Windows XP operating system 30 strokes network skills

The network brings convenience and danger to the application, so management and security become very serious problems. As a replacement for Windows 9x/Me and Windows 2000, Windows XP has reached an unprecedented level of support for the network. You may not have fully discovered these useful features when you are busy. Let us show you one by one. There is always something for you!

1. Installing a Wireless Network

When you insert a wireless network adapter into your computer, XP will automatically pop up a “Connect to Wireless Network” dialog box. Right-click on the wireless network icon in the system tray, then select “View Available Wireless Networks> from the pop-up menu, and select the wireless connection you specified, and finally click the “Connect” button. If you don't see this icon, type "“Control Panel/Network Connections" in the address bar of the "Explorer" or folder window, then right-click on the icon for the Wi-Fi connection.

2, SP2 system access to the network when the alarm occurs

Some users who just installed SP2 ask why FTP, QQ chat, QQ game, MSN Messenger login will pop up "Windows security" Alert & rdquo; prompt box? What are the security risks of these programs?

In fact, this is a problem caused by the Windows Firewall feature added by SP2. Its use is somewhat similar to the well-known "Skynet Firewall", we must manually set the network access status of the application. When the Windows Firewall is in the "Enable (Recommended) No Anomaly" state, all packets will be blocked. This feature can better solve the troubles caused by network attacks and malicious programs.

Solution: When using the application, click the “Unblock" button in the pop-up "Windows Security Alert" dialog box.

3, XP routing desktop vulnerability solution

Windows XP provides remote desktop features, has been confirmed to have design flaws, may lead to attackers get system remote desktop account information, help For its further attack. When the connection is established, use Windows XP Remote Desktop to send the account name in clear text to the client connecting to it. The account name sent is not necessarily the user account of the remote host, but the account name most commonly used by the client. The sniffing program on the network may capture these account information.

Solution: Go to the Microsoft homepage to download the corresponding patch and temporarily stop using the remote desktop by right-clicking on "My Computer" and selecting "Properties" in the pop-up In the window, select the "remote" tab, and tick off the hook that allows the user to remotely connect to this computer> checkbox, click “OK”

4, SP2 system can not display the image in the HTML file when accessing the network

Some users report that after installing SP2, sometimes when opening the HTML file in IE, an ActiveX error will occur. Information, and the image does not display properly.

This issue may be caused by the enhanced security features in SP2. By default, SP2 enables security policies that help users' computers protect against malicious attacks.

Solution: Open the Registry Editor and go to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\InternetExplorer\\Main\\FeatureControl\\FEATURE_LOCALMACHINE_LOCKDOWN" branch, and click on the right side of the window "“iexplore.exe” and “explorer. Exe” The value of the two keys is changed to “0” After restarting Windows.

5, wonderful use of network diagnostics

With the computer, there is no problem! If you turn on your computer and find that you can't connect to the Internet, what do you think of? Is it suspected that the network has a problem or does it think there is something wrong with the LAN? Do you want to pull the network card? Don't panic, you have added a new network diagnostic tool in Windows XP's "Accessories/System Tools/System Information" under "Tools". You can choose this function to perform various tests to collect different information. Network Diagnostics can check whether the current system has network connection and whether the network-related programs and services are running. If we choose “Scan your system”, you can perform network diagnosis on the current system. This scanning process does not take a long time, and then you can see Internet services, computer information, modems and network adapters. A lot of information, if you find any problems, the system will report to you faithfully (such as "failure", "unconfigured", etc.), click on the “+” in front of a project, you can also see more For detailed information.

If you want to configure for a diagnostic project, you can click Customize Scanning Options to make custom settings. These are simple, I won't say more.

6, Internet connection sharing through ICS

Now, you don't need Sysgate, Wingat and other sharing software to achieve Internet connection sharing. Because there is a "Internet Connection Sharing" program in Windows XP, we just follow the wizard's prompts to step by step.