Windows 9x/ME/XP/NT/2000 Tweaks Page Six
| Title | Operating System | Summary |
| Restart Windows Quickly without Rebooting | Windows 9x | Give this a go to try and speed up the time it takes your machine to reboot. |
| Change the Startup and Shutdown Screens | Windows 9x | Use this to customize the startup and shutdown screens. |
| Start Windows Without Prompting for a Password | Windows 9x | Try this out to make windows stop asking for a password on boot. |
| Order the Menu | Windows 98 | Tweak your Start Menu to be in alphabetical order. |
| Desktop Icon Redraw | Windows 9x and NT | Use this to change your icon cache settings. |
| Remove Task Scheduler | Windows 9x | Perform these steps to remove Task Scheduler. |
| Reduce the Time the Startup List is Shown on Boot | Windows NT/2000 | Change the amount of time that the NT/2000 boot menu is shown. |
| Change Directories Without Typing the Whole Name | Windows NT/2000 | Use this to change directories easier. |
| Launch the Task Manager Quickly | Windows NT/2000 | A couple different ways to get to task manager. |
| Change System Environment Variables | Windows NT/2000 | Shows where your environmental variables are located in the registry. |
| View Which HotFix Patches Have Been Installed | Windows NT | See what HotFixs have been installed on your machine. |
| Removing Windows NT Devices and Services | Windows NT/2000 | Use this to remove leftover services from application that have been installed. |
| Changing the Behavior of the Dr. Watson Utility | Windows NT/2000 | Stop the debugger from launching after Dr. Watson. |
| Disable Automatic Cache Updates in NT's DNS Server | Windows NT | Use this to control and tweak DNS. |
| Stop Error Messages When Booting | Windows NT | Stop NT from telling you about failed devices. |
| Define Whether Windows Parses Autoexec.bat | Windows NT/2000 | Tell NT if it should include variables in the Autoexec.bat. |
| Changing the Startup Mode of a Service | Windows NT/2000 | Control how services startup. |
| Configure how your system saves your registry | Windows 98 | Change the frequency of registry backups. |
| Save your WPA data for later use | Windows XP | If you frequently reinstall XP on the same machine, try saving your WPA information so that you don't have to go through the process every time |
| Change the the value for low disk space warnings | Windows NT/2000 | Traditionally NT and 2000 start warning about low disk space at 90% capacity. Use this tweak to change this setting. |
| Windows Key Shortcuts | All | A list of some shortcuts that utilize the little used windows key nestled between the ALT and CTRL keys |
| Disable Low Disk Space Notification | Windows XP | Use this Tweak to prevent XP from notifying you of low disk space. |
| Disable Automatic Hyperlink Fix | Windows XP/2000 | XP and 2000 will automatically try and search for a file if it finds that a hyperlink is broken. Use this tweak to disable this feature. |
| Disable Passport Account Signup Balloon | Windows XP | Windows XP constantly reminds you to create a passport account. Use this tweak to get rid of the reminder balloon. |
| Disable MS Messenger popup in Outlook Express | Windows XP | If you are tired of MS Messenger popping up every time you launch Outlook Express, Use this tweak to prevent it. |
| Remove registry keys and values | All | Us this tip to remove registry keys and values without opening regedit.exe |
| Disable XP Archive search function. | Windows XP | By default, Windows XP will search Zip files for documents that you search for, this can slow your searches and PC down to a crawl. Try this tip to disable this feature. |
| Bind Multiple IP Addresses to Windows 9x | Windows 9x | At times you may need to bind more that one IP address to a Windows 9x machine. The Windows 9x GUI only allows you to add one per NIC. Use this tweak to add multiple IP's to one NIC. |
| Add Administrator to Welcome screen | Windows XP | If you create a custom account for each person that logs on to your PC, most often the "Administrator" account is not show as an option. Use this tip to add the Admin account. |
| Change the default icon and labels for drives | Windows XP/2000 | Sick of the same old drive icons? Give this a try to add a little more personality to your disks! |
