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*How to restore the operating system to a previous state
This article describes how to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous working state.
*Disable the Windows XP built-in Certificate Propagation Mechanism
The Windows XP built-in certificate propagation mechanism is designed to propagate all the certificates on a smart card to the local My Certificate store.
*A faster NTFS file system
You probably use the NTFS file system (see the properties of your C: partition).
*Disable the useless Security Center warnings
If your Windows is not provided with one of the well known virus scan and/or firewall software, the Security Center will come with useless repeating reminders.
*Disable the balloon tips
Already irritated by the information balloons, covering the important buttons in the Start Menu?
Start the registry editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Change or add the DWORD-values EnableBalloonTips and ShowInfoTip, both with value 0.
*Set CPU Priority
This setting gives a boost to priority of foreground applications.
*Do an unattended installation
The Windows XP Setup routine is much nicer than that in Windows 2000 or Windows Me, but it`s still an hour-long process that forces you to sit in front of your computer for an hour, answering dialog boxes and typing in product keys.
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