How to show windows version on desktop in XP

• How to Customize visual effect on XP
• How to Optimize Hard disk when idle
• How to Show windows version on desktop
• How to prevent applications from stealing focus
• How to set the width and height of Alt + Tab windows

We would use Power Toys tweak UI software for these tricks. We have installed Power Toys tweak UI software in our previous article.

Launch power toys tweak UI
Start ==> program ==> power ==> toys Tweak UI

Select general options

From left side you can customize the visual effect of XP.
You can enable these option

• Beep on errors
• Enable combo box animation
• Enable cursor shadow
• Enable list box animaton
• Enable menu animation
• Enable menu fading
• Enable menu selection fading
• Enable mouse hot tacking effects
• Enable tooltip animation
• Enable window animation

To Optimize hard disk when idle

Show windows version on desktop
To optimize hard disk in its ideal time just place tick marks on Optimize hard disk options. Just its beneath we have an options for show windows version on desktop. Keep remember change will take place only after system restart. After restart you can see windows version on desktops.

Prevent application from stealing focus.
Some time you have noticed that you are working on an application and at the same times another applications sent its pop up in task bar to get your attentions. You can control this behavior by Prevent application from stealing focus options.

Size of Alt + Tab Windows
We frequently use alt + tab key combinations while we work on many applications at the same times to switch form one application to another applications. With this option you can set the size of windows that appear when you press Alt + Tab.

How to create virtual desktop in XP

• How to resize images
• How to open command prompt here
• How to create four virtual desktop

To resize images:-

If you have to resize image frequently then this is the best software for you. With this software you can resize any image quickly without opening any heavy memory consuming software like Photoshop. And more its absolutely free, very tiny in size, one click use.
Download this image resizer software and double click to launch it.
Click next on welcome screen ==> select I accept on license agreement screen ==> Click next on customer info screen ==> Select complete on setup type ==> Click on next on ready to install ==> Now click on finish.
Now select the images those you want resize and do right click and select resize picture

Select the appropriate sizes for your pictures and click on ok

Now you can see all your images have been resized in appropriate site

As cool as I promise.

How to open command prompt here

If you are a network administrator then you need to open command prompt to perform network related task day by day. With this tiny software you can open command prompt where you want despite of typing command in run menu each time.
Download this software and install it.
Click next on welcome screen ==> select I accept on license agreement screen ==> Click next on customer info screen ==> Select complete on setup type ==> Click on next on ready to install ==> Now click on finish.
Once this power toy installed you can open command prompt at any place
To open command prompt do right click.

To customize desktop

This is the one of my best tools. With this we can use four desktop at a times. You can customize all these desktop individually. You can set different wallpaper, color scheme, and profile on each desktop.
Download this software and install it.
Click next on welcome screen ==> select I accept on license agreement screen ==> Click next on customer info screen ==> Select complete on setup type ==> Click on next on ready to install ==> Now click on finish.

To use desktop manager right click on task bar and select desktop manager form toolbar.

You can see four numbered radio button on task bar with a MSVDM (Microsoft virtual desktop manager) button.

To use any of these virtual desktop, click on it. By default these desktop comes in shared mode. Means change in one desktop will automatically replicate in all four desktop. But you can stop sharing of desktop.
To stop sharing do right click on any of these desktop and uncheck the shared desktop options.

Now you have four separate desktop to use. You can switch on any of desktop by clicking on it. Even more you can see all four desktop at same times.
To see all desktop do right click on MSVDM button and select show preview

How to remove recent history from XP

• Remove options from start menu, hide workgroup options
• How to remove show my documents options from start menu
• How to remove show my picture options from start menu
• How to remove show my network connections options from start menu
• How to remove show help and supports options from start menu
• How to remove show log off options from start menu
• How to use classic search options in explorer and internet explorer
• How to remove recently open document history from run documents and internet explorer
• How to remove the history of accessed network resources
• How to hide view workgroup computer options form workgroup

We would use power toys software for these tricks.
Launch power toys tweak UI
Start ==> program ==> power ==> toys Tweak UI

To remove show my documents options from start menu

Select explorer option

uncheck this options :- show my document on classic start menu
The show my document on classic start menu check box controls whether my documents is shown at the top of the document submenu of the classic start menu.

To remove show my picture options from start menu

uncheck this options :- show my picture on classic start menu
Show my picture on classic start menu check box controls whether my pictures is shown at the top of the documents submenu of the classic start menu.

To remove show my network connections options from start menu

uncheck this options :- show my network connections on classic start menu

To remove show help and supports options from start menu

uncheck this options :- allow help on start menu
Allows help on Start Menu check box controls whether help and supports should appears on start menu or not.

To remove show log off options from start menu

uncheck this option :- logoff on start menu
Clear the "logoff on start menu" check box to remove the logoff options from the start menu.

To use classic search option in explorer and in internet explorer

Check these options :- classic search in explorer box
classic search in internet explorer box
Check the use classic search in explorer box to return to the old windows 2000 way of searching for files from explorer.
Check the use classic search in internet explorer box to return the old windows 2000 way of searching of the internet.

To remove recently open documents history from run documents and internet explorer

uncheck this options :- allow recent document on start menu
Allow recent document on start menu check box enables the display of documents of the classic start menu and enables the list my most recently opened documents check box on the start customization dialog.
check this options :- clear document history on exit check box
Clear document history on exit check box controls whether explorer will clear the recent documents history run dialog history and typed URL history when you log off.
uncheck this options :- maintain document history check box
Maintain document history check box enables the tracking of recently opened documents of the start menu and on the file menu of many applications.

To remove the history of accessed network resources

uncheck this options :- maintain network history check box
Maintain network history check box allows the my network places folder to track network resources containing recently accessed documents.

To hide view workgroup computer options form workgroup

uncheck this options :- show view workgroup computers
Show view workgroup computers in net places check box controls whether view workgroup computer task will be available in the common task pane of the network places folder when you are on a home network.
If you uncheck this option View workgroup computer option will be hide form my network place