All Windows systems have implemented native tool allowing us to monitor current network connections as well as control what ports we have currently opened and what applications are listening on each port. We can use this simple tool for various purposes such as network connection troubleshooting, trojan and other backdoor application detection and security audits.

In this tutorial I will show you how to use netstat to monitor your current connections and how to make simple batch job to perform this monitoring task online. 

Remote Desktop it is native Windows remote management tool which allows you to do administrative tasks remotely. It provides many advantages such as access to remote host's drives and printers, clipboard sharing, smart cards, serial ports, bringing sounds from remote host etc.

In this tutorial I will show you how to set up Remote Desktop connection on your computer with Windows XP. I will also advice you how to adjust some security settings to make it more secure and little bit more difficult to discover.

This quick tutorial will show you how to convert partition's file system into NTFS without formatting it.

Have you ever thought how to make some files or folders unaccessible to anyone except my-self? Certainly, you can purchase third party software providing various solutions, but are you wonder how to do it quickly and easily using just your Windows XP tools?

In this tutorial I will show you how to easily encrypt files using EFS and make them unaccessible to anybody.

Firewall is a piece of software protecting your computer against intruders and unauthorised access from network. Windows XP comes with internal system firewall. It is obviously not the best solution, however it provides some basic protection utilities. In this tutorial I will show you how to open ports and troubleshoot network connections if suspected firewall misconfiguration.