Tips on cleaning up your computer Windows Xp

Right click My Computer.Click on Properties.Click on System Restore Tab.Put a check beside of Turn off System Restore.Click Apply and OK.

Speed up the Start Menu

To open Registry Editor, click Start, click Run, type Regedit, and then click OK.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Control Panel\ desktop] Create the string value MenuShowDelay. Set it to a number from 0 (fast) to 10 (slow).

Giving It a Clean Boot

Have you ever tried to install a program and it just wouldn't go? You know, you try it several times, but no matter what you do, it just doesn't install properly. I bet almost everyone out there has run into this at least once and today, I'm going to share a tip with you that I use daily when helping people install programs.
You know about safe mode, right? It's the way a computer can be started to try and fix problems when it won't boot up correctly. Safe mode is great for fixing major problems, but most of the time, it's too restrictive to try and fix less troublesome issues. If you're having trouble installing a program and safe mode doesn't help you, you may want to try a lesser known startup mode, called clean boot.
The clean boot mode is somewhat like safe mode. It makes the computer start up with fewer features running and no background programs. The main difference is while safe mode won't allow you to do many things with your programs, the clean boot mode will. That way, you can start your computer in the clean boot mode, try to install the troublesome program and finally succeed. So, without further ado, here's how you can start your computer in the clean boot mode!
For Windows XP:
1.) Go to Start, Run.
2.) Type in "msconfig" (without the quotes) and click OK.

3.) Under the General tab, you should see that your computer is on Normal Startup. Select Selective Startup and then uncheck the following boxes:
"process system.ini file"
"process win.ini file"
"load startup items"
When you're finished with that, your screen will look like the picture below:

Note: If your computer was already on Selective Startup, you may want to consider not finishing this tip. If your system is already set that way, someone has already modified your startup configurations. Therefore, you may end up altering those configurations by switching over to the clean boot and that may cause undesired results.
4.) Next, go to the Services tab and put a check next to "Hide all Microsoft services." Then click on the Disable All button

5.) Click OK and you will be prompted to restart your computer.
After your system restarts, it will be in the clean boot mode. Try to install the program you were having trouble with. After you're done, you'll need to put your system back into the normal mode. Here's how:
1.) Go to Start, Run.
2.) Type in "msconfig" (without the quotes) and click OK.
3.) Under the General tab, select Normal Startup.
4.) Click OK and then restart your computer once more.
For Windows Vista:
1.) Go to Start and type "msconfig" (without the quotes) in the search box. Then hit Enter on your keyboard.
2.) If you're prompted for an Administrator password or for a confirmation, type in the password or click Continue.
3.) You'll then see a screen labeled "System Configuration." On that screen, select Selective Startup and uncheck the box that says "Load startup items."

Note: If your computer was already on Selective Startup, you may want to consider not finishing this tip. If your system is already set that way, someone has already modified your startup configurations. You may end up altering those configurations by switching over to the clean boot and that may cause undesired results.
4.) Next, go to the Services tab and put a check next to "Hide all Microsoft services." Then click on the Disable All button.

5.) Click OK and you'll be prompted to restart your computer.
After your system restarts, it will be in the clean boot mode. Try to install the program you were having trouble with. After you're done, you'll need to put your system back into the normal mode. Here's how:
1.) Go to Start, type "msconfig" (without the quotes) in the search box and hit Enter on your keyboard.
2.) If you're prompted for an Administrator password or for a confirmation, type in the password or click Continue.
3.) You'll then see a screen labeled "System Configuration." On that screen, select Normal Startup and click OK.
After your computer restarts again, you'll be back to normal. Yes!

Keeping Your Passwords

Did you know that Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Business and Windows Vista Ultimate all have a built-in feature that allows user accounts to have password expiration dates? And the real problem comes in when your local user account has been set to expire a password, because there's not an obvious place to change the setting. Luckily though, it's very easy to do and if you'd like to learn how, please keep reading! (Note: This problem doesn't exist in the Home editions of Windows).
First, in Windows Vista, open the Local Users and Groups administration panel by typing "lusrmgr.msc" (without the quotes) in to the Start menu search box. Select Users in the left hand pane and then double click on your user account. (In Windows XP, use the Run command instead of the search box).

On the next screen, you'll find the Password Never Expires checkbox.

Make sure the box is checked and you won't be forced to change your password anymore!.

I hope this tip has been helpful to you!