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How to restore the operating system to a previous state
This article describes how to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous working state.
Disable the Windows XP built-in Certificate Propagation Mechanism
The Windows XP built-in certificate propagation mechanism is designed to propagate all the certificates on a smart card to the local My Certificate store.
A faster NTFS file system
You probably use the NTFS file system (see the properties of your C: partition).
Disable the useless Security Center warnings
If your Windows is not provided with one of the well known virus scan and/or firewall software, the Security Center will come with useless repeating reminders.
Disable the balloon tips
Already irritated by the information balloons, covering the important buttons in the Start Menu?
Start the registry editor and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced
Change or add the DWORD-values EnableBalloonTips and ShowInfoTip, both with value 0.
Set CPU Priority
This setting gives a boost to priority of foreground applications.
Do an unattended installation
The Windows XP Setup routine is much nicer than that in Windows 2000 or Windows Me, but it`s still an hour-long process that forces you to sit in front of your computer for an hour, answering dialog boxes and typing in product keys.
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