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| About using Administrator mode Many people, who run Windows on their laptops, create administrator accounts and use them. This is dangerous as any virus/malware you download can easily executed with administrator priveleges. The user's account must be a limited account (as is done by a Linux based OS) and trusted installers must be run using the 'Run as administrator' option. |
| About re-enabling TaskManager/Registry Tools Many viruses disable the task manager and the registry editing tools. Even after their removal, the effects of their evil deeds remain. This is how they can be fixed: For enabling the task manager: Go to Start → Run. Type REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fHit 'enter' and the task manager should get enabled. For enabling regedit: Go to Start → Run. Type REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /fHit 'enter' and registry editing should get enabled. |
| About mounting NFS on Windows NFS folders can be mounted in Windows. This is much faster than downloading (using scp/sftp) from a linux machine that mounts that folder. In order to run NFS mounts, download and install 'Windows Services for Unix (SFU)'. It is freely available for download from Microsoft's website and is also avaiable on our local software dump. |
| Remote login from Windows to a Linux Machine Use puTTY for ssh and WinSCP for sftp. They are stand-alone executables and mirrored here. PuTTY. WinSCP |
| I have some more recipes up my sleeve that I'll put put up soon. Meanwhile, feel free to mail me for adding/deleting a topic. |
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