| Leo's Win XP Tricks Tips and Tweaks
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Speed Up Windows XP Shutdown
Want to speed up shutdown in Windows XP? If so, one thing you can do is allow the shutdown routine to force shutdown of applications. Some applications will prompt you to save data before shutting down. If you want to shutdown, and shutdown fast, try this out:
Click Start and click the Run command. Type Regedit in the Open text box and click OK.
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box. Click OK in the Edit String text box.
Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 3500. Click OK
Click Start and then click Turn off the Computer.
Click the Turn Off button and watch how fast the computer shuts down!
Open Up Internet Explorer Superfast!
Want Internet Explorer to open up superfast? Then try out this quick tip. You need the Quick Launch Bar running to make the most out of this.
Right click on the Internet Explorer link in the Quick Launch bar and click Properties.
In the Target text box, at -nohome at the end of the line. Mine looks like this:
"F:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.E X E" -nohome
Click Apply and then click OK.
Now click on the Internet Explorer link on the Quick Launch Bar. POW! IE flies open. No default Web page shows, but you can type in where you want to go.
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Remove Outdated Entries in the Add/Remove Programs Applet
Have you ever removed a program from your computer using the Add/Remove Programs applet in the Control Panel only to find the entry for the program remains in the Control Panel? If so, you're not alone. If you try to remove the program again using the Add/Remove Programs applet, you get an error message. Ouch! Try this to remove this bogus entries from the list:
Click Start and click the Run command. Type Regedit in the Open text box and click OK.
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Expand the Uninstall node and you'll see the programs installed on the computer. In that list will be the program you uninstalled that's still hanging around in the Add/Remove Programs applet. Click on the program's entry and press the DELETE key. Confirm that you do want to delete the entry.
Restart the computer. Go into the Add/Remove Programs applet the offending entry will be gone!
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Run the Task Manager in Power User Mode
The Windows XP Task Manager is a cool tool that gives you a lot of information about what's going on with your computer right now. You can run the Task Manager in a compact mode that shows more of the information you want to see! Try this out:
Right click an empty area of the Taskbar and click Task Manager.
In the Windows Task Manager window, click on any of the tabs. Notice when you click a tab that there is a little square that encloses the name of the tab. Make a note of that square.
Now double click under that outline. That puts the Task Manager in compact mode. Double click on the bar about the data frame to get the full view back.
Now click on another tab, and repeat the process. Pretty cool, eh?
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