Hi everyone,

I am writing this tutorial about making your Windows 2000/XP box tight.
Hope it will be useful so here it goes

1. Make a normal user account for programming,surfing most viruses won't be able to infect
unless you are a normal user.(i know guest account is better :-)).

2. The administrator account should be used for maintainence only frequenltly do the
following:-
(a) Disk defragmentation.
(b) Registry cleanup(be careful use a software like RegCleaner)
(c) Uneccessary files deletion,like those temporary internet files,*.tmp etc
I recommend system mechanic for all of the above, from www.iolo.com.

3. Disable uneccessary services from ControlPanel---->Administrative Tools----->Services
or simply type services.msc in the run box. A few examples
(a) Server service
(b) Remote Registry
(d) etc...BUT BE VERY CAREFUL

4. Open network connections, under TCP/IP advanced properties disable netbios over TCP
(you migth have to do searching a little)

5. Under Windows XP enable Inter Connection Firewall from Nework Connections or Use a
firewall like Zone alarm.

6. Use a good antivirus, update pattern files frequently.

I feel this tutorial is a bit lame but still a trier :-)