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Steve Sinchak is an entrepreneur that has started several technology-related businesses and is
currently running a Web development firm known as SSMGi that owns and operates several
Web sites. As president of the small company, he is responsible for financial, as well as technical,
aspects of the business, such as application programming and infrastructure design and maintenance.
Steve has been working with computers for more than 10 years. Starting with a desktop which
had a 286-based processor, 1MB of RAM, and was running DOS & Windows 3.1, he taught
himself how to make his computer run faster on the outdated hardware. Driven by curiosity to
customize Windows and make it run faster, he spent countless hours researching and experimenting
with the inner workings and features of Windows. His primary claim-to-fame in this
subject matter is as the creator of TweakXP.com, the number-one site for tweaking Windows
XP.What started out as an idea for a new Web site that combined his interest in tweaking
Windows and Web programming has grown into a massive database of tweaks and tips for
Windows XP that attracts more than 3 million visitors a year.
Currently, Steve is a senior at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI, studying management
IT and computer science. He splits his spare time between classes, running his businesses, and
spending time with his family and friends.
Acknowledgments
Writing this book while juggling classes and my business was often pretty difficult. Almost all
of my free time for the last four months has been consumed by writing, leaving very little time
for my girlfriend and friends. First, I would like to thank my girlfriend, Emily, for her love,
support, understanding, and help when things got really tight.
Thank you so much. You mean the world to me.
I’d also like to thank everyone in my family for the love, support, and motivation that they have
always shown me. Dad, thanks for bringing home that old IBM AT from work many years
ago.Who would have thought it could start something that would lead me to eventually write
a book? Mom, thank you for your constant motivation and love throughout all of the challenges in my life.
I’d like to thank my close friends, Paul and Tom. Although they made writing this book very
difficult at times, with their constant distractions, I wouldn’t want it any other way. Going to
Miller Time pub with you two to take breaks from writing was priceless.
Next, I’d like to thank everyone at Wiley for their work on this book. Chris Webb, thanks for
giving me this opportunity and for your suggestions in the early stages. Scott Amerman, thank
you very much for your help and suggestions with writing the chapters.
Thank you for turning me into an author.
Everyone at TweakXP.com also deserves a big thank you—especially Allan Grossman, the
forum administrator of the TweakXP.com support forums. Thank you very much for helping
me with the site and for turning the forum into one of the best support forums for Windows
XP. I would also like to thank all of the forum moderators, news posters, active members, and
daily visitors. You have all played an essential role in the success of TweakXP.com.
Thank you very much!
Introduction
Windows XP is a great operating system. It is faster and more secure than any other
version of Windows. However, for some, it is not fast and secure enough. By picking
up this book, you have started a three-part journey that will guide you through all of
the steps of customizing, optimizing for performance, and securing Windows XP. I am not
talking about minor little tweaks; this book is going to show you how to conduct major surgery on your Windows XP box.
Visually,Windows XP is superior to all other Windows versions. No other version of
Windows has ever looked this good. So how could you make it look better? Customize it!
Impress your friends and refresh your dull desktop with a cool new look. I am going to
show you how to completely change the way Windows XP looks during all stages of its operation.
Performance-wise,Windows XP has made great advances. However, for some computer users
of older hardware, running Windows XP can be like trying to pull a 100-foot yacht behind a
tiny import car. Although Windows XP will not bust your CPU quite so much as a yacht
would, it can slow down the operation of your computer because there are so many new features.
To help you out, I am going to show you how to get the new features under control; I’ll
also tell you about some tricks that I have found to speed up the operation of Windows XP. If
you already have the V12 4 x 4 of computers, and you have no problem pulling the 100-foot
yacht, then you will still benefit from the performance tips.
Windows XP is a lot more secure than prior Windows operating systems. However, as we all
know from recent history, it has not been doing very well. This book is going to show you how
to use some of the new features of Windows XP Service Pack 2, as well as many other cool
security tips, to make Windows XP much securer. Congratulations on starting your journey.
Your computer will be in better shape than ever in no time!
About This Book
This book is the result of several years of research into the subject of the Windows operating
system. It is a more polished and portable companion to the author’s Web site,
TweakXP.com, which is located at www.TweakXP.com. Most of the information contained
in this book is completely new content that was never before published on TweakXP.com.
This book is meant to be read from start to finish in order. However, it was also written
so that it can be used as a reference manual of different hacks. Feel free to skip around
if you do not want to take the full journey of customizing, optimizing, and securing Windows XP.
