Browsing Windows XP
How to Find an App's Registry Settings
Applications usually scatter their configuration settings all over the Windows registry when they are installed, but in general there are two places you can find these settings in case you want to modify them or troubleshoot something.
Enable/Disable System Restore
Windows XP has a feature System Restore which allows users to restore Windows settings and configurations to an earlier point in time (called Restore Points).
Fix for Empty Add/Remove List
When you try to use the Add/Remove Programs feature in the Windows XP control panel, you may have a problem because the list of programs or Currently installed programs comes up blank and never appears.
Remove Antivirus 2008 / 2009 etc.
Antivirus 2009 is a new rogue anti-spyware program.
Use Registry to VIew Installed Patches
This info is especially useful to system administrators, but other power users should find this useful.
Default IE To Full Screen Mode
Most people don''t know you can run Internet Explorer in Full Screen mode.
Place Windows Kernel in RAM
This little tweak will give a slight performance boost, but at a cost.