Mar
The Places Bar
I found a way to edit the Places Bar (You know, the folders on the left side of the open and save dialog) in XP and it works for Vista as well. Basically go here… HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion Policiescomdlg32Placesbar …and edit the locations; DWORDS are common locations, so you'll have to look them up, but strings are [...]
Jan
Windows Server Behavior
Here's a couple things that are easily-enough Googled, but I'm putting them here for my convenience anyway. If you don't want the server to require the use of CTRL+ALT+DEL, go here and enable this option… run gpedit.msc navigate to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options enable "Interactive [...]
Jan
Sharing Files with Macs
File this under: Good to know. After reading a whole bunch of mac-hacks trying to figure out how to get SMB/CIFS (Samba) to work I finally found out what the problem was. When configured as a domain controller, Windows Server 2003 encrypts all connections to shared folders. Mac OSX does not support that encryption. Kris [...]