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[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 …

Where did you hear that Mozilla was an AOL product? Netscape I believe is and Netscape and Mozilla were based on the same engine back in the day. But Mozilla is a completely open source non-commercial browser suite.

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Please don't double post. Thanks. [thread]3565[/thread]

Other people will see your message and click "post reply" just as you have replied and I am replying now. When you say it only goes into your Add/Remove programs, does that mean that it is not in the Start Menu? Does the Installation complete and say that it was …

While iptables and ipchains are great, as far as I know they're only for linux. Zone Alarm is the only free one I know of for Windows.

Paper airplane? What mail client do you use? "Mail" ?? I use Entourage so sorry I don't think I can help you :(

My phone, actually, does connect to my computer via a USB connector provided by Motorola (that I don't have, btw). It supposedly allows me to transfer ringers and .gifs from my monitor to my mini colored cellphone screen.

The only place I've seen iframes used is as an alternative to JavaScript in link exchange programs and the type, where you're putting a 3rd party code fragment onto your site.

Isn't finger a unix utility which gets info about the box's logged in users?

Hi. I deleted your other post as it was in the wrong place. Unfortunately, this is the wrong place to ask for information about warez or cracks. No illegal stuff allowed here.

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I'm not aware that OSX comes with an Administrator disk? What sort of utilities are you looking for? A lot of stuff can be downloaded from [url="http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/"]http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/[/url] If you're looking for a free download of the OS itself, then of course, that's warez, not to be discussed here. Sorry, I'm …

[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 …

Sometimes I have a problem where my Kensington USB keyboard stops responding. The only way to fix this is either to reboot or to unplug and replug in the USB cable. However, keep in mind I'm not using a real Apple Pro Keyboard - it's a Kensington one. Also, Mac …

Please don't double post. Thanks. [thread]3420[/thread]

Go into the Control Panel and then to Sounds and Audio Devices. Then uncheck the box "Place volume icon in the taskbar"

What video card do you have? Do you have the latest video card drivers installed? (i.e. from ATi or NVidia) What program are you using to play video clips?

It's really dangerous to mess with your registry ... I *guess* it's okay to delete keys belonging to uninstalled software - but I would still use a Registry Cleaner program instead.

Can you show us your code so that we can see if there are any errors? A switch statement should be in the following form: [code] switch (variable) { case expression1: { statement1; break; } case expression2: { statement2; break; } ... default: { defaultstatement; } } [/code]

Never heard of it. If that just came up and your friend has absolutely no clue what N-CASE is, then type Ctrl+Alt+Del to get to the Task Manager and select End Task. You never know what the buttons or even "remind me later" do if it's a malicious program - …