Choosing the right password is something that many people find difficult, there are so many things that require passwords these days that remembering them all can be a real problem. Perhaps because of this a lot of people choose their passwords very badly.
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Windows Vista introduced a new group policy setting which controls whether or not software can simulate a Secure Attention Sequence (SAS). An example of such SAS is the CTRL-ALT-DEL combination. This policy needs to be enabled in order for remote control software like (VNC) to send CTRL-ALT-DEL to the remote machine running Windows Vista/Windows 7. You will only need to do this once for a certain remote computer. Continue reading How can I enable the “software Secure Attention Sequence” policy? →
NOTE: This was something I found along time ago, it’s true! This is not my story, but most of the events have happened to me! Continue reading 10 Reasons NOT to be the Computer Guy! →
Lots of sites on the internet discuss how to enable remote desktop in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server, but the majority of them require you to have physical access to the computer first. So how do you enable remote desktop when you do not have physical access to the computer? It is all to do with the registry!
You just upgraded from Windows 2000 or Windows 98 to Windows XP, and you are wondering… “Where did My Computer go?” Don’t worry it’s still there, you just have to tell Windows that you want to see it.
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This guide is going to focus on a step by step plan for configuring each machine on your local area network to allow for file sharing. Because there are many variables to how to configure file sharing and also many variables as to why file sharing might not be working, I won’t be able to cover everything and this guide shouldn’t be used as a troubleshooting guide.
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