Performance Tips Make your boot-times faster - The best way to prevent a program from running at Startup, is to check the program's own options for a way to prevent this. Most good quality programs will provide an option for this.
If you can't find the option there, click Start, Run and enter MSCONFIG. Go to the Startup tab, and uncheck the item there. This method is not always 100% successful. An example is a program that you do use, but you don't want running automatically. Some programs will check to see if the program's own options say it should run at Startup. If the program thinks its supposed to load at startup, it will re-create the autorun entry.
AnnoyancesDisabling WIndows XP "Balloon Tips." DISCLAIMER: This tip requires you to EDIT your registry. ONLY do this if you are comfortable with editing the registry. DO NOT perform this tip if you are not comfortable editing the registry. Seek out a qualified technician (from SuddenSupport.com) to do this for you. With that said and if you still want to do this yourself, BACKUP your registry before performing this tweak.
1. These tweaks require that you venture into your registry, please backup your registry.
2. Go to Start > Run when the Run box opens type in regedit
3. Your registry should have opened [Just checking...have you backed up your registry?] Navigate to the following keys;HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > Advanced
4. Right-click the right pane, select Create > DWORD value, and name it EnableBalloonTips.
5. Double-click the entry you just created and give it a hexadecimal value of 0. Click OK.
6. Log off and then Log back on to WIndows again to apply settings.
Note: If you wish to re-enable the tips you can delete EnableBallonTips.
*SuddenSupport.com can not be held liable for any damage to your computer from performing this tweak. End user is solely responsible for the result.
SecurityEnabling Windows XP Firewall - To enable XP's built in firewall, Open Network Connections, or right click My Network Places and select Properties.
Right click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet connection that you want to protect and select Properties.
On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, select one of the following:
To enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), select the Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box.
To disable Internet Connection Firewall, clear the Protect my computer and network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box.
XP System Tweaks Hide / Show Users on the Welcome Screen - Download and install TweakUI from the Powertoys for Windows XP collection. In the Logon section, you can hide, or make visible, User accounts on the Welcome Screen.
RepairReverting back to Internet Explorer 6.0 - Sometimes IE7 will give us trouble and it may require to be uninstalled. To do this, go to your Control Panel and then to Add/Remove Programs. Scroll towards the bottom of the list and find the entry labeled "Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0." Click the REMOVE button to uninstall. It will be removed and replaced with IE6.
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