An excellent set of batch files for removing all the fluff that comes with Windows XP at http://jdeboeck.msfnhosting.com/ [Edit: this site is no longer available - but the forum thread is still available at msfn.org] Use one of the methods on msfn for making an unattended installation CD and you’ll have a quick install and [...]
Click Start, click the Run command and type REGEDIT in the open text box. Click OK. This opens the Registry Editor. All the usual precautions for editing the Registry apply. Browse to the following location in the left pane of the Registry Editor: HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Keyboard In the right pane, right click on InitialKeyboardIndicators [...]
Add /sos to the line that boots your OS in boot.ini [boot loader] timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /sos
To remove MS Messenger run the following command: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
If you are a Windows network administrator I recommend that you set the WSH options to run scripts at the command prompt by default. The default WSH script host is Wscript.exe, which runs scripts in the GUI — this means that all input and output takes place in popup message boxes, which require user intervention [...]
To take full advantage of the power of scripting, your workstation should be running the most current releases of VBScript, WSH, WMI and ADSI available for your version of Windows. Check that you have the latest versions at Microsofts Tales from the Script
When you open My Computer, by default XP will search for network files and printers. This slows down the display of the icons while the search takes place, especially on a slow machine. You can speed this up by telling XP not to perform this search. Here’s how: Click Start | My Computer. Click Tools [...]
The insertion point is the blinking vertical line that shows you where to type in an application. You can change the speed of the blinking and the thickness of the line. Click Start | Control Panel | Accessibility Options. Click the Display tab. Under Cursor Options, you’ll see two sliders that can be used to [...]
My head hurts. Musta been all the beer last night. Hirame is in Tokyo for a week so we went out with her last night. It was fun, the bits I remember anyway.
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