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Remove Filter  | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Use ClearType to Enhance Screen Fonts in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]This step-by-step article describes how to enable ClearType to sharpen fonts on your Windows XP display. ClearType enhances your display by smoothing the edges of screen … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Prevent a User From Running or Stopping a Scheduled Process in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][color=#000000][font=Arial]This step-by-step article describes how to prevent a user from running or stopping a scheduled process in Windows XP. There are occasions … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]View the Storage Devices That Are Displayed As "USB SCSI Storage Device" in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]USB devices that are using an SCSI-to-USB adapter are displayed as "USB SCSI Storage Device" in the Safely Remove Hardware … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Automatically Log On a User Account in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][size=2][font=Arial]This article describes how to automatically log on a user account during the Window[/font][font=Arial][color=#000000]s startup process. Note: This process only works if the computer is not … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Restore Icons That Have Been Removed from the Desktop in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to restore the My Computer, My Documents, and My Network Places icons after they have been removed from the … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Rename Multiple Files with Windows Explorer[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Windows Explorer.[/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Press and hold down the Ctrl-key while you are clicking files.[/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]After you select the files, … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Restore the Operating System to a Previous State in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous working state. System Restore takes a "snapshot" … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Cannot Use MSN EXPLORER or AOL To Send a Remote Assistance Invitation via Email Option[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]When you use Remote Assistance to invite someone to help you and try to choose the option to use e-mail, … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Obtain Remote Assistance Using Windows Messenger in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]This step-by-step article describes how to use Windows Messenger to obtain help using the Remote Assistance feature in Windows XP. Remote Assistance enables you to allow … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Install or Remove a Font in Windows XP[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This step-by-step article describes how to add and remove fonts in Windows XP. The following fonts are included with Windows XP and are installed on every computer:[/size][/font] … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Receive Windows Messenger Messages and Alerts on Your Mobile Device[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to configure a wireless or mobile device to receive instant messages from your online contacts in Windows Messenger. The devices that … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing on a Home or Small Office Network Connection in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2]This article describes how to share one Internet connection on your home network or your small-office network. [/size][/font] … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off, Display, and Select an Animated Character in Search Companion in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2]This article describes how to turn off, display, and select a different animated screen character in Search Companion.[/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=3][color=#0000ff]How to Turn … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Set Accessibility Features for People Who Are Blind or Who Have Low Vision in Windows XP [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]Windows XP offers several features to make it easier for users with low vision to operate their computers. You … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change the Default Opening Folder in Windows Explorer[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]By default, Windows Explorer opens showing the My Documents folder. To change the default setting so that all top?level drives and folders are shown, follow these steps:[/color][/size][/font] … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Do Not Highlight Newly Installed Programs [/color][/size][/font][size=2][color=#000000] [font=Arial]Tired of that annoying little window that pops up to tell you that new software is installed? If it gets in the way when you're logging off, turn … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Change Drive Letters in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2]When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Turn Off Autoplay for Program CDs [/color][/size][size=2]How can you stop Windows XP from launching program CDs?[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Click Start, click Run, type GPEDIT.MSC to open Group Policy in the Microsoft Management Console.[/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Double-click Computer Configuration, … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Remove Messenger[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Go to Start/Run, and type: "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf"[/size][/font] [/list] |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Load Internet Explorer the Fastest Way Possible[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Edit your link to start Internet Explorer to have -nohome after it. For Example: "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -nohome[/size][/font] [/list][font=Arial][size=2]This will load internet explorer very fast because it … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]DMA Mode on IDE Devices [/color][/size][size=2]Just like Windows 2000, Windows XP still fails to set the DMA mode correctly for the IDE device designated as the slaves on the primary IDE and secondary IDE channels. … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Reduce 10 Second Scandisk Wait Time[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Start MS Dos Prompt (Start run CMD), and type: CHKNTFS /T:4 where 4 is the amount of wait time. CHKNTFS /? for more info.