This works in earlier versions of Windows as well. Simply click and drag your My Computer icon onto the Task Bar near the right side icons next to the clock. This will create a cascading menu from where you can easily access just about anything on your system. OR - right-click on the task bar, choose "toolbar" - and then click on My Computer.
Read MoreIf you're like me, you appreciate the clean desktop that XP offers. Unfortunately, one item remains: the Recycle Bin. You can't get rid of it through any menus or anything like that. After much hacking around in the registry, I finally found the responsible key.
Read MoreAfter deleting Windows Messenger from the system, Outlook Express may open slowly. Check the event viewer for the following system error message: The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. The solution this problem is quite simple.
Read MoreAs you may or may not know, Windows XP provides an easy and fast way to synchronize your system time with an Internet time server (Control Panel/Date and Time/Internet Time). By default there are only two servers available (time.windows.com and time.nist.gov). To add more, just add them in the registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio n\DateTime\Servers).
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Read MoreEver wonder where you file extensions went? Working with files when you can not tell what the file extension can be a huge annoyance. Thankfully, Microsoft made it possible to show all the full file name with the extension.
Read MoreIt is possible to display the version of Windows in the lower right corner of your desktop. This requires a modification in the Windows Registry.
Read MoreBy default, the Windows XP Welcome Screen displays all the configured account names (unless there's only one account without password), with the exception of the Administrator account. On Windows XP Professional, it is possible to display the old-style Windows 2000 logon box for the current session, allowing you to type in a username. This is done by pressing Control-Alt-Delete... Read More
If you would like to limit or control just about every aspect of your computer you can use a great tool called the group policy editor. Please note it is not available in XP Home version, only in XP Pro.
Read MoreInternet Explorer includes some great security features. For this tweak I will talk about the feature that clear the temporary internet files each time you close internet explorer. This is a very useful feature since it saves disk space and also keeps the websites that you downloaded private. Lets say that you were doing some online banking. All of the HTML files would be downloaded to the temp... Read More
Explorer includes some great security features. For this tweak I will talk about enabling the feature to not save encrypted files to disk. This is a valuable feature. When you connect to a site that is encrypted the data sent over the network is encrypted. Your browser has the key to decrypt and display the information. Why give someone a chance to crack the encryption. If you don't allow IE... Read More