Here are some of my power tips, to help make your windows "usable".

Some of my tips include registry hacks. Remember before making any changes to the registry, make a backup first.

[HKEY_CURRENT_ROOT\*\shell\Notepad]
@="Open with Notepad"

[HKEY_CURRENT_ROOT\*\Shell\Notepad\command]
@="notepad.exe \'%1\'"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options]
"LiveScrolling"="1"

Right-click the toolbar, pick "Toolbars"
Choose "New Toolbar..."
A little box should now appear showing all your folders, 
type "C:\Windows\desktop".  This toolbar will now appear 
on your current toolbar, drag it onto your desktop.
You can now place this toolbar anywhere.
Options I choose : 
	View -> Small
	Always on top
	Show Text (off)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NameNumericTail"=hex:00

This will open you file explorer will all you drive in "collapsed" view. This is especially useful for those with a large number of directories and multiple hard drives, and you will not have to waste time continually collapsing drive c: before powering to work.

What you will need to do is modify the shortcut for opening explorer.

Right-click the "Windows Explorer" icon from the start menu,
 under "Programs". 
Click on the "Shortcut" tab.
Now modify "Target so that the parameter match line the below.
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,/select, C:\

This registry change will provider you with bass and treble controls on the SB PCI128 mixer.

In the location below you will not that one of the folders is 000x replace this folder name with the folder name under which you soundcard resides. This will vary on on different machines

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet
                   \Services\Class\MEDIA\000x\Config]
"Allow Tone Controls"=hex:01
"Enable Tone Controls"=hex:01

If you ever get warning that a file or .dll has failed to load on start-up but you cannot find any program in your "StartUp" which could be cauing this, chances are that they are being loaded via registry entries. Go to the locations shown below and remove the values to the file that is giving you grief.

N.B. Never remove any program you are unsure of its purpose from these locations. They may be very important.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
                   \Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft
                   \Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
                   \CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
                   \CurrentVersion\RunServices]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows
                   \CurrentVersion\RunServicesOnce]

Is there a file type you are always creating that does not exist when you chose "New". Maybe you just what to create your own file type.

For the location shown below replace the xxx with the file type you wish to use

[HEKY_CLASSES_ROOT\xxx\ShellNew]
/*Create an empty file*/
"NullFile"=""                
/*Execute someFile to create the new file*/
"Command"="C:\someFile.exe"
/*Copy "file.xx" from c:\windows\shellnew\ */  
"FileName"="file.xxx"        
/*Create a new file with data shown.*/
"data"=hex:00,00,00          

This tip will allow you to use the tab key for command line completion in you dos box on WinNT

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] 
"CompletionChar"=dword:00000009