Windows XP is the most popular operating system that is produced by Microsoft for multiple users including office, home and media center users. This operating system was released in 2001 and the name of this window is eXPerience and short name is XP.This operating system is the enhanced version of the windows millennium and 2000 professionals. It is the first operating system that was designed in the point of customer orientated architecture. In this edition, you will find windows CP home edition and professional edition for enterprise clients.

Windows XP Tips:

Start Menu customization: in windows XP, you will find start menu with more real time look and it is easy to customize it as common users can do it easily. Here, you will see the list of different installed programs by default and you can also install any program in it that will be included in it by default after installation. For the start menu option, right click and see the list of installed programs. Windows XP keep tract of different applications for the help of users.

Desktop setting: The default option in the desktop of Windows XP is the recycle bin. Other options can be set by adding short cut icon of install programs that you can do through computer management option. It is the easy and efficient way to look important tools like group policy, local users, event viewer, task manager, device manager, share folders, and disk management. For the management dialogue, you need to go to the control panel that you will find in the stat menu. Then you need to go to the performance maintenance options to move to the administrator tools. In this way, you can add shortcut in the desktop to start target programs in quite mode.

Turning Firewall on or off: By default, you will find firewall option in the windows XP where you will save you from the malicious attack of Trojans and hackers. For this purpose, you need to put your firewall on. For this purpose, go to the control panel then network connection. It will display the type of network like DSL or dial up where you can check the status of column. If firewall is on, it will tell you how to off it that you can do by clicking on the off option. It is better to keep it on for high security measures.

Internet Sharing: If you want to share your internet connection, you need to perform the following steps.

1. First you need to open the network connection in your computer.
2. Click the on the network that you are running like DSL or cable network then go to local area network, or VPN connection that is needed to share. You can do it by clicking under the option of network tasks and then change the setting of the network.
3. You will find there advanced tab that you need to select to connect to the other computer and share network with that node.
4. If you want to make connection automatically whenever other computer tries to access it, you need to select the option of establish the connection of dial up that will help you to connect to this network easily.
5. If you want that other users may not use your sharing connection, you can disable it any time that you can do by going to allow other network users and then make it disable.

There are some effective tips related to the working of windows XP that will save you from any future trouble and you can smoothly work on it.