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This chapter explores how to put  these                techniques to work.&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;br /&gt;              Some of the things may already have been discussed in some  threads                earlier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                                                                                              &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stopping Unneeded  Startup                  Services&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                Along with the core operating system and programs that  Windows                  XP runs when it starts, there is also a host of services                   involved. Many of these services are necessary for  Windows XP to                  operate correctly. However, many of them are for  features in                  Windows XP that you may not use at all. You can peruse  the                  services and disable any service that you do not want to  run.                  The fewer services that run, the more quickly Windows XP  will                  boot.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;strong&gt;Caution&lt;/strong&gt;: Exercise caution when stopping                   services. If you do not know what a service does or are  unsure                  of the ramifications of stopping the service, leave it  alone.                  Some services are critical to Windows XP's operations,  so make                  sure you understand what the service is before you  disable it.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                To reduce the number of services that start on bootup,  you can                  access two different areas of Windows XP. The first is  the                  System Configuration Utility. The Services tab shows you  the                  services that start when the computer boots.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                You can stop a service from starting by simply clearing  the                  check box next to the service and clicking OK. However,  before                  you do so, there is another way to disable services that  you may                  prefer because the interface gives you more information  about                  the service in question.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                Open Control Panel/Administrative ToolsServices or else  select                  Start/Run, type services.msc, and click OK. Either way,  you see                  the Services console.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                I prefer to use the Services console instead of the  System                  Configuration Utility because it describes what the  service                  does. Additionally, you can double-click a service and  examine                  its properties.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                Notice the Startup Type column in Figure 4-2. This  information                  lists whether the service is automatic or manual. Manual                   services are only started in Windows XP when you start a  process                  that requires the service. Some other process may  require the                  service that has a "dependency" relationship with it; in  this                  case, the dependency service will start, as well.  Because these                  services do not start automatically when you boot  Windows XP,                  you do not need to do anything with manual services.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                However, all services listed as automatic start when  Windows XP                  boots. These are the services that increase boot time.  As I have                  mentioned, many of them are necessary and important, so  you                  should not stop automatic services from booting unless  you are                  sure of the ramifications. You can get this information  by                  looking at the Description column. Here's a quick look  at common                  services you may want to live without:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;                   &lt;center&gt;                   &lt;table style="border-collapse: collapse;color:#111111;" id="AutoNumber6" width="100%" border="0" border cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;                     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Automatic  Updates:&lt;/b&gt;                        This service enables Windows XP to check the Web                        automatically for updates. 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If you are, leave it alone.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Error Reporting and Event Log:&lt;/b&gt; You don't have to  use                  these services but they can be very helpful, so I would  leave                  them configured as automatic.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Fax:&lt;/b&gt; If you don't use your computer for fax  services, you                  can disable this one. Help and Support: If you never use  the                  Windows XP&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Help and Support Center &lt;/b&gt;(found on the Start  menu), you                  can disable this service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;IMAPI CD-Burning COM:&lt;/b&gt; This service enables you to  burn                  CDs on your computer. If you never burn CDs, you can  disable the                  service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Indexing Service:&lt;/b&gt; Your computer keeps an index of  files                  but if you rarely search for files, the service is just a                   resource hog. You can stop it and turn the service to  manual.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing: &lt;/b&gt;If  you do                  not use these features, you can disable them.