A reader recently asked me to write up some tips on how to speed up the boot process for Windows XP. So I started compiling from memory, a list of things you can do right now to speed up boot times. I then started googling XP Boot times, and was simply amazed at how many [...]
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Windows XP Professional Fast Logon Optimization
I ran into a problem today that had me stumped for a little bit and I just couldn’t shake the thought I had run into the problem before. It took a few minutes to clear the cobwebs out of my aging memory and finally the solution hit me like a brick. One of our users [...]
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It looks like the Microsoft Tuesday Security patch “MS10-015: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege” not only fixes an old vulnerability in the NT Virtual DOS Machine on all platforms, but may also have a potential side effect for Windows XP. Apparently, there is a large number of people complaining that 10-105 [...]
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