Windows XP Hacks & Mods For Dummies
Chapter One
Windows XP: What's Not to Love?
In This Chapter
* Why you might want to hack at Windows
* When you should avoid taking out the machete
* The dirty truth about hacks and mods
* Keeping your powder dry - and your system safe
Let's face it. Most Windows users just sit there and take it. If Windows
crashes and says it wants to send information to Microsoft, they just let
it go. Literally. If their PC vendor put putrid pink wallpaper on the desktop,
well, it could be worse, right? If AOL wants to stick its signup icon on the
desktop and make it hard to remove, or if Norton keeps advising to send $30
to keep all hell from breaking loose, or if Windows Media Player keeps ripping
songs that can't be played on any other machine, well, that's the way the
Windows gods set things up, right?
Guess what. The gods are crazy.
Well, Perhaps There's Room
for Improvement
I'll never forget the day, about ten years ago, when one of my readers wrote
to me, castigating me for taking Microsoft to task about one of its truly stupid
Windows design decisions (of which there are many). If Windows is so bad,
he said, why don't I u ... read full excerpt from WindowsXP Hacks & Mods For Dummies ebook
