This article provides a broad technical overview of whats new in Windows XP. It shows how new technologies and features make it easier to get work done, share information, manage your desktop, stay productive while traveling with a mobile computer, obtain help and support, and perform many other computing tasks.
Windows XP is built on an enhanced Windows 2000 code base, with different versions aimed at home users and business users: Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional. Unless otherwise noted, this article addresses technologies and features common to both versions of the operating system.
Tips & Tricks:
Balloon Tips
To turn off balloon tips in most applications...
* Click Start
* Click Run
* Enter regedit
* Click OK
* Go to
o HKEY_CURRENT_USER
o Software
o Microsoft
o Windows
o CurrentVersion
o Explorer
o Advanced
* Click Edit
* Click New
* Create DWORD value = EnableBalloonTips
* Value = 0
* Click OK
System Time
To make sure your system time is accurate, you can automatically set the time from an Internet server.
* Double-click the time on the taskbar
* Click Internet Time tab
* Check Automatically synchronize with an Internet time server
* Click on Update Now button
E-mail Message Count
Under your name on the Welcome screen, there is a hyperlink that indicates the number of unread e-mail messages. To remove the Unread E-mail message count by user's login names: This feature is not always active in XP for some reason.
* Click Start
* Click Run
* Enter regedit
* Click OK
* Go to
o HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
o SOFTWARE
o Microsoft\Windows
o CurrentVersion
o UnreadMaili
* Click Edit
* Click New
* Select Create DWORD value =MessageExpiryDays
* Set Value = 0
* Click OK
User Names (Show/Hide)
To hide/unhide the users on the logon screen...
* Click Start
* Click Run
* Enter regedit
* Click OK
* Go to
o HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
o SOFTWARE
o Microsoft
o Windows NT
o CurrentVersion
o Winlogon
o SpecialAccounts
o UserList
* Click Edit
* Click New
* Select Add DWORD value = name of the user account you want to hide
* To hide, set value = 0
* To unhide, set value = 1
* Click OK
Store your downloaded pictures in one folder with Windows XP!
When you're downloading pictures from your digital camera to your computer, you most likely want to store them on your PC as quickly as possible so you can start emailing them to your friends and relatives. Luckily, with Windows XP, you can automatically download your images to a specified folder whenever you plug in your digital camera. If you're using a Plug and Play camera that supports PTP (picture transfer protocol), you can configure this option in no time flat.
All you need to do is to open My Computer, right-click on your camera icon, and choose Properties. In the Properties dialog box, select the Events tab. Next, select the Save All Pictures To This Folder option button, and then specify your chosen folder from the list or click the Browse button to locate it. Once you've found it, click OK to close the dialog box, and your pictures automatically download to this folder from now on.
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