Category: Windows XP

You can slipstream latest service pack for Windows XP x86 (32-bit), which is SP3, on the Windows CD itself. The benefit of slipstreaming is that you do not have to separately install it after installing Windows. When you install fresh copy of Windows XP, the SP3 would be installed by itself.

Whenever you are making changes to Windows’ registry, either manually or through some software, its a nice idea to make a backup of registry. This little step can save you from lots of trouble in future, including from having to re-install Windows all over again. If something wrong happens you can restore Windows’ registry from the backup.

The internet is full of eye pleasing beautiful pictures. While surfing the amazing world of internet, if you hit upon a picture you particularly like, such as the following image of the Britney Spears, you can make it your desktop background, so that you can see it whenever you use your computer.

You can add or change the OEM logo you see in System Properties window. You can open System Properties by right-clicking My computer icon and selecting Properties. The OEM logo shown in the System Properties window is a bitmap file (.BMP file) with dimensions 120 pixels x 180 pixels (120 pixels height and 180 pixels width).

Normal way of shutting down Windows (no matter if it is XP, Vista or 7) is clicking on Start Menu button (or orb in Vista and 7) and selecting to shutdown. This way of shutting down may take a considerable time because it waits for all programs to close. You can create a shortcut on your desktop for a faster shutdown.

If get to work with many computers with different passwords, which is true of you work at a computer related company, then you might forget login credentials of one or more computers. Don’t worry, Windows XP allows you to create a password reset disk, using which you can change the password of your account in case you forget it.

f you are the only user using your Windows XP based computer and you are sick of entering username and password at every startup you can make your computer to auto log on into Windows XP using any of the methods described in this article.

If you got a second hand computer you would see in Windows it is registered to the previous user. For this or for some other reason you might want to change the registered user name. This article shows you how.

Sometimes when a computer running Windows XP encounters a driver or hardware error it immediately restarts. This is a real problem, because you can not find out why the computer restarted. You can disable the automatic restarting of the computer to see the blue screen of death (BSOD) message and copy it down to further diagnose the problem. You can disable the automatic restarting of the computer using the following process.

Windows XP does not show the files with hidden attributes by default. But you can change settings to show these files and folders in Windows using these simple steps.