Adjusting Visual Settings

• November
• 2

You can tweak the visuals in XP according to your system. Here’s how to turn XP’s graphics to optimal settings:

#1. Open visual settings.
Right click on “My Computer”. Select “Advanced” and click the “Settings” button under the “Performance” section.

#2. Adjust settings.
In the “Visual Effects” tab, leave only the following options checked:

“Show shadows under menus”
“Show shadows under  mouse pointer”
“Show translucent selection rectangle”
“Show window contents while dragging”
“Smooth edges of screen fonts”
“Smooth-scroll list boxes”
“Use common tasks in folders”
“Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop”
“Use visual styles on windows and buttons”

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Moving Users to a Domain

• October
• 29

When moving users from a workgroup to a domain or from one domain to another, you may want to transfer their user profiles to their new login. Windows XP provides a quick function to do so…

#1. Open advanced user management.
Make sure that you are logged on as an Administrator. Right click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”. In the system properties window select the “Advanced” tab. Click the “Settings” button under the “User Profiles” section.

#2. Copy user data.
Find the old user profile that you wish to copy FROM, select it and click “Copy to”. In the copy window, click the “Browse” button.

You will be prompted to find the domain login profile. It should be called something like YourName.YOURDOMAIN. After you browse to the correct folder, click “OK” and the documents and settings will be moved over.

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Disable the Recycle Bin

• October
• 27

Are you tired of always having to confirm deletes and empty out your recycle bin? Here is a quick work-around…

#1. Open recycle bin properties.
Right click on the recycle bin and select “properties”.

#2. Change recycle bin settings.
Check the box labelled “Do not move files to the recycle bin…” and un-check the box labelled “Display delete confirmation dialog”. Click “OK”.

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