Here are a few tweaks for you XP users out there...

[Huntnsinme]

OK thats all I have time for right now...I will be adding more form time to time. And I do requests also LOL

[Huntnsinme]

Would you like to remove that peky little icon in your taskbar for Windows messenger? I sure did.
Cut and paste this into your cmd prompt, or run command without the "...
"RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"
If you have SP1 installed,
Open Control Panel from the Start menu.
Choose Add or Remove Programs.
Select Add/Remove Windows Components.
Click to remove the checkmark next to "Windows Messenger".
Click the Next button.
Click the Finish button.
Reboot, Wallah it is done.

[zolhof]

you guys should check this guide from tweak town, some pretty cool stuff there!

http://www.tweaktown.com/document.ph...Id=324&dPage=1

later

[siaush]

this is a good theread, i like it, thanks guys for the tips

[Huntnsinme]

No problem we are here to help. Im glad you like it. I hope everyone can get some useful info from it. My favorite is the adding info to the system properties.

[Huntnsinme]

Ever had a program in your "add remove programs" section that you wanted to remove but for whatever reason you couldnt? Well heres how:
1. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT).
2. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall
3. Remove any unwanted keys under "Uninstall."
There you go, no need for a reboot either. :shock:

[Huntnsinme]

Would you like to delete special folders in My Documents and them not return to haunt you? Like my ebooks, and others..?

Click Start, then Run and type: regsvr32 /u mydocs.dll

then delete them.

[dineshaggarwal]

:lol: download resource hacker searching on google.

start hacker and open
"c:\windows\system32\sysdm.cpl".

expand bitmap folder and click on "1033" u c winxp logo.go to action>save[bitmap: 1:1033] and save bitmap image.

don't close hacker.

open saved image in any image editor and note its size.

now create any image of same size and save it.

in hacker replace image with edited image. save it from file>save as,

in any location except system32 with filename"sysdm.cpl"

restart in dos mode and copy u r file sysdm.cpl in system32 folder.

say yes when ask for overite .

restart ur pc and see the effects

[Whitetails.bizhat.com]

Want to backup Windows XP home?
NT Backup is, by default, installed only with XP Pro

(To install it in XP Home Editon doubleclick this file on your XP cd:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP\NTBACKUP.MSI)


Start>run>NTBACKUP

[Whitetails.bizhat.com]

This is an unique technique for XP, which could improve the performance significantly by tweaking the prefetcher (which is a cache folder).

1. run "regedit";
2. goto [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnablePrefetcher];
3. Set the value to either 0-Disable, 1-App launch prefetch, 2-Boot Prefetch, 3-Both ("3" is recommended).
4. reboot.

It should decrease the boot time and the time it takes to load programs.