Microsoft Windows XP Unleashed

Chapter 7. Using Control Panel, Group Policies, and Tweak UI

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Operating Control Panel

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Implementing Group Policies with Windows XP

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Tweaking Your System with Tweak UI

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My goal in this book is to help you unleash the true power of Windows XP, and my premise is that this goal can’t be met by toeing the line and doing only what the manual or Help system tells you. Rather, I believe you can reach this goal only by taking various off-the-beaten track routes that go beyond Windows orthodoxy.

This chapter is a perfect example. The three tools that I discuss—Control Panel, system policies, and Tweak UI—aren’t difficult to use, but they put ...