Windows XP Annoyances
by David A. Karp

The following corrections were made to the 11/03 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



Page 12 Last paragraph - both references to Figure 2-1 HAVE BEEN DELETED.


Page 16  Second paragraph -
"Explorere.exe"

NOW READS:
"Explorer.exe."


Page 38 
The filename in step 3, "filename.ext," NOW APPEARS italicized (replaceable style). 


Page 54 Second-to-last paragraph
"titlbar"

NOW READS:
"titlebar"


Page 61 Second paragraph
"Mantenance"

NOW READS:
"Maintenance"


Page 64 Last paragraph -
"Figure 2-8 shows" 

NOW READS:
"Figures 2-8 and 2-10 show"


Page 69Third paragraph
"there's on a single"

NOW READS:
"there's a single"


Page 140 
The caption under Figure 4-12 mentioned the "default View option." 
This text NOW READS, "default Preview option." 


(174)  Second Paragraph title;
The section was titled "Clean our your Temp folder"

NOW READS:  "Clean out your Temp folder."


Page 185 
The last sentence of the NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate section NOW READS: 
You can stop Windows from updating the "last accessed" date for folders every 
time they're opened by changing this value to 1 (the default is zero), which 
should improve drive performance. This setting has no effect on files. 


Page 192 
The LargeSystemCache listvariable IS NOW in constant-width font. 



Page 201 
Fifth line of the "A Word About Native Resolution" sidebar - there was an errant comma.

The text NOW READS, "to display other, lower resolutions, either" 


Page 242Second paragraph -
"responded"

NOW READS:
"respond."


(265)  Para 2 of "Video Cards (Display Adapters)" section;
"CoFigure 6-1mmon chipset" 

NOW READS: 
"Common chipset"


Page 282 First paragraph -
"306GB"

NOW READS:
"30GB"


Page 284 Last paragraph - "euphamism" 
NOW READS:
"euphemism" 


Page 375 
The following HAS BEEN ADDED to Step 3 under "Hide the last-typed username:" 
If the value exists, it may be a DWORD value. Either value type is supported here. 


Page 397 The RunProgram subroutine (the last four lines in Example 9-1) 
NOW READS:

Sub RunProgram(Filename, Wait)
  Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  RetVal = WshShell.Run (Filename, Wait)
End Sub



(466)  Second paragraph - 
"you won't be able to access your from from" 

NOW READS: 
"you won't be able to access your hard disk from"


Page 467 
In the first paragraph in the "Activating Windows XP" section, the word "wasn't" 
NOW READS "weren't."