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*Games *

Games Tested under Windows XP
<http://rain.prohosting.com/~starman2/games.shtml>

*General Tab - Editing
*
In the general tab of most menus, Microsoft will allow computer
manufacturers to place their own logo. You can, therefore, change this
logo to be anything you want. Create a bitmap image of 210 x 120 of any
image you wish and save/replace the file called OEMLOGO.BMP located in
the Windows\System folder or Windows\System32 folder depending upon your
version of Windows. Now, when you bring up menus, for example the System
Properties, your image will be displayed in the general tab.

*Gina DLL*

A replacement GINA DLL, used by 3rd party networking and remote access
products can prevent Windows XP from allowing the use of the new Welcome
Screen.  To resolve this issue, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT.  Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WinLogon.

In the right pane, right click on the entry for GinaDLL and select
Delete..Or...

Restore the Windows XP Welcome Screen
<http://dougknox.com/dbknox/xp/scripts_desc/fix_xp_logon.htm>
Repairing/Modifying the Welcome Screen for Windows XP
<http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_wel_screen.htm>

     *Tip:*  Specify a Replacement GINA Authentication DLL

Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon. Value Name: GinaDLL, Data Type: REG_SZ
(String Value). Create a new String value, or modify the existing value,
called 'GinaDLL' and edit the value:"c:\winnt\system32\mygina.dll".
Note: You will need to change this value if Windows is installed in the
Windows directory.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for
the change to take effect.

*Google - Auto Search*

TweakUI/Internet Explorer/Search/Create
Prefix: Google or just "g"
URL: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&num=100&q=%s

To disable the Search Companion feature and use the Classic Internet
Search feature from Internet Explorer 5.0 open Internet Explorer, click
the Search button on the toolbar. Click Change Preferences, and then
click Change Internet search behavior. Click With Classic Internet
Search, and then click OK. Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to
take effect.

To change the autosearch URL, open the Search sidebar again and click
Customize. Then click AutoSearch settings and select "Google Sites".

To re-enable the Search Companion feature, click Customize on the Search
bar. Click Use Search Companion in the Customize Search Settings dialog
box, and then click OK. Restart Internet Explorer for the changes to
take effect.

*Google - Remove Search History*

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11
d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringData]
"Behavior"=-
"Item Data"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System
Provider\S-1-5-21-839522115-1708537768-1343024091-1003\Data\e161255a-37c3-11
d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\e161255a-37c3-11d2-bcaa-00c04fd929db\q:StringIndex]
"Behavior"=-
"Item Data"=-

*Note:*  The S-1-5 ... portion of this string may be different on your
machine.

*GoZilla!*

Problems Running Go!Zilla 4.0 with Windows XP
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q314924>

*Grid Boxes - Hiding the Grid boxes around Buttons

*If you've noticed in XP there are grid boxes around the buttons Ok and
Cancel.  It can be disabled:

1.  Go to Control Panel
2.  Go to Appearance and Themes
3.  Click Display
4.  In display properties window, click Appearance
5.  Click Effects
6.  Make sure you enable 'check' hide underlined letters for keyboard
navigation until I press the ALT key.
7.  Apply/Ok

*Groups - User*

Over View of All User Groups in Windows XP
<http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_groups.htm> 

*Guest Account Cannot Access the Internet on a Dial Up Connection *

For users who use the Guest account: After applying this Registry edit,
if you use Fast User Switching, you can log on to an account (Limited or
Administrator) and establish a Dialup Networking Connection. After the
connection is established, you can use Fast User Switching to "switch"
to the Guest account and the Guest account will have Internet Access.

To work around this behavior, you need to add the KeepRASConnections
value to the Registry.

1. Start the Registry Editor by clicking Start, Run and entering
REGEDIT.EXE. Click OK.
2. Expand the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch and locate the
Software\Microsoft\Windows
    NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon sub-branch.
3. Right click on a blank area of the right pane and select New, String
value.
4. Name the new string value: KeepRASConnections
5. Double click the KeepRASConnections value and enter a “1”, without
the quotes, for the value data. Click OK.
6. Close the Registry Editor by clicking File, Exit
7. Close all applications and reboot the computer.
8. When the computer has rebooted, log on to a Regular or Administrator
User account and establish the Dialup Networking
    Connection.

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