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If you have ever used a computer at a high school or college, then you might have seen that pesky software that prevents you from installing any programs or web content filters that prevent you from accessing instant chat sessions.  Well here is a way to send instant messages to your friends over such networks as long as you have their ip or the name of the computer on the network.  An easy way... Read More


Windows XP forgets my folder view settings. Is there a fix?

How to fix this annoying problem:

By default, Windows XP will remember the view settings for the 400 most recently used folders. After that, XP will begin overwriting the data of the oldest folder, and its view setting will be lost. The information is stored in the registry by two keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell...

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Are you interested in browing the internet the fastest way possible?  Save time by using keyboard mouse shortcuts desiged for a wheel scroll mouse.  Below are a few tips to help you naviagte the web faster.

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If you would like to erase the recent file list because you have watch naughty movies, you’re lucky, I happen to know (at least) how to erase it!xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /

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Ever been annoyed by the ballon that keeps showing when you minimize your callwave caller ID into the tray? It pestered the crap out of me! I happened to be mess'n around with the taskbar, one day and found the fix.

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This is not for everyone but I have noticed when I select lots of folders and you get a blue highlighter it can start to slow down. To fix this:

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If you are using the Win 2k style logon prompt (not the Welcome screen) and want to change its default "XP" style to the "Classic" style, do this:

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I've noticed recently that Web-page designers seem to be competing to see how small a font they can use before readers need to break out a magnifying glass. Although small font sizes are only a minor annoyance when running in a low resolution (768 x 1024 or less), a small font size becomes a huge pain if you run a high-resolution setup (1600 x 1200 or greater), even on a large monitor.
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The system restore tool with Microsoft Windows XP is a very valuable application.  When enabled on a drive, it automatically creates a backup when ever you install a software application or change add or change drivers.  There is one downsite to this process though.  It can take up a lot of disk space.   When I cleaned my old system restore checkpoints on my system I gained more than two gigabytes... Read More