Assumptions
This book is aimed at the intermediate to advanced Windows XP user. If you are a beginner
computer user, then this book may not be for you. If you understand the basic operations of
Windows XP, then dive right in.
You will need access to a computer running Windows XP Professional or Windows XP Home
to perform the hacks listed in this book. Attempting to use the information in this book on any
other version of Windows may result in a headache.
How This Book Is Organized
In this book, you will find 14 chapters spread across three parts. Each part covers a different
theme, and each chapter is broken down into sections supporting the chapter’s topic. The first
two parts are laid out in logical operating system event order, such as boot, logon, and interface.
The third part is laid out in order of steps.
Part I: Customizing Your Computer
Chapter 1 will start off by customizing the very first part of Windows XP that you see, the
boot screen, and will finish up by customizing the logon screen. Then, Chapter 2 will pick up
where Chapter 1 left off and will cover how to customize the Start menu and the new Start
panel. Chapter 3 will cover customizing your desktop, and Chapter 4 will discuss how to use
themes and visual styles as well as how to create your own.To wrap up customizing Windows
XP, Chapters 5 and 6 will cover how to customize Windows Explorer and other methods to
enhance the Windows Interface using cool special effects.
Part II: Increasing Your Computer’s Performance
Chapter 7 will kick off Part II by covering methods that analyze your computer to find possible
bottlenecks. Then, Chapter 8 will pick up by speeding up the boot time. Chapter 9 is dedicated
to reducing the sign-on time and Chapter 10 will show you how to increase system responsiveness
by adjusting many hidden settings.To wrap up Part II, Chapter 11 will cover hacks that
speed up the loading time and execution time applications and will also cover how to speed up
your network and Internet connection.
Part III: Securing Your Computer
Chapter 12 will mark the beginning of Part III by covering how to protect your computer from
intruders. It will show how to analyze your computer’s level of vulnerability, as well as how to
use firewalls. It also gives you several security tips on how to make Windows XP rock-solid.
Chapter 13 will cover how to make Windows XP more secure against SPAM and Spyware and
viruses. Finally, Chapter 14 will wrap up Hacking Windows XP by discussing ways to protect
your privacy by removing recorded user information from various parts of the operating system.
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Contents at a Glance
Acknowledgments
Part I: Customizing Your System
Chapter 1: Customizing the Look of the Startup
Chapter 2: Customizing User Navigation
Chapter 3: Hacking the Desktop
Chapter 4: Customizing the Appearance of the Windows Interface
Chapter 5: Hacking Windows Explorer
Chapter 6: Exploring Other Windows Enhancements
Part II: Increasing Your System’s Performance
Chapter 7: Analyzing Your System
Chapter 8: Speeding Up the System Boot
Chapter 9: Making Your Computer Load Faster
Chapter 10: Making Your Computer More Responsive
Chapter 11: Speeding Up Your Computer
Part III: Securing Your System
Chapter 12: Protecting Your Computer from Intruders
Chapter 13: Fighting Spam, Spyware, and Viruses
Chapter 14: Protecting Your Privacy
Appendix A:What’s on the CD-ROM
Index
End-User License Agreement
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Part I: Customizing Your System
Chapter 1: Customizing the Look of the Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Customizing the Windows XP Boot Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Changing the boot screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Customizing the Logon Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Working with the Welcome screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Working with the classic logon screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Global logon/Welcome settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 2: Customizing User Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Customizing the Start Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using Group Policy Editor to customize the Start panel . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adding and removing navigation icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching to small icons for frequently run apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Increasing number of recently run programs displayed on the Start panel . . . 48
Hiding programs from appearing in the Start panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pinning your programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding Web site links to your Start panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Customizing the Classic Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turning the classic Start Menu back on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Customizing the classic Start Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Customizing the Start Menu/Panel Program Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing program listing display options for users of the Start panel . . . . . . . 58
Changing program listing display options for users of the classic Start Menu .. . . . . . . 59
Removing pop-up Help for users of both the Start panel and Menu . . . . . . . . 61
Customizing the Taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using and adjusting program grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Quick Launching your programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Hacking the Start button to replace the Start text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Modifying the taskbar location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Taskbar Magnifier PowerToy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing the notification area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing the clock from the taskbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 3: Hacking the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Customizing Desktop Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Removing all icons from the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Customizing the icon drop shadow effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Displaying the traditional Windows icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Enabling large icons on the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Removing the text below the icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Renaming the Recycle Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the shortcut arrow from icons on the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the icons on the desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Customizing the Behavior of the Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Virtual Desktop Manager PowerToy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Fun with Active Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Using the wallpaper PowerToy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 4: Customizing the Appearance of the Windows Interface . . . 91
Working with Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Changing the current theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Making your own themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Modifying the Visual Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing new visual styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tweaking the visual styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Making your own visual styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Visual Style Alternatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using WindowBlinds to change the way Windows XP looks . . . . . . . . . . 113
Installing additional Windows XP skins for WindowBlinds . . . . . . . . . 114
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Chapter 5: Hacking Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Hacking File Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Changing the default launch app . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Changing the icon of any file type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Hacking the Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Removing items from the context menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adding your own items to the context menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Modifying the Send To menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Customizing Your Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Changing a folder icon and picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Changing the template of a folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Customizing the view folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Applying your folder settings to all folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Working with Hidden Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Unhiding hidden files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Revealing the super hidden files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Disabling the Common Tasks Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter 6: Exploring Other Windows Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . 137
