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About this: This document contains several commands and tips for administrator windows user for troubleshooting everyday computing issues. Use this guide at your own risk, contain no warranty.

Restoring “Show Desktop” icon in Quick Launch:
regsvr32 /i:u shell32

Installing/Repairing “Compressed Folder” component in Windows XP:
regsvr32 zipfldr.dll

Windows Activation Status:
Command at command prompt oobe/msoobe /a or %SystemRoot%system32oobemsoobe.exe /a

Creating Restricted Folders in Windows XP:
Some folder names are restricted in Windows XP. You can’t create a new folder or rename existing folders to these names. Both upper and lower cases are restricted. These are: Con; Prn; lpt0; lpt1; lpt2; lpt3; lpt4; lpt5; lpt6; lpt7; lpt8; lpt9; Com0; Com1; Com2; Com3; Com4; Com5; Com6; Com7; Com8; Com9 etc.

Show Windows version on Desktop.
Registry Tweaks (Paste the following text (in red) into a text file and save as “ShowVersionOnDesktop.reg” and double click to add into the registry.):

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