Windows XP Hacks, Second Edition
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UDP, closing ports for unary NOT operator (!) uninstalling applications cleaning up after removing access to certain Microsoft programs removing uninstall entries from uninstalled programs uninstalling XP components and utilities updates, NTFS date and time stamps URLs customizng for Internet Explorer redirecting misspelled redirecting your web site to URLSpellCheck for IIS usage statistics (Eudora) USB devices, hidden importing analog video polling, increasing interval so laptops can enter power-saving state user accounts, changing graphic for user interfaces changing XP elemets to Windows 2000 components, hiding to prevent accidental removal Control Panel building customized displaying applets in cascading menu hidden applets, running hiding applets with Registry hiding applets with XP Pro Group Policy Editor hiding unused applets recategorizing applets creating customized with TweakUI Taskbar cursors and icons, creating your own customizing with the Registry adding folders to Open dialog hiding all icons in Notification Area hiding certain icons in Notification Area turning off system beeps customizing with WindowBlinds creating your own skins dowloading skins from the Internet desktop icons and system objects, renaming/changing graphic for your user account, changing IE, customizing with Group Policy Editor Most Frequently Used Programs List banning programs from with the Registry banning programs from with TweakUI banning programs with Registry changing number of programs in killing with Registry hack older Windows programs, forcing to use XP common controls Pegasus email software, eccentricities of Pinned Programs List removing "uninstallable" XP utilities removing "unremovable" desktop icons Start Menu and Taskbar, customizing with Group Policy Editor themes applying new creating your own online sources for transparent windows, creating user logins autologon, enabling controlling with Registry users changing name of registered user with Registry hack HKEY_CURRENT_USER Registry hive HKEY_USERS Registry hive host computer, permissions for Security Identifiers (SIDs) utilities (XP basic), improving on backups getting a better backup program mapping out backup plan system organization that aids backup process Windows XP backup utilities clipboard enhancement with ClipCache Plus disk defragmentation boot files, defragmenting failure of disk defragmenter getting a better disk defragmenter running disk defragmenter from command line screenshot tips SnagIt capture tool, using XP's built-in screen capture universal messaging with Trillian virtual desktops Windows Messenger, going beyond messaging collaborating with whiteboard sharing applications using .NET alerts with utilities (XP), removing "uninstallable"
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