Chris Carey

Category: Microsoft

  • Disable Search Assistant on XP

    Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe). Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState subkey. From the Edit menu, select New, String Value. Enter a name of Use Search Asst Double-click the new value, type no in the “Value data” field to use the old search tool, and click OK. Close the registry editor.

  • Disable Autorun on XP

    Another solution is go to the following key in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER-> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows ->CurrentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer Create a REG_DWORD – NoDriveTypeAutoRun , give it the following value – 0x10 Then restart explorer.