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Hold windows key and hit "break"......walla !!!

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i dont know if this is on any other site...i was just bored and noticed mi shift key was hard to press down...so i kept hitting it....and i found out if you hit SHIFT 5 times a program called STICKY KEYS pops up....i didnt find it that useful but its there.

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Ever want to know how to remove control panel applets? According to Microsoft, the Group Policy Editor can be used to "Hides all Control Panel items." Before we get started I want to inform you that this tweak does not prevent the control panel applets from running, they just do not show up in control panel any more.

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Microsoft Windows XP uses a lot of folders for each user.  Everything from  "My video" to your personal documents folder.  Below is where you can view the locations of these folders and can change them.

  1. Start Regedit.  If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ...
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If those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off

  1. Start Regedit.  If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound
  3. Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right.
  4. Right click...
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After reading Joseph Doyle's submission regarding this I would like to point out that you can set a Guest account password by simply doing this. This method is somewhat simpler in that you do not have to mess around with CMD.exe.

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The problem is with using Windows Explorer to modify security settings globally on a partition, directories, and files. This is in fact a less than optimum method of applying security settings. A more appropriate method is to execute the following command line from the root of the partition:

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This is an interesting way to increase the security of your machine further.  With the help of this tip, you will need to insert a special floppy disk that you make in order to log on.  If you loose the disk, you are locked out.

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