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#1 OFFLINE   berdy

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Posted 06 September 2005 - 08:07 PM

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• IExpress
To use IExpress, open the Run box and type: iexpress.exe
• Microsoft Word Script Editor
You know how annoying it can be when, in the middle of typing a document, suddenly a paragraph's formatting changes. Argh! I didn't want to do that! How can I stop this from happening? Look no further than the built-in script editor. Open it by pressing Alt + Shift + F11 on your keyboard. Newer Word documents are done in XML, so you can easily edit the source to your heart's content.
• Vintage Windows Media Player
it's now called "mplayer2.exe". Just type the name in the Run box.
• On-screen keyboard
start>run>osk.exe
• Winchat
open the Run box and type: winchat.exe
• Get more processing power
In the Run box, type, "Rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks". This frees up any idle tasks running in the background so that XP devotes its full attention to what you want it to do.
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Please post if you know some more hidden softwares in Windows XP
here are few I know.
Private Character Editor: start>run>eudcedit

older version of WMP: start>run>mplay32.exe
performance monitor: start>run>perfmon
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard: start>run>fsquirt

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Posted 06 September 2005 - 08:26 PM

Microsoft Word Script editor doesnt work for me :(

sweet. WMP 6.4 :)

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Posted 06 September 2005 - 09:19 PM

IExpress is pretty cool. I was using a batch file to create sfx .cab archives, now I can use a simple GUI.

Thanks for the info!
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 03:38 PM

that thing to free idle tasks is pointless it take 15 minutes to do it and anyway those proccesses are only done when the computer is idle
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Posted 07 September 2005 - 07:06 PM

Yeah but if the Prefetch folder gets messed up using pointless "tweaks" it can repair it by rebuilding a new layout.ini file.
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