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PC Magazine September 7, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Using the Start Command in XP Firing up a program in XP from a batch file requires some special knowledge. |
PC Magazine September 2, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking |
Launch Multiple URLs Use this batch file to open several URLs at once and tile them on the screen to your liking. |
PC Magazine August 30, 2006 |
Batch File Redirection Oddity Redirecting the output of a batch file in Windows XP |
InternetNews November 3, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
More IE Vulnerabilities A trio of vulnerabilities have been reported in recent days, further exposing Microsoft Internet Explorer users to the risk of potential attack from malicious users. The same bug has been reported in Apple's Safari Web browser running on OS X. |
PC World November 2003 Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Fast Windows Navigation Is a Command Performance Improve your Windows efficiency by typing commands instead of clicking the mouse. |
PC Magazine March 16, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking |
Not-So-Smart Quotes Word's "smart quotes" can cause problems when paste to the command line. |
PC Magazine April 4, 2007 Neil Randall |
Vista Tip: Command Window If you use the command window regularly, you'll be happy to know that you can access it from any Vista folder. |
PC Magazine June 22, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Use the Current Date in a Windows XP Batch File How to capture just the mmddyyyy format of the current date in a Windows XP batch file to create a subfolder for each day of the year. |
PC Magazine October 5, 2004 Larry Seltzer |
Locking Down Internet Explorer Internet Explorer's My Computer zone has been an open door to security threats, but now you can padlock it. |
InternetNews June 2, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
XP SP2: Do's & Don'ts for Web Sites To help customers prepare for its Windows XP security overhaul, Microsoft advocates programming changes for users of several applications. |
PC World September 2005 Scott Dunn |
Windows' Command Line Puts You in Control Text commands can make quick work of many Windows tasks; plus, a free file-copy utility. |
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 October 5, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
View Source Fails in Outlook and IE In both Outlook and Internet Explorer, right-clicking and choosing View Source currently does not work on my computer. |
InternetNews February 23, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
IE Phishing Exploit Reported A new potential phishing attack vector was revealed this week that might put Microsoft Internet Explorer users at risk if they're not careful. |
PC Magazine November 2, 2004 Cameron Sturdevant |
SP2--Trouble for Agentless Patching? Ironically, SP2 will likely make it harder to keep computers up-to-date with the latest patches. |
PC World February 2006 Scott Dunn |
The Quickest Way to Make Several Folders at Once A shortcut makes multiple folders... Change your 'open with' list... Spiff up your command prompt... |
InternetNews June 22, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner |
Few Browsers Safe From Latest Spoofing Flaw Newly reported flaw with JavaScript dialog boxes could lead to phishing attacks against almost all major browsers. |
PC World November 2005 Dennis O'Reilly |
10-Step Security If you have about an hour, you can batten down your machine's hatches against Net threats new and old. Here's how to protect your Window's operating system. |
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Clint Boulton |
Windows SP2 Comes Closer with RC 2 Microsoft reveals code for its oft-delayed second release candidate to developers ahead of the summer deadline for the finished product. |
PC World June 2004 Scott Dunn |
Make Windows Start and Stop the Way You Want Tips and practical advice on navigating Windows, including how to run an app each time Windows starts... Creating a shutdown folder... etc. |
Linux Journal May 2000 Ben Crowder |
Book Review JavaScript Application Cookbook by Jerry Bradenbaugh. |
PC World August 2006 Lincoln Spector |
Save Windows Updates Locally for Faster Reinstalls Save Windows XP updates and patches so you don't have to keep downloading them... Scheduling a system to hibernate... Continue with copying files even if one of the files can't be copied... Organize and sort data with Microsoft Word... |
InternetNews April 9, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Q&A: Tony Goodhew, Manager, Microsoft Developer Group A Microsoft manager discusses the software giant's eagerly awaited Windows XP Service Pack 2. |
PC World May 2004 Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft Releases a Big CD Full of Fixes XP's new Service Pack is waiting in the wings--here's what to expect. |
PC Magazine January 18, 2006 Neil J. Rubenking |
Shortcut to Launch a Non-Default Browser Specify using Internet Explorer to open certain websites. |
PC World September 2004 Paul Thurrott |
