How can I use Group Policy to restrict access to the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) configuration tabs? IE includes seven configuration tabs that you can access either from the Tools, Internet Options menu or from the Internet Options Control Panel applet; The tabs are General--Basic options for configuring the home page, temporary Internet file settings, and history Security--Settings for configuring Internet security options (e.g., ActiveX options) Privacy--Privacy settings for Internet connections Content--Settings for Internet connection ratings and personal profile information Connections--Settings for configuring dial-up and firewall options Programs--Executables used for various Internet programs Advanced--Advanced options You can use Group Policy to disable any of these tabs. First, start Group Policy Editor (GPE) for a specific policy (e.g., from the Microsoft Management Console--MMC--Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, right-click a container, select Properties from the context menu, select the Group Policy tab, then select Edit). Navigate to User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Internet Explorer, Internet Control Panel. There, you'll see an option for disabling each of the seven tabs.    Automatically Delay Delivery of Messages in Outlook 2000 Do you often find yourself wishing that you could retrieve or change the message you just sent? Well, here's a way that you can delay delivering messages by having them stay in your Outbox for a specified time, so that you can easily change or delete them. If you use Microsoft Exchange Server you can use the Recall Message feature to recall individual messages. On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard, and then click the New button. In the Which type of rule do you want to create list, click Check messages after sending, and then click the Next button. Click the Next button to have this rule apply to all messages, or, if you want to limit the messages that the rule applies to, in the Which condition(s) do you want to check list, select any options you want. In the What do you want to do with the message list, select defer delivery by a number of minutes. (Delivery can be delayed up to two hours.) In the Rule Description box, click the underlined phrase, a number of, and in the Defer delivery by box, enter the number of minutes you want messages held before sending. Click the OK button, and then click the Next button. Select any exceptions, and then click the Next button. In the Please specify a name for this rule box, type a name for the rule, and then click the Finish button. That's it. Now, all your messages will be held in your Outbox for a specified time after you click the Send button.    SysInternals has had some significant updates to the industry renouned free tools! Visit Site NewSid allows you to assign a specific SID to a computer - perfect for rebuilding a server or workstation right down to its security id. Version 4.0 introduces support for Windows XP and .NET Server, a wizard-style interface, allows you to specify the SID that you want applied, Registry compaction and also the option to rename a computer (which results in a change of both NetBIOS and DNS names).

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"Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
— Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle. 

"I like deadlines," cartoonist Scott Adams once said. "I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"There is nothing like that feeling of spending days and days banging your head against a wall trying to solve a programming problem then suddenly finding that one tiny obscure and seemingly unrelated piece of the puzzle that unlocks the solution. Oh yeah!"

- Chris Maunder, CodeProject Newsletter 28 Jan 2002

"Management at eSnipe, which is me, is also feeling the pain of the 2002 bear market. So rather than pout about it, I bought some stuff on eBay that I really didn’t need, but made me feel better."

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