Administrator Tip: What's that strange file (~) on my desktop?

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July 28, 2004 Published by  SearchWin2000.com Administrator Tips NEWS     TOPICS     ASK THE EXPERTS     TIPS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     Issue Sponsored By:   > The new Patch Impact Manager from InstallShield IN THIS ISSUE:   >  What's that strange file (~) on my desktop?   >  Random account lockouts   >  Taking a screen capture of an active window   >  Retrieving and modifying the product key for Windows XP   >  Are you up to the challenge?   Cut Down Pre-Deployment Patch Testing Times. Deploying a patch without testing its impact on your software can be catastrophic, but pre-deployment patch testing can take too much time. That's why administrators use Patch Impact Manager to make patch testing more efficient. Patch Impact Manager runs pre-deployment scans to identify every application impacted by a patch, so you can focus testing only on those affected programs. TRY IT NOW!   What's that strange file (~) on my desktop? [Serdar Yegulalp] Users of Outlook Express 5.5 or 6 who have applied the security patch outlined in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 330994 may notice a file appearing on the desktop with the name ~ -- that is, a single tilde character. Some users are inclined to blame viruses or spyware; even though the file can be deleted, it often reappears on its own for no apparent reason. Random account lockouts [Tim Fenner] A previous tip suggested cleaning up your mapped drives to improve performance of your systems. SearchWin2000.com member Tim Fenner recently came across another reason to be more proactive when it comes to mapped drives. Taking a screen capture of an active window [Andrew Hargreaves] Most people know that you can use Print Screen and then Ctrl + V to dump a snapshot of your screen to an application such as Word. But do you know how to only capture the active window? Retrieving and modifying the product key for Windows XP [Serdar Yegulalp] The Windows XP product key is the 25-digit alphanumeric string, in the format AB123-123AB-AB123-123AB-AB123, used to license copies of Windows XP. At some point it might be necessary to change the CD key for an installed copy of XP. Learn how to do it in this tip. FEATURED TOPIC:  Are you up to the challenge? So, you think you're quite the expert on Windows technology, eh? Prove it - take our challenging Know-IT-All quizzes and see how you measure up. NEWS:  Software flaw finders can be a reckless breed Security researchers who go public with their discoveries before telling the makers of vulnerable software are doing IT administrators more harm than good, experts say. KNOW-IT-ALL CHAPTER QUIZ:  Bulletproof Windows Server 2003 Need to keep your network up and running at all times? Don't suffer another weekend of frantic network troubleshooting -- learn the tricks to bulletproof your network from the start in this chapter. Think you already have it all figured out? Then take our tough Know-IT-All chapter quiz for a chance to win this week's featured book. Contact Us Sales For sales inquiries, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editorial For feedback about any of our articles or to send us your article ideas, please contact us at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Free E-Newsletters! Select e-newsletters you would like to receive via e-mail! SearchWin2000: Certification Tip Not a Member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. ABOUT THIS E-NEWSLETTER This e-newsletter is published by SearchWin2000.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. Copyright 2004 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Administrator Tips": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchWin2000.techtarget.com/u?track=NL-120 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed. Contact Us: SearchWin2000 Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494