Windows

This page contains some interesting articles about Windows that I needed and had to look up. More stuff will be added later.

Windows Auditing and Logging

• Adjust the Windows Event Log size
• Audit Policy Settings for Windows XP
• SQL Server Auditing Queries

Windows Group Policy Settings

• Account Policies
  • Password Policies
  • Account Policies
• Local Policies
  • Kerberos Policy
  • Audit Policy
  • User Rights Assignments
  • Security Options
• Security Settings
  • Event Log
  • Restricted Groups
  • System Services
  • Registry
  • File System
• Deny access to C-drive

Reference Material

• Links to free technical (security) books
• Free Windows Utilities from Microsoft

Command-line tools

• Example usage of xcacls.vbs
• Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC)
  • WMIC Help
  • WMIC Output format options

Windows Networking

• How to bypass domain policy firewall settings
• Dnscmd - Managing the Windows DNS Server
• Create a virtual host on IIS 6
• Add a (persistent) static route with the route command
• The NET command

Other

• Auto-logon in Windows XP Professional
• Useful Windows utilities