"My files are lost, what should I do?"
"Restore your data from a backup!"
A convenient backup solution for Windows, Timeline, provides a functionality similar to Apple's Time Machine.
The Personal Software Inspector (PSI) from Secunia scans Windows systems for insecure our outdated software. PSI also links to updates for downloading on the web, if available.
Remote access is restricted to the Administrators Group on NT Server, but on NT Workstation anyone with a valid user account is allowed remote registry access.
This can be altered by creating the following LONG key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurePipeServers\winreg (type REG_DWORD to a value of 1). Permissions of this key define who can have remote access to the registry By default, this key exists only on Windows NT server. For NT workstation, you need to add it.
Remote access is possible either via TCP port 135 or TCP port 445.