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March 16, 2004
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Start Windows XP Without Waiting for Welcome I'd like to change my Windows XP Home Edition start-up back to what it was originally.   |
PC World
June 2004
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Tune Up Your Windows XP Machine (for Free) Windows XP's own tools can boost its--and your PC's--performance. |
PC Magazine
March 1, 2006 |
Problems When Scheduling a Task Access denied when attempting to schedule tasks. |
PC Magazine
September 2, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Forcing Windows to Crash Here's a Registry tweak that will let you crash Windows 2000 or XP in order to test your recovery options. |
PC World
September 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Check Your Disks for Errors, With a Single Click Automate hard-drive maintenance; XP Pro vs. XP Home; the versatile Power Menu utility. |
PC Magazine
February 3, 2004
Sheryl Canter |
Windows XP Error Reports Should you send those crash reports to Microsoft? |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006 |
Invalid boot.ini File Booting error message with Windows XP Pro. |
PC Magazine
November 11, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Control Initial Keyboard State Is there a way to enable CapsLock and NumLock at Windows start-up? |
PC World
May 22, 2007
Steve Bass |
Smart Fixes for Gnarly PC Problems Boot from a USB drive, replace system files, check your RAM, and other remedies. |
PC World
January 2003
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: A Finger on the PC Pulse Use Windows's System Monitor utility to track your computer's performance... extend your monitor's longevity... check hardware's compatibility with Windows XP. |
PC World
August 2003
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Supercharge Windows by Paring Unneeded Services Inside Windows' services tool; do your memory a dis-service; simple and free calendar app. |
PC Magazine
June 8, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Turn Off Startup Task Pane I couldn't seem to get rid of the Startup task pane (or pane in the neck, as I came to call it) in Microsoft Word 2003 after I upgraded from Office XP. |
PC Magazine
September 13, 2006 |
Teach Outlook to Spell Your Name Changing the way your name is spelled in Outlook. |
PC Magazine
December 30, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Windows Explorer Displays System32 Folder at Start-Up Visit the Registry to fix a fairly common problem with Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP systems. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Removing Orphan MSCONFIG Items Here's how to manually delete a Startup entry from the Windows configuration utility. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2004 |
Automatic Login to Windows XP Regarding the item "Start Windows XP Without Waiting for Welcome," as long as your computer is not a domain member, you don't have to limit the number of user accounts, and you don't need TweakUI. |
PC World
July 25, 2007
Scott Dunn |
Shift Any Version of Windows Into High Gear Use the OS's own tools to maximize your PC's performance without spending a dime. |
PC Magazine
March 15, 2006 |
Clear XP Unread Messages To clean up the unread message notification, you'll first clear the existing information and then configure the system so it doesn't add more. |
PC Magazine
February 17, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
More on Locking Windows XP Quickly The article "Quickly Lock the Computer" offers a workaround for the fact that you can no longer lock a Windows XP machine by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del followed by Enter. Quite a few puzzled readers wrote in, because they found this key combination still works for them. |
PC World
January 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Take Charge of Windows Audio Controls Control Windows' audio commands, fix problem applications with fast access to the Task Manager... |
PC World
May 2006
Scott Dunn |
Spot PC Trouble Early With Windows' Event Viewer Make sense of Windows' logs... View past chkdsk results... Get more event information for free... |
PC World
October 2003
Scott Dunn |
Five Steps to a Leaner, Cleaner Windows Here are five things Windows users can do to eliminate clutter in their system folders and maximize the space available on their drives. |
PC Magazine
August 30, 2006 |
Find the Microsoft Office Document Imaging Utility Using Microsoft Office to fax your documents. |
PC World
April 2002
Andrew Brandt |
When Killing Bugs Reveals Your Data If you use Windows XP and any application crashes, a dialog box will invite you to send Microsoft a bug report. But if the duplicate piece of memory sent with the bug report contains a sensitive document or password, that data goes to Microsoft too... |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Change Drive Letters in Windows XP Switch drive assignments in Windows XP. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
