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Increase You Hard Drives performance
Most computers today use Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) hard drives. Here's how you can squeeze a little more performance out of your IDE hard drive. more
Information Tool in XP
XP has a system information tool called Msinfo32 that can open an amazing amount of information about your entire computer system. Also known as the System Information tool, Msinfo32 is a central storage location for configuration information about your computer system. The information available includes hardware resources, components, the software environment, Internet settings, and application programs. Msinfo32 can even point out conflicts and problems such as Interrupt/Request (IRQ) conflicts, which would show up under Hardware Resources in Conflicts/Sharing. Conflicts and problems are display in the details pane in red so they're easy to spot. Here's how to run the System Information utility. more
Internet Explorer-Adding AltaVista to the Toolbar
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Internet Explorer-Adding Web Page Information and Related Links
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Internet Explorer-Automate the http://www when you type in a Website
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Internet Explorer-Dump "Temporary Files" at Closing
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Internet Explorer-Eliminate the GO button
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Internet Explorer's Keyboard Shortcuts
I've always been a big fan of keyboard shortcuts, because doing things with your keyboard means you don't have to take your hand off the keyboard to grab the mouse. So, here are some useful keyboard shortcuts you can use with Internet Explorer. more
Internet Explorer's Show Image Download Placeholders Feature
One thing that slows down Internet Explorer (IE) as it downloads a Web page is the time that it takes to load the graphics, and then redraw the test to fit around those graphics. Well, bar the door Katy, because Internet Explorer comes with a feature called Show image download placeholders. When enabled, show image download placeholders allow a Web page to display the correct format, even before the page finishes loading. This means that you'll be able to read the text while the graphics download and the placeholder prevents the text from being redrawn around the graphics, which results in a faster loading Web page. Here's how to enable this feature. more
Internet-Taskbar Shortcut to the Web
There are certain Websites I refer to often,
especially mine when it comes to my attention that a reader drops me
an email with a question about something I've posted. I find that
shortcuts to Websites save me time and effort. Here are a few that
I'd like to share with you.
