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Calculator in XP
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Change Drive Letters in XP
XP allows you to change the letters assigned to the drives on your computer. Having this capability is useful especially in this day and age with external hard drives, DVD burners, CD burners and Thumb drives, etc. Here's how to assign new drive letters. more
Change Your Browsers Home Page
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Character Map in XP
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Cleaning the TCP/IP Stack
If you continue to run into Internet connection problems with your Windows XP machine, then cleaning your PC's TCP/IP stack may be an easy solution. TCP and IP are but two of many communication protocols used by XP. TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol while IP stands for Internet Protocol. There is a DOS command that you can use to rebuild the TCP/IP stack when your computer refuses to connect you to the Net. It involves using the NETSH network command shell. The good news is that you don't have to know anything more than the actual syntax used to run the NETSH command. more
ClearType Feature in XP
XP comes pre-equipped with a feature called ClearType, which by the way is a font rendering technology that affects how type is displayed by a computer monitor. ClearType improves the readability by modifying letters on-screen, so they appear much smoother (not jagged, sketchy, or translucent), which makes the reading of computer text much easier on the eyes. Users of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) flat panel monitors will see the most noticeable difference. Recently, I bought one of these monitors, and from first hand experience, this is what you need to know and how to use this feature. more
Command Prompt in XP
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Controlling the Font Size in Your Web Browser
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Control Panel
Shortcut
Having
immediate access to the Control Panel and its applets is not only
convenient, it’s easy to setup.
Copy (Capture) Screen or Window Shots (Contents)
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Create a Password Reset Disk
To create a password-reset disk, one blank formatted floppy disk is required if you still have a floppy disk drive, otherwise you can use your CD or DVD burner to make a copy or you can put it on your thumb drive. more
Customize the Send To Menu
A context menu's Send To menu allows you to send files quickly to popular locations, but you can also customize the Send To menu by adding folders and drives to it. This comes in very handy when you frequently send files to the same location. For example, you have a folder named My Favorite Pictures where you always save your favorite downloaded pictures. Wouldn't it be convenient to be able to instantly send any picture to this folder by simply using the files Send To menu? more
