Windows XP Tutorials and Tips

How to enable AHCI on Intel ICH9 under XP After some research, we have a working solution to enable ACHI on the ICH9 with appropriate SATA/NCQ drive(s). For more information about AHCI, we refer to Wikipedia.org: List of needed files and driver packs: MagicISO 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel

Since we all know that Windows Vista has been released but its too costly to purchase. The most interesting thing in Vista is its look, new icons, cursors, theme, sounds, login screen, boot screen, etc. So I'm posting this tutorial to make our existing Windows XP to look-a-like Windows Vista. Yes! There are lots of Vista Transformation packs available on net but I never use them because they slow down the windows and also install a few 3rd party utilities. So its better to do all the things manually. In this tutorial, I'll tell you about how to make following things to look-a-like Vista: Visual style (or theme) Boot screen Login screen Sounds Mouse C…

Okay first you need to copy your iso of XP to the root of C. Then you right click it and choose extract to folder Now you make sure you have the latest driverpacks and slipstream app. Update, it's best to add the driverpacks at the end as they will clean up after themselves if you do DrverPacks Base is the name od the app and here is where it's found: http://driverpacks.net/DriverPacks/download.php?pag=b Make sure you download the driverpacks and put them in the driverpack folder that is made when you run the self extracting APP: Folder layout of Base Apps Driverpacks Folder: Now fire up Base: Browse to your XP folder: Next select all driverpacks: Next check Method…

I was looking for a tool for making bootscreen background, trying to add my background in bootscreen (NTOSKRNL.exe), and finally with a help of my friend @wolfcall (who is also a member here) we found how to make original background like in MS NTOSKRNL.exe file (BMP 1 and BMP 4 as most important for Windows XP Professional). Unlike some people I know from forums, I want to share my effort with YOU. I was trying to edit that background with 16 colours 4 bit palette in Photoshop, but everytime failed. I tried with Windows "Paint" and I succeed but I needed to make painting (dot by dot) manually and at the end I had working background but visible in ResHack or PE Explorer or…

hi , i have disabled several services on my xp and have cleaned up several junk and temp files, however when i attemp to delete a related file in the system32 folder to delete it refuses to stay deleted . is there something im missing that will allow me to delete the selected item such as `alrsvc.dll (alerter) or ALG.exe (application layer gateway service), both keep returning. i've turned both services and related services off for the time being. thx dewitt

Is it possible to add a shotcut of control panel for desktop icons (such my computer, my documents, internet explorer etc. ) so that after the installation of window control panel icon is also shown with other desktop icons.

Progress Dialog Box Open with Reshacker Shell32.dll and add a new resource and location the BITMAP file and give a name 701 and language ID is 1033 OR as your Windows Language version. 701.bmp Navigate to : Dialog -> 1020 -> 1033 1020 DIALOGEX 20, 20, 250, 106 STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_NOIDLEMSG | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU EXSTYLE WS_EX_APPWINDOW CAPTION "" LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US FONT 8, "MS SHELL DLG" { CONTROL 701, -1, STATIC, SS_BITMAP | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 0, 81, 267, 25 CONTROL "", 106, "SysAnimate32", ACS_TRANSPARENT | ACS_AUTOPLAY | ACS_TIMER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 10, 0, 250, …

A warm greetings to you all, my question is how do I change the message at the top of Windows XP when installing it, I knew that there was a program but can not remember the name. Thank you and congratulations for the board.

Hope someone can help me get this project done. Am working on a clients Toshiba Portege M200 (tablet laptop), and having to replace the defective hard drive, then install Windows XP Pro and get the Tablet PC touchscreen to function as it should. It's impossible to buy Windows XP Tablet PC Edition any longer, so am having to modify a Windows XP Pro SP2 disk to finish the project. I've modified the XP Pro SP2 so when it's installed, the tablet features, function as they should. The problem I need to resolve now is to brand the installation (Toshiba) so it will accept the Toshiba Windows XP Tablet PC Edition installation key located on the bottom of the laptop/tablet, tha…

Language Packs for Windows XP SP 3 | 260 MB Now you can easily switch to any language by one click only You are not need to re-boot your computer or log off to apply selected language . One click = Automatic install for your favorite language . list of languages You need download Collection of some Languages Pack for Window Xp :English for XP SP3 ==> Arabic , Bulgarian , Croatian , Czech , Danis ,Dutch Standard , Estonian , Finnish , French Standard , German , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Italian , Latvian , Lithuanian , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese Brazil , Portuguese Standard , Romanian , Russian , Spanish Modern Sort , Slovak , Slovenian , Swedish , Thai , Tur…

hi!!!!!!!!!!! guys..... need some help from u........... i have a problem..... to customizing xp.... how to change the text or blue screen when xp setup is start?????? or how to change text???? like welcom to windows etc... etc..... plz.. help me... thnks.......

hi!!! guys....... how to set the taskbars or start button like windows7??????????????/ i tried more and more... but i cant..... i change the explorer but nothing plese.... i think modify registry in menu size and with but how i dont know plese help me...... i know when xp is installed but i dont know how to change when xp is installed time please help me....or ha when i m install addons like slide bar or rocketdock but it is not running when xp is start when we want manually start then it is start so plz how to do it help me..............ok.... thnks...... when xp is installed:::: sow the screen shot please::::: (1) http://img708.imageshack.us/img708…

Can someone please tell me what resources are used for the logoff screen in XP? The words used are Stand By, Turn Off and Restart. Thanx.

