Windows XP Tips

One of my pet annoyances about Windows XP.  Microsoft targeted the operating system at a wide range of users, but having "Shared Music" and "Shared Pictures" showing up at the top of the My Computer window is just downright irksome.  Even more annoying is the fact that they appear when you're not on a network....so who are you sharing these things with?

 

You can't change this idiotic default in the control panel.  But you CAN get rid of these annoying defaults.  Here's how:

 

1. Open REGEDIT.EXE.  The easiest way is to fire up Start, then Run, and enter REGEDIT into the box.
    
2. Navigate your way to the following key:
   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
    
3. There is a sub-key with this ugly looking name:
   
   {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}

 

Delete it.  You don't need to reboot, the change is effective immediately.

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• XP: Disable Error Reporting
• XP: Remove "Shared Documents"
• XP: Disabling Sliding and Fading Things
• 2K, XP: Disable Checking of Scheduled Tasks on Remote Computers
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• 9X, ME: Fixing up MSDOS.SYS
• 9X, ME: Optimize Networking
• ALL: Speed Computing With Shortcut Keys
• ALL: Maximizing Network and Internet Performance