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Recently we went to install a development environment using apache friends xampp, we where using Skype on the computer we were trying to install xampp on. When apache would not start we found that something was listening on port 80 by running netstat -a -n but we need to now ... Read more

  1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
  2. Click the Advanced tab.
  3. Under Browsing, click the Use Web B... Read more

from the cmd promt

for a single user

net localgroup administrators “DOMAIN\username” /add 

or group

net Localgroup Administrators “DOMAIN\Domain Users” /add

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You can use the Remote Desktop feature in Windows XP Professional to connect to your computer from another, remote computer. WARNING: The Remote Assistance feature in Windows XP may not work properly if you change the listening port. To change the port that Remote Desktop lis... Read more

Step #1

These steps are copied from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325356

1. Locate the Nettcpip.inf file in %winroot%inf, and then open the file in Notepad. 

2. Locate the [MS_TCPIP.PrimaryInstall] section. 

3. Edit the Characteristics = 0xa0 e... Read more