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Infrared Monitor: &lt;/b&gt;If you do not use infrared  devices, you                  can disable this service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Messenger: &lt;/b&gt;This service sends alert messages on a  local                  area network (it is not the same as Windows Messenger).  If you                  are not on a network, you can disable this service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Print Spooler:&lt;/b&gt; If you do not do any printing from  the                  computer, you can disable this service. If you print,  make sure                  you leave it as automatic.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Remote Registry:&lt;/b&gt; This service allows remote users  to                  modify the Registry on your computer. If you are not on a                   network, you can disable this service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;System Restore Service:&lt;/b&gt; This service allows you  to use                  System Restore. If you have turned off System Restore  anyway,                  you do not need to turn off the service. If you do, you  turn off                  System Restore.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Themes:&lt;/b&gt; If you do not use themes, you can disable  this                  service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Windows Image Acquisition: &lt;/b&gt;If you do not use  scanners or                  digital cameras, you can disable this service.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Wireless Zero Configuration: &lt;/b&gt;If do not use  wireless                  networking devices, you can disable this service.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;                   &lt;center&gt;                   &lt;table style="border-collapse: collapse;color:#111111;" id="AutoNumber7" width="100%" border="0" border cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;                     &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;                       &lt;td width="50%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;You may have a  number                        of other automatic services, depending on software  and                        other configurations on your computer. So it's a  good idea                        to look through the services and learn more about  them. If                        you double-click a service, a Properties dialog  box                        appears&lt;br /&gt;                     &lt;br /&gt;                      Notice that on the General tab, you see a Startup  Type                        drop-down menu. If you want to change an automatic  service                        to manual, select Manual here and click OK. 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However, before you change a service  to                  manual, look at the Dependencies tab (see Figure 4-4).  This tab                  shows you which other services depend upon the service  you are                  considering changing.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                Keep in mind that services are necessary for the vast                  functionality you get with Windows XP. Change only those                   services that you understand and do not use. How you use  your                  Windows XP computer should be the best guide in terms of                   optional startup services.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                &lt;b&gt;Tips:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                The Indexing service and the System Restore service take  up a                  lot of disk space and system resources across the board.&lt;br /&gt;                You can live without the Indexing service but I suggest  that you                  keep using System Restore. It works great when you are  in a bind                  and this is one case where the loss of speed may not be  worth                  the ramifications of not using System Restore. Speed  Tips and                  Tricks for Windows XP Startup Aside from startup  programs,                  services, and the Prefetch folder, there are a number of  other                  startup procedures and issues you can modify to help  Windows XP                  start faster. The following sections explore those tips  and                  tricks. Manual IP Addressing on Small Office/Home  Networks                  Windows XP is configured to help you take care of  networking. It                  uses the TCP/IP protocol for networking in workgroups,  or what                  you might call small office or home networks that do not  use a                  dedicated server. The problem is that automatic IP  addressing                  can be slow. When your computer boots, it has to query  the                  network to see what IP addresses are already in use and  then                  assign itself one. If you want to speed up the boot time  a bit,                  consider manually assigning IP addresses to all  computers on the                  network. This way, the network computers do not have to  worry                  about locating an automatic IP address. Because one is  manually                  configured, the operating system doesn't have to spend  time                  solving this problem. This isn't a networking book,  however, so                  I won't delve into the implications of using a manual IP                   address, but if you are using a computer that functions  as a                  host computer to the Internet (using Internet Connection  Sharing                  [ICS]), you can get into connectivity problems if you  change the                  configuration of the IP address. However, you can still  work                  around this problem by starting with the ICS host  computer.                  Select Start/Connect To/Show All Connections.  