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Let’s start by creating the file that will do all the magic. Right-click on your desktop, create a new text document and name it tweaks.reg. Windows will ask if you’re sure that you want to change the file extension – click Yes. Right-click the file and choose Edit: a blank notepad window will appear. There are two things you must keep in mind: first of all, for the magic to work your text document must start with ‘Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00′. Secondly, later on, be very patient when copying something to paste it in your document. If you copy an incomplete text, the tweak will not work and you might alter other system settings.

As for the pieces of advice that will make your work easier when creating the tweaking file, just keep in mind two things: remember the purpose of each line (you can use comment lines in which you can write whatever you like as long as they start with a semicolon) and, of course, know that there’s no problem in leaving a few lines empty between each tweak, to help you differentiate them.

Now here’s a list of system tweaks for you to choose from. The idea is quite simple: I’ll provide a few lines (the tweak) and a short explanation for what they do. If you’re interested in seeing the tweak applied to your computer, all you have to do is paste the lines at the bottom (no, you can’t paste them anywhere you like) of your tweaks.reg file.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/Explorer]
“NoLowDiskSpaceChecks”=dword:00000001

It will deactivate the annoying “Low Disk Space” message that appears in your system tray each time one of your drives is almost full.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/policies/system]
“NoInternetOpenWith”=dword:00000001

This baby will remove the window that always pops up when you try opening a file that is not assigned to a program, asking you if you wish to go online and find out which program you should use to open that type of file. After applying this patch, you’ll see just the Open With window.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/CabinetState]
“Use Search Asst”=”no”

I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of the old, classic search, without any “assistants.” So if you don’t like the Windows XP default search interface and prefer the classic from its predecessors, just add these lines to your tweaks.reg file.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Sound]
“Beep”=”no”
“ExtendedSounds”=”no”

If you haven’t got the chance to install a sound driver, you’ve surely noticed the annoying beeps made by your motherboard each time an alert window pops up. After applying this tweak, you won’t need to worry about these beeps anymore.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/lnkfile]
“IsShortcut”=-
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/piffile]
“IsShortCut”=-

Add this tweak to your list if you don’t want your Windows XP to constantly add the shortcut arrow each time you create a shortcut.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current/Version/Explorer/Advanced]
“ShowInfoTip”=dword:00000000

If you find the tool tips containing information displayed by Windows when hovering a file with your mouse rather bothersome, adding this optimization to your tweaks.reg file will help you get rid of them.

That was it! Hope thi will be a great help for you guys it did a great one for me too. Got to go now as I can’t wait to play my XBox games. I just bought this one last week. Enjoy tricking!