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You can always see the default shared folders in the “My Computer” window.If you think that the default folders are not necessory for you , you can always remove it from “My Computer”. Follow the steps below in order to remove the default shared folders present in your “My Computer”.
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Windows Vista uses the hotkeys by default for the first 10 icons present in the quick launch menu. They are assigned automatically.
To do this,
1. Press (Win + 1) for the first icon in the quick launch to launch.(From left to Right).
2. Press (Win + 2) for the second icon in the quick launch to launch [...]

In order to restart your Windows without actually restarting your Pc, You have to follow the Below trick.
To do this,
1. Before you click on the “SHUTDOWN” button in the Start Menu, make sure to simultaneously press the “SHIFT “Button.
2. If you hold the Shift key down while clicking on SHUTDOWN button, you computer would [...]

If you want to disable the “Take Tour of Windows XP” that comes up after you install WindowsXP, then follow the below tips.

Click on the “Start” Button.
Select “Run“
Type “Regedit” and press enter.
Go to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Tour“.
Create a new “DWORD key” called “RunCount“.
Give it a value of “0“.

If you are worrying about the time taken to turning off and starting your windows,
Instead of turning off your Computer you can use the hibernate feature in windows xp.
To do this,
1.Hold down the “shift” key in the shutdown dialog to change the “Stand By” to “Hibernate“.
2. Or You can just press H to hibernate [...]

In order to disable the Win+x shortcut keys on windows vista, we have to tweak the Registry. To do this,
1. Just open up “regedit.exe” through the start menu search box.
2. Navigate to the following key (Note : Please create the if it doesn’t exist).