Fixing Windows XP Annoyances

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e-mail icon, show in Start Menu (XP Start Menu only)

Easy Media Creator echo command (DOS)

EditFlags value effects, display settings

email attachments and antivirus software Email program, default

email, retrieving EMM386 Support (BIOS setting) Enable Boot Logging startup mode

Enable Profile Assistant command Encrypt command, adding to context menusencrypted NTFS files

     customize color

     differentiate with a different color

     use with Offline files

encryption     allowing access to encrypted files

     files 2nd

     folders 2nd     NTFS Encryption utility

     protecting files with     WEP

     WiFi environment variables     DOS

     system path

ergonomic keyboards

error messages

     application crashes

     font

     sound

    startup

         finding additional information

         silencing

     text color

     types of

error reporting

     advanced settings     enable/disable ERRORLEVEL variable (DOS) 2nd

errors [See also troubleshooting]

    Blue Screen of Death , errors) [See Blue Screen of Death (BSoD]     Device Manager

     DLL-related

     startup

     VBScript scripts

         ActiveX component can't create object

         Expected Ô)'

         Expected ÔEnd'         Invalid procedure call or argument

         Object doesn't support this property or method         The system cannot find the file specified

         Type mismatch: Ô[undefined]'         Unterminated string constant

     WSH scripts, debugging Ethernet     adapters

Eudora Event Log (BIOS setting) Event Log (eventvwr.msc)

eventvwr.msc (Event Log)

executable files

     dragging and dropping 2nd

     icons, customizing exit command (DOS)

expanded string values (Registry Editor)

expanding Explorer folder treeexpansion cards

     slots, deternining best for particular cards Explorer

     access digital camera memory as a drive (still camera only)     additional security policies     changing default folder

     columns in details view

     command-line switches

     crashes, recovering

     Desktop, refreshing

     dragging and dropping, rules about

     encrypting files

     FTP sites, accessing

     group similar items

     hidden files, showing

     how settings are saved

     keyboard shortcuts

     launching

     launching from My Computer     New menu, customizing     overview

     refresh view

     Registry patches, applying     reloading without restarting

     reuse window when launching Internet shortcuts

     search

    Search tool

         interface

         searching from Explorer window

         searching outside of Explorer window     SendTo folder, creating shortcuts in

    settings         overview

         persisting     shortcuts

         creating for     show lines in tree view (Folders Explorer bar)     show Status Bar

     system objects    toolbar         background

         copying/moving files and folders

         customize

         icon size

         prevent being moved         text captions

     Undo command

     ZIP files explorer.exe (background process)

extended partitionsextension keys (Registry)

     creating file types     protecting file-type associations extensions, show/hide filename extensions

extracting ZIP files