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Shalom Gil, Thank you for these wonderful and easy guides ,and for detailing them so well that computer idiots like me can still do all this heavy duty stuff.
I have followed all the tweaks suggested by you in your OPTIMIZE WINDOWS section , i have had some problems and have some questions with regards to the tweaks
1.i use Zone ALarm internet security suite , when i log off or turn my computer off , i get a window saying (Zclient or zone alarm is not responding , end now ) this has only started to happen after these tweaks , i dont know which of the tweaks has caused this , i have done them all from your optimize windows section.

2 . I Downloaded a few software suggested by you to optimize windows , they are
1 CC Cleaner
2 TCPOptimizer
3 exctrlst setup
4 bootvis
Can i remove these programs FROM ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS after using them as you had recommended they be used or do i have to keep them for good on my computer.
I ask this question as i understand having too much software slows the comp down.

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I wondered if anyone could show me how to turn of the feature in XP where, when a program stops responding, a dialogue box pops up asking if you wish to make a report to Microsoft.

I tend to run one of my computers to the edge, trying new stuff, and this happens frequently. I don't mind reporting stuff but it gets to be a pain when it happens several times each session.

I use My Computer to manage files on my XP computers. With the "open each folder in the same window" setting (my preference), is there a way to open a new window (without returning to My Computer in the Start menu)? The preferred approach would be a keyboard shortcut.

What I seek is the equivalent of CTRL-N in Internet Explorer which opens a new window.

I was hoping you could show me how to enable the blue bar that appears to the right whenever you open my computer or my documents, i used to have it but it somehow disappeared.thx