[/size][/font] [/list] |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Remove Hibernation File [/color][/size][size=2]If you do not use hibernation, make sure you do not have it enabled, which reserves disk space equal to your RAM. If you have a hidden file on the root directory … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Slow Start-up When Using Norton Internet Security 2002 [/color][/size][size=2]If you are using Norton Internet Security 2002, and are experiencing slow start-up of XP, (i.e. you can see the desktop with icons etc. but it takes … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Easy Way to Adjust LargeSystemCache [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]Normally, the tweak I've seen asks you to go into HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and change the value to either O or 1 to the adjustment the LargeSystemCache. However, in Windows … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Very Slow Boot When Networking [/color][/size][size=2]On some XP Pro installations, when connected to a network (peer-peer in this case), the computer boot time is over 1:40. The system seems to freeze after logging in and … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Speed Up Detailed View in Explorer [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]If you like to view your files in Windows Explorer using the "Details" view here is a tweak to speed up the listing of file attributes: Viewing files in … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Speeding Up Your Pentium 2 by 50% [/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=2]We all know that you really shouldn't try to run Windows XP on anything less that about a Pentium 3 of some sort if you are out for … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Shutdown XP Faster [/color][/size][size=2][color=#000000]Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows XP when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound. … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [b][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Customize the Start menu[/b] [b][/color][/size][/font][size=2][/b] [b][font=Arial]The Start menu gets more real estate in XP than in previous versions, and it's more customizable. To make the Start menu display only the applications you want, rather than … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Use the Desktop Cleanup Wizard in Windows XP [/color][/size][size=2]To start the Desktop Cleanup Wizard:[/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click Start , and then click Control Panel. [/color][/size][/font] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]In Control Panel, click Appearance and Themes under Pick a category. … |
| | [i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i] [font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Using Advanced Options in Scheduled Tasks[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2][color=#0000ff]If you want to change the configuration of the task:[/color][/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2][color=#000000]Click Open in the Advanced properties for the task before you click Finish. After you click Finish, the … |
| | [b]Computer Ports: What You Should Know to Defend Yourself [/b]by Aaron Turpen of Aaronz WebWorkz The number one way a computer is exposed for nefarious uses online is by exploiting open ports on that system. Ports are names or "handles" given to various network connections your computer uses to communicate … |
| | [b]Ask The Computer Geek[/b] By: Jeff Johnston (jeff@domynoes.net) [i][b]Q:[/b] I have received an email from Microsoft stating that there is a new security update available that fixes some security risks. The email contained the patch for me to install, should I do this right away as it advises? - John … |
| | I currently run a G5 with two hard drives. The first is partitioned in half. Partition A is the system. Partition B is my user folder. The second is one large partition of random stuff. What I would essentially like to do is set up a RAID array without having … |
| | I'd like to apologize for the site being down the last hour to two today. There were some server difficulties. My web host needed to restart the server twice. I'm still investigating what is going wrong. - Dani |
| | Hey everyone! There's something new going on at DaniWeb ... and that's contests! Participate! Vote! Enjoy! Maybe you'll even win ... Check them out over at [url=http://www.techtalkforums.com/forum38.html]the Contests forum![/url] |
| | [b]Breaking Code Apart[/b] By following the theories of data abstraction, described in detail in the documents section, code is broken apart into smaller segments known as functions. Functions actually operate much like their mathematical counterparts. In the simplest terms, functions act like more complex versions of operations. However, unlike mathematical … |
| | My dual 2ghz G5 mac finally arrived today! Ooooh how excited I am! However, I tried installing MSN software. The installation completed fine, but everytime I try to load the program, it automatically exits on me. I tried logging out and restarting. Virtual PC doesn't yet work for the G5, … |
| | Congratulations to CrazyIrishman for being the 1,000th member to register at TechTalk! I hope everyone has had as much fun this past year and a half as I have. Keep up the great work! I'm sorry for being so absent from the forums since school started. So much homework, so … |
| | Ok peeps! The polls have been fixed! For the last few days I didn't realize that no one could vote on any of the polls. I looked over the code and forgot to close my </form> tag. Oopsies! |
| | Woo hoo! I was able to restore a back-up of TechTalk Forums ... we lost a few messages though :o (sorry about that) The back-up was from early yesterday and we lost about 10 posts. Not too bad! |
| | After hours and hours of work, it looks like all of the back-end code behind TechTalk is just about completely finished! All of the code has been optimized and (hopefully) I tried realllllly hard to make sure all the HTML code has been optimized. All I need is a lil … |
| | I hand-redid the entire database. I reentered all the values in - half of them were screwed up from the conversion. After altering 1000+ cells of tables of the database, let me know pleeeeez if anything at all doesn't work or look right. Thanks! |
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