Microsoft Windows XP Media Center... Tips & Tricks

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center... Tips

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Disabling the Automatic Restart on system failure / error.
When the computer is starting up, repeatedly tap on F8 to get the advanced start up options on to your screen, this has to be done before the windows... written by Ekse
How to copy data from a corrupted user profile to a new profile
Create a New User Profile in Windows XP Professional 1.Log on as the Administrator or as a user with administrator credentials. 2.Click Start, and... written by gunjansarkar
Create a duplicate user profile with a different name
To create a duplicate of an user profile with a different user name, try this: Create a new user account Logon to that account to initialize the newly... written by gunjansarkar
An error message informs you that you cannot move or rename the Documents...
To specify a different folder for the Documents and Settings folder during installation, follow these steps: 1.Run Winnt.exe or Winnt32.exe by using... written by gunjansarkar
How to rename or move a User Profile folder ?
To rename (or move) the User Profile folder, you may use the following method. This method has been adopted from KB314843, but this page explains in... written by gunjansarkar
How to enable the NUM LOCK key for the logon screen
The status of the NUM LOCK key is specific for each user, and it is disabled by default. If you want the NUM LOCK key enabled for use before a user... written by gunjansarkar
How to jump to a registry key directly ?
When you start Regedit, it automatically opens the last key that was viewed. (Registry Editor in Windows XP saves the last viewed registry key in a... written by gunjansarkar
Quit the Registry Editor and log off
Automate the above task using this utility This tiny utility provides you the option to choose a color from the Color Picker dialog and can reset the... written by gunjansarkar
Applying the settings to the logon desktop
Next, you need to apply the Screensaver settings to the Logon Desktop / Welcome Screen (Technically, HKEY_USERS\.Default registry key), so that the... written by gunjansarkar
My Pictures Slideshow screensaver
Make use of the Windows XP's My Pictures Slideshow screensaver for this purpose. Follow the steps: Using Paint brush (mspaint.exe), create 10 or more... written by gunjansarkar
Registry Hacks
Menu Speed When XP first appeared, there was a lot of conversation about the new interface, both good andad. In spite of the initial complaints, most... written by gunjansarkar
Speedup your work using shortcut in windows
You can use these shortcuts when using windows.It will speedup your work. Please try them. ? CTRL+C (Copy) ? CTRL+X (Cut) ? CTRL+V (Paste) ? CTRL+Z... written by iqbal_del
Renaming The Start Button:
To rename the start button, you will need a hex editor. My preference is UltraEdit Copy the \windows\explore.exe file to a new name (e.g.... written by venkyrocks
To convert a FAT partition to NTFS:
Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK. At the command prompt,... written by venkyrocks
Disabling Unnecessary Programs At Startup:
Many programs add portions of themselves starting automatically on every login.This can be either in the Startup Folder or the Registry. One easy way... written by venkyrocks
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