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Today's Tips 07/19/2006

You Can Disable The Windows XP Startup Screen!

To disable the Windows XP Startup screen:

1. Click Start, and right-click on My Computer
2. From the menu choose Properties
3. From System Properties, select the Advanced tab, and press the Settings button under the Startup and Recovery heading
4. Click the Edit button and locate the line that loads Windows XP.
To the end of that line add /sos, so it would look like this:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /sos
5. Save your changes, and press OK (2x) to close the System Properties

Now when you start Windows, you will see some system messages, instead of the Windows XP logo.
 

/sos is all that you are adding to the line!

Please note that if you want to use the Norton Protected Recycle Bin, you can't use this switch (/sos). I found this out when I was testing the tip!
See the Symantec Knowledge Base for more information.

Gary Chambers

Stop Password Expiration In Windows XP Pro!

After you have run Windows XP for a while, you may receive this message when you log on: "Your password will expire in 14 days, 10 days, etc".

Note: This only applies to Windows XP Professional. XP Home does not use/set password expiration.

By default, Windows XP is set up with passwords which will expire after 42 days. 14 days in advance, Windows will start warning you of this fact. If you do not want your passwords to expire:
 

1. Go to Start > Run and in the Open: box type control userpasswords2
2. Select the Advanced tab in the User Accounts window
3. Press the Advanced button below the Advanced user management header
4. Select Users in the Local Users and Groups
5. In the right pane, right-click the user name for which you want to change the setting, and select Properties
6. On the General tab, check Password never expires
7. Click Apply and OK (all the way out)

Gary Chambers

Remove XP's Built-in CD Burning Capabilities!

This registry hack will remove Windows XP's built-in CD Burning capabilities, and let you remove all features in Windows Explorer that allows you to use a CD writer.

I don't publish the actual hacks in my newsletters! You can get this one at my Customer Support Site! This is a Free Site that I am combining several sites to. All that you have to do is register if you haven't already!

To reverse, just delete the new NoCDBurning value.

Note: This setting does not prevent users from using third-party applications to create or modify CDs using a CD writer.

To Start the Registry Editor:
Click on Start > Run, type Regedit and press OK
Note: Be very careful while you are running the registry editor.
You can easily render your machine unable to boot if you play with settings you aren't familiar with!

Gary Chambers

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