Don”t you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.
This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers.
Want to customize the desktop experience for any user who logs onto a computer? Customize the Default User user profile on the machine, which is found in C:\Documents and Settings\Default User.
Rolling back a device driver may be necessary if you”ve just installed updated the driver for some device on your system and it”s behaving erratically as a result.
Windows XP computers can be assigned IP addresses two ways: manually using static addresses or automatically using DHCP.
If you are dual booting XP Prof and Vista, you most likely have the annoying “Earlier Version of Windows” in the boot list and have Vista booting as the default. Let’s change that!
To clear the MRU list for Find and Replace, do the following:
By default, XP displays compressed or encrypted files and folders with a unique color. If you are a heavy user of these features, this highlighting can be painful on the eyes. Here is how to disable it.
Normally in XP Pro, through the Control Panel / User Accounts icon, you are only allowed to create administrators or limited users.
You can add a shortcut to the desktop of your home computer to quickly start Remote Desktop and connect to your office computer. To create a shortcut icon to start Remote Desktop.