has a higher level of default security than earlier versions of Windows and it cannot be edited by a regular user unless the permissions are changed, or you run your text editor as administrator. This post looks at how to edit the hosts file on Windows Vista using notepad.
Reinstall TCP/IP on Windows XP
Posted August 8th, 2007 in Networking and Windows
After adding a new network interface to my Windows XP computer networking stopped working completely. I uninstalled the McAfee Security Center but that didn't help. This article looks at the steps I did to uninstall and reinstall TCP/IP networking on Windows XP.
Open firewall ports for MSN Messenger and ICQ
Posted February 13th, 2004 in Networking and Windows (Updated June 12th, 2007)
To connect to MSN Messenger and ICQ instant messaging servers through a firewall you will need to open up outbound ports to connect to them. This article describes which ports to open and has an example of how to do it using a Dynalink RTA200 ADSL router.
Ports used for Windows Virtual Private Networks
Posted February 13th, 2004 in Networking and Windows (Updated May 24th, 2005)
To connect to a remote Windows Virtual Private Network you need to open up TCP port 1723 and IP protocol ID 47. This article explains about this with an example of how to do it using a Dynalink RTA220 ADSL router.
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