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XP: Enable/Disable Windows Firewall for a Specific Network Connection

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 5, 2006 under Windows networking

You can control which connections on your computer have Windows Firewall enabled. To do this:

Windows XP: How To Enable Disk Quotas

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 4, 2006 under Windows networking

If the hard drive is formatted with NTFS, you can limit the amount of disk space a user can utilize using Disk Quotas. Disk Quotas are based on file ownership (which means that it counts against the one who owns it). To enable Disk Quotas:

XP: How To Restore the Show Desktop Icon

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 3, 2006 under Windows networking

If the Show Desktop icon been deleted from your Quick Launch bar, it can be quickly restored by performing the following steps:

Windows XP: How To Roll Back A Device Driver

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Windows networking

Sometimes the new version of a device driver can make your system unstable, you can roll back to the previous driver by doing the following:

Windows XP: How To Delete A User Profile

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Windows networking

If you have user profiles on your computer that you no longer need, you free up disk space by deleting these unused profiles. To do this:

WMP: How To Reset Windows Media Player File Associations

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 2, 2006 under Windows networking

If windows media player (WMP) no longer plays your music or video files, you have lost the file associations for Windows Media Player. Here are the directions to reset them…

How to Remotely Enable Remote Desktop

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 30, 2006 under Windows networking

This is for network administrators who use the Remote Desktop option for remote support. If Remote Desktop has been disabled on the remote computer, you can enable it remotely (as long as you have administrator rights on the remote computer). To do this:

XP Pro: How To Change Your Network Password

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 29, 2006 under Windows networking

This tech-recipe explains how a user can change his network password in Windows XP Professional.

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