Microsoft XP / 2000 Sharing Issues
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In XP turn off "Simple File Sharing".  This is located somewhere in the file Explorer |
Options.

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Microsoft Keys

Windows-D : Minimize or Restore all Windows
Windows-R : Opens the Run Menu
Windows-F : Opens up the Find File menu
Windows-F1: Takes you to the help center.


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Creating a Desktop Shortcut to Lock a Windows XP Workstation
To create the shortcut: 
Right-click an empty area of the desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut.
In the Create Shortcut Wizard, type %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation in the Type the location of the item box, and then click Next. Note that LockWorkStation is case sensitive.
On the "Type a name for this shortcut" page, type Lock Workstation in the Type a name for this shortcut box, and then click Finish.
Right-click the shortcut you just made, and then click Properties.
Click the Shortcut tab, and then click Change Icon.
In the Change Icon dialog box, type %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll in the Look for icons in this file box, and then click OK.
Browse through the available icons, and then select an icon that makes it easy for the users to identify that the shortcut is to be used to lock the workstation. Click the icon you want to use, and then click OK.
Click OK.
Double-click the shortcut, and note that the workstation automatically locks itself. The user must press CTRL+ALT_DELETE, and then type his or her credentials to unlock the workstation.

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Microsoft XP PowerToys (Including TweakUI)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

Open Command Window Here
This PowerToy adds an "Open Command Window Here" context menu option on file
system folders, giving you a quick way to open a command window (cmd.exe)
pointing at the selected folder.

Alt-Tab Replacement
With this PowerToy, in addition to seeing the icon of the application window
you are switching to, you will also see a preview of the page. This helps
particularly when multiple sessions of an application are open.

Tweak UI
This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the
Windows XP default user interface, including mouse settings, Explorer settings,
taskbar settings, and more.

Power Calculator
With this PowerToy you can graph and evaluate functions as well as perform many
different types of conversions.

Image Resizer
This PowerToy enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click.

CD Slide Show Generator
With this PowerToy you can view images burned to a CD as a slide show. The
Generator works downlevel on Windows 9x machines as well.

Virtual Desktop Manager
Manage up to four desktops from the Windows taskbar with this PowerToy.

Taskbar Magnifier
Use this PowerToy to magnify part of the screen from the taskbar.

HTML Slide Show Wizard
This wizard helps you create an HTML slide show of your digital pictures, ready
to place on your Web site.

Webcam Timershot
This PowerToy lets you take pictures at specified time intervals from a Webcam
connected to your computer and save them to a location that you designate.