How to Removing the notification area?

Follow this steps:

1. Launch the Group Policy Editor by clicking the Start button and then selecting Run. Type  gpedit.msc in the box and click OK.

2. Once the policy editor has loaded, expand Administrative Templates, and then select Start  Menu  and Taskbar.

3. Locate and select Hide the Notification Area. Right-click it and select Properties.

4. Then, just click Enable and click the OK button to save your changes.

The next time you log on, your notification area will be gone.

How to clearing temporary Internet files and cookies?

Follow Steps:

1. Open up another copy of Internet Explorer.

2. Click Tools and then select Internet Options.

3. Under the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button.

4. You will be prompted to confirm if you would also like offline files to be deleted. For maximum privacy, check the box and Click OK.

5. Once the files are erased, you will be shown the Internet Options screen again. Taking care of the cookies for your privacy is just as easy. Just click the Delete Cookies button.

6. Click OK on the confirmation screen.

7. Select OK once more to close Internet Options and you are done.

SPEED UP START MENU

This tip to speed up the Start Menu in Windows XP.
Did you know you can customize the speed of the Start Menu by editing a Registry Key.

* Click Start, and then click Run.

* Type Regedit in the box, and then click OK.

* Expand the menu in the left panel and select the 

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop folder.

* Scroll down in the right panel and double click on the MenuShowDelay file.

* In the Value Data box, 

   change to default value for the menu speed from 400 to a lesser number, such as 1.

*Click OK.

Caution: Incorrectly editing the registry may severely damage your system. Before making changes to the registry, you may want to back up any valued data on your computer.

How to show Super Hidden Files?

Follow steps:

1. Click the Start button and select Run.

2. Type regedit in the box and click OK to start up the Editor.

3. Once regedit appears, navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced.

4. Right-click ShowSuperHidden and select Modify.

5. Change the value to 1 and click OK to save your changes.

Now you will be able to see all of the files on your computer, including the super hidden system files.

SPEED UP FIREFOX

HERE is a useful guide on speeding up firefox for broadband users. basically after getting to the hidden config settings you set the browser to request more data that it usually does.

1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!