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BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS
Alt + F File menu options in current program
Alt + E Edit options in current program
F1 Universal help (for all programs)
Ctrl + A Select all text
Ctrl + X Cut selected item
Shift + Del Cut selected item
Ctrl + C Copy selected item
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste
Shift + Ins [...]

Add Records In A Datasheet
To add records in a datasheet, open the table in Datasheet View. Click the ‘New Record’ button on the toolbar. Enter a value for the first field and press ‘Tab’. Repeat for as many other fields as desired. Moving off the record stores it to the table.

Add My Pictures folder to the Send To contextual menu in Windows XP.
1. Go into My Computer. 2. Double-click your C: drive. 3. Click Documents and Settings for Users. 4. Go into your user folder. 5. If you haven’t already, reveal your [...]

Right click on an empty area of the desktop and choose ‘new’ -> ’shortcut.’  create shortcut wizard will open.
in the first text box, type ‘%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ and then give your shortcut an appropriate name on the next page, and hit ‘finish.’

    The Thumbnails view in Windows XP has a new twist. If a folder contains images saved in a common web format, XP will create an icon for the folder that displays up to four of the images it contains. To show a single image, right-click on the folder icon, choose ‘Properties’ and click [...]

Go to
Start->Run->regedit
In Registry Editor  navigate to key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You must see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this key, you have effectively removed the my shared documents folder.

By default, WindowsXP turns on a lot of shadows, fades, slides etc to menu items.
Most simply slow down their display.
To turn these off selectively:
Right click on the My Computer icon
Select Properties
Click on the Advanced tab

Under Performance, click on the Settings button
To turn them all of, select Adjust for best performance

My preference is to leave [...]

Open Registry by going to Start then Run, entering regedit and Navigate to
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
In right pane, look for key by the name “LogonPrompt”. Set its value to whatever text you want to see displayed at login screen.