Right-click your                  network adapter card and click Properties. On the  General tab,                  select TCP/IP in the list of services and click the  Properties                  button. In the TCP/IP properties, you can see if you use  an                  automatic or manual IP address. In the example in Figure  4-5, I                  have configured a manual IP address of 90.0.0.1 and a  default                  subnet mask. The other computers on my office network  each use a                  different IP address in the same class, such as  90.0.0.2,                  90.0.0.3, 90.0.0.4, and so on. This way, each computer  has a                  permanent IP address, which helps increase boot time.  Note that                  if you change the IP addresses of your computers, they  must all                  use the same subnet mask. A default subject mask of                  255.255.255.0 will keep you in good shape. Make sure you                   understand the implications of changing IP addresses on  your                  network. If you have no networking experience at all,  you may be                  wiser to leave the automatic IP addressing as is and try  to gain                  some speed using the additional suggestions in this  chapter.                  Disabling Recent Documents History Windows XP includes a  feature                  that keeps track of all recent documents you have opened  or                  used. The idea is that you can select Start/Recent  Documents                  History and quickly reopen any document you have  recently used.                  I use many documents each day and never use the feature  myself.                  In my opinion, I can keep up with what I want to use  without                  Windows XP doing it for me. The bad thing about Recent  Documents                  History is that Windows XP has to calculate what should  be put                  there each time you boot Windows, which can slow things  down.                  So, if you never use the Recent Documents History, it's a  good                  idea to disable it.&lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;                Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Open the Registry Editor (select Start/Run, type  regedit, and                  click OK).&lt;br /&gt;                2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Mcft\Windows\                  CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Create a NoRecentDocsHistory D_WORD key. Double-click  the                  value to open it once it is created.&lt;br /&gt;                4. Set the Data Value to 1 to enable the restriction.&lt;br /&gt;                5. Click OK and close the Registry Editor. You'll need  to                  restart the computer for the change to take effect.  Disabling                  the Boot Logo You can remove the boot logo that appears  when you                  start Windows XP. This little tweak probably shaves only  a few                  seconds off your boot time but seconds count if you are  serious                  about trying to get Windows XP up and running as quickly  as                  possible. The only negative is that if you remove the  boot logo,                  you will also not see any boot messages, such as check  disk.                  (But if you are not having problems with your computer,  this                  isn't such a big deal.)&lt;br /&gt;                To remove the boot logo, follow these steps:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Select Start/Run, type msconfig, and click OK.&lt;br /&gt;                2. In the System Configuration Utility, click the  BOOT.INI tab.&lt;br /&gt;                3. On the BOOT.INI tab, click the NOGUIBOOT check box  option.                  Click OK. Removing Unwanted Fonts One trick that  increases your                  boot time a bit is to lose any fonts in the Fonts folder  in                  Control Panel that you never use. The more fonts you  have, the                  more processing Windows XP has to do to prep all of  those fonts                  for use. You must be a bit careful here to not remove  fonts that                  you might want, but there is a good chance that you can  live                  without many of them. For instance, you may have foreign                   language fonts and other symbol fonts (such as  Wingdings) that                  you never use. To delete unneeded fonts, follow these  steps:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Open the Fonts folder in Control Panel.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Select Edit/Select All and then Edit/Copy.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Create a new folder on your desktop, open it, and  select                  Edit/Paste.&lt;br /&gt;                4. In this new folder, delete any of the fonts you do  not want.&lt;br /&gt;                5. Return to the Fonts folder in Control Panel.  Right-click the                  selected fonts and click Delete.&lt;br /&gt;                6. Go back to your new desktop folder and click  Edit/Select All.&lt;br /&gt;                7. Return to your Fonts folder and click Edit/Paste. You  now                  have only the desired fonts in the Fonts folder. Tip:  You can                  directly delete fonts from the Fonts folder without  creating the                  secondary folder. However, I recommend the preceding  steps to                  help ensure that you do not make a mistake in the  deletion                  process. Stopping Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop  Sharing                  In Windows XP Professional, you have two remote  networking                  features called Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop  Sharing.                  