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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]Turn Off Indexing to Speed Up XP [/color][/size][size=2]Windows XP keeps a record of all files on the hard disk so when you do a search on the hard drive it is faster. There is a …

Do you have a SATA disk drive in your computer ? If so, you can squeeze a little more performance out of your hard disk. This speeds up the performance of your hard disk by enhancing write caching. However, if your computer is not connected to a battery backup and …

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Add Favorites with One Keystroke[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]You can quickly add a Web page to your Favorites folder with a single keystroke. The page is automatically added to your Favorites list without any further input from you.[/size] …

macafee managed to lock up my computer, and outlook express. When I'd uninstalled it and finally got back into O.E., I found all my folders moved to Windows explorer, and I can't move them back, or open them. Move commands don't do anything. Any ideas? Thirdrail

HI, I'm very happy to be back again after a long break from my most beloved IT forum--->DANIWEB. I need some technical advice on how to restrict users from opening more than two explorer windows at a time while using the COMPUTERS on my corprate network to optimise the system …

Look at the image below of my vista home premium virtual pc. it is running well with 384mb ram!!

Hi folks, Any advice on setup of remote hard reboot/reset on colocated server. TIA B.R. satimis

Ok, I installed this game a long time ago, Knight Online. For awhile now I have been trying everything I can to get rid of it off my computer and everytime I try by using the Remove Programs, it starts up briefly and then I get an error saying "Version …

I've just reinstall XP sp2 on my laptop, got everything going but now for some reasons I can't access any files in it while I'm on my other cpu. It shows the Laptop on the network but files are restricted. All restrictions are allowed in Security settings too. Another thing …

where can i find pwl files in windows xp,pwl files where windows login password is stored

when editing windows XPs explorer.exe using C:\windows\70 exporer.exe in safe mode in MSDOS where can i find START part Like in windows 98 its in the line 2390, but where can i find it in XP.

Hello pc geeks!!! I need some advice from one of you geekheads who can tweak the crap out of vista/xp. I'm looking for something more advanced than defraging the hdd, msconfig, waittokillapptimeout, and other well known tweaks. I want some new advanced ones that can improve pc performance significantly. Thank …

when ever i play a noise or anything it has a chance of being distorted and whenever i play a song its alwas distorted and if its quite a fast song with lots of things happening in it, it goes slow with crackly noises. Its really Distorted and really annoying. …

[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 Quickly Lock Your Computer and Use Other Windows Logo Shortcut Keys[/color][/size][/font] [font=Arial][size=2]This article describes how to quickly lock your computer as well as the other Windows logo shortcut keys that you can use. …

how can i get vista to boot on my 2gig and 5400rpm notebook in under 20secs, as its current boot time is 50-65 secs.

This is a handy little trick you can use with Internet Explorer 6 to make it boot up extremely fast Make a shortcut of iexplore on your desktop ... right-click on the shortcut to Internet Explorer and add the parameter '-nohome' to the end of the command line, like so: …

My computer crashed in the middle of a defragmentation run, corrupting just about everthing that was running at the time (so, don't have anything else running when you do a defrag!). After recovering most of the corrupted stuff, I was left with a problem with Outlook Express, in that it …

Dear members, Please help me decide on buying a new PC since i dont know much about computers. I already have a 6 year old toshiba laptop and which is still works fine but has fairly old features (256 mb, usb 1.1, 30 GB, old graphic card, etc). These are …

Every time I try to open an office application I get the "windows is preparing to instal" message . After cancelling it the application then opens. I ran a search some time ago having the same problem and managed to find a fix by doing something along the lines of …

I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/MMX computer that uses Windows 98SE. I've been using Outlook Express 6.0 as my email client without any problems. But yesterday when I opened OE to read my messages I noticed a yellow triangle at the lower right of the window that read "ERROR!" …

You can Chat with your friends without any Software! All you need is your friends IP address and Command Prompt. Firstly open Notepad and enter: @echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER set /p n=User: set /p m=Message: net send %n% %m% Pause Goto A Now save this as "Messenger.bat". Open …

This can be done only if the computer is logged on. There's a small utility called "SHUTCMD.EXE" included in the Windows NT Resource Kit that can be used to shutdown or restart a local or remote computer. For example, you can shutdown the local computer by running: SHUTCMD /L to …

I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/ MMX computer and use Windows 98SE. Recently I installed Earthlink's WebMail for sending/receiving email after my Netscape 7 email program malfunctioned. However, I have not uninstalled Netscape and now I have two email programs that seem to be competing with one another. I …

[font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff][i][size=2][color=black][font=Verdana][color=black][i]I found this in a few different places around the 'net - hopefully it's helpful:[/i][/color][/font] [/color][/size][/i][/color][/size][/font][font=Arial][size=5][color=#0000ff]Save Time and Effort in Typing URL Addresses [/color][/size][size=2]With Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP, typing Web addresses can be a breeze. [/size][/font] [list] [*][font=Arial][size=2]Type the domain of an address, such as Microsoft, and then …

Hello, I have two working computers, a faster one one with XP, a slower one with 98SE. I would like to be able to simply take the 98SE disk out of that computer and add it to the one with XP but then be able to dual boot, probably with …

I'm learning to program C++ in Windows. I would like to have the user enter float variables into a program. In writing console programs this is extremely simple using "cin>>" or "sscanf". When writing a windows application, these techniques cant be used. Is there a Win32 API function that handles …

in my school all the computers are linked together and i know there is a way to send messages to another computer using note pad but i can't remember how. if anyone can help me i would appreciate it and also the computers are protected by a password is there …

For those who tired to press the cancel and select the open with list when they insert any CD/DVD and this popup comes everytime. Here its solution to Permanently block this Autorun service: Right Click on [B]Mycomputer[/B] > select '[B]Manage[/B]' > select category '[B]Services and Applications[/B]' and Click '[B]Services[/B]' and …

when you visit drive C:\windows..you will see a file protection screen (warning screen) if you want that screen visibles when you enter in drive c: then u have to click SHOW FILES to view entire content...do the following.... 1- First unhide files from folder option 2- then enter into windows …

Most windows applications print fine. One site that does require Java wants to download file instead of printing. No help from site IT. Tried two different versions of Java and they say that IE 6.0 is not a problem. What should I try?