Increase your System Performance from the following registry keys.

Automatically Ending Non-Responsive Tasks:
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\AutoEndTasks
Set the value to be 1
In the same section, change the WaitToKillAppTimeout to the number of milliseconds you want.

Increasing System Performance:
 If you have 512 megs or more of memory, you can increase system performance
by having the core system kept in memory.
 Start Regedit
Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management\DisablePagingExecutive
Set the value to be 1
Reboot the computer


To turn off balloon tips in applications that support XP Themes:
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\Advanced\
Create a DWORD value of EnableBalloonTips
Give it a value of 0
Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu
Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu

To Disable the Remote Desktop Sharing (RDS) icon's menu:
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Conferencing \Mcpt
Create a new string value (Click on Edit > New > String Value).
Name the value Nx
Double-click on it and set it's value to 1
Close the registry
Now the menu options will be grayed out.

Disable Shared Documents:
 To disable the Shared Documents folder that shows up on the network
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer \
Create a new DWORD Value
Give it the name NoSharedDocuments
Give it a value of 1
Log off or reboot

Show Hidden Devices:
 You can show hidden devices in the Device Manager. One way is by making a simple registry change. The other is through a batch file.
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ ControlSet001 \ Control \ Session Manager \ Environment
Create a string DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES
Give it a value of 1

Disable Passport Pop-Up:
 Normally, WindowsXP will prompt you 10 times that You Need a Passport to use WindowsXP Internet communication features...
 To disable this
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ MessengerService
Edit the binary key PassportBalloon
Give it a value of 0A (0A 00 00 00)

Preventing Applications from Stealing the Focus:
 To prevent applications from stealing the focus from the window you are working
 Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
Edit the key ForegroundLockTimeout
Give it a value of 00030d40

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