When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click “Change preferences” then “Without an animated screen character.” If you’d rather give it a bare-bones “Windows 2000″ look and feel, fire up your Registry editor and navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ CabinetState.

You may need to create a new string value labeled “Use Search Asst” and set it to “no”.

Windows-XP has a “feature” (???) with which it is possible to manually crash a system by simply holding the right CTRL key and pressing the “Scroll Lock” key twice. Details / Download / Listen …

Create A Console:

Using the Management Console (click Start/Run and enter mmc.exe), you can build your own system management administrative components. Details / Download / Listen …

You can turn your taskbar into an OS X-like dock by simply making the Quick Launch icons bigger: Details / Download / Listen …

I have a logitech keyboard and mouse, both are wireless, but im sure the same problem applies with the wired version too. Details / Download / Listen …