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Master Index
— © 1997-2008 by Dave Brooks
Revised. 10/26/2008
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Free Windows Shutdown Utility
A Better
Looking User Account Icon
Adding To
the Quick Launch Bar
Adjust
Special Effects For Better Performance or Appearance
Adjust XP
For Better Performance
Add Color to
Your Outlook Calendar
Add Copy
To and Move To a Folder
Add Even
More Buttons to Windows Explorer
Add Folder
to the Send To Command
All About
Your Computers Internet Protocol (IP) Address
Annotate For
an Easy Way to Find Files
Add Alta
Vista’s Website Toolbar to Internet Explorer
Add Web Page
Info & Related Link to Internet Explorer
Apply
Display Setting Changes Without Having to Restart Your Computer
Automate the
http://www When You Type a Web Site for Internet Explorer to
Navigate to
Add a Master
Volume Control to Your System Tray
Add and
Remove Software by Creating a Hot Key
Add Holidays
to Your Outlook Express Calendar
Add Desktop
Icons to XP
Add, Remove,
Customize Start Menu Items
Add Rename
to the Recycle Bin Options
Add Shortcut
Icons to the Desktop
Add Sounds
to Certain Keyboard Keys
Add Surround
Sound to Your Computer
Add to the
Task Bar
Add the Alta
Vista Web Site Toolbar to Internet Explorer
Add URL’s to
the Task Bar
Add Web Page
Information and Related Links to IE
Adding
Control Panel and Printers to Your Start Menu
Adding New
Hardware in Windows XP
Adding New
Identities in Outlook Express
Adjusting
System Time and Date
Adjusting
Your Notebook Screen or LCD Monitor in XP
Adjusting
Your Printers Time Out Setting
All About
Internet Search Engines
All About
Scraps
All You Need
to Know About Templates
Alphabetize
the Programs Menu in Windows XP
An Easier
Way to Print Envelopes
An Easy Way
to Disable Windows XP Messenger
Assigning
Sounds to Events
Attack and
Banish Spyware on Your Computer
Auto Dial
Your Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Auto Text,
All you Need to Know
Auto
Complete in Internet Explorer
Automate
Checking Your E-mail Every Time You Start Your Computer
Automate
Hard Drive Maintenance
Automate the
Process of Typing a Web Site in Internet Explorer
Automatic
Removal of Temporary Files
Automatic
Versus Manual Update Feature in Windows XP
Automatically Empty Your Documents Folder in XP
Automatically Check for New Email
Auto-Start
Music CD’s in Windows XP
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Backing Up
and Restoring Outlook Express Data
Backing Up
the Registry
Boot Up a
Bit Faster
Backing
Up with Windows 98
Better
Looking Highlighting in Windows
Better
Performance for Your Removable Disk Drive
Beware the
Love Virus
Bring
Important Files to the Top of a List
Browser
Cache Fundamentals and Set Up
Burn Files
to CD’s Using the Send To Command
Bypass the
Recycle Bin
C
CD Players
Artist, Track and Title Settings
Changing the
Default Font in Microsoft Word
Change the
Default Search Engine in Internet Explorer X.0
Clean Out
the Prefetch Folder
Clean Out
the Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Stack
Control
File Sharing
Change the
Look of Your Folders
Close Open
Windows by First Grouping Them
Create a
Desktop Shortcut to a Folder from Inside That Folder
Change Drive
Letters in Windows XP
Clear Out
the Start/Run Drop-Down Menu
Change the
Internets Time “Up Date” Synchronization
Change Your
Mouse Pointers Scheme
Clean Up
Your Notification Area-System Tray
Control
Toolbars in Word
Create
Shortcuts to Control Panel Applets
Clear the
Windows XP AutoComplete History
Create Files
Without First Opening Their Related Programs
Change File
Associations
Change
Folder Icons
Change Font,
Style and Text Size in Outlook Express forè
èChange
How Windows Explorer Displays Itself