XP SP2 Firewall Versus Microsoft Outlook If your e-mail is based on Microsoft's Exchange server, you're probably accustomed to having new mail appear automatically in your Inbox, possibly accompanied by a sound or a desktop alert. Updating to Microsoft Windows XP SP2 may terminate your automatic notification and the download of new mail. |
PC Magazine
June 3, 2004 |
Casper XP 2.0 Those searching for an easy-to-use utility to back up a hard drive need look no further than Casper XP 2.0. |
PC World
February 2002
Stephen Manes |
Windows XP -- New From the Bug Factory XP is rife with change for change's sake -- and that's classic Microsoft... |
PC World
December 2005
Scott Dunn |
Find Your Files Faster by Giving Them Keywords Through Windows' File Properties, you can annotate files for easier searches later. |
PC Magazine
October 1, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Blocked by Phantom Administrator When I select Internet Options from Internet Explorer's Tools menu, I get a message that reads, "This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." |
PC Magazine
February 3, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Spell-Check Halted in Outlook Express Whenever I send an e-mail message, I get the following error message: The spell check on this document was halted. Do you want to send anyway? |
PC World
March 2003
Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: What Do You Do When Windows Doesn't Boot? Also: nonsensical Windows error messages; add Excel data to a Word file; print later by saving as .prn; transfer Word AutoCorrect settings. |
PC World
March 2003
Scott Dunn |
Window Tips: XP Error Messages--You Decide What to Report Customize outbound Windows XP error messages; add sounds and visual effects to your PC's error messages; diagnose memory errors; a better way to tweak Windows. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Get Rid of Corrupted Windows Updates Is there any way to delete Windows XP updates that are already downloaded but not installed? |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
TweakUI for Win XP Install Fails Learn the prerequisites for setting up this useful tool. |
PC Magazine
January 20, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings. |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
User Name Mismatch in Windows XP Though the Microsoft Windows XP Start menu indicates that my name is Josh, in the Task Manager, screen-saver password, and print manager, all I am is just "owner." How can I make it consistent? |
PC World
March 2004
Scott Dunn |
76 Ways to Get More Out of Windows Quick, easy ways to tame your operating system...from speed tweaks to security checks to troubleshooting tips. |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
Anton Galang |
Vista Tip: Going Up Vista Windows Explorer gets rid of the back button. |
PC World
September 25, 2006
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
PC World
October 17, 2001
Tom Spring |
Do Windows XP and AOL Play Nicely? Despite mixed messages over compatibility, Windows XP users should pick AOL 7.0 -- or else... |
PC Magazine
August 19, 2003
Matthew P. Graven |
The Windows Survival Guide If you're just getting ready to make the move to Win XP, or if you're anxious to dig beneath the surface and find some cool new tools, or if you've been using Win XP for a while and it's time for some serious maintenance, you'll find what you need to know in this guide. |
PC World
December 19, 2001
Tom Spring |
Is Microsoft's Time Warped? Windows XP gets an adjustment to correct a faulty time-synchronization feature... |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003 |
Trouble with Fast User Switching Some remote access programs cause problems with Windows's Fast User Switching feature. |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2004
Larry J. Seltzer |
Limited User Accounts Here's a clever way to bolster Windows PC security--with some catches. |
PC World
October 2004
Stephen Manes |
Your Take on Windows' Worst Irritations Users gripe about Windows XP. |
PC World
July 2004
Lincoln Spector |
Why All the Problems Shutting Down My PC? Fix faulty Windows shutdowns... Undo a dual-boot setup... Share Outlook data across a network... |
PC World
September 2005
Scott Spanbauer |
Wipe Out Windows Annoyances Banish the worst glitches, time-wasters, and irritations in the Windows XP with these 29 tips. Plus: Get the scoop on Windows' biggest rivals. |
PC World
July 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Show Windows' Control Panel Who's in Charge Add, remove, or alter Control Panel shortcuts, or get a new view with a freeware program. Plus, hide a shared drive... |
PC World
September 26, 2001
Steve Bass |
WinXP: Is Microsoft Pulling a Fast One? I keep getting a feeling Microsoft's pulling a fast one on us. It feels like just last year they asked me to drop Win 98 and upgrade to Win Me. In the next month or so, they want me to bump up to Windows XP... |
