*~P~* *Page Cannot Be Displayed* To resolve this problem, delete the Index.dat file in Internet Explorer: In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options. On the General tab, under Temporary Internet files, click Delete Files. On the Delete Files dialog box message that is displayed, click OK . Under History, click Clear History. On the Delete all items in your History folder? dialog box, click OK. Quit Internet Explorer. Log on to the computer by using the account of a user who does not experience the problem, and then open a command prompt. Change the directory to the following path: drive :\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5 Type del index.dat , and then press ENTER. Exit the command prompt and then restart the computer. The Index.dat file is re-created the next time that you log on to the computer. Error Message: The Page Cannot Be Displayed Cannot Open a Web Page in Internet Explorer and "Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Is Displayed Page cannot be displayed / Cannot find server or DNS Error Tweak DNS Errors Caching in Windows 2000 / XP *Page File* How to force Windows XP to clear the pagefile on shutdown. Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001 *Pagefile too small or Missing* Start/Run/Regedit: Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement There you will find these entries: PagingFiles:Reg_Multi_SZ:C:\pagefile.sys. TempPageFile:Reg_Dword:0x1 If the PagingFiles: entry is populated, delete the entire TempPageFile entry then reboot. Or... Check your settings here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\MemoryManagement PagingFiles Reg_Multi_SZ type Value for System Managed on C: is C:\Pagefile.sys 0 0 To change the minimum and maximum values, change the 0's to the Min and Max values you want. Example: C:\Pagefile.sys 766 1024 You will also need to make this change in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ControlSet001, ControlSet002 and ControlSet003 branches, if they exist. Note: This behavior may occur with certain Intel chipsets -- for example, the Intel D845WN motherboard or the Intel 815 graphics chipset. To resolve this issue, download and then install the Intel Application Accelerator (IAA) for Windows XP. For more information about how to do this, contact Intel or browse to the following Intel Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa. For more information about the Intel D845WN motherboard, browse to the following Intel Web site: http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/wn/index.htm. For more information about the Intel 815 chipset, browse to the following Intel Web site: http://support.intel.com/design/chipsets/815. Error Message: Your System Has No Paging File, or the Paging File Is Too Small HOW TO: Set Performance Options in Windows XP HOW TO: Move the Paging File in Windows XP Configuring Page Files for Optimization and Recovery *Page File Monitor - MVP Bill James* This script does a mini-setup on first run, adding itself as a scheduled job to run at whatever increment of minutes you select. It creates a file, pagefile.log, in the directory you ran the script from, and updates that with the measured pagefile usage. You might want to pull a shortcut from the log file to desktop to keep from having to drill down to it when you want to take a look. Download here . *Passport Balloon - Disable *Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService. In the right pane, find "PassportBalloon" and change to value to 0A. When done it should read 0A 00 00 00. *Password * * iOpus Password Recovery XP *Windows systems allow a convenient storage of frequently used passwords, such as the passwords in Outlook Express email or for a FTP connection. However, since you no longer enter the saved password manually, you tend to forget them. What are you to do when you need to know one of the saved passwords? The password is staring right at you, but is hiding behind a row of "*****" asterisks. More information here . *Windows XP / 2000 / NT Key* is a program to reset Windows XP / 2000 / NT security if Administrator password, secure boot password or key disk is lost. More information here . Windows XP may not display a notice to a user that the user's password is about to expire. This problem may occur if the user logs on to a Microsoft Windows 2000-based domain from a Windows XP Professional-based computer on which the user has previously logged on, and the user's password will expire in the specified expiry period. More information here . This article explains how to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password, or if your password expires and you are not able to create a new one. How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password *Password Expired* This will remove the warning message: Start/Programs/Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy/Account Policies/Password Policy. In the right pane, right click, properties, modify (use accordingly). And Start/Programs/Administrative Tools/Computer Management/Local Users and Groups/Right Click "User"(intended)/Properties... Or...With Admin privileges, at a command prompt type: net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited. Click Start, Run and enter LUSRMGR.MSC. Open the Users group and then double click on the entry for your account. Check Password never expires. More information on User and Admin Passwords here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_passwords.htm *Path Command Line Completion - Enable* Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] Value Name: PathCompletionChar Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: Hex Control Character Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'PathCompletionChar' and set it to equal the hex value of the required control character. For example to use the TAB key set the value to '9', to use Ctrl-D set the value to '4' and for Ctrl-F set the value to '6'. Now when you are using a command prompt and type the first part of a directory name then press the specified key, Windows will complete the remainder for you. Pressing the key multiple times will scroll through the available options. *Performance - Increase Windows XP performance by adjusting view options * Right Click the My Computer Icon/Properties/Advanced/Performance/Settings and uncheck these settings: (Or select the Adjust for best performance option) Fade or slide menus into view Fade or slide ToolTips into view Fade out menu items after clicking Show Shadows under menus Slide open combo boxes Slide taskbar buttons Use a background image for each folder type Use common tasks in folders Or select the Adjust for best performance option. *Tip:* *Change the Transition Effect for Menus and Tooltips*. Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Value Name: UserPreferencesMask Data Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value) Double-click on the "UserPreferencesMask" value to open the Edit Binary Value screen. Press the right arrow to move over to the second set of digits. Press the delete key to remove the digits and type either '28' for the scroll effect or '3e' for the fade effect. Restart Windows for the change to take effect. Hard Disk Performance Is Slower Than You Expect *Performance - Fred Langa * 10 Ways to Make XP Run Better *Permission Denied - When Trying to Delete Folders/Files * Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/View/Unmark "Use Simple File Sharing". Right click the folder/file in question/Properties/Security/Advanced/Owner/Set Permissions. HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove File and Folder Permissions More information here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/win_xp_mydocs.htm *Personal Web Server* You can download the Apache Web Server from here . *Photos* Get started working with photos Photos: Get Started Working with Photos E-mail photos Photos: E-mail Photos Print your photos Photos: Printing Your Photos Order prints online Photos: Order Prints Online Publish photos on the Web Photos: Publish Photos on the Web Brighten up your desktop with photos Photos: Brighten Up Your Desktop with Photos Organize your photos Photos: Organize Your Photos Store your photos on CD Photos: Store Your Photos on CD *Picture and Fax Viewer - Prevent Image and Fax Viewer From Stealing Associations * Delete this string: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview @="{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}" Manually Edit: Right Click On image file. Choose "open with", then "choose program" Select your favorite image viewer program. Check the "always use selected program" box Click OK. *Disable Picture and Fax Viewer* Start/Run/CMD/regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll If you disabled the fax/picture viewer by using regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll, then changing user icons fail to work: You need to re-load the dll and it will work. Have only tried this w/ XP Pro. Reload by typing in regsvr32 shimgvw.dll. *Remove Image Preview * Start/Run/Regedit - Delete the key. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\ShellImagePreview *Disable as Default *Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ SystemFileAssociations\ image\ ShellEx\ ContextMenuHandlers. Delete the ShellImagePreview key. Close the Registry Editor or... Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ CLSID\{e84fda7c-1d6a-45f6-b725-cb260c236066}\ shellex. Delete the MayChangeDefaultMenu key. *Pictures* Windows XP KB Articles About Working With Pictures *Pictures - Welcome Screen* HOW TO: Add or Change a User's Picture in Windows XP *Pin Program Icon To Start Menu* Want to add more icons to this somewhat-permanent list? Locate the program you want to add--on the desktop, in the Start menu, wherever--Right click it and select Pin to Start Menu. Click Start, and you'll see that icon officially "pinned" to the Start menu. To "unpin" it, Right click the item and select Unpin From Start Menu. Note: Icons pinned to the Start menu don't fluctuate, whereas the most-frequently-used icons, just below them, do. You could "unpin" a program pinned to the Start menu by right-clicking it and selecting Unpin From Start Menu. Did you happen to notice the Remove From This List command in the same dropdown menu? What's the difference? Nothing, if you didn't pin the icon to the Start menu from the frequently used program list (on the left area of the Start menu, below the gray line). However, if the item was pinned from the frequently used list, Unpin From Start Menu moves the program back to this list, while Remove From This List removes it altogether. *Plug and Play* How to Add OEM Plug and Play Drivers to Windows XP *Plus!