Remove Balloon Tips in XP!
With this setting, some of this pop-up text is
not displayed. The pop-up text affected by
this setting includes "Click here to begin" on
the Start button, "Where have all my programs
gone" on the Start menu, and "Where have my
icons gone" in the notification area.
START > RUN > GPEDIT.MSC > USER CONFIGURATION
> ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES > START MENU AND
TASKBAR > FIND REMOVE BALLOON TIPS ON START
MENU ITEMS > CHECK ENABLED > OK
Disabling New Programs Alert in Windows XP!
1. Right click the start button and click
properties.
2. Go to the start menu tab and click
customise.
3. Click on the advanced tab
4. Deselect "Highlight newlie installed
programs"
Windows XP has moved everything around and
there are so many new features that this was a
tough one to find. By the way, this is only
applicable if you have the new XP start menu
not if you are using classic
Disabling Automatic Updates properly in
Windows XP!
A lot of people already know about Automatic
Updates and how to disable them by selecting
the appropriate option from within the
Automatic Updates tab in My Computer. A lot of
you might not realise this, but the Automatic
Update service still runs even when you select
to disable it here. To turn it off completely
and for good do as follows:
1. Go into Control Panel > Administrative
Tools > Services.
2. Highlight the service called "Automatic
Updates". You will know when you have the
correct one because you will see a description
about it telling you what it does.
3. Right click once highlighted and click stop
to terminate the service.
4. Right click on it again and go to
Properties. Half way down the first tab there
is "Start-up Type:" change this to disabled.
Congratulations. You have now disabled
Automatic Updates service. Not only will this
make certain the service won't run, but by
disabling it properly you are freeing up
system resources as they won't be diverted to
running a service that you don't use.
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