These remote networking features are very helpful in a  variety                  of situations but if you don't use them, it is good idea  to                  disable them to save boot time. You can always enable  them later                  if you want to use them. Note: If you are interested in  using                  Remote Desktop or Remote Assistance, see my book Windows  XP for                  Power Users: Power Pack published by John Wiley &amp;amp;  Sons.&lt;br /&gt;                1. Open the Start menu, right-click My Computer, and  choose                  Properties.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Click the Remote Tab.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Clear both check boxes to disable Remote Assistance  and                  Remote Desktop. Speeding Up the Dual-Boot Timeout If you                   dual-boot your computer with Windows XP and another  operating                  system, you see an operating system selection menu on  startup.                  If you typically boot into Windows XP and not the other                  operating system, you can speed up the dual-boot timeout  value                  so that you do not wait so long for the boot process to  select                  your default operating system and continue with the boot                   process. The default timeout value is 30 seconds but you  can                  change this setting to 10. This gives you enough time to  select                  the alternate operating system if you want but also  speeds up                  the boot process. You can skip this section if you do  not use a                  dual-boot configuration.&lt;br /&gt;                Follow these steps:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Locate the boot.ini file on your computer. It is a  hidden                  file by default; mine is located in C:\boot.ini.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Open the file with Notepad (which is what opens it by                   default).&lt;br /&gt;                3. Change the Timeout value to 10 (see Figure 4-11).&lt;br /&gt;                4. Select File/Save and close Notepad. Speeding Up Your  PPPoE                  Connection If you use a Point-to-Point Protocol  connection over                  Ethernet (PPPoE), you may notice a delay in using the  PPPoE                  connection after startup. By default, there is a 120  second                  delay but you can stop this behavior by manually  configuring an                  IP address for the network adapter card. If you do not  use a                  PPPoE connection, you can skip this section.&lt;br /&gt;                1. Select Start/Connect to/Show All Connections.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Open the TCP/IP properties for your LAN network  interface                  card.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Manually set the IP address on the TCP/IP properties  to an                  appropriate IP address and subnet mask for your network.                   Reducing the Wait Time When you start to shut down  Windows XP,                  it has to quit, or "kill," any live applications or  processes                  that are currently running. So close all applications  first.                  However, some applications and processes are always  running in                  the background. You can reduce the amount of time that  Windows                  XP waits for those applications and processes to close  before                  Windows XP kills them. Edit three different Registry  settings to                  change this:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Open the Registry Editor.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.  Select                  WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Select the HungAppTimeout value and set it to 1000 as  well. 4&lt;br /&gt;                . Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.  Set the                  WaitToKillAppTimeout and set the value to 1000. Select  the                  HungAppTimeout \newline value and set it to 1000 as  well.&lt;br /&gt;                5. Navigate to  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro                  l. Select the WaitToKillServiceTimeout value and set it  to 1000.&lt;br /&gt;                6. Close the Registry Editor. Automatically Killing  Tasks on                  Shutdown You know the drill. You start to shut down the                  computer, you wait a few moments, and then you see a  dialog box                  asking if you want to kill an application or service  that is                  running. Instead of prompting you, you can make Windows  XP take                  care of the kill task automatically. Here's how:&lt;br /&gt;                1. Open the Registry Editor.&lt;br /&gt;                2. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.&lt;br /&gt;                3. Highlight the value AutoEndTasks and change the value  to 1.&lt;br /&gt;                4. 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New drivers tend to increase system speed especially in the case  of        graphics cards, their drivers are updated by the manufacturer very         frequently!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.        Minimizing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; If you want to use several programs at the  same time        then minimize those you are not using.  This helps reduce the  overload on        RAM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.        Boot Faster:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; The 'starting Windows  98/XP' message on  startup can        delay your booting for a couple of seconds.  To get rid of this  message go        to c:\ and find the file &lt;i&gt;Msdos.sys&lt;/i&gt;.  Remove the Read-Only  option.         Next, open it in Notepad or any other text editor.  Finally, go to  the        text 'Options' within the file and make the following changes: &lt;i&gt;Add         BootDelay=0&lt;/i&gt;.  To make your booting even faster, set &lt;i&gt;add  Logo=0&lt;/i&gt;        to remove the Windows logo at startup.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.        