With the loads of problems reported by users with Soundblaster cards on Windows XP Creative has stepped up and offered drivers for at least some models of their Sound Blaster cards, but check your particular model closely. I have downloaded the SB128 drivers and my sound problems have been resolved..! So they do work.
When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click "Change preferences" then "Without an animated screen character." If you'd rather give it a bare-bones "Windows 2000" look and feel, fire up your Registry editor and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ CabinetState.
You may need to create a new string value labeled "Use Search Asst" and set it to "no"
File sharing and permissions in Windows XP seem complicated.
Microsoft provides a Knowledge Base article, but reading it is like walking through molasses: It describes in infinite detail a file security system based on a 1-to-5 scale. However, if you look for this 1-to-5 scale anywhere in your security-settings interface, you may come away a little confused. These numbers are nowhere to be found.
Microsoft's 1-to-5 scale means nothing to the individual user and relates in no way to the actual practice of setting your security protocols. Enter the Screen Savers. We are here to explain it to you.
The security settings the user actually sets relate to read access, write access, shared folders, and password protection. These features are available in both Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional, however the features only work if the operating system is installed with NTFS. FAT32 does not support the file permissions described here.
You can choose to install Windows XP Home using NTFS, but you should use a FAT32 file system if you are dual booting and want to see the contents of your Windows 95, 98, or Me partition from your XP partition. Your file system is not set in stone when you install Windows XP. You always can change your file system from FAT32 to NTFS without losing any of your data; however, the transition is one-way only.
There is no going back to FAT32 from NTFS unless you grab a copy of Partition Magic. Microsoft recommends you install Windows XP Home with FAT32 if you intend to install more than one OS on your computer or if your hard drive is less than 32GB.
If you have Windows XP Home or Professional running NTFS, you can hide files and entire folders from prying eyes. When you set up multiple user accounts on one machine, any user with administrator access can view the documents in another's My Documents folders. To protect a folder, right-click it, choose Properties, the Share tab, and select "make this folder private." No one, not even a fellow system administrator, can access these most secret files.
Every file or folder contained within whichever folder you choose to make private will take on the settings of the parent folder. If the administrator does not have a password to the account, Windows XP will prompt the user to make a password or risk subjecting his or her private work to public scrutiny. No Windows password means no protected files.
A person who logs in as a guest or as a user without administrator privileges cannot see the contents of any other user's My Documents folder, even if the folder has not been explicitly made private. The user with limited privileges can, however, set a password and protect his or her documents from the prying eyes of the administrators. Windows XP is all about privacy.
It is a nice feeling to keep your personal tax documents secure from the passing lookey-loo. It's about time Microsoft made snooping your computer more difficult than snooping your medicine cabinet.
If you're having trouble running older programs originally developed for previous versions of Windows, you're not out of luck. Luckily for consumers, Microsoft built Compatibility Mode into XP. Compatibility Mode allows you to run a program using the shell of the original program it was developed for. Try starting the program after making these changes. If it still gives you trouble, try a different operating system. If the program was written for Win95 and worked fine in Win98, there's nothing that says it still won't work fine with Win98.
Here's how to access a program's Compatibility Mode in XP:
Find the executable or program shortcut icon you'd like to run.
Right-click the icon and select Properties.
Click the Compatibility tab and place a checkmark next to the text labeled "Run this program in compatibility mode."
Select the operating system that the program was originally intended to run on.
You may need to fine-tune the three fields under "Display Settings" if an older program requires 640x480 resolution or 256 colors.
Click Apply.
In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : Shutdown -r -t 00
Click Next. Name the shortcut : Restart , and click Finish.
select an appropriate icon for it now !
Create A SUSPEND shortcut thus:
In the Create Shortcut wizards location text box appears, type: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState
Give the shortcut a name like Hibernate.
Right click on an empty area on your desktop.
Select New>Shortcut.
In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : Shutdown -s -t 00
Click Next. Name the shortcut : Shutdown , and click Finish.
Then select an appropriate icon for it !
Name: Access Macro Generator
Creator/Origin: Ultras / Russia
AKA : AMG
Type: Virus Creation Tool
Known versions:
AMG 1.0 - November 1998
Features:
An Access 97 macro virus generator by the creator of the UCK and MUCK kits.
Author's note:
Features:
Message Box - Shows message
Kill Files on C: - Deletes all files on disk C:\
Kill Dll - Deletes DLL files in directory C:\Window\System
Kill Program Files - Destroys Folders C:\Program Files
Kill Files - Deleting the files in folders
Kill Windoze Files - Destroys Folders C:\Program Files
Instructions: After you include the constructor choose the options and name of virus. Hereon start access97 and create the module having named by its name of virus put all from generated file with finishing a name of virus.bas and module is ready. Hereon create macros "Autoexex" in which choose the function of start the program and deliver start a module of your virus.
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now you can modify according to your taste, and pack it
Finally the XP SP3 was released so here is the final nLite version update as well. Just one important thing changed, SP3 Slipstream under Vista. ...
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Is a freeware utility to modify resources in 32bit Windows
executables with the help of RESHACK. It incorporates an internal resource script
compiler and decompiler and works on Win95, Win98, WinME,
WinNT, and Win2000 operating systems.
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