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February 1, 2006 |
Purging Personal Data from Word Wizards Purging personal information stored in Microsoft Word 2003 wizard tools. |
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December 30, 2003
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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. |
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May 2, 2007
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Tidy Up Your Places in Four Steps The four best ways to maximize your Microsoft Office shortcuts. |
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February 1, 2006 |
Desktop.ini Files Open at Start-Up Prevent notepad files from appearing upon startup. |
PC World
June 2004
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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. |
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May 30, 2007
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Curing an Outlook Free/Busy Mixup Solutions to a common Outlook problem. |
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January 20, 2004
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A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings. |
PC World
February 2002
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Windows Tips: Take Charge of Your Runaway Start Menu Slim down your Start menu by removing unused items... customize your Documents menu... set the size of file dialog boxes... |
PC World
April 2006
Scott Dunn |
Windows Hacks: Registry Remedies Get the Windows XP you really want with these 12 tips for mastering the operating system's inner workings. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007 |
IE Favorites in Alphabetical Order Configure Internet Explorer to automatically arrange the Favorites menu in alphabetical order. |
PC World
November 2001
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Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want... |
PC Magazine
November 25, 2003 |
Get Rid of the Links Folder in IE Tweak the Registry to stop IE from recreating the Links folder after you delete it. |
PC World
February 2006
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The Quickest Way to Make Several Folders at Once A shortcut makes multiple folders... Change your 'open with' list... Spiff up your command prompt... |
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October 2002
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Answer Line: Share Programs the Easy Way on a Multiuser PC Give multiple users of a single PC access to any program... resume interrupted downloads at the point of failure... confirm that a used PC isn't stolen property... delete items from the Startup tab of Win 98's Msconfig... convert .gif files into .ico files |
PC World
October 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: A Better Start for Your Documents Menu Make the Documents menu display the file and folder shortcuts you want to see, use Windows' built-in glossary, optimize Windows' performance... |
PC Magazine
May 3, 2006 |
Open With Firefox How can I add a right-click context menu "Open with" so I can open Internet Explorer shortcuts on the desktop with Firefox? |
PC World
June 2002
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Six Windows Tweaks I Couldn't Live Without Make personal sticky notes, launch apps fast, create Search shortcuts, put folders on the Start menu... |
PC Magazine
August 31, 2005
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Transfer Blocked Senders Is there a way to import or export the blocked-sender list from one e-mail account to another? |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003 |
Shrink the Programs Menu How to solve the problems of too many programs to display in Windows XP's Start Menu |
PC World
December 2004
Scott Dunn |
Remove Unsolicited Junk From Your Context Menus How to remove several items from the menus that pop up when you right-click in Windows Explorer, especially shortcuts to programs that aren't being used. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the Windows Explorer context menu, so that when you right-click on a file or folder in Explorer you have the option to copy or move it to another folder. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007 |
How to Clear the Recently Run Programs List How can I clear the list of recently run programs that appears when you click the Start button and then click Run? |
PC World
January 2002
Lincoln Spector |
Combine Your Rescue Disks on a Single CD Put multiple rescue disks on a single CD... transfer your Outlook Express installation to a new PC... |
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 Magazine
September 5, 2008
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Open Objects in Windows Explorer Here's a way to create shortcuts the way you want them. |
PC Magazine
August 2, 2006 |
Eliminate "Recent Documents" Evidence Disable Window's XP history of your recent documents. |
PC Magazine
October 5, 2004
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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. |
PC World
November 2004
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Clean Up What a Messy Uninstall Leaves Behind Eliminate a deleted application's remaining pieces... Streamline your startup... Get missing Web images to show... etc. |
PC Magazine
August 17, 2004
Larry J. Seltzer |
Disinfecting Your PC If malware knocks your Windows computer off-line, you can still turn the tables on it. These steps may not be a cure-all, but they should be enough to get you back up and running and online. |
PC World
August 2002
Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Remove Apps That Don't Uninstall Themselves Windows tips: How to delete stubborn applications on your safely... Manage media players... More on blocked Web pages... |
PC Magazine
May 1, 2009
David Cardinal |
Spring-Cleaning for Your PC Every so often it's important to perform thorough PC cleaning and maintenance. Fortunately there are a few simple steps you can take and utilities you can use to make your computer run faster. |
PC World
August 2003
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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. |
PC World
August 2005
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A Simple Fix for Windows' Misbehaving Folders Correct problems affecting the opening of folders and dialog boxes... XP's Image-Viewer Shortcut... Add a 'New Folder' Button to Windows Explorer... |
PC World
September 25, 2006
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
PC Magazine
August 3, 2004 |
Remove Items from Add/ Remove Programs Is there any way to take a program off the Add/Remove Programs list without actually uninstalling the program? |
PC World
January 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Make Windows More Energy-Efficient Let your PC hibernate... take a Stretch Break... |
PC Magazine
June 8, 2004
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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 World
April 24, 2001
Scott Dunn |
What's on the Menu? You Decide Customize menus and accelerator keys... force Windows to exit or reboot... |
PC World
July 2001
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Windows Tips: Locate Files on a Multigigabyte Drive Find files on a big hard drive, organize your Start menu, open apps fast... |
PC Magazine
August 14, 2008
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Vista Folders Always Start at 800-by-600 What to do if Vista's stuck you with 800-by-600 windows. |
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June 1, 2005
Sarah Pike |
Top Tips & Tricks For Windows Windows XP tips that will help you solve nagging problems, make Windows suit your style better, make you more safe and secure, help you cooperate with multiple users, and improve performance when you're on the go with a laptop. |
PC Magazine
April 19, 2006 |
More On XP's Folder Amnesia Correction to registry locations of BagMRU. |
PC Magazine
October 1, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list? |
PC World
July 2006
Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Move All of Your Valuable Data to a New Partition Import data to a new drive partition... Automate entry of snail-mail addresses in your e-mail program... An inexpensive way to listen to MP3s on your home stereo... Easy e-mail boilerplate... Read-only files on a CD-RW... |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Dave Mathews |
Hacking XP Eleven hacks that can get your computer running faster, increase your productivity, and make Windows XP just a little less annoying than it was before you read this story. |
PC World
July 2002
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Create a Start-Up Floppy for Windows 2000 and XP Be prepared in case your Windows 2000 or XP machine won't boot. |
PC World
July 2001
Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Prep an Old PC for a New Home What to do to your computer before giving it to someone else... Executing programs at shut-down time... Make autostart CDs... Handling .zip with Windows Me... Office Shortcut Bar... Backing up dial-up network settings... |
PC World
August 2001
Scott Dunn |
Who Knew Windows Could Do That? Our Windows guru shares 40 unexpected, supereasy tips for every version of the OS... |
PC Magazine
November 15, 2006 |
Can't Hang New Wallpaper Changing values in your registry to allow you to change the background of your computer. |
