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The following are links that I found useful

1.Free Fix and utilites

http://www.nirsoft.net/

ShellExView - Displays the details of shell extensions installed on your computer, and allows you to easily disable and enable each shell extension. It can be used for explorer.exe crash in xp/2000

2. Blue screen

Go to command prompt and run  chkdsk x: /f

3. Performance with Windows XP

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/northrup_restoreperf.mspx

4. Junction

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx

5. redirect software distribution folder

Scenario

You have a server with an 8 GB system partition and it keeps filling up. The software distribution folder used by windows updates is a major source of bloat and Microsoft support has said there is nothing you can do to move this folder from the C drive.

Solution

Using the Microsoft Junction Tool found on the Systernals site create a symbolic link to another hard drive or partition. I will use the terms symbolic link and junction interchangeably in this post.

Process

Stopping the Windows Update Service and renaming the folder

  • Start>Run
  • type cmd and press enter
  • type net stop wuauserv and press enter
  • type rename c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution softwaredistribution.oldand press enter

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    Creating a symbolic link using Junction (Download)

    In this example the software distribution folder will be redirected from C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution to the D:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution

    Creating the Junction

    To create the target directory from the command prompt

    C:\>md D:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution

    To create the Junction

    C:\>junction C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution "D:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution"

    Restart the Windows Update Service

    type net start wuauserv and press enter

    Once everything has been verfieid to be working normally delete the softwaredistribution.old folder