Modding Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Changing the logo animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Changing the toolbar background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Making your own quick search address command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Other Visual Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Replacing the task switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Adding Special Effects to your Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fine-Tuning ClearType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Branding Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Part II: Increasing Your System’s Performance
Chapter 7: Analyzing Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Monitoring Your System Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Using performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Using Bootvis to analyze your system start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Using Task Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Benchmarking Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
How to benchmark your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Chapter 8: Speeding Up the System Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Working with BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Changing the boot order of your drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using the quick boot feature of the BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Modifying the Operating System Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lowering OS timeout values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Disabling the system boot screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Disabling unneeded hardware devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Removing extra fonts for speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Disabling unneeded services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Optimizing the location of the boot files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Chapter 9: Making Your Computer Load Faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Speeding Up the Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Enabling automatic logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Removing user passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Adjust the startup programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Customizing startup programs for different users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Other Time-Saving Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Assigning alternative IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Turning off the logon music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 10: Making Your Computer More Responsive . . . . . . . . . . 231
Speeding up file browsing and access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Disabling the file access timestamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Disabling legacy filename creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Speeding Up the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Reducing the menu delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Working with the performance options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Disable Indexing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Chapter 11: Speeding Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Working with the Windows Prefetcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Hacking the registry to optimize the Prefetcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Accelerate specific applications with prefetch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Using the Intel Application Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
How well does the Intel Application Accelerator work? . . . . . . . . . . . 253
What are the system requirements? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
How to install Intel Application Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fine-Tuning the Windows Paging File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Disabling the paging file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Adjusting the size of the paging file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Changing the location of the paging file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Defragmenting Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Defragmenting the Windows paging file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Defragmenting the NTFS master file table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Adjusting Your Application Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Using Task Manager to adjust priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Starting applications with a user set priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Using WinTasks to profile your priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Speeding Up Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Increasing network browsing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Disabling unneeded protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tweaking your Internet connection for speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Part III: Securing Your System
Chapter 12: Protecting Your Computer from Intruders . . . . . . . . . . 279
How Vulnerable Is Your System? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Testing your Internet security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Updating your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Using the Windows firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Using ZoneAlarm personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Using Sygate Personal Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Disabling Unneeded Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Disabling Remote Desktop connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Disabling Messenger Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Disabling Universal Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Disabling Remote Registry Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Disable DCOM support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wireless Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Using WEP for secure communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Using WPA for a more secure wireless connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Controlling access to your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Managing user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter 13: Fighting Spam, Spyware, and Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Eliminating Spam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Stopping spam in the first place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Using filtering software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Blocking external links in HTML mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Defending Spyware and Adware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Detecting and removing spyware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Locking down Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Immunizing your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Defending against Viruses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Use an antivirus program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Chapter 14: Protecting Your Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Removing address bar suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Clearing visited Web sites history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Clearing temporary Internet files and cookies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Adjusting your cookie security policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Saying no to encrypted Web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Disabling AutoComplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Clearing Temporary Internet Files automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Windows Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Clearing Frequently Run Programs list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Clearing the recently opened document list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Removing temporary files from your hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Removing saved passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Setting file and folder permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Encrypting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Appendix A: What’s on the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
End-User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
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