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Windows, Networking and Software

FAQ, Tips, Hints, and Wisdom for Windows 98x/XP

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If you choose to disable DEP, we recommend that you try to update all your software and drivers to

Windows XP SP2-compatible versions as soon as they are released, and then re-enable the DEP feature.

DivXNetworks will be releasing SP2-compatible versions of all affected products shortly. We also

recommend the use of up-to-date anti-virus and firewall software at all times.

How to disable DEP

To disable DEP, perform the following actions:

* Click Start -> Run

* Enter Notepad %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Boot.ini

* Under [operating systems] replace the parameter /NoExecute=xxxxx with /Execute

* Save the Boot.ini file

* Restart your computer

IMPORTANT: Save a copy of your original Boot.ini file as a backup before you make changes!

Desktop – Making It Look Like NT

1. Right click the start button and select properties. In the dialog that appears select classic start menu and

click OK.

2. Right click the desktop and select properties. On the themes tab, choose the windows classic theme and

click OK.

3. If you are familiar with disabling NT services you can now disable the "themes" service.

Is this close enough for you? There are further tweaks you can make to the registry to modify things like

the login prompt to give a more classic look but it depends how far you want to go.

And, here is more information:

Personally I hate the way Windows makes you log in... Enabling the Welcome Screen (which I quickly

disabled). Now that it is disabled however, I still get the really stupid looking Windows Theme on my

get it to go away and change it to the theme that I have on my profile (the normal "Classic Windows"

theme with normal title bars and colors).

Thanks for any help!!

Yes this is possible, but not the easiest procedure in the world. First of all disable the themes service. If you

are not familiar with services here is how: type %SystemRoot%\system32\services.msc in the command

prompt. In the window that appears find the "themes" service and right click it, select properties and in the

window that appears click stop then change the startup type to disabled and click OK. This will get rid of

the bubbly windows at the login prompt, however the colours and fonts are still wrong.

To fix this you will need to edit your registry. below is the text for a .reg file. If you are comfortable with

the registry you can see how it works if not just copy everything from and including "Windows Registry

Editor Version 5.00" (see below) to the end of the message into notepad and save it as fix.reg then double

click the file to merge it with the registry (If you trust me). For reference the colours used on the current

users desktop are in [HKCU\Control Panel\Colors] so you can modify this fix to make the login prompt

colours the same as whatever scheme you prefer (the .reg attached is for "windows standard" colour

scheme)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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