Windows XP's Big Fix With Service Pack 2, Windows gets an array of much-needed patches, tweaks, and tools, all rolled into one free download. Here's what's in it for you. |
PC Magazine November 16, 2004 John Clyman |
Extending Your Browser With Webmaster Tools With just a few tweaks, you can go a long way toward customizing your browser so it better meets your needs as a webmaster. |
PC Magazine March 14, 2007 |
Automate Tasks at Shutdown Windows offers the Startup folder, which lets you specify tasks or applications to execute at start-up or log-on. Is there an equivalent for shutdown or logoff? |
InternetNews May 9, 2005 Tim Gray |
Two Holes Poke Firefox Veneer Mozilla's Firefox web browser has two flaws that allowed a malicious site to execute arbitrary code. |
PC World March 2004 Paul Thurrot |
Windows XP's Big Security Fix Our test drive suggests that Service Pack 2 is a keeper--assuming no incompatibilities. |
PC World March 2006 Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Schedule Your System to Start Automatically How to schedule a system boot of your PC... A metering program for tracking system memory and hard-drive space... A simple application for finding your Windows Product Key... |
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Microsoft Irked With Security Firm's IE Alert Secunia says XP SP2 users are at risk from new Internet Explorer vulnerabilities. |
PC World November 2004 Scott Spanbauer |
Is XP's Fix Safe? Windows XP Service Pack 2 seems a smooth upgrade for most, but many are putting off installing Microsoft's big security patch anyway. |
PC World January 2005 Steve Bass |
Your XP Service Pack 2 Survival Guide How to handle Windows XP's latest bug fix and security update. |
PC World September 2003 Scott Spanbauer |
Internet Tips: Play It Safe With the Right Browser Security Settings Select the appropriate browser settings; improve wireless-network security with WPA. |
PC World August 20, 2007 Stuart J.Johnston |
New Attack Gets at Firefox Through IE Using Internet Explorer to attack Firefox... iPhone's Safari problem... A slew of critical Microsoft patches... |
InternetNews August 10, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft XP SP2 Blog Watch Reading between the bloglines gives a clearer picture of Microsoft's vision and plans for XP SP2. |
PC World August 2003 Scott Dunn |
Pain-Free Windows Tweaks Want to fix nagging Windows irritations and automate everyday tasks? With these surprisingly simple Registry and batch-file tips, it's not brain surgery. |
InternetNews September 17, 2010 |
IE9 Won't Support Windows XP The newest version of the Internet Explorer browser from Microsoft won't run on Windows XP, still the company's most widely-used operating system. |
PC World April 20, 2001 Scott Spanbauer |
Mend Your E-Mail's Broken Links Mend broken links in e-mail, unmask disguised Web page advertising, check browser security settings, catalog your MP3s... |
Entrepreneur January 2005 Mike Hogan |
Opting Out? The federal Computer Emergency Response Team suggests sidestepping some Internet dangers by using a browser other than Internet Explorer. Here's how to explore your options. |
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Windows XP SP2 Turns 'On' Pop-up Blocking Microsoft's coming XP service pack adds a new Windows Security Center and a significant change to the default settings for pop-up blocking in IE. |
PC Magazine February 17, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking |
Move Numbers within Filenames Is there a utility or method to help me batch rename files to put track numbers at the front? |
InternetNews August 18, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Researcher Finds Flaws in XP SP2 German security firm finds weaknesses in the service pack's warning mechanism. |
PC World October 2004 Scott Spanbauer |
Tweak Windows XP SP2 Security to Your Advantage Fine-tune the settings in Microsoft's recently released Windows XP Service Pack 2. |
InternetNews March 20, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Can We Fix The Web? The problem with the modern Web is that it's insecure and fixes may be a long time coming. |
InternetNews July 27, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Firefox 1.5.0.5 Fixes JavaScript Flaws Firefox 1.5.0.5 out today is the latest release of the open source browser and patches no fewer than seven critical flaws, with some form of JavaScript issue being at the heart of most of them. |
PC Magazine December 9, 2003 |
Rename Files to Match Date/Time Stamp Is there a simple way in Windows XP Professional to rename a group of files, with each filename made up of the date and time of file creation? Yes, there's a way, but it's not that simple. |
PC World February 14, 2002 Lincoln Spector |
Invasion of the Browser Snatchers Beware of typos that lead you to malicious sites -- and here's how to break free if you get caught at one... |
InternetNews August 31, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
XP SP2 Goes International The service pack is released to manufacturing in German, Japanese, Korean, simplified and traditional Chinese languages. |