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FIGURE 6-14: Using Rebrand to change the title of the Internet Explorer window.

Rebrand also offers a few other features, such as the ability to change the title of Outlook Express and the ability to change toolbar backgrounds. The Outlook Express feature is cool, but I like using Tweak UI to change the backgrounds of toolbars.

Summary

So ends the customizing portion of Hacking Windows XP ! You have seen many ways that you can completely change the way Windows XP looks from the moment you turn on your PC. This chapter has focused on adding cool effects and features that will make Windows XP look high-tech, state-of-the-art, and visually attractive—a winning combination.

Part II of Hacking Windows XP is all about making your computer perform better than ever before. When I first started working with computers several years ago, I was always working

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with the slowest and oldest hardware possible. I spent countless hours trying to figure out ways to make Windows run just a little bit faster on my POS machine. Even if I could just shave a few microseconds off of something, it would all add up in the end. Now that I can afford better hardware, speed is still something that I am very concerned about. Making Windows XP run as fast as possible is something that I have spent a great deal of time researching and testing. This next part will help you, too, make your computer run like never before.

Increasing Your

System’s

Performance

part

in this part

Chapter 7

Analyzing Your System

Chapter 8

Speeding Up the

System Boot

Chapter 9

Making Your Computer

Load Faster

Chapter 10

Making Your Computer

More Responsive

Chapter 11

Speeding Up Your

Computer