Restart only Windows:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; When restarting your PC, hold down &lt;i&gt;Shift        &lt;/i&gt;to only restart Windows rather than the whole system which  will only        take a fraction of the time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.        Turn Off Animations:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Go to &lt;i&gt;Display Settings&lt;/i&gt;         from the Control Panel and switch to the &lt;i&gt;Effects&lt;/i&gt; Tab. Now  turn off       &lt;i&gt;Show Windows Content While Dragging&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Smooth Edges on  Screen        Fonts&lt;/i&gt;.  This tip is also helpful with Windows XP because of  the        various fade/scroll effects.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.        Faster Start-Menu Access:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; Go to the &lt;i&gt;Start&lt;/i&gt; menu and  select       &lt;i&gt;Run&lt;/i&gt;.  Now type &lt;i&gt;Regedit&lt;/i&gt; and hit Enter.  The Registry  Editor        will appear on the screen.  Now, open the folder &lt;/span&gt;       &lt;span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;b&gt;HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control        Panel\Desktop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;.  You should see a &lt;i&gt;MenuShowDelay&lt;/i&gt; value.  If you        don't then do the following: right click on a blank space in the  right        pane and select &lt;i&gt;New\String&lt;/i&gt;.  Change the name in the new  value to &lt;i&gt;       MenuShowDelay&lt;/i&gt;.  Now that we have the &lt;i&gt;MenuShowDelay&lt;/i&gt;  value,        double click on it and enter &lt;b&gt;0&lt;/b&gt; in the value data field.   This sets        the start menu delay to 0 milliseconds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.        Resolutions: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;If you are willing to do anything for faster        performance from your PC, then try lowering your display  resolution.  The        lower it is, the faster your PC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;           &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.        Turn off Active Desktop:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Go to your &lt;i&gt;Display        Properties&lt;/i&gt; and switch to the &lt;i&gt;Web&lt;/i&gt; tab.  Uncheck &lt;i&gt;View  My        Active Desktop As a Web Page&lt;/i&gt;.  Since the Active Desktop option  under        Windows 98 uses a lot of system resources, this option can have a  dramatic        effect on the speed of the whole system.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;           &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;           &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.        Defragment Often:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Windows 98's Defrag tool uses &lt;i&gt;       Application Acceleration&lt;/i&gt; from Intel which means that when you        defragment your drive, data is physically arranged on the drive so  that        applications will load faster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;                       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;11.         Take your PC to Bed:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Using the &lt;i&gt;Advanced Power        Management&lt;/i&gt; feature under Windows 98 gives you the option to  use the        sleep command.  That way, you can send your PC to sleep instead of         shutting it down and then restarting it.  It's as simple as  pressing a        button and then pressing the same button to wake it up.  You can  tell        Windows after how many minutes/hours of inactivity to  automatically sleep        the machine in the &lt;i&gt;Advanced Power Management&lt;/i&gt; section of the  Control        Panel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;12.        Faster Internet Access:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; If you use the internet for  reference and        the sites you visit are rarely  updated then try the following.   In IE        (the same can be done in Netscape) go to &lt;i&gt;Tools&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Internet  Options&lt;/i&gt;.         Next, click on &lt;i&gt;Settings... &lt;/i&gt;in the &lt;i&gt;Temporary Internet  Files&lt;/i&gt;         section.  Finally, select &lt;i&gt;Never&lt;/i&gt; for the first option and  double the        amount of storage space to use, click OK!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;13.  Benchmarking:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; Benchmarking can be very useful when run        frequently.  It can tell you how your PC's components are  performing and        then compare them to other machines like yours.  For example, when  you        overclock your PC, you want to know how much more speed you have  and        whether it is stable.  All this and more can be discovered using        benchmarking.  An excellent piece of software for doing this job  is &lt;i&gt;       SiSoft Sandra&lt;/i&gt; which can be found in the Downloads File  Archive!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;14.        Refresh the Taskbar without restarting:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; If you in some way  change        the taskbar, either in Regedit or elsewhere, you can refresh the  task bar        without restarting.  Hold down &lt;i&gt;Ctrl&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Alt&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i&gt;Del&lt;/i&gt;,  and        double click on Explorer.  Say &lt;i&gt;Yes to close Explorer&lt;/i&gt;, but &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;         to closing Windows.  This will refresh the Taskbar and system  tray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;15.        