* Error Message: A Problem Occurred in This Installation of Plus! CD Label Maker Running Plus! for Windows XP - Installation Advisor Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP - Installation Advisor is a diagnostic tool that analyzes your computer’s major system components and tells you if it can run Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP. This tool is specifically designed for Plus! for Windows XP and is the fastest way to verify your system configuration. Download here. *Policy Settings* Policy Settings for the Start Menu in Windows XP *Pop-Ups* PopUpKiller Pop-Up Stopper 2.6 - FREE version is a completely FREE product that is not spyware or adware. This product runs as a system tray icon next to your system clock. http://www.panicware.com/product_dpps.html Pop-Up Defender Software *Pornography - Clear unwanted files by Content Audit * You can accidentally pick up objectionable PC files from the Internet! ContentAudit provides a way to safely detect unwanted files. Content Audit is free, safely scans for unwanted content and has an online checker that works in minutes. *Power Management* Unable to Use Power Management Features Description of the Different Advanced Power Management States Screen Blank If Computer Wakes from Sleep During Scheduled Task *Power Management - Change Power Management Configuration *This parameter allows you to specify the primary role of the computer so that predefined power management configurations can be used. For example a laptop will have different power saving features than a home desktop PC. Go to Start/Run/Regedit and find the key below. [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\PowerCfg] System Key: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg] Value Name: CurrentPowerPolicy Data Type: REG_SZ (String Value) Modify the existing value, or create a new string value, called "CurrentPowerPolicy" and set it to a value (0 to 5) from the table below. * *0* - Home/Office desktop * *1* - Portable/Laptop computer * *2* - Monitor on for presentations * *3* - Network computer (no Wake-on-LAN) * *4* - Optimized for high performance * *5* - Optimized for power saving Restart Windows for the change to take effect. *Power Menu* From the developer: "PowerMenu adds some powerful new extensions to the windows system menu. It adds the following extensions: -Minimize windows to the system tray. Make windows overlap other windows (always on top). Set the parent process priority of windows. Set the transparency level of a window (Windows 2000/XP only). "Version 1.5.0 supports making console windows top most (under NT) and new command line options." Download Here . *PowerShot * Digital Camera Products Windows XP Compatibility Information *PPPoE - How to get PPPoE in Windows XP to log in Automatically on boot: Note:* Remember PPPoE is now native to Windows XP. 1) In Control Panel open "Network Connections" 2) Right click on your broadband connection icon and select "Properties" 3) Uncheck "Prompt for name and password..." 4) Click "OK" 5) Open your "C:/Documents and settings" folder 6) Open the "All Users" folder 7) Open the "Start Menu" folder 8) Open the "Programs" folder 9) Go to your Programs Folder -> Startup 9) Copy a short-cut of your Broadband Connection, from the Network Connections folder in to the "Startup" folder*.* *PPPoE - How to Use * *Prefetch* Prefetch is a new and very useful technique in Windows XP. However, after using XP some time, the Prefetch directory can get full and have obsolete links in the Prefetch catalog, which can slow down your computer significantly. The Prefetcher component in Windows XP is part of the Memory Manager, and helps to shorten the amount of time it takes to start Windows and programs. Windows XP "monitors" itself and notices which applications are launched frequently. It gathers information about these applications and what they access with the launch and stores this information in the prefetch folder. It then uses this information to "optimize" access to these files so that they launch faster. Once every three days, by default, Windows XP will perform a partial defragmentation and adjust the layout of the disk based upon current use. The files to be moved are written in the file Layout.ini (found in the Prefetch directory under the System Root directory). *Suggestion:* Open C:\Windows\Prefetch and delete the obsolete files, reboot. However, if you don't have a real good reason to delete these files, just leave them be. Let the system handle this folder. *If system performance is an issue:* XP automatically optimizes itself every three days, bootvis forces the optimization to happen now rather than having to wait three days. Fast Boot /Fast Resume Design: A performance trace visualization tool for use with Windows XP systems. Bootvis can be downloaded here . For more information click here . *Manage the Windows Prefetcher Service: *Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "EnablePrefetcher" and set it according to (0 = disabled, 1 = Application launch prefetching, 2 = Boot prefetching, 3 = Both prefetching). To clear the Prefetcher cache, delete all the files in the Prefetch sub-directory (e.g. "C:\Windows\Prefetch"). * Prefetch Defined:* This directory is used by the defrag utility to help organize the files on your PC for more efficient loading. "I/O performance is strongly influenced by the layout of files on disk. Files and directories that are heavily fragmented or dispersed across the disk will hurt performance. While Windows XP will automatically reposition some files to improve performance, this will generally be done infrequently and will usually include only a small fraction of the files on the disk. Therefore, it is a good idea to defragment the disk following an installation. Once every three days, by default, Windows