1. Disable XP Error Reporting
a. Right click on My Computer choose Properties
b. In System Properties click on Advanced
c. In Advanced click on Error Reporting
d. Check "Disable error reporting"
e. Leave unchecked field "But notify me when critical errors occur"
2. Hide User Accounts from users
a. Go to Start/Run, and type: GPEDIT.MSC
b. Open the path User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel
c. double-click "Hide specified Control Panel applets"
d. put a dot in enabled, then click Show, click Add button, type nusrmgt.cpl into the add box
3. Create Your Own Logon Message
a. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
b. Drill down to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
c. Right-click LegalNoticeCaption, click Modify, type My Windows XP Machine, and then click OK.
d. Right-click LegalNoticeText, click Modify, and then type your message.
e. Close the editor and your new message will appear at every log on.
f. This tip applies to computers that are part of a domain.
g. For stand-alone or peer-to-peer networks, the custom screen appears just before the Welcome screen.
4. Disable balloon tips
a. Run regedit and Navigate to Key: HKEY_CURRENT_ USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentV ersion\Explorer\Advanced
b. then set the value of 'EnableBalloonTips' to 0.
5. Create your own popup menu in the taskbar
a. You can create your own popup window other than START MENU in the taskbar.
b. Put all the shortcuts to the applications that you want to popup in a folder.
c. Then you right click on taskbar >toolbars >new toolbar > and select the folder
6. Reset Your Password On XP
a. Restart you computer, press F8 and select "Safe Mode"
b. After getting to the user menu. Click on a user and this time it will not ask you for a password
c. Go to Start >Run and type "CMD"
d. At command prompt type in "cd C:\Windows\System32".
e. For safety purposes first make a backup of your Logon.Scr file. You can do this by typing in "Copy to Logon.scr to Logon.bak"
f. Then type "copy CMD.EXE Logon.scr"
g. Then type this command, assuming that you want to set Administrator password to "MyNewPass"
h. Type this "net user administrator MyNewPass"
i. You will get a message saying that it was successful, this means Administrator's new password is "MyNewPass"
j. Restart the PC and you will login as Administrator with your chosen password
7. Shutting down Windows XP faster
a. Click on Start, run, type REGEDIT
b. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentCo ntrolSet\Control
c. Click on the "Control" Folder.
d. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" Right click on it and select Modify.
e. Set it a value lower than 4000
8. Start up without needing to enter a user name or password.
a. Select Run from the start menu and type "control userpasswords2" which will open the user accounts application.
b. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK.
c. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.
9. Disable the SP antivirus and firewall functions
a. HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center\
b. AntiVirusDisableNo tify=dword :00000001
c. FirewallDisableNot ify=dword: 00000001
d. AntiVirusOverride=dword:00000001
e. FirewallOverride=dword:00000001
10. Turn off Auto Updates
a. HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\
b. AUOptions=dword:00000001
c. HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Security Center
d. UpdatesDisableNotify=dword:00000001
11. Turn off the SP2 firewall
a. HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\DomainProfile
b. EnableFirewall=dword:00000000
12. turn off firewall policy for domain profile
a. HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsFirewall\StandardProfile
b. EnableFirewall=dword:00000000
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