Quick CD Eject:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; Instead of pushing the button on your  drive,        right-click your CD drive letter in My Computer and click on &lt;i&gt;Eject&lt;/i&gt;.          This will also remove any icons that have become associated with  the CD        drive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;16. Start Up  Programs:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;b&gt;        &lt;/b&gt;Windows can be slowed down when programs run on start up.  To         eliminate this, check your Start up folder.  You can access it  from        the start menu: &lt;i&gt;Start&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Programs&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;       Start Up&lt;/i&gt;.  Another way to eliminate programs from loading even         before Windows actually starts is by doing the following: Click on  &lt;i&gt;       Start&lt;/i&gt;, then &lt;i&gt;Run&lt;/i&gt;.  Type &lt;i&gt;msconfig&lt;/i&gt;.  It will take        quite a long time for this program to load, but when you finally  see it on        your screen, explore the different tabs.  They all have to do with         how quickly your PC boots, so select what you want, and uncheck  what you        don't want!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;17.        Fonts:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; When Windows starts, it loads every single font in  the &lt;i&gt;       Fonts&lt;/i&gt; folder.  Therefore, the more fonts you have, the slower  the        booting process.  To get rid of unwanted fonts, simply go to the  Fonts        folder under c:\windows and remove whatever you don't want.  Fonts  that        have a red letter 'A' as their icon are system fonts, so don't  delete        them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;18.        Stretching Wallpapers:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Don't "stretch" your wallpaper  in        Windows 98 since it actually slows Windows down when you drag  icons around        on the desktop.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;19.        RAM Matters:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; If you have less than 32MB then you should  seriously        think of upgrading it to at least 64MB.  Windows runs much more  smoothly        with 64MB or higher and tends to use less hard disk space for  virtual        memory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 150%;"&gt;       &lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;font-family:Georgia;" &gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;20.        Partitioning:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; A very nice little thing you can do to boost  system        performance.  By partitioning your hard drive, splitting one  physical        drive into several logical ones, you can gain several advantages.   1. If        you get a virus or you accidentally format a drive, not all will  be lost.         2. By placing the swap file (Win386.swp) on a separate drive, The  swap        file will be less fragmented and thus, faster. 3. 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It can carry  programs, encryption and even a full installation of Windows XP! Here is  our tenlist for the coolest things you can do with a USB thumb drive:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="float: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/12.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-520" title="12" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/12.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" title="Portable Apps (Take programs with you)  - Windows XP tips &amp;amp; tricks" src="http://radhen.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/2007-10-21-104231-portable-apps.png" alt="" width="191" height="268" hspace="5" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; T&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ake  your programs with you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We all know how frustrating it is when we take your files to another  computer just to discover that the software required to read the files  is not installed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here’s the simplest solution – take your programs with you – on your  USB thumb drive. Here’s how to do it with &lt;a href="http://portableapps.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Portable Apps&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;1. Go to the Portable Apps website and download the installer,  choosing the software you want to carry along.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;2. Run the installer and install the software to the root of your USB  thumb drive.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And you’re done! As soon as you connect your thumb drive into a  computer, Portable Apps will open up automatically.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/22.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-484" title="22" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/22.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Surf anonymously&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;With Portable Apps and Firefox, you can surf the web without leaving  any trace on the computer you are using. If you want extra security,  install a Firefox security plugin such as &lt;a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464" target="_blank"&gt;FoxyProxy&lt;/a&gt;. To iput Firefox onto the drive, just  copy-paste the Firefox &lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/2008/05/folder-types-on-windows-xp/" class="alinks_links" onclick="return alinks_click(this);" title="" style="padding-right: 13px; background: url(&amp;quot;http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/plugins/alinks/images/external.png&amp;quot;) no-repeat scroll right center transparent;" rel="external"&gt;folder&lt;/a&gt;  from you computer, or install Firefox onto the thumb drive.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/31.