XP will perform a partial defragmentation and adjust the layout of the disk based upon current use. The files to be moved are written in the file Layout.ini (found in the Prefetch directory under the System Root directory)." Windows XP Performance *Boot Prefetching* Windows XP speeds up system boot by observing the code and data needed each time the system is booted and prefetching the necessary file contents early in the boot process. This prefetching is not done until the third boot of the system, when sufficient information is available to make the prefetching most effective. The files observed during system boot will be used in the disk layout process mentioned above. Additional information on the prefetcher and the Windows XP boot process can be found at Fast Boot/Fast Resume for the Windows Platform . *Application-Launch Prefetching* Windows XP also uses prefetching when launching applications. The files and the contents of the files accessed by each new process are observed and recorded. No prefetching can be done for the first launch of an application, so first launches are often considerably slower than subsequent launches. About 85% to 90% of the improvement is realized after just one launch of an application, with the remaining speed improvement coming after the system has had an opportunity to adjust the disk layout with information specific to this application. Benchmarking on Windows XP . *Preview Image File * Scouring around a folder for a particular image file? Even if you aren’t viewing that folder’s contents in Thumbnails view, you can steal a sneak peek at any image. Right-click the file, select Preview and the image appears inside the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. *Preview Image File Replaced by Common Tasks* In Explorer go to Tools, Folder Options, General and select Use Common Tasks in Folders. Now go to any folder with images in it, and go to the Explorer Toolbar and click the Folders button. The folder tree will be replaced by a new pane, Common Tasks. At the bottom you'll be able to see the preview of the image. *Print Job Notification* By default Windows notifies a user with a popup message that their print job has been completed on the printer. This setting controls that behavior. Open your registry (Start/Run/Regedit) and find the key below. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Providers] Value Name: NetPopup Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled) Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, named "NetPopup" and set it to equal "0" to disable notification or "1" to enable it. Restart the printer spooler service or restart Windows for the change to take effect. Specify Where to Display Printer Notifications *Print Key Pro* PrintKey-Pro is a system tray-based program that can capture your screen or any part of it with the press of the PrintScrn key (or any other key you configure). You can adjust the captured picture's brightness, contrast, color balance, size, color invert, or convert to grayscale or black and white. Pictures can be edited, using an image editor of your choice, printed or saved in multiple formats such as JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIF and PCX. You can capture the full screen or just the active window, the client area, or any rectangular or circular area with or without the cursor. You can also insert text and free hand draw on the picture.You can preview the picture, add the date, user info, and any text you choose before printing on the selected printer. Download here . *Print Out - Directory* Print Out a Directory Listing How to Add the Print Directory Feature to Windows Explorer Print the names, and other information, of all folders and files on your computer. For your convenience, the BAT file and a REG file to add this feature can be downloaded here . Open the ZIP file and extract the files. Copy PRIN.BAT to the Windows folder and double click the REG file to add the menu option. Either file can be viewed in Notepad by right clicking on it and selecting Edit. *Printer - Always Found after Reboot* This problem can occur when the printer driver is initially installed. The printer installation program from the manufacturer does not enable the New Hardware Wizard to finish its detection of the newly installed printer. To work around this problem, enable the New Hardware Wizard to finish, even though the wizard cannot detect a new printer. New Hardware Wizard Detects Printer Device After Every Restart *Workaround for HP Printers: *1. When the Found New Hardware Wizard starts at startup of the computer, click . 2. When it asks you for the HP disk, (the next thing that will require a response from you probably), click . However, do NOT insert the disk into your CD-ROM drive. * *3. On the next screen that comes up, there will be a button that is already highlighted telling the wizard where to find the printer driver (which is what it is looking for). This button will be pointing it at "other media, CD-ROM, etc. The trick is to DESELECT this button. At that point, the button for your C: drive will become active and you can select the C: drive. It will also probably be prompting you with the location for the already installed HP printer driver that is somewhere on your C: drive. (If not, you need to click browse and locate the driver). 4. After you have deselected the CD-ROM and selected the C: drive, click (or or whatever.) The Wizard then makes a second copy of your printer driver (and, by the way, creates a second "installed printer" in your Control Panel/Printers). And then, the wizard finally completes and tells you that you have successfully installed the new hardware. 