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How can I disable the Error Reporting feature in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003? One of the new features of Windows XP and in Windows Server 2003 is the error reporting feature that offers to send diagnostic information to Microsoft whenever an application or part of the system crashes. There are a number of…

How can I disable EFS on Computers Running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003? The following procedure will show you how to use Group Policy to disable EFS on computers running Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Open the GPO that you want to edit. You can use Active Directory Users and Computers or the…

Windows 2000 introduced the concept of dynamic disks, which let you implement RAID-type disk configurations (e.g., disk mirroring, fault-tolerant striping) and make disk and volume changes without rebooting. Although Microsoft doesn’t support dynamic disks on most laptops, you can enable a dynamic disk on your laptop. Alternatively, you might want to prevent users from upgrading…

How can I disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard? In Windows XP Pro, the Desktop Cleanup Wizard automatically runs every 60 days and tries to help the user in maintaining a clean and uncluttered desktop. While good in nature, this feature could be quite annoying for those of us who do know what they want and…

How do I remove the CD Recording feature in Windows XP? I cannot imagine why anyone will want to do that but… Do this if you must: Start – Run – type gpedit.msc (not available in Windows XP Home Edition). Go to User Configuration – Administrative Templates – Windows Explorer. Look for "Remove CD Burning…

How can I disable the balloon tips in Windows XP? Whenever you connect or disconnect from the network in Windows XP a small yellow pop-up balloon is displayed near the notification area (tray). You can tweak XP and disable that feature: Warning! This document contains instructions for editing the registry. If you make any error…

How can I disable the annoying balloon messages in Windows XP? Windows XP tries its best to help the user figure out things. One silly methods it tries to do so is through the annoying yellow balloon pop-up messages near the tray area. To stop the annoying balloon messages follow these steps: Open Registry Editor….

How can I turn off the Automatic Update feature in in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003? To turn off the Automatic Update feature in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 do the following: Go to Control Panel. Click System. Go to the Automatic Updates tab. Un-select the "Keep my computer up to date" box….

How can I disable the Administrative Share creation in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003? Every Windows NT/W2K/XP/2003 machine automatically creates a share for each drive on the system. These shares are hidden, but available with full control to domain administrators. The drive letter, followed by the $ sign is the name, and it is shared from the root….

Directory Update – Update your Active Directory and Global Address List (GAL) information One of the most annoying daily tasks that help desk personnel and user account administrators face each day is keeping their user’s information updated in the Active Directory. The time involved in making just a few changes a week for a small…