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Group policy (Windows)

Group policy is a functionality in Windows that enables IT administrators to customize what users' computers look like in an automated way.

IT administrators can use group policy to automate and centralize management of users, computers, operating system, and applications that run on the operating system. Group policy is a feature in modern Windows that provides centralized management and configuration.

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Disable autorun autoplay via group policy

Autoplay or also called Autorun is a feature in Windows that automatically launches the content of your CD or DVD when you insert your CD or DVD into the drive. The autoplay or autorun can be easily disabled.

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Turn off and disable CD-ROM autorun and autoplay

When a CD or a DVD is inserted into an autorun-enabled CD-ROM, the Windows autorun or autoplay feature automatically launches the program contained on the disk. Windows autoplay usually gives you the option to choose what you want to do with the inserted media, but that selection is active for the current medium only and often does not seem to be completely working anyway.

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What is heap and stack?

The stack is a place in the computer memory where all the variables that are declared and initialized before runtime are stored. The heap is the section of computer memory where all the variables created or initialized at runtime are stored.

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Expenses: section 179 tax deduction for your computer

Tax deduction 179 is used to recover all or part of the cost of certain qualifying property. When conducting business you can include your tools, computer, etc.

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Address change - how to notify IRS (federal taxes)

You have to notify the Internal Revenue Service IRS if you move, if either your home or business address changes. Notify the IRS in these cases to ensure that you receive any refunds or correspondence.

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noexecute DEP parameter in boot.ini

The noexecute parameter is a switch in the boot.ini file used to enable, disable, and configure Data Execution Prevention (DEP).

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DEP Data Execution Prevention

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) helps to prevent an application or service from executing code in a non-executable memory region. Data Execution Prevention DEP is a security feature available in modern Microsoft Windows operating systems.

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Fastdetect boot.ini switch

The /fastdetect parameter is used to disable the Windows operating system from detecting specified communications ports during startup.

The /fastdetect switch is used often for security reasons. Having the fastdetect parameter in your boot.ini file prevents your Windows system from unauthorized booting from unsupported device.

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Resource Hacker

Resource Hacker is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res).

Have you ever been wondering how to see the content of an EXE file?

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