Hacks
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This text offers tips, tools, and know-how to bend Windows XP to your will. It delves into XP topics such as controlling the control panel, changing unchangeable icons, removing uninstallable XP components, stopping pop-up ads, taking a bite out of cookies, speeding up file downloads, protecting yourself with firewalls and proxy servers, and more. Users of both Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Pro Edition will find smart, timesaving, fun, and useful hacks for virtually every feature in their operating system. Each Hack can be read easily in a few minutes, saving countless hours of searching for the right answer. The book provides direct, hands-on solutions that can be applied to the challenges facing both those meeting Windows XP for the first time as well as long-time users who know what they want from their operating system and just wants tips on how to get it. "Windows XP Hacks" is the latest in O'Reilly's "Hacks" series which aims to begin reclaiming the term "hacking" for the good guys.