5. On subsequent startup, the Wizard should then NOT run. * Printer* Windows XP KB Articles About Printing and Fax *Printer Issues* Troubleshooting Printer Issues How to Add Printers with No User Interaction in Windows Managing Network Printing in a Windows Environment How to Troubleshoot Windows Printing Problems Windows Printer Driver Support HOW TO: Install a Printer Driver Locally for a Remote Printer 100 Percent CPU Usage Occurs When You Print on an LPT Printer Port "Operation Could Not Be Completed" Error Message When You Use the Add Printer Wizard HOW TO: Make a Local Printer Available During a Connection to a Remote Desktop in Windows XP Professional IntelliPoint 4.0: "HPVLS60" or "HPFVLS06" Error Message or Printer Problem After You Install IntelliPoint 4.0 Software Problems with Canon MultiPass Printer and Windows XP *Printing Detailed Documents * If you want to print detailed documents, such as a map off of the Web, then the default Windows settings for your printer are probably insufficient. The easiest way to change the printer is within the application from which you wish to print. Click the Print or Print setup button to load the Print Screen. On this screen you should see a Properties or Settings button. Click this button. Another way to get to this location is to open the Control Panel, click the Printer icon, right-click the printer you want to use, and select Properties. Click the graphics tab and click the arrow in the drop-down box labeled 'Resolution.' Increasing this number increases the number of dots printed per inch. This will increase the printer's graphics resolution. However, this will also cause your printer to take more time while printing pages. *Priority Programs - Setting* Task Manager/Processes Tab/Right click Program/Set Priority/Select accordingly. *Problems* Windows XP Problems and Solutions *Process Viewer * PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information. PrcView comes with a command line version that allows you to write scripts to check if a process is running, kill it, etc. *Profiles* - *Understanding User Profiles* A user profile defines customized desktop environments, which include individual display settings, network and printer connections, and other specified settings. You or your system administrator may define your desktop environment. *Types of user profiles include: * A local user profile, which is created the first time you log on to a computer and is stored on a computer's local hard disk. Any changes made to your local user profile will be specific to the computer in which you made the changes. A roaming user profile, which is created by your system administrator and is stored on a server. This profile is available every time you log on to any computer on the network. Any changes made to your roaming user profile will be updated on the server. A mandatory user profile, which is a roaming profiles that can be used to specify particular settings for individuals or an entire group of users. Only system administrators can make changes to mandatory user profiles. *Copy a User Profile:* Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, and under Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to copy, and then click Copy To. In the Copy To dialog box, under Copy profile to, type the location for the new profile, or click Browse to select the path. Click Change to open the Choose User dialog box, click a new user from the Names list, and then click Add. The new user name will appear in Add Name. Click OK to add the user as a new user profile on your computer. *Note: *You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to copy user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon. *Note 2:* You cannot copy the account you are currently logged in on. You must log into another account. *Note 3:* If you create a new account, you must logon once before you copy another account over top of it. Windows creates the user profile at logon, not at account creation, and it will not use the copy you created before that first logon, it will create a user.COMPUTERNAME folder instead. *Note 4: *To resolve this issue, verify that the user account is not logged on before you try to copy its profile. If you are currently logged on as this user, log off, log on again by using a different user account, and then copy the profile. If you are not logged on as the user account that you are trying to copy, that account may be logged on in a different session (using Fast User Switching). To force that account to be logged off, start Task Manager, click the Users tab, click the user account, and then click Logoff. To work around this behavior, you can also create a user who has administrative privileges, log on as that user, and then copy the profile of the first user. *Delete a User Profile: * Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, under Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to delete, and then click Delete. *Note: *You must be logged on as an administrator to the local computer to delete user profiles. To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon. *Switching between a Roaming and Local User Profile: * Open System in Control Panel. On the User Profiles tab, under Profiles stored on this computer, click the user profile you want to change, and then click Change Type. In the Change Type dialog box, click