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-494" title="31" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/31.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Set a program to run automatically (autorun)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Using autorun, you can set a program to start up automatically when  you connect the drive to a computer. You can also use the same script  for a data CD-ROM. Note that some computers have autorun disabled for  security purposes. [Here's how to &lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/windows/xp/2008/02/toggling-autoplay/" target="_blank"&gt;disable autorun&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Open up notepad and paste the following script:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id="articleBody"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[autorun]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ShellExecute=&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;filename&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Label=&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UseAutoPlay=1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;Make sure you replace &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;filename&lt;/span&gt;  with the full path to the file. For example, a file called program.exe  in a folder called “programs” on the thumb drive would be  /programs/program.exe&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Replace &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;description&lt;/span&gt; with a  short description of the program, for example, &lt;em&gt;My Jukebox&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/xp/tutorials/2008/07/firefox-3-new-look-of-firefox-review/" class="alinks_links" onclick="return alinks_click(this);" title="" style="padding-right: 13px; background: url(&amp;quot;http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/plugins/alinks/images/external.png&amp;quot;) no-repeat scroll right center transparent;" rel="external"&gt;Mozilla  Firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Save the file as &lt;em&gt;autorun.inf&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;making sure you select  “All Programs” from the save menu, not “Text document”!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/41.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-496" title="41" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/41.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Help! I’m lost!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ever lost a USB drive? Even if you haven’t, there’s a pretty good  chance you’ll lose a few during your life. And with all the important  information on it, it could be a disaster to have it fall into someone’s  hands.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A good idea is to encrypt all the information on the drive, but you  would still want it back, wouldn’t you? Luckily, the folks at the Daily  Cup Of &lt;a href="http://techgossip.net/" class="alinks_links" onclick="return alinks_click(this);" title="tech" style="padding-right: 13px; background: url(&amp;quot;http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/plugins/alinks/images/external.png&amp;quot;) no-repeat scroll right center transparent;" rel="external"&gt;Tech&lt;/a&gt;  have come up with a solution.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="aligncenter" title="Help! Im lost! - Windows XP tips  &amp;amp; tricks" src="http://www.dailycupoftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/lost003.png" alt="" width="459" height="159" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Save a program called “Help! I’m Lost!” on the drive, that a finder  just can’t get around opening. The program opens a message box with your  personal “I’m lost” message. It’s a good idea to offer the finder a  bigger reward than the drive itself, so that they’ll be interested in   contacting you.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/5.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-498" title="5" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/5.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hide the drive inside something&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/5.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" title="An unusual USB thumb drive... - Windows XP  tips &amp;amp; tricks" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2281/2418509850_6b7ac5196b.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Why not surprise your friends and  co-workers by sticking something that looks like a broken USB cable into  the computer’s USB drive?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You’ll be sure to get a few shocked faces when you start to play a  movie from it.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The guys from Technobuzz.net show us &lt;a href="http://www.technobuzz.net/hide-the-usb-drive-inside-a-usb-cable/" target="_blank"&gt;how to do it&lt;/a&gt;. (You are gonna need an unbelievably  small thumb drive for this…)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/6.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-514" title="6" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/6.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ecure your  PC&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Just like with an &lt;a href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=RFID&amp;amp;x=&amp;amp;y=" target="_blank"&gt;RFID&lt;/a&gt; badge, you can use a USB drive to lock and  unlock a PC. Insert it to begin working and pull it out when you’ve  finished, locking the computer. There are several programs for this . &lt;a href="http://www.rohos.com/welcome-screen/" target="_blank"&gt;Rohos&lt;/a&gt;, a  commercial program and WiKID, a semi-open source one.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you really need to secure your computer with a USB drive, I  suggest you give Rohos a try, as WiKID is rather complicated.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/7.