Windows XP Hacks, Second Edition

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PageRank feature (Google Toolbar)

     disabling for privacy Paging Executive, disabling for performancepaging file     defragmenting     memory use reporting in Task Manager

Paint Shop Pro

Panther X Future extension pack

parallel data cables 2nd pathping command

peer-to-peer computing     fighting spam         add-in spam killer for Outlook (SpamNet)

     file sharing in Eudora

Pegasus

     message-viewing capabilities

Per Site Privacy Actions dialog box PerfectDisk2000defragmenter

performance

     file compression and     hard disk defragging for PC, improving     improving for NTFS (NT File System)

     loading resources for uninstalled programs     system         checking and tweaking

         cleaning the hard disk

         fixing SP2 upgrade problems

         Fresh Diagnose diagnostic tool

         getting the most out of RAM

         RAM

         Registry hacks to speed up XP

         repair and recovery with Recovery Console

         speeding up with Task manager

         tracking with Performance Console

         Windows XP visual effects and

         XPlite

     web site, improving with caching

     wireless networks

         checking with QCheck Performance Tune-Up Wizard permanent redirection for web resources

personal information, protecting

phishing attacks     preventing

     zombie networks and

phones (cordless), interference with wireless equipment phrase search (Indexing Service)

Physical Memory available, Commit Charge higher thanping

     allowing to bypass ICF firewall     troubleshooting TCP/IP problems     useful switches Pinned Programs List Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)

     use by VPNs

policies (network and multiuser), setting

policy statement for cookie use on a sitepop ups

     allowing     Firefox     Messenger service

     Mozilla

     Opera

     spyware and

     stopping with SP2 Pop-Up No-No!

popping sounds in music CDs

port addresses for common Internet services 2ndport forwarding     home networks using NAT, to enable VPN connections

     residential gateways using NAT port forwarding onports

     closing down manually

     use by Trojan horses

positive and negative entries (resolve cache)

power-saving state, allowing laptops to enter

PowerDesk utility

     archive management with

     Compare Folders feature

     Destroy File feature

     different Windows versions, using with

     Encrypt/Decrypt feature

     File Finder feature

     finding and renaming files

     FTP client

     moving and copying files     toolbars, customizing PowerPoint, launching with command-line switches

PowerToys

     Open Command Window Here     TweakUI utility

     Virtual Desktop Manager (VDM)

PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) prefetch parameters, tweaking for performance

privacy     anonymous proxy servers for Web surfing

    cookies, protecting against         customizing IE cookie handling         IE privacy settings         policy statements for cookie use     Google PageRank feature and

     implicit versus explicit consent for use of personal information

     personal information left behind in Web surfing

     Windows Media Player, fixing problems with     Windows Media Player, privacy preferences at installation

programs     applications     changing IE settings

     closing automatically at shutdown

     connections to Internet, controlling with ZoneAlert

     location for installing, changing default

     Most Frequently Used List         banning programs with Registry

     Open With option for Explorer files

    running at startup         disabling with Registry         disabling with System Configuration

         eliminating properties for searching (Indexing Service) protocols, listings under individual protocol names

proxy servers

     anonymous web surfing with

     protecting your PC with

         configuring IE to use proxies

         configuring Internet Explorer to use

         finding free, public proxies 2nd

         limiting connections to certain web sites

.pst file extension (Outlook)