Privoxy

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data, managing HTTP cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

http://www.privoxy.org

Secure Gmail access on public networks

Simply type an 's' in the http ID like this: https://gmail.google.com. You'll be encrypted with SSL throughout your entire e-mail session.

source

How do I format a USB Flash Drive to NTFS file system?

http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm

Bypass ACCESS DENIED error when accessing data in a USB drive

Guide:
http://www.techspot.com/vb/all/windows/t-8914-Guide-Bypass-ACCESS-DENIED-error-when-accessing-data-from-different-XP2000-install.html

SnortSnarf

SnortSnarf consolidates all the alert entries generated by Snort into an easy-to-read HTML format.

http://www.snort.org/dl/contrib/data_analysis/snortsnarf/

Usage:

perl -w \snortsnarf.pl -d

c:/snort/log/alerts.ids

Installation errors

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Can't call method "first_last" on an undefined value at include/SnortSnarf/HTMLMemStorage.pm line 220.

Add in snortsnarf.pl the line

use lib qw(./include/SnortSnarf);

bellow the line

use lib qw(./include);

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Using an array as a reference is deprecated at include/SnortSnarf/HTMLMemStorage.pm line 290.

Replace @ with $$ in line 290 of include/SnortSnarf/HTMLMemStorage.pm

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Using an array as a reference is deprecated at include/SnortSnarf/HTMLAnomMemStorage.pm line 266.

ditto

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583

MSConfig

MSConfig, or Microsoft System Configuration Utility, (or simply System Configuration in Windows Vista) is a utility to troubleshoot the Windows startup process.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSConfig

How to install and configure SNORT on an XP machine

In this video we will go through the process of downloading, installing and configuring Snort to work as a sniffer and then as an intrusion detection system on a windows XP machine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAWN989WA0A

Run programs as another user in Windows 2000 / Windows XP

Windows 2000 / Windows XP comes with a commandline utility, runas.exe , which allows one to run a program using the access rights of that user. What is required is the User name, Password, and Domain. For example, if I am logged onto Windows 2000 / Windows XP Professional with a normal user account and need to edit the registry, I can do so without having to logoff and back on with my admin account.

runas /user:waynesdomain\myadminaccount regedt32.exe

Runas can be used to start any program, MMC console, or Control Panel item as long as the following requirements are met:

• You provide the appropriate user account and password information.
• The user account has the ability to log on to the computer.
• The program, MMC console, or Control Panel item is available on the system and to the user account.

source:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/nt/nt2000/atips/atips12.shtml


UPDATE

At a CMD prompt I enter:
runas /env /user:Administrator explorer.exe
I get the prompt to enter the password for Administrator and enter it (I set the PC up so I'm definite that I'm entering the correct password)
I see 'Attempting to start explorer.exe as User "A12345\Administrator".. but nothing happens, I'm just returned to the prompt.

Solution

I always use the following command to launch a separate explorer shell on XP/IE7. Looks like /separate switch is undocumented. Haven't seen it much on web.

Run this command: runas /u:administrator "explorer.exe /separate"

Enter the password and you should see the separate explorer shell running under the administrator account.

source:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=2&q=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13805/opening-explorer-shell-with-admin-priveleges-on-xp-with-ie7-installed&ei=OgCWSZ-JIsmH-gbY-aSPCQ&usg=AFQjCNFHpCNAOhBZqOvH_HsdVAcLrzK8IA