The Remote Desktop Connection utility is a very useful tool, especially if you need to access your work computer at home, or vice-versa. It lets you create a direct connection between two computers, one able to control the other. Here’s how it’s done:
Step 1: Setting up the Remote Computer account
Log in as administrator on the computer you want to access over the connection. Go to Control Panel -> User Accounts and decide which user’s desktop you want to connect to. Click the account and choose Create Password. …

Easter eggs are those mysterious flaws and hidden stuff made by programmers that they get sacked for. Even your Windows XP has some:
1. Bush hid the facts??
Open up notepad and type: bush hid the facts
Save it and reopen and you should see 9 squares instead of the text!
2. Microsoft Sam slang
Open Narrator from Start > All Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Narrator.
(NOTE: You need to set the voice to Microsoft Sam for this to work.)
Open notepad and type crotch.
Make Sam say it by pressing Shift + Ctrl + Space. …

[This tutorial might be inaccurate, try at your own risk]
There is a Startup Delay value in the Registry Editor that, when decreased, will make your XP start up faster.
To to this go to Start > Run and type regedit to open up the Registry Editor.
Navigate to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ContentIndex and look for an entry named StartupDelay. Change the default value of 4800000 to 40000 and reboot for the changes to take effect.
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Your XP, just like any other, will tend to become sluggish over time. To help itself, it has several built-in tools and programs that you can use. I’ll show you the 5 most useful ones.

The Local Group Policy Editor

Such a pity this tool only exists on Windows XP Professional, as this lets you customize just about everything on your PC. To open it, go to Start >
Run, and type gpedit.msc
The Group Policy Editor is much easier to use than the registry, and pretty much anyone can understand it. You need …

As far as I know, this only works with Windows XP Media Center Edition, but you can try on a normal XP as well..

Start the computer and press F8 repeatedly while booting.
Choose start in safe mode from the menu that appears.
Log in as Administator
Now you can install programs or even give your own account admin privileges! To do this, go to Control Panel > User accounts > User accounts and click on your icon. Click change the account type and choose Administrator.

If you want to get into a specific …

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Why not have some fun and prank your friends? There are several kinds of fake virus messages you can make. I will discuss 4 of them:
1. Fake error message

This one is by far, the easiest one to make and all you have to do is to make a new text document with notepad, type msg * YOUR MESSAGE and save as anything.bat. As always, make sure that you select All files instead of Text Document.

2. Forced shutdown

This will display a custom error message …