<p><b>Speeding up network browsing </b> </p><p>A bug in Windows 2000, causes the scheduled tasks folder to be searched, whenever the user browses network drives. While Microsoft has developed a fix for this bug, the fix slows down the browsing of Microsoft networks. In order to fix this problem, go to Start > Run, type in regedit and press [Enter]. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace. Then find a key named {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Right-click on it and delete it. Restart the computer. Now you will be able to browse the network a lot faster. </p><p><b>Bridging connections </b> </p><p>If you'd like to connect two or more computers via a LAN, then you should utilise the Network Bridge option, provided in Windows XP. There is no configuration required, and you do not need to purchase additional hardware, such as routers or bridges. IP addressing, address allocation, and name resolution, are highly simplified in a single subnet IP network. To use this feature you will have to open Network Connections. Under LAN or High-Speed Internet, select each of the private network connections that you want to be part of the bridge. Right-click one of the highlighted private network connections and click Bridge Connections. </p><p><b>Unable to uninstall MSN Messenger</b> </p><p>To remove MSN Messenger in Windows XP, you have to locate the SYSOC.INF file, located in the \Windows\INF folder-this is a hidden file and folder. Open it in Notepad and locate the line 'msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7'. Remove the word 'hide' from the line and save the file. After making the necessary changes, you'll be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Windows components list. You can then remove it for good. </p><p><b>Disabling error reporting</b> </p><p>Windows XP, like Windows 2000, provides a report of errors that are generated during a session. In order to disable it, right-click on the My Computer icon, go to Properties, and click on the Advanced tab. At the bottom of this tab, you will find the 'Error reporting' option. Click it and you will get an option to enable or disable it. Click Disable and you are done. </p><p><b>Renaming multiple files </b> </p><p>In Windows XP, you can easily rename multiple files at a single go and save a lot of time. Click Start and click My Pictures or the folder where you have saved the pictures. Switch the view from the default Filmstrip to Thumbnails by clicking the Views button on the toolbar. Select all the pictures you want to rename, right click the first picture, and then click Rename. Rename the first picture, and then click in the white space next to one of the pictures. The pictures are renamed all at once! For example, if you select 10 JPEG pictures, and name them XYZ, the files will be named: XYZ.JPG, XYZ (1).JPG, XYZ (2).JPG, and so on to XYZ (9).JPG. </p><p><b>Creating boot-up disk</b> </p><p>In order to create a bootable floppy disk in XP, insert a floppy and go to the floppy icon in My Computer. There you will have to right click the floppy drive icon and click on the Format option. You will see the option 'Create MS-DOS Start up Disk'. After creating the boot up disk, you will be able to boot into Windows XP using this disk.</p>