Changing your hosts file in Vista

hosts file 

By default,if you try to modify your hosts file in Vista,it will not let you save it.  It tells you that you don’t have permission.  To successfully modify the hosts file,run notepad.exe as an administrator and open the file

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Anti-Virus scanning exclusions should be considered for systems and servers

Will’s Note:I am not the orginal author.  I have updated some of the info:file scanning exceptions for your Anti-Virus software where applicable:

Consider the following 

NOTE:the %systemroot% variable will not work as an exclusion for some OSs.  So make sure to spell out full path in your exclusion files (GPO or via AntiVirus [...]

Windows XP File Association fixes

I have found a great site if you are having trouble with file extensions.

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

The files listed here are all ZIP files,which contain a REG (Registry) file. Download the ZIP and open it.  Extract the REG file to your hard disk and double click it.  Answer yes to the import prompt.  REG [...]