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AC Power Recovery (BIOS setting)
access points, wireless
Accessibility command
accounts (user), types
ACDSee
ACPI Aware O/S (BIOS setting)
activation
Active Connections utility (netstat.exe)
     information columns
     scanning for open ports
     starting
ActiveX Cache Folder (CLSID)
Ad-Aware Personal Edition
Adaptec/Roxio Easy CD Creator
Adapters and Bindings options (network connections)
adaptive palettes, problems caused by
Add Hardware Wizard
Add/Remove Programs (Control Panel), removing Windows components
AddOn ROM Display Mode (BIOS setting)
Address Bar
     batch files, running from
     as command prompt
     history settings
     search settings
     show full path of current folder
     show in Explorer
     show on taskbar
Address Book
     make default contact list
     profile assistant (enable/disable)
     set default profile for AutoComplete
Address Range Shadowing (BIOS setting)
Administrative Tools, show in Start Menu
Administrator account, logging in
Adobe Photoshop [See Photoshop]
Advanced button (File Types window)
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
Advanced Power Management [See APM]
Adware Report
Agnitum Outpost
AGP 2X/4X Mode (BIOS setting)
AGP Aperture/Device Address Space Size (BIOS setting)
AGP video cards
AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
AirNet card
AlreadyMapped function (VBScript)
Alt Key, making it ÒstickyÓ
AlwaysShowExt value (Regisrty)
Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing setting
animated screen characters, Search tool
animation
     enable/disable selectively
     fading between web pages
     show animated GIFs in web pages
     smooth scrolling of lists
     smooth scrolling of web pages
     turning off
anonymous FTP
Anti-Virus Protection (BIOS setting)
antispyware software
AntiVir
antivirus software 2nd
     autoprotect software
     disabling for startup
     troubleshooting
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
APM (Advanced Power Management)
     additional settings
     automatic shutdown
     effect on Offline files
     effect on Scheduled Tasks
     enable/disable
     shutdown issues
APM Enable (BIOS setting)
Application Data folder
application icons, adding to taskbar tray
application installers, INI files
applications
     Compatibility Mode
     crashes, error messages
     custom styles, forcing update
     ending
     ending background processes
     file types
     file types, protecting
     file-type associations, protecting
     frozen, closing
     icons, customizing
    launching
         Prefetch and
         Start Menu alternatives
     list loaded DLLs
     loading at startup, performance issues
     locating information about
     not found (startup error)
     overwriting DLLs
     prevent from running
     running with VBScript
     shutdown timeout, reducing
     Windows components running in background
     Windows components, removing
Apply to All Folders option (Explorer Folder Options)
Arrange Icons By option (Explorer)
ASP program for IIS web server
Assign IRQ For USB (BIOS setting)
Assign IRQ For VGA (BIOS setting)
attachments (email), viruses and
Attempted Write To Readonly Memory (BSoD error)
attrib command (DOS)
     Folder Shortcuts, creating 2nd
     hidden files and
ATX systems, shutdown
audio
     deleting WAV files
    sound cards
         digital signal processors (DSPs)
         troubleshooting
     volume control icon (taskbar), deleting
auditing object access
Authentication tab (network connections)
Auto Power On (BIOS setting)
auto-insert notification feature
AutoComplete
     edit data
     enable/disable
     Profile Assistant (enable/disable)
     settings
autodetect hardware setting
Autodial
Autoexec.bat, parse at logon
autohide setting (Taskbar Properties)
automatic expiration (user passwords)
automatic shutdown
Automatic Windows Update settings
automation and scripting
     DOS batch files 2nd
     ideas for scripts
     Scheduled Tasks
     Windows Script Host
AutoPlay 2nd 3rd
     CD polling, disabling
     disabling
     enabling based on content
     selective control of
autoprotect software (virus scanners)
Autorun.inf file
Avast Home Edition
AVG
AVI files, deleting