Recreate the Show Desktop shortcut
The Show Desktop shortcut in the quick launch bar minimizes all open windows upon pressing the button.
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Windows Vista has problems with large zip files
I think it is really interesting that a lot of unusual problems start to appear on blogs and websites that users have with Windows Vista.
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Why is nvsvc32.exe running on my system?
I do take a close look at the processes that are running on my system from time to time to make sure that no malicious process snug in.
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Is it safe to delete $NtUninstall files?
You might have noticed a lot of hidden files in your Windows directory starting with the string $NtUninstall and maybe you asked yourself the question if it was
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Check the number of user accounts on your system
Did you know that your system might have more user accounts than you thought it would have.
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Get rid of unnecessary system startups
Every software that is starting during system startup is delaying the system boot process.
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Change Folder Icons with ease
Folders in Windows look all the same which serves the purpose of being able to recognize them immediately.
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Post-It notes for your desktop
How are you writing down notes when working with your computer ? Do you create text documents and write the notes in there, do you use Post-It notes and stick t
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Pin Folders to the start menu
While Windows XP and Vista offer a way to pin files to the Start Menu both operating systems do not offer a way to pin folders to it.
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A better software uninstaller
I was always puzzled by the fact that uninstallers would not delete all data, folders and files created by an installation script but would leave traces of that
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Backup Hard Drives and Partitions with Self Image
Self Image is an Open-Source hard disk imaging tool.
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EventID 4226: TCP/IP has reached the security limit
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista have both a TCP/IP connection limit that limits the half-open connections of the system.
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Make XP look like Windows Vista
Not many users like Windows Vista.
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How to remove ctfmon.exe
You might have noticed a process with the name ctfmon.
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Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live Photo Gallery made a big leap forward with the release of the newest beta version 2.
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10 Simple Ways to Speed up Windows Vista
Kline over at Connected Internet posted an interesting article detailing 10 simple ways to speed up Windows Vista.
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Automatic compression of the Registry
I described a way to compress the Windows registry manually yesterday.
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How to reduce the size of the Windows Registry
The Windows registry is growing with every piece of software and system changes and never gets reduced again on its own.
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Can I Delete large hiberfil.sys file in Windows?
If you did check your computer for huge files that wasted lots of disk space you might have come upon a file called hiberfil.
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How to block "Restart your computer to finish installing important updates"
While the automatic update function in Windows XP and Vista is a good way to keep your system up to date with the latest patches it has the nasty habit to nag t
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Forum Offline Reader
I'm a regular at several webmaster forums where I tend to read up on the latest trends and techniques.
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Set Global Shortcuts for your Music Player
I was looking for a way to turn on and off Internet Radio while in applications that were running in fullscreen.
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XP Keep Per User Display Settings
If you share a computer with several other users you might have noticed that it is not possible to set a differing screen resolution, refresh rate and color dep
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Find out the which BIOS is installed on your PC
A friend of mine was recently asking me if I knew how to find out which BIOS was installed in his computer.
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Updatestar: check if Software Updates are available
Updatestar seems to be the most comprehensive software to scan your system for installed applications and check whether updates for those found are available.
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Tweak Vista to suppress UAC popups
UAC is the Windows Vista User Account Control.
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Start Multiple Applications from the Start Menu
Clicking on Start, All Programs, the folder of the software that you want to start and finally the software is the normal way to start applications using the Wi
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Customize the Open and Save Window
The open and save dialogs in Windows have the nasty habit of not remembering any of the changes that you made while using them.
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Blank out part of the screen
It is sometimes important to concentrate on a task at hand and blend out everything that is not related to it.
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Edit the Send To Menu
I never use the Send To menu in Windows.
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Defraggler a defragmentation software
The makers of CCleaner and Recuva have created a new software called Defraggler which is a defragmentation software for Microsoft Windows 2000 up to Windows Vis
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Writers Tools for Open Office
If you prefer Open Office over Microsoft Office you might find the following plugin for Open Office useful.
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List all installed Windows Updates
It sometimes might be a good idea to get a list of all installed Windows Updates on your system for administration or security purposes.
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Stealth Windows Update poses more problems than thought
I have been writing about the stealth update that Microsoft did two weeks ago.
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Driver Max 3.0
A new version of Driver Max has been released just recently.
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Windows Steady State
Who needs Windows Vistas parental control if you have all the options in Windows XP as well if you download the Microsoft software Steady State which probably w
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WAssociate repair file type associations
I have written about a way to manually repair file type associations in Windows by using two commands and the Windows command line.
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Weather Forecasts with Weather Watcher
If you would like to take a look at up to date weather forecasts and weather reports for your location you might want to take a look at the software Weather Wat
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Stream your Screen like an Overhead Projector
What do you normally do if you want to share your screen with someone else who is not sitting in the same room ? You could use a software like Screen Stream to
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How to fix broken file associations
Did you ever have the problem that you wanted to change the file association of a certain file type but were not able to ? The normal way of right-clicking the
