IP address or host name of the server. Check Send Login information Enter the user name (this must be a valid user account on the server) Domain name (on my setup) is left blank Click continue You'll get a new screen, and a login prompt. Enter your password and you're all set to go. Remove TweakUI v1.33 (and earlier) Manually To remove TweakUI v1.33, or earlier versions, manually, perform the following steps: Do a Find for TWEAKUI.CPL, TWEAKUI.HLP and TWEAKUI.GID. When each of these files has been located, delete it. Note: TWEAKUI.GID may not exist on your system. Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT. This step is only necessary if you wish to remove the Shortcut Icon customization. Go to the Registry branches indicated and modify or delete the values as instructed. a) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons\29 In the right pane, locate the value named "29". Right click on this value and select Delete. b) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics In the right pane, locate the value called "Shell Icon Size". Double click on this entry and set the value to 32. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run In the right pane, locate the value called "Tweak UI". Right click on this value and select Delete. Close Regedit. Renaming Desktop Icons You can easily rename various Desktop (System Icons). Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT. Navigate to the following Registry brach: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\CLSID The Desktop Icons are located in the sub keys as follows: My Network Places: {208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D} My Computer: {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} My Documents: {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} Recycle Bin:{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} Default IE Icon: {871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D} Double click the Default value in the above keys and enter the text you desire. Right click on the Desktop and select Refresh to see the changes. To undo the changes, just right click on the Default value and select Delete. Refresh the Desktop to see that things are back to normal. How do I restrict a User's Logon hours? You can only restrict when a user can log on to the system. On a stand alone computer, there is no way, currently, to force a user to log off when their hours expire. 1) Open Help and Support and type "logon hours" (without the quotes) in the search box. 2) Go to Full text matches and click on "Net user". See the examples for setting a user's logon hours. Some examples would be: net user johnsw /time:M-F,08:00-17:00 net user johnsw /time:M-F,8am-5pm net user marysl /time:M,4am-5pm;T,1pm-3pm;W-F,8:00-17:00 net user johnsw /time:all (this one means this user can always log on) 3) Open a Command Prompt window. 4) Enter the appropriate "net user" command for the user(s) you wish to restrict access for. xp_sysrestorepoint.vbs - VB Script to run unattended Restore Point Creation as a Scheduled Task This code may be freely distributed/modified. This script is only intended for Windows® XP. This VB Script can be run as a Scheduled Task to create an unattended System Restore Point. The Restore point will be identified as Automatic Restore Point with the date and time the script was run. Usage: Download: xp_sysrestorepoint.vbs and save this file to your hard drive. Create a new Scheduled Task and point it to the VBS file. After the script runs, it will leave a dialog telling you whether or not the Restore Point was successfully created. This script can be viewed in Notepad or any text editor, as to the specific Registry key and value that are updated. For an EXE version of this utility, click HERE Where did my Desktop Icons go? Right click on the Desktop, choose Properties, Desktop tab and click on "Customize Desktop". Internet Explorer, My Computer, My Documents and My Network Places can be added or removed here. If all of your desktop icons are missing, right click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By, then select Show Desktop Icons. Where is NetMeeting?> NetMeeting is installed with Windows XP, it is just not obvious that it is. There are, by default, no Desktop or Start Menu shortcuts for it. To activate NetMeeting, click Start, Run and enter CONF.EXE This will start the NetMeeting Setup wizard. During setup, you'll be prompted to create Desktop and/or Quick Launch bar icons. Disable Windows® Messenger in Windows® XP Pro If you're running Pro, you can use GPEDIT.MSC to prevent Messenger from loading. Otherwise, even disabling it in startup won't cause it to "always" not run. Outlook, OE and some MS web pages can still make it load. 1) Start, Run and ender GPEDIT.MSC 2) For "per machine" restriction, go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Messenger For "per user" restriction, go to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Messenger 3) You can now modify whether it starts initially and/or whether its to run at all. Note: Outlook and Outlook Express will take longer to open, unless you turn off Messenger Support. In Outlook Express its in Tools, Options, General tab. In Outlook its in Tools, Options, Other. If you prefer to remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and enter the following command: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Note: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook Express if you have