Windows XP Tweaks

This is the WinXP mouse accel tweak. It restores the feel of the mouse back to Win2K style. Very helpful for gamers and those sensitive to mouse movements. Navigate to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse]

Having trouble with Windows Update? Here's a link to Microsoft's Troubleshooter page: http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/troubleshoot/

There is an application in XP that allows networked users to to communicate with each other. It is a very simple program located in the Windows System32 directory. A search for "winchat"

A fix for a minor annoyance, I don't like having to click on My network places, then view workgroup in order to see the computers in my network, so I created a shortcut to my workgroup.

Microsoft Windows XP uses a lot of folders for each user.  Everything from  "My video" to your personal documents folder.  Below is where you can view the locations of these folders and can change them. Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Explorer\Shell Folders

This is not really a tweak as such, just a very simple thing you could do with your digital camera that most people don't think about. Do you have a digital camera that shows up as a removable storage device in explorer?

Note: This is for WINDOWS Messenger, not MSN Messenger On XP Systems without SP1: Click Start / Run  Then type the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Press ENTER Restart Windows

Turn Off those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right.

I have found a way to trick WinXP into using Partitions bigger then 32GB. I have been using a 60GB Fat32 partition on WinXP for over 4 months now and I haven't had a single problem. This is how you do it. 1 get a Win98 boot disk

ctrl+shift+escape or ctrl+alt+del ..and there is the task manager