Activate ReadyBoost in Windows Vista
Readyboost is a new disk caching technique in Windows Vista which uses flash memory from flash devices to boost system performance.
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Drop my Rights: run programs with limited rights on Windows
Most users that work with Windows XP in a home environment use the administrators account which is probably the easiest but also least secure way of working wit
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Share Files with HTTP File Server
You have some friends or business partners that you want to share data with but have no website with enough space and don't want to use p2p as well ? One simple
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Tweak Vista Freeware
Vista can't be bought by the public but some developers are already starting to create special tools for Windows Vista that give you the same functionality that
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Get rid of preinstalled Software
Did you ever buy a new computer from manufacturers like Dell, HP or Sony ? If you did you know that those computers come loaded with a bunch of preinstalled sof
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Use your Wiimote in Windows
I bought a Nintendo Wii when it came out.
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RivaTuner 2.0 Final
RivaTuner is a freeware tweak utility for NVIDIA and ATI based video cards.
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Record any sound on your computer
I always thought that it should be theoretically possible to record any sound that you are hearing on your computer.
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Karens Replicator automatic backup solution
I think it is funny that I never experienced a hard drive failure in my whole life.
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BitComet 0.80 has been released
While downloading the latest version of the bittorrent client BitComet it came to my mind that I never wrote an article about this excellent client here at ghac
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Increasing the performance of Windows Vista
My first impression of Windows Vista was that it was a very shiny operating system with lots of useless stuff (for me) that wasted lots of valuable ram on my sy
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Vlite Windows Vista Configuration Tool
Windows Vista installs many programs and add-ons on your system during its installation which most users normally do not need.
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How to Repair the Vista Bootloader
I encountered a problem after I installed Windows Vista and Ubuntu Linux next to my Windows XP operating system.
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Access Internet and Files on an expired Windows installation
You got 30 days to activate your windows operating system, once the time period is over you can't log into Windows anymore and most users feel a little desperat
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Adding Windows Vista and Kubuntu to Windows XP
I did not expect that it would take this long to install Kubuntu Linux and Windows Vista on another hard drive of my computer.
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Make your apps portable
Lifehacker.
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Things to check before switching to Vista Part 4
Welcome to the fourth and final part of my Things to check before switching to Vista series.
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Hide all icons on your desktop
I bet that you have many icons on your desktop.
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Things to check before switching to Vista Part 3
Welcome to the third part in my Things to check before switching to Vista series.
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Security and Privacy Complete
Several security software solutions like xp-antispy exist for Windows XP and Security & Privacy Complete is one of them.
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Things to check before switching to Vista Part 2
We were taking a look at possible hardware incompatibilities of Windows Vista yesterday and will do the same today for software.
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Things to check before switching to Vista Part 1
Vista here, Vista there - I know that I'm writing many articles about the upcoming operating system but there is already that much to write.
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Automatically move files from your desktop
I had a small conversation with mouser today, one of the guys who runs the great donations coders website.
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Windows Vista Editions - Do you know the differences ?
I was asking the question to myself the other day.
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Test your notebook's battery
Do you know how long the battery of your notebook lasts in different modes like idle and workload ? You probably know that the manufacturer of the notebook clai
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Find and Run Robot
There are several ways to increase your productivity when working behind a computer.
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Automatically order your Windows XP Start menu alphabetically
The windows xp star menu adds new entries to the end of the list even though you have sorted it alphabetically before by right-clicking and choosing to sort the
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Create a Multimedia XP Screensaver
Screensavers are boring.
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Windows Error Codes Explained
What do you do if windows pops up saying the operating was aborted because of Error Code 32 ? Not really helpful is it ? Looking it up would be one solution but
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Remove old dll files from your system
The uninstallation of files does not always seem to work as intended on Windows XP, it is no secret that the system folder grows over time.
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Top Xp Freeware that every user needs part 3
What ? Part 3 ? You said that there would be only two parts in the top xp series.
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Block windows update from automatic updating to IE7
It seems that Microsoft added the upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 to the automatic upgrade feature of Windows XP.
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Top XP Freeware that every user needs Part 2
I promised to write a second part of the article Top XP Freeware that every user needs and here it comes.
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Top XP Freeware that every user needs
Using Windows XP without those nifty little freeware programs is not a good idea.
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Get rid of obsolete drivers
Did you ever upgrade the hardware of your computer with, lets say, a new graphic or sound card ? Did you know that the drivers and registry settings of the old
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Faster Access to XP system tools
What do you do if you want to access one of the administrative programs in Windows XP ? You click through various menus most of the time to reach the destinatio
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Upgrade a Windows XP Recovery CD to a full installation one
Many hardware companies sell their systems with a windows xp recovery cd which makes it most of the time impossible to install that operating system on a differ
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Move Special Folders like My Documents to a different path
If you want to move folders that are automatically created by windows xp on your c: drive to another path or folder you might face a problem.
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Add Defragment Now to the right-click menu
Defragmenting the hard drives of your computer is important especially for users who install lots of programs or perform lots of read and write operations on th
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Different Display Settings for each User in XP
Windows XP has the annoying habit of assuming that every user wants to run his operating system with the same screen resolution, color depth and refresh rate.
