Add/Remove
     
     Secret - Hidden Uninstall Options
     
     Instructions - Warning: Proceed at your own risk!  Browse to C:\Windows\inf\ and make a backup copy of sysoc.inf.  Then open the original file C:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf in notepad.  Go to "Edit" and select "Replace".  In "Find what:" type ,hide  and in "Replace with:" type , then select "Replace All", save and  close the file. Go to the "Control Panel", "Add/Remove", select  "Add/Remove Windows Components". You will now see many more Windows  components to uninstall. Do not remove anything with no label or that  you do not recognize or fully understand what it does. Doing so can  break certain functionality in Windows.
     
     
           Control Panel
     
     Secret - Hidden Control Panel Extensions
     
     Instructions - Download and install TweakUI (http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe), launch, go to "Control Panel" and check  any item not selected, then "Apply" and "OK". You will now see the  hidden control panel extensions.
     
     
           Device Manager
     
     Secret - Hidden Devices
     
     Instructions - Go to the "Control Panel", "System" icon,  "Hardware" tab and select "Device Manager". Select "View" and Show  hidden devices.
     
     Secret - Phantom Devices
     
     Instructions - Go to "Start", "Programs", "Accessories" and  select "Command Prompt". At the command prompt, type "set  devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" and press Enter. At the command  prompt, type "start devmgmt.msc" and press Enter. Select "View"  and Show hidden devices. You can see devices that are not  connected to the computer.      
     
     Notes - When you close the command prompt window, Windows  clears the "devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" variable that you set and  prevents phantom devices from being displayed when you select "Show  hidden devices".
     
     
           MIDI Files
     
     Secret - Hidden MIDI Files
     
     Instructions - Browse to C:\Windows\Media and you  will find 3 hidden MIDI files:
     
     flourish.mid
     onestop.mid
     town.mid
     
     Notes - "MIDI" stands for "Musical Instrument Digital  Interface" - A compression format for encoding music.
     
     
           Music
     
     Secret - Music from the Installer
     
     Instructions - Browse to C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma  and play.
     
     Notes - "OOBE" stands for "Out-of-Box Experience".
     
     
           Shutdown
     
     Secret - Display Hibernate Option on the Shut Down dialog
     
     Instructions - Go to "Start", "Turn Off Computer..." and  press either Shift key to change the "Stand By" button to  "Hibernate".
     
     
           Support Tools
     
     Secret - Over 100 Windows XP Support Utilities are on the  install CD
     
     Instructions for Pre-SP2 users - If you do not have SP2  installed, put the original Windows XP CD in the CD-ROM Drive, run the D:\Support\Tools\setup.exe  file.
     
     Instructions for SP2 users - If you have SP2 installed,  Download the Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=49AE8576-9BB9-4126-9761-BA8011FABF38&displaylang=en) and  install.


     Defrag
     
     Secret - Hidden Command Line Switch
     
     Instructions - Go to "Start", "Run" and Type defrag c: -b  to defragment the Boot and Application Prefetch information.      
     
     Notes - Windows XP will run this automatically every three  days or so, during system idle periods. BootVis will evoke this when you  run the "Optimize System" function. There is no need to manually run  this unless you wish to immediately optimize a newly installed  application's load time.
     
     
           IExpress
     
     Secret - Hidden Install Creator
     
     Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type iexpress
     
     Notes - IExpress is a technology designed to simplify  creation of a setup program. Using the step-by-step IExpress Wizard, you  can create self-extracting files that automatically run the setup  program contained inside. The setup program can be an .inf file or an  executable program. IExpress technology automatically removes the setup  files after installation, saving the user time and frustration.
     
     
           MS-DOS Editor
     
     Secret - Hidden Text Editor
     
     Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type edit
     
     Notes - Windows XP comes with another text editor besides  Notepad - it's called the MS-DOS Editor, and it's commonly referred to  simply as Edit. It has features similar to Notepad, as well as  additional features such as the ability to work with multiple text files  and change the background and text colors.
     
     
           Netmeeting
     
     Secret - Hidden Internet Conference Application
     
     Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type conf
     
     Notes - Windows XP is the last version of Microsoft Windows  to include NetMeeting. NetMeeting delivers a complete Internet  conferencing solution for all Windows users with multi-point data  conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and file transfer, as well as  point-to-point audio and video.
     
     
           Notepad
     
     Secret - Create a Log File
     
     Instructions - Launch Notepad, Type .LOG on the first line,  and then press Enter to move to the next line. On the File menu, click  Save As, type a descriptive name for your file in the File name box, and  then click OK. When you next open the file, note that the date and time  have been appended to the end of the log, immediately preceding the  place where new text can be added. You can use this functionality to  automatically add the current date and time to each log entry.
     
     
           Paint
     
     Secret - Image Trails
     
     Instructions - Open an image and hold down Shift then  drag the image around to create an image trail.
     
     Secret - 10x Zoom
     
     Instructions - Open an image and select the magnifying glass  icon. Left-Click exactly on the line below the 8x.
     
     
           Private Character Editor
     
     Secret - Hidden Font Editor
     
     Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type eudcedit
     
     Notes - You can use Private Character Editor to create  unique letters and logos for your font library.
     
     
           Windows Chat
     
     Secret - Hidden Windows Chat Program
     
     Instructions - Go to Start, Run, type winchat
     
     Notes - You can use Windows Chat on your computer to  communicate with someone on another computer. Both computers must be  connected to the same network (for example, a local area network [LAN]  or the Internet). Also, each computer must be running a similar  protocol, such as TCP/IP.




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