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This is actually an addition to an earlier post entitled "Howto get XP Pro file security with XP Home". In the aforementioned post we have outlined how to access *Advance file Permissions* on NTFS file systems for XP Home simply by booting into *Safe Mode*, rt-clicking any file or folder, and navigating to the *Security tab*. This gives the user the ability to allow or deny read, write, execute,

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If you want the Windows 2000 CTRL+ALT+DEL screen to appear in XP instead of immediatly jumping to the task manager simply deactivate the welcome screen: start > settings > control panel > change the way users log on and log off > uncheck "Use the welcome screen" now reboot your machine (it didnt work on my machine until I rebooted). now when you use CTRL+ALT+DEL you can do all the same things you

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When you choose a wallpaper using the standard method (selecting a background on the desktop tab, in the properties window), Windows converts this image to a huge .bmp file (even if you selected a .jpg). Then instead of having a nice 220K wallpaper, you get a 3,15MB wallpaper. To get rid of this, try using active desktop's web capabilities, like this: 1. Right click on your desktop and select "

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Thumbs.db (db stands for database) is a file which is created in a folder with Movies or Pictures so that you can view a piece of their content without actualy opening them (you can't see thumbnails unless you have the option to view system files turned on). Thumbs.db is there so that you don't need to reload a thumbnail everytime you browse that folder. Sad fact is, is Thumbs.db takes up about

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its very easy...for this u have to proceed as follows : 1. Go to Start->Run->gpedit.msc 2. Computer Config -> Administrative Template -> System 3. Select Drive(s) 3. Double clik Turn off Autoplay 4. Enable it. NOTE : with gpedit.msc , you can do a number of tweaks n tricks so keep exploring it & plz tell me as well if u found something new :)

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Do you need to hide a program running in the background that shows in your System Tray? Try this reg trick to hide all tray icons. It’s not anything like the Windows XP tray icon hider, this one shows no trace of any icons. It would look like someone closed all background programs. 1) Click on START>RUN and type "regedit" (without the quotes). Navigate to the following key; HKEY_CURRENT_USER/

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Super fast user switching is a powertoy which makes it easy to switch the active user. But you must be a member of the administrator group to see other users! Quite useless for normal users, but this is done on purpose. The solution opens a hole, but makes super fast user switching usable. THIS IS ONLY FOR EXPERIENCED USERS! 1. remove task.exe from the local_machine ~ windows ~ run registry

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Speed up the start menu delay 1. Download and install Powertoys for Win XP 2. Open Tweak UI for WinXP and select Mouse. Under Menu Speed move the slider all the way over to fast. 3. Restart the computer This also works using TweakUI 1.33 for Win9x/ME/2K.

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Is ur Volume control too big? No problems, after all u r all tweaking Guys..just Open the volume control and press Ctrl-S for a smaller one.  Then every time that you open volume control, the smaller controls will be open. simple !!!

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I didn't want to enter the password at the welcome menu everytime I boot up my computer so I tried to disable it in the user accounts located in the Control Panel. When I clicked on my account and clicked on remove my password, it didn't allow me. Follow this step to remove it. 1. Go to Control panel 2. Click administrative tools 3. Local Security Settings 4. Click Minimum password length 5.

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How to show the built in CPU meter which is part of the Windows Task Manager every time you boot or switch users. 1. Do a search for taskmgr.exe 2. Right click and select Send To - Desktop (Create Shortcut) 3. On the taskmgr shortcut that is on the desktop right click and select Properties - Change the Run Command to - minimized. 4. Rename the shortcut to "Task Manager" or "CPU Meter" and right

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If you’re like me and use the Send To functions a lot and want the Any Folder option, do the following. Down MS PowerToy for Win 95 (can be found on MS site or other download sites on the net). Unzip it in the folder of your choice. Locate the Sendtox.inf and right click it. Click on install. Close the windows that open. The right click menu Send To will now have the send to Any Folder along with

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Add the following entries to your registry - you'll be able to right click and open any folder at the command line. [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\command] @="Command &Prompt" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\command\command] @="\"cmd.exe\" /k cd \"%1\""

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Removing the title text from toolbar items such as Zaxxon and MSVDM (included in microsoft's powertoys) seems impossible when the taskbar is locked; however, if you right click the toolbar and uncheck "Lock the Taskbar", then right click in the area of the toolbar you'd like to remove the title from, the option "Show Title" is now available. Uncheck it and re-lock the taskbar and the

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To Remove user name from Start Menu, proceed as follows : START > RUN > GPEDIT.MSC > USER CONFIGURATION > ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > START MENU AND TASKBAR > FIND REMOVE USER NAME FROM START MENU > RIGHT CLICK PROPERTIES > CHECK ENABLED > OK NOTE: The group policy editor (gpedit) is only available in XP Professional.

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Ever want to remove the shortcut arrow over your icons? Read below to find out how: 1. Open regedit 2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile 3. Rename IsShortcut to AriochIsShortcut 4. Reboot your computer (Btw. lnkfile is LNKFILE not inkfile) You can also use Tuneup utilities Styler to remove these arrows .

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Open regedit and browse to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel Change the value for {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} to 1 Make sure you backup the registry before making changes. Thats it buddies :)

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Its a Better way to Delete Picture and Fax Viewer without any other effectsIt can be removed as follows: [Start] [Run] type regedit.exe and click [OK] Navigate to :HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/SystemFileAssociations/image/ShellEx /ContextMenuHandlers then delete the Folder ShellImagePreview under ContextMenuHandlersNote: If you want to restore the Picture and Fax Viewer :Create the ShellImagePreview folder

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1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer 3.Create a DWORD value named StartMenuLogoff 4. Give it a value of 1 Restart you computer and Logoff is no longer in the Start Menu thats it.

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1. Open regedit and 2. Browse to and delete the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\Conte xtMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview  it is as smple as that :)

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Windows Explorer has a 'feature' to provide a preview in the Details box on the left of the file you have selected, if it's supported. Image files, HTML pages, video clips, MP3s, etc are all previewed (even with the folder view open). If you have a large movie clip and it either is corrupt (ie. no index from a partial download) or it uses an unsupported codec, then Explorer tries to load the

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This tweak is useful for uncluttering your Control Panel and removing unused functions: Open regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel and add a key named "don't load" (minus the quotes) Next add String values within the "don't load" Key. You will use one String value for each control panel applet you want removed. For example, I want to remove the "System" applet once I configure my

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Have you ever noticed when trying to view the Windows files or the program files you receive some silly message saying that these files are hidden or system files.  Often they are of an annoyance for advanced users but can be a lifesaver for beginners.  Below I will show you how to turn them back on using the registry after you have clicked to view the files which turns them off.Start Regedit.  

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This tweak quickly completes website address in Internet Explorer by adding the www. prefix and the .com suffix 1. Type the main name of the website. eg. "microsoft" 2. Press CTRL + Enter 3. IE completes the address to "www.microsoft.com" and starts going to the site. Notes: Works on all newer versions of Internet Explorer. Only completes for www. and .com - not for countries such as .co.uk or

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This allows you to place any picture and text so that it will be displayed in the system control panel; without having to mess with the registry. A: Picture 1: Take any bitmap that's about 175x175 pixels in size (I've done up to 200x200) 2: Name it oemlogo.bmp 3: Copy it to the \windows\system32 folder B: Text 1: open notepad type the text below and add the text to be displayed after the "=" [

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