Windows XP Tweak: Hide Drive Letter From My Computer

This tweak will hide a drive letter from showing up in My Computer, however the drive will still be able to be accessed manually by typing in the drive letter in explorer.


----Tweak Steps----

1) Start > Run > regedit
2) Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
Explorer
3) Right click in the blank space and choose New > "REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)"

4) Name is "NoDrives"
5) Right click on "NoDrives" and select Modify
5) Following the table below, enter in a DECIMAL value!!


To Hide Multiple Drives, Add their values together.
Example: A+D = 9 Decimal Value
A+C+D = 13 Decimal Value

6) Press OK
7) Close regedit window
8) Note: A restart may be required, however I did not require one.

Hope This Helps!
-James Hartig

Windows XP SP3 RC2 Released

Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 has been released.

Please run the following file from Microsoft...

Sorry but RC2 is no longer on Microsoft Download servers please download SP3 via Windows Update

note: you must run this! ALSO, YOU MUST UNINSTALL ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF SP3 BEFORE INSTALLING RC2!!!!!

Also, here is the release notes for RC2...

http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

Also, I just read that SP2 is not required, however HIGHLY recommended before installing SP3.
Also, Also, please install all possible windows updates
(custom choice on http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us)
before running SP3 installation.

Note: I have just finished my installation process, it was very easy and took 45 minutes.

Windows XP SP3 RC2 seems to have fixed the ZIP problem and the first posted, network drag problem. Instead of just displaying an error, it now asks your permission, if you want to copy the file to the new "zone"!


Enjoy
-James Hartig

Windows XP zip Problem: "Your current security settings do not allow this action"

Note: This is not the fix for drag-drop of networked files....
Windows XP Fix For Networked Files

This should also work for any other type of file.

This is a page to fix the problem where you get a dialog "Your current security settings do not allow this action" when drag-dropping a folder/file from a .zip (ZIP Archive) to another open folder/window.

This is caused by how Windows XP SP3 (Only pre-RC2) treats downloaded files and their restrictions....

----Fix For This Problem!----
1) Right-click on the offending .zip file
2) Choose Properties
3) Click Unblock

5) Then Click Apply
6) Click OK and then you are done!

Congrats Your File Is Now Able To Be Drag-Drop Exported

Hope That Helps!
-James Hartig