Hide The Username On The Start Menu - Miscellaneous Windows XP Registry Hack

Use this hack to hide the Username that is usually displayed in the XP start menu—not the Classic Start Menu, where the username is not displayed.

Navigate to:
HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
And to:
HLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Change the DWORD Value NoUserNameInStartMenu to 1 to hide the username display. The default is 0.

Print Scheduler Priority - Hardware Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

Here’s how to control the priority of the Print Scheduler. Navigate to

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print

Create a new DWORD value called SchedulerThreadPriority and set it to one of the following. Note that the value might already exist.
0 is for Normal
1 is for Above Normal
ffffffff (eight “F”s) is for Less Than Normal
Log off and log back in, or restart, for the change to take effect.

Change The Location Of The Windows Installation Files - Performance Enhancement Windows XP Registry Hack

If you installed XP from a CD and then copied the installation discs to your hard disk, use this hack to change the default installation folder that XP will look for when it searches for additional setup files later.

Navigate to:

HLM\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Setup

Change the String Value called SourcePath to one specifying the path to where the XP setup files are now stored. When you next need to access any setup files, XP will first look in this new location, instead of you having to click “browse” and browsing to there.