Windows XP Tweaks

I'm sure if you've used Yahoo! Messenger you've noticed the adverts built in to the chat and webcam services. Here's a simple fix and it works great.

Windows XP allows each user to customize his or her Start Menu and startup applications. Unfortunately, it can be difficult and time-consuming to configure the Start Menu for all users. The XP App Wizard allows you to organize your Start Menu user-by-user.

Kazaa!! The mother of all slow downs.. Well my people it doesnt get any easier than this.

According to Microsoft, Windows 2000 does not qualify for an upgrade to the XP Home Edition.

To manually remove Outlook Express 5.x or 6.0, you must rename several files. To help in this process, all system files and file extensions must be visible:

When using the Disk Cleanup, if you never want to "Compress Old Files" (which is often annoying and takes a long time) follow this tip:

You can enable filename completion in the NT "DOS" shell by editing HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor and changing the CompletionChar value to 0x00000009

Real Player is poorly written adware/spyware. If you absolutely MUST have Real Player you can render it somewhat harmless.

For some reason, Outlook 2002 maintains signature properties accross profiles. For example, two people in the household share the same computer and have different Outlook Profiles.

Morpheus downloads going slow? Well just follow these simple step's to speed up your download's.