Show windows version on desktop in XP

From our series of XP tips n tricks in this article I will show you

• How to Customize visual effect on XP
• How to Optimize Hard disk when idle
• How to Show windows version on desktop
• How to prevent applications from stealing focus
• How to set the width and height of Alt + Tab windows

We would use Power Toys tweak UI software for these tricks. We have installed Power Toys tweak UI software in our previous article.

Launch power toys tweak UI
Start ==> program ==> power ==> toys Tweak UI

Select general options

From left side you can customize the visual effect of XP.
You can enable these option

• Beep on errors
• Enable combo box animation
• Enable cursor shadow
• Enable list box animaton
• Enable menu animation
• Enable menu fading
• Enable menu selection fading
• Enable mouse hot tacking effects
• Enable tooltip animation
• Enable window animation

To Optimize hard disk when idle
Show windows version on desktop

To optimize hard disk in its ideal time just place tick marks on Optimize hard disk options. Just its beneath we have an options for show windows version on desktop. Keep remember change will take place only after system restart. After restart you can see windows version on desktops.

Prevent application from stealing focus.

Some time you have noticed that you are working on an application and at the same times another applications sent its pop up in task bar to get your attentions. You can control this behavior by Prevent application from stealing focus options.

Size of Alt + Tab Windows

We frequently use alt + tab key combinations while we work on many applications at the same times to switch form one application to another applications. With this option you can set the size of windows that appear when you press Alt + Tab.

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