XP Quick Reference

Environment Variables

Displaying existing variables

Displaying a single variable's value

Set a new variable

Deleting a variable

Boot straight into Windows

The following avoids stopping at the user login page

1. click on "Start" - then click on "Run" - and type "control userpasswords2"
2. click OK
3. On the Users tab, clear the "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer" check box and click "Apply".
4. Select the user you want to log on & click OK. A dialog will appear that asks you what user name and password should be used to logon automatically, just click "OK".

Then go to Control Panel / User Accounts, and click “Change the way users log on or off”, and untick both “Use the Welcome Screen” and “Use Fast User Switching”

Restarting Windows Explorer

If Explorer gets hosed, do the following:

1. go to task manager and stop the explorer.exe task
2. while still in task manager, go to the File / New Task ( Run...) menu entry and type in explorer.exe