Autonomy/Personal Control — The more personal control people have in their lives, the less their chances of depression and heart disease and the better their health in general.
Following up on this series of registry tweaks, here is yet another modification you might want to consider. If you have clicked on “save password”, you should be aware that it is stored in an accessible location.
Typing in “%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr” in the Run window will display your credentials manager
You might find that you have quite a few entries there for the various network drives, web sites and some applications:
To disable this, simply copy the following code into a text file and save it as DisableDomainCreds.reg
To secure your workstation, you want to stop Windows from storing a second copy of your password (in addition to the NT Hash) to avoid exposing a weaker hash. Simply copy the following code into a text file and save it as NoLMHash.reg
Not sure about you, but over the last decade, I have used Excel for just about everything: data collection, analysis, reports, transformation, management, automation …. Using advanced functions and VBA code to push it to its limits (max 255 sheets w/ 255 columns and 65535 rows – until version 2007). However, I never thought about using it for prototyping.
If you have ever looked at the default shares on a Windows machine, you will notice that every drive is shared (hidden) as the drive letter w/ a trailing $ sign to indicate that it is a hidden share.
To view your shared folders, click on Start, Run and type “fsmgmt.msc” and click on OK
You might notice a few entries under your local shares folder
To secure your workstation, you want to turn these off to avoid any unwanted spying or hacking at home or at work. Simply copy the following code into a text file and save it as DisableAutoShares.reg:
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Not sure about you, but over the last decade, I have used Excel for just about everything: data collection, analysis, reports, transformation, management, automation …. Using advanced functions and VBA code to push it to its limits (max 255 sheets w/ 255 columns and 65535 rows – until version 2007). However, I never thought about using it for prototyping.
