Windows XP
Howto Show administrator account on welcome screen in XP
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If you wish the built in administrator account to be available from the welcome screen so you can log in as the administrator easily, there’s a registry hack to allow this.
Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit - Configure legacy apps for Vista/XP/2003
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which applications are compatible with the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows Vista more quickly.
Automatically close non-responsive programs in XP
With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that ’stops responding’ (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually.
NTop-XTRA - show your network traffic usage
ntop is a high quality open source flow analysis tool released under the GNU General Public License. NTop-XTRA is available for immediate download and runs on Microsoft Windows.
How to change the default download directory for Internet Explorer
If you would like to change the default download target for Internet Explorer from ‘Desktop’ to some other location on your system, the following quick registry change will do it.
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If you wish the built in administrator account to be available from the welcome screen so you can log in as the administrator easily, there’s a registry hack to allow this.
The Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT) 5.0 helps customers understand their application compatibility situation by identifying which applications are compatible with the Microsoft® Windows Vista® operating system and which require further testing. ACT helps customers lower their costs for application compatibility testing, prioritize their applications, and deploy Windows Vista more quickly.
Automatically close non-responsive programs in XP
With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that ’stops responding’ (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually.
NTop-XTRA - show your network traffic usage
ntop is a high quality open source flow analysis tool released under the GNU General Public License. NTop-XTRA is available for immediate download and runs on Microsoft Windows.
How to change the default download directory for Internet Explorer
If you would like to change the default download target for Internet Explorer from ‘Desktop’ to some other location on your system, the following quick registry change will do it.
With a small registry tweak, Windows XP can be set to automatically close any program that ’stops responding’ (crashes), eliminating the need for you to use the task manager to close down the offending software manually.
ntop is a high quality open source flow analysis tool released under the GNU General Public License. NTop-XTRA is available for immediate download and runs on Microsoft Windows.
How to change the default download directory for Internet Explorer
If you would like to change the default download target for Internet Explorer from ‘Desktop’ to some other location on your system, the following quick registry change will do it.
If you would like to change the default download target for Internet Explorer from ‘Desktop’ to some other location on your system, the following quick registry change will do it.