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-515" title="7" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/7.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Portable jukebox&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Don’t just carry the music with you, also carry the player! You can  install audio programs such as &lt;a href="http://www.winamp.com/" target="_blank"&gt;WinAmp&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/coolplayerp_portable" target="_blank"&gt;CoolPlayer+&lt;/a&gt; on your thumb drive. Just unextract the  ZIP folders to the USB drive.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you want the jukebox to start up automatically when you connect  the memory stick to the computer, use the autorun feature shown tip 3  and point it to the exe of your audio player.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/8.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-516" title="8" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/8.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" title="Computer security is  important - Windows XP tips &amp;amp; tricks" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:dCkoPRIz_BqzPM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Padlock.svg/512px-Padlock.svg.png" alt="" width="131" height="131" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Encrypt your data&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you carry any sensitive indormation on your USB memory stick, a  good idea is to encrypt it. Hardware-level encryption will help, but it  will cost extra. You can get a free program to encrypt your data just as  securely. For this I recommend &lt;a href="http://www.truecrypt.org/" target="_blank"&gt;TrueCrypt&lt;/a&gt;, but most others will also do.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You will need admin access on the computer you want to use your  encrypted thumb drive on, so this it’s usability a little.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/9.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-517" title="9" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/9.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Run a standalone OS for dedicated tasks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The easiest OS to boot from a USB drive is probably Linux. There are  many small capacity Linux versions out there that will fit on your  drive. The best 3 are &lt;a href="http://www.puppylinux.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Puppy Linux&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Damn Small Linux&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href="http://webconverger.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Webconverger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Make sure you select a version that needs less space than your USB  drive’s maximum, so you have room for files and software.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;And this leads us nicely to the final tip…&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/10.png"&gt;&lt;img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-518" title="10" src="http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/uploads/10.png" alt="" width="50" height="50" /&gt;&lt;img class="alignright" title="The Windows logo -  Windows XP tips &amp;amp; tricks" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:yi01-fvmqj2vDM:http://bp3.blogger.com/_fHHTqxsTPho/R0HEXGZoiGI/AAAAAAAAAb4/re7uY96PC3M/s1600/windows-logo%25255B5%25255D1.jpg" alt="" width="131" height="121" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Run Windows itself from a  USB thumb drive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Modifying Windows to work on a USB drive is quite difficult, but luckily  there are some tools that will do it for us. Note that you will need a  separate Windows license for this, as &lt;a href="http://techgossip.net/category/microsoft/" class="alinks_links" onclick="return alinks_click(this);" title="microsoft" style="padding-right: 13px; background: url(&amp;quot;http://www.xptricks.net/wp-content/plugins/alinks/images/external.png&amp;quot;) no-repeat scroll right center transparent;" rel="external"&gt;Microsoft&lt;/a&gt;  only lets you use one for each single computer, and a USB drive is  treated by them like a computer…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3069687992006611039-4701010392429711639?l=khatrisolution.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KhatrisSolution/~4/atYj4J_ZyAw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://khatrisolution.blogspot.com/feeds/4701010392429711639/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://khatrisolution.blogspot.com/2010/03/xp-cool-tips-tricks.html#comment-form" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3069687992006611039/posts/default/4701010392429711639?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3069687992006611039/posts/default/4701010392429711639?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KhatrisSolution/~3/atYj4J_ZyAw/xp-cool-tips-tricks.html" title="Xp Cool Tips &amp; Tricks" /><author><name>Muhammad Jawad Khatri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09594437985415657205</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty name="OpenSocialUserId" value="15099144988610954716" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://khatrisolution.blogspot.com/2010/03/xp-cool-tips-tricks.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEAHQ3k_cCp7ImA9WxBaEEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3069687992006611039.post-5032801555406481428</id><published>2010-03-19T22:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T22:25:32.748-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-03-19T22:25:32.748-07:00</app:edited><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Visual Studio .net (C Sharp)" /><title>Visual Studio .net</title><content type="html">
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