How to address those quirks in Microsoft Windows

I have relatively few complaints about Microsoft Windows XP. There are every once in awhile an annoyance or some quirk that would be nice to change or address.

When searching for the reason why thumbs.db files were popping up like dandelions in the front lawn - I found http://www.annoyances.org which explained what the files were (caching of thumbnails by Windows Explorer) and how to turn off this feature.