Local profile or Roaming profile. *Note: *To open a Control Panel item, click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the appropriate icon. If Roaming profile is unavailable, this indicates that the profile is a local user profile See your system administrator to create a roaming user profile. To avoid downloading the roaming profile when you have a slow network connection, select the Use cached profile on slow connections check box after you click Roaming profile. If you use a roaming profile on more than one computer simultaneously, it will preserve the settings from the last computer that logs off. *Disable Roaming Profiles and Cache* Start/Run/gpedit.msc * *Local Computer Policy/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/System/User Profiles/Only Allow Local User Profiles. If you enable both the "Prevent Roaming Profile changes from propogating to the server" setting and the "Only allow local user profiles" setting, roaming profiles are disabled.* Delete Cached Copies of Roaming Profiles * If this setting is enabled, when users with roaming profiles log off, the system will delete the cached copy of their roaming profile. This will help to save disk space where that are lots of roaming users. Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy Objects\LocalMachine\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'DeleteRoamingCache' and edit the value according to the settings above. Value Name: DeleteRoamingCache Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled) Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. Windows XP User Profiles *Program - Getting an Older Program to Run on Windows XP *If an older application gives you trouble when running Windows XP, you can set the compatibility properties manually so that the program runs in a different mode, such as Windows 95, or in a different display or resolution setting. To set the compatibility properties for a program: Right–click the executable or the program shortcut to the executable, and then click Properties. Select the Run this program in compatibility mode check box. From the list, select an operating system that the program runs in comfortably. If necessary, also change the display settings and/or resolution, or disable the Windows XP visual themes. Run the program again when you’re finished changing the settings. Adjust the compatibility settings again if the program is still not running smoothly: a program that’s unhappy on Windows 2000 may flourish on Windows 98. *Program Permissions* Limits the Windows programs that users have permission to run on the computer. If you enable this setting, users can only run programs that you add to the List of Allowed Applications. NOTE: This setting only prevents users from running programs that are started by the Windows Explorer process. Start/Run/Gpedit.msc/User configuration/Administrative Templates/System/Run Only Allowed Windows Applications/Right click/Properties/Enable/Find Application/Ok/Reboot. *Programs - Restrict* Restrict Users from Running Specific Applications Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.Value Name: DisallowRun HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer. Create a new DWORD value and name it "DisallowRun" set the value to "1" to enable application restrictions or "0" to allow all applications to run. Then create a new sub-key called HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun and define the applications the are to be restricted. Creating a new string value for each application, named as consecutive numbers, and setting the value to the filename to be restriced (e.g. "regedit.exe"). Restart Windows for the changes to take effect. Restrict Applications Users Can Run Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. Value Name: RestrictRun Open your registry and find the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer] Create a new DWORD value and name it "RestrictRun" set the value to "1" to enable application restrictions or "0" to allow all applications to run. Then create a new sub-key called [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Policies\Explorer\RestrictRun] and define the applications that are allowed. Creating a new string value for each application, named as consecutive numbers, and setting the value to the filename to be allowed (e.g. "regedit.exe"). Restart Windows for the changes to take effect. * Note:* If you are the person who applies Group Policy, do not apply this policy to yourself. If applied too broadly, this policy can prevent administrators from running Group Policy or the registry editors. As a result, once applied, you cannot change this policy except by reinstalling Windows. *Processor - Manage Native Processor Performance Control * Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\P3\ Parameters. Value Name: HackFlags, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'HackFlags' and edit the value according to the settings below. 0 = disable native XP support 1 = use settings inherited from Intel software during XP upgrade 5 = system can support all modes when running on battery Restart Windows for the change to take effect. Note: This tweak only applies to processors with either Intel SpeedStep or AMD PowerNow! processor performance control technologies. Powered by FreeFind /Note: This compilation of information are from various sources. All credit due to its authors. Home Page Win98 - 08/26/2002 03:02 PM - Home Page WinXP © Copyright Kelly Theriot MS-MVP(DTS) 2002 All rights reserved. /