Hello all ! First of all congratulations for this forum , i learnt many things about XP Unattented. Actually i 'm doing an unattented with XP SP3. So , now i ' m gone explain you my problem : I would like to create an account during the installation of XP , it would be something like User Maker wich could create Admin account and like that , be logged for the first boot. I don't know if you know what i mean but there's an exemple of what i'm looking for here , unfortunatly , this log isn't fonctionnal , so i'm looking for a real log Do you know something like that ? Thx for your support (and sorry for my bad english , i'm french

Repair XP Maybe some will find it helpful. ~Dave

ghost windows xp service Pack3 Full Driver Auto Driver for all device,ghost for all main, for desktop and laptop... Some pictures of the windows this http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3971/hnh1p.png http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1483/64496349.png http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9965/hinh3.png http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/9732/hinh4.png http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/9240/hinh5.png http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/805/hinh6.png http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9893/hinh7.png This is Windows XP Professional Service Pack3 Build 2600.Default ghost not auto, source ghost from disk cd Intel celeron 300 trở lên P3 càng tốt Ram 128MB. khuyên nên 256MB chạy …

a friend of mine wants yahoo set as default home page after xp installed, nlite doesn't have yahoo option so i edited the last session & winnt.sif as below: however when internet explorer is opened msn.com is opened i tried www.yahoo.com & also http://www.yahoo.com/ , is there something missing to make yahoo the default? thank you & happy holidays to all here is nlite last session: it is same as if you selected google, i just edited it to yahoo & saved [Tweaks] Desktop-Desktop icons size-48 Desktop-Internet Explorer icon-Show Desktop-My Computer icon-Show Desktop-My Documents icon-Show Desktop-Recycle Bin icon-Show Explorer-Change Windows Explorer…

OK, I have a friend who forgot his password to log in to XP. How can you recover the password or reset it? I have seen a few articles but I am hoping someone here has actually done it.

To create a useful link desktop link to shutdown or restart your PC, follow these directions: Right click on an empty area of your desktop, then select 'new' and 'shortcut' to open the new shortcut wizard. When prompted for the location of the shortcut, enter 'SHUTDOWN -s -t 01' to shutdown the system or 'SHUTDOWN -r -t 01' to restart the system. Name the shortcut and give it an appropriate icon from the '%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll' location. You now have a quick shortcut to shutdown or restart your system! Perfect for getting out of the office right at 5:00PM on the dot! ... OR at any time you like

Guys! This tutorial is meant for increasing the performance of Windows XP, either it can be a fresh installed windows or an old windows. Actually these r some tips/tricks, which I always apply whenever I do a fresh installation of windows. So here I

PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after the product has been released to manufacturing, but before the next project has begun. These toys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. We've taken great care to ensure that PowerToys operate as they should. But please note that these programs are not part of Windows and are not supported by Microsoft. For this reason, Microsoft Technical Support is unable to answer questions about PowerToys The PowerToys are installed into the directory you specify during setup. Typically this is the system32 directory. To uninstall the PowerToys, Open the control Panel. Launch the Add/Remove Programs control …

An interesting feature, on Windows XP, is the ability to be remote controlled from a second PC: the so called

I need some help with figuring out the file paths of some of the windows xp resource locations. What I was trying to do when I realized I have this issue was to add a shortcut to control panel/display options via a new rocketdock icon. I can right click/properties(usually where i can find the path of a file) on the display icon in the control panel and I get the word"control panel" as a location. So then I looked at another icon on the rocket dock to see what was listed as the path for "control panel", and what I found was,"::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" :icon_question: This leaves me to assume that the display icon i…

The Tweaks on this post are found and collected by Me from all over the net You may find some already have been told before but I just want to put them all in one place. Use them at your own risk :whistle: !!! I hope you find it useful :angel !! ========== After the install of Windows XP do the following : 1) Turn off Hibernate and remove the Hibernate file from the root ( C: ) ( file is 300mb+ ) 2) Turn off System Restore on ALL drives 3) Move the Pagefile to another drive like D: 4) Go into MSCONFIG and on the tab "startup" remove all the crap you do not need 5) Advanced Settings : see Below Go to Start > Programs > Admin Tools > services Double-click on the …

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