Change Software Location

1.CHANGE THE DEFAULT LOCATION FOR INSTALLING APPS
As the size of hardrives increase, more people are using partitions to seperate and store groups of files.

XP uses the C:\Program Files directory as the default base directory into which new programs are installed. However, you can change the default installation drive and/ or directory by using a Registry hack.

Run the Registry Editor (regedit)and go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion

Look for the value named ProgramFilesDir. by default,this value will be C:\Program Files. Edit the value to any valid drive or folder and XP will use that new location as the default installation directory for new programs.


2.Remove Security Alerts From System Tray
Are you bored of alerting that your automatic update is turned of or anitvirus program is not installed or out of date, everytime windows start up? It can be removes easily with the few following steps

1. Goto Start > Control Panel > Security Center.

In the left pane, click the Change the way Security Center alerts me link, located at the end of the column. In the new window that pops up, uncheck everything or what you don't want.