Welcome to Johannes Helmig's Section

Welcome To Johannes Helmig's Section

Johannes Helmig is the Director of Technical Knowledge Management at Gerber Technology, based in Brussels/Belgium. In this Technical Support position, one part of his responsibilities is to keep the technical personal up-to-date on Operating systems, including Networking. Johannes holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University (RWTH) in Aachen/Germany.

Johannes runs the 'World of Windows Networking(WoWN)' website - http://www.wown.com
A collection of procedures to setup / operate and trouble-shoot Microsoft networks, ranging from MS-DOS over Windows 3.1/ WfW3.11 to Windows95/98/ME to Windows NT4 workstation / Server to Windows 2000 Professional / Server to Windows XP Home / Professional.
Networking topics are covering : LAN, WAN, modem connection, Direct-Cable connections, USB and DSL/ADSL.

Johannes Helmig's Latest Contributions

Windows XP: Access control via Security: Date - Jul 15, 2002; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Windows XP Professional offers (in addition to the User Access control in Network Sharing) also the possibility to control access to file via Security:
Windows XP Professional Edition: Local Security Policies: Date - Jul 15, 2002; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Windows XP Professional Edition allows full User Management and Security. The permissions assigned to the Usergroups (assigned in User Management to users) are defined in the Local Security Policies:
Security concerns on Internet connections (Dialup-Connection to the Internet): Date - Jul 15, 2002; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Please be aware of a serious security issue, in case your system is connected to a local network and is also configured to use Dialup-networking for connection to the Internet.
Enforcing Network Login via POLEDIT: Date - Jul 15, 2002; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; This procedure is more detailed than actually required, because I use it also as an example on usage of the "System Policy Editor" ( POLEDIT ) on the local Registry and on downloading a profile from the Network server.