Changing Visual Effects
To change visual effects such as fade menus, mouse shadow, visual styles on buttons, drop shadows for icons, slide open boxes and buttons etc.:
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Adding / Removing Additional Programs
By default, WindowsXP does not display all the programs you can add or remove. To show this list:
Editing the Boot.ini file
The boot.ini file is a simple text file that is on the root of the boot drive.You can edit this with any plain text editor like Notepad (may need to unhide the file first).
Enabling NumLock on by Default
To have numlock turned on for each user:
Speeding Up Network Browsing
There are a lot of things which can negatively impact how fast XP will browse network shares.
Running CHKDSK
One way to run a chkdsk (this is like Scandisk that was with Win9X), is to
Hiding a XP Computer from Network Neighborhood
If you want to share files from a XP computer,yet want to remove it from showing up in the Network Neighborhood, Run net config server /hidden:yes
Increasing File System Caching
To increase the amount of memory Windows will locked for I/O operations:
Increasing System Performance
If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance by having the core system kept in memory.
Automatically Ending Non-Responsive Tasks
!! WARNING !! Prior to making registry changes, be sure to make a back up of the registry. Unexpected things can happen, with a simple typographical error. Be safe, stay sane.