Any suggestions? Stuff like tweaking the UI, disabling Auto-run that sort of thing...
I've got Tweak-UI...
Any suggestions? Stuff like tweaking the UI, disabling Auto-run that sort of thing...
I've got Tweak-UI...
"All our beliefs are being challenged now, and rightfully so, they're stupid." - Bill Hicks
Blimey...... so much to do to the basic configuration!
I ended up getting a tweak program to do the lot for me (can't remeber which, will look when I get home) - Yes essentially it's all registry tweaks but I'm getting lazy in my old age!
Anti-spy XP was one I looked at - stops XP "phoning home"; Essentially stopped reporting errors, Automatic updates and stuff. Not something I needed though as mine is legit
Take a browse through Tweak-XP for some ideas
Here, just incase you coulnt find it : http://www.xp-antispy.org/
Click on the union jack for the english version![]()
Have to say I just use XP antispy, Tweak UI, DrTCP. I tend to change the services by hand.
Here's a handy command to pop in the run box posted on the old forum by either caged or gordy? for removing MSN after doing what you can via add/remove programs first.
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
And to use the themes on customize.org without using StyleXP, you just have to replace the uxtheme.dll in the Windows\System32 folder.
Tweak XP works wonders for me. Software and hardware tweaks, plus nice little touches like setting chkdsk too run on next bootup, oh and a registry cleaner, oh and a..........
Xteq X-Setup is occasionally useful too, although a lot of it is just aesthetic stuff.
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