Performance Tips (1-12)Essential advice for beginners (59-80)

1. Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space

2. Altering page files
3. Clean out prefetch folder
4. Set priority for individual programs
5. Cleaning up unwanted startup programs
6. Defrag your hard drive
7. Disable unnecessary services
8. Disable the Disk performance counter(s)
9. Turn Off Windows Indexing service
10. Increasing desktop Graphics Performance
11. Check and set the DMA mode on your drives
12. Smooth out your mouse movement

Useful Tips for WindowsXP (13-30)

13. Resize screen fonts on the fly in Internet Explorer
14. Mouse Sonar
15. Quick back and forward commands in Internet explorer
16. Mount a new hard drive as a folder in your C: drive
17. Enable clear type
18. Create a keyboard shortcut to a folder or program
19. Use remote desktop to connect to your PC from anywhere (XP Pro only)
20. XP Powertoys
21. Backing up or transferring your email manually with outlook express
22. Running legacy software in Windows XP
23. Compressing files and folders to save space
24. Open explorer window from current command prompt directory
25. Using Quick Edit in the Command Prompt
26. Select 'No to all' when copying files in XP
27. Bypass the recycle bin when deleting a file
28. Create a link to shutdown your PC
29. Hosting online games through the Windows XP firewall
30. Rename multiple files simultaneously

Security, privacy and recovery tips (31-44)

31. Use the Windows 2000-style secure logon screen
32. Hiding shared folders with $
33. Using advanced file security settings in Windows XP Home
34. Create a password reset disk
35. Applying a password to the 'administrator' account in XP Home
36. 'Rolling back' a faulty device driver
37. Disable simple file sharing (XP Professional only)
38. Using the Windows XP firewall
39. Turn autocomplete off in IE
40. Using the Windows XP repair installation process
41. Add, Clear or remove the 'my recent documents' menu
42. Creating a desktop shortcut for locking your computer
43. Giving a password to the 'Guest' user account
44. Use system restore when you cannot boot your system normally

Customizing Windows XP (45-58)

45. Stop Windows messenger from running
46. Run command prompt utilities successfully from shortcuts
47. Remove the XP desktop theme
48. Change start menu style
49. Add my computer and other missing icons to your desktop
50. Change the picture in the welcome screen
51. Add items to the 'Send To' right click option
52. Automatically run programs when starting Windows XP
53. Create a screensaver from your pictures
54. Modify autoplay for different types of CD
55. Different folder types with XP
56. Using 'my computer' as a toolbar
57. Enlarge and resize the quicklaunch bar
58. Disable desktop cleanup wizard
59. Stopping desktop ad popups
60. Displaying hidden files and folders
61. Convert Your drives to the NTFS file system
62. Formatting a hard drive partition larger than 32 Gigs with FAT32
63. Finding your IP address and other information with IPCONFIG
64. Update your machine automatically
65. Logging in as the 'Administrator' account
66. Update your drivers
67. Check your PC for spyware and other nasties
68. Show the quicklaunch bar
69. Locking the desktop
70. Using the Windows Scientific calculator feature
71. Accessibility tools
72. Set a new home page in explorer
73. Remove the annoying dog from the search screen
74. Change the look of your mouse pointer.
75. Email attachments are the most common vector for viruses.
76. Keyboard shortcuts
77. Set monitor refresh rate
78. Set power options
79. Creating shortcuts
80. Create passwords for all your user accounts!

Registry tweaks For performance (81-93)

81. Backing up and restoring the windows registry
82. How to edit the windows registry (before other reg tips)
83. Keep Windows operating data in main memory
84. Disable the DOS 8.3 naming convention to save system resources
85. Stop the 'last access update' from taking up system resources
86. Clear the Page File (virtual memory) when shutting down XP
87. Get Rid of XP's annoying balloon tips
88. Adding additional Icons to 'my computer'
89. Speed up the Start Menu
90. Display message on startup
91. Set the default download directory for Internet Explorer

92. Change the size of thumbnail pictures

93. Opening a Command Prompt to a Particular Directory from Explorer

Miscellaneous registry tweaks (94-101)

94. Disable error reporting on program crash
95. Automatically close non-responsive programs
96. Permanently bypass the recycle bin when deleting files
97. Show administrator account on welcome screen
98. Enable/Disable Active Window Tracking to Mouse Movements
99. Launch Programs at Login Without Using the Startup Folder
100. Force windows XP to reboot upon crashing
101. Disable Admin