Change the
Look of Desktop Icons
Change the
Name or Icon of Your Hard Drive(s)
Change the
Number Of Frequently Usedè
èPrograms on the
Start Menu in Windows XP
Change the
Owner/Organization Name in Windows
Change the
Size of Desktop Icons
Change the
Size of Scroll Bar
Change How
Media Player Looks
Change
Windows Font Style and Size
Change Your
Monitors Screen Resolution
Change Your
Screen Settings from your Task Bar
Check Disk,
the Scandisk of Windows XP
Check Your
Hard Drive on the Internet
Checking Up
on Your Disc Maintenance
Clean Out
Browser History Files
Clean
Up Dead File Links
Cleaning Out
the Run and Start Menus
Clear Out
The Run Menu
Control
Panel Access Via the Start Menus Run Command
Control
Virtual Memory Settings in Windows XP
Controlling
Browser Font Size
Convert a
Single Pane Folder or Window into Two Panes
Converting
Double Clicking to a Single Click
Copy Windows
98 CD-ROM Disc .CAB Files to Your Hard Drive
Create a
Desktop Shortcut to Restart
Create a Hot
Key to the Control Panel
Create a Hot
Key to the Device Manager
Create a Hot
Key to the Task Manager
Create a
Shortcut to the Device Manager
Create a
Windows 95 Rescue Disc
Create and
Use Groups for Sending E-mail
Create
New Listings for My Computer and Control Panel in Windows XP
Create No
Name Icons
Create
Shortcut Keys
Create Word
or Excel Documents from Your Desktop
Create Your
Own Screen Saver
Creating
Mailing Labels in Word
Custom
Screen Saver
Customize
the Look of Windows
Customize
Windows XP, Go Back to Windows 9x/2000 Look
D
Desktop Shortcut to Word and Most Recent Document
Delete
Prefetch Files Automatically With a Batch File
Desktop Icon
to Back Up the Registry
Digital
Camera Scene Modes
DOS Commands
to Check Your Internet Connection
Download
Adobe Reader X.0
Drag & Drop
Files When Multiple Windows Are Open
Disable XP’s
Special Effects to Increase Performance
Defragging
Made Easier
Desktop
Shortcut to Add/Remove Programs in Windows XP
Desktop
Shortcut to Defragging
Desktop
Shortcut to Display Properties in Windows XP
Desktop
Shortcut to Screen Saver
Desktop
Shortcut to Word and Recent Documents
Desktop
Shortcut Turns Off your Computer in Windows XP
Desktop
Wallpaper
Disable CD
Auto-Start
Disable
CD-ROM Auto-Play
Disable
Special Effects to Increase Performance in XP
Ditch
the Dog in Windows XP
DOS Help
Menu
DOS Tricks
and Commands
Downloading
Audio from the Internet
Downloading
from the Internet
Drag and
Drop Printing
Drag and
Drop Text in Word
Drag and
Drop to a DOS Window
Drag and
Drop to Your Drives
Dumping
Unused Fonts
E
Easier
E-mail Option
Easier
Shortcuts
Easily
Change Web Text Size in Internet Explorer and Firefox
Easy
Registry Backup in DOS
Easter Egg
in Word 2001
Easy Way to
Select Files
Eliminate
Confirmation Dial-up Box
Eliminate
Having to Select a User Name and Password When You Start Windows XP
E-Mail a Web
Site or Link to a Friend
E-Mail
Attaching
Easy Way to
Copy Folders & Files to CD
Easy Word
Count Feature in Word
Educate Your
CD Player
Enable Boot
Defrag
E-Mail from
Your Desktop in Outlook Express
E-Mail
Message Rules
Enable
Auto-Logon in XP Professional
Expand the
Add/Remove List in XP
E-Mailing
Error Messages to Tech Support
Empty the
Documents in Your Start Menu
Enhanced
Printer Troubleshooter
Everything
You Need to Know About Modems
Excel
Spreadsheet Keyboard Shortcuts
Explorer,
Always Open With the Same View Option in XP
Explorer’s
Print File Listing Feature
Export a
Safe Copy of Registry Files to a .Reg File
Express
E-mail
Extended
Calculator
F
Fancy Page
Numbers in Word
Fast Access
to Control Panel Applets
Fast
Access to My Computer with a Vertical Menu Shortcut to System
Properties and the Device Manager
Fast Access
to Your Desktop
Fast Access
to Your Hard Drive
Fast