Since most of us recommend that you keep your drivers up to date I thought a list of links to the driver update pages for manufacturers would be good. Here is a list for starters, I will be adding on as time goes on.
Read MoreControl Panel / System / Advanced / Performance Tab / Settings Button and put a checkmark in: Use Drop Shadows for Icon Labels on the Desktop
Read MoreI was playing around with IE one day and I found out that you can override any homepage setting in Internet Options. If you have spyware, or come accross it frequently, then this is a very good tweak for you.
Read MoreMicrosoft has this command in which to start up applications much faster just like Microsoft's Windows Media Player.
Read MoreIf you have low disk space in your drives, then you may get annoying pop-up messages from Windows that you are low on disk space. This can get extremely annoying at times, to turn off low disk space notification follow these steps:
- Start regedit. (If you are unfamiliar with regedit, please refer to this FAQ)...
This is not mine so I cannot take credit but Andy-S in the Hardware and Drive Support forum passed this one on to me - a must know tweak.
Read MoreTweak Description: Just like the title says this registry hack will add printers and folders, scheduled tasks, network connections,fonts, and administrative tools to my computer which makes it very easy to navigate through the system settings. Note: it is reccomended to back up the registry before any registry hacks. Tweak steps:
Read MoreWindows includes a feature that can be enabled to manually crashing the system by holding the right CTRL key and pressing the "Scroll Lock" key twice. This can be useful for generating a crash dump to debug applications or it can be a fun prank. Follow these steps to enable this feature:
- Open Registry Editor by clicking on the Start Button and typing in regedit and hitting Enter. If you are...
When a rogue program decides to install its own version of system fonts, it may replace the original version of the font file with a shortcut in the font folder. Once this program is uninstalled, the shortcut may now point to a font file that no longer exists. Windows XP in turn reacts by turning all unspecified fonts into italics upon next reboot.
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