Desktop Enhancement

Pull the Arrows Out of Your Shortcuts

How to remove those little arrows you see on your desktop shortcuts
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/695

Adding Shortcuts to the Taskbar

Add icons to your taskbar - or make the ones you already have on it bigger
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/667

Change Your Search Companion

If you search for a file in XP you'll notice the little dog at the bottom. Rover is there to help you sniff out files you need. Well, what if you don't want him sniffing around?
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/666

Program Skins

I hear about programs having "Skins". What are those?
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/658

Window States

Ever have a program that always starts in a "normal" state but you really want it maximized?
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/602

"My Computer" Toolbar

Here's a little trick you can do with the "My Computer" desktop icon to make a very cool "My Computer" toolbar.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/563

Colorful Title Bars

How to make your window title bars (the area on a window that has the min, max, & close buttons on it) different colors.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/551

Alphabetize Programs under the Start Menu

I wish there was a way to alphabetize all the programs under Start/Programs?
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/549

Customize the XP Start Menu

You know about the "Start" button, right? It sits down in the lower left-hand corner of the toolbar waiting to be clicked whereupon it shall reveal its wealth of information. But what if you click it and you don't like the way it looks? This is especially true for nostalgic Win 98 users who were dragged kicking and screaming to Win XP.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/426

Changing a maximized window

The little button you're referring to is the Maximize button. One click will make the window full screen, click it again and it goes back to it's
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/419

Classic Control Panel in XP

By default, the control panel is in "Category View", so when you open it you see 10 categories (Appearance, sound, etc.) to choose from. That can make it hard to find what you want. If you notice on the right side there is a link marked "Switch to Classic View".
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/412

Screen Resolution and Older Games

I ran into this the other day with an old program that my kids love. It turns out that we had to change the screen resolution to 256 colors.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/411

Program Arrangements

change the order of the programs in the Programs menu
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/320

Start Menu Folders

Here's another tip for those of you with cluttered Start menus.Why not place additional folders in your Start Menu?
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/296

Folder Toolbar

dragging a folder to the Recycle Bin but instead I dropped it at the top of the screen. Surprise! A toolbar appeared at the top displaying the contents of the folder.
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/286

Password Protect Folders in XP

extra security on your folders
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/232

Make folders more interesting with pictures

You can make folders easier to find and more attractive by putting pictures on them
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/205

Delete Wallpaper

Here's a quick way to delete unwanted wallpaper!
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/113

Just Shut Down, Will ya??

You can put icons on your desktop that will shut your computer down, restart it, and more
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/80

Add to your "Send To" menu

If you want to add a place or eliminate an item on the "Send to" menu that you don't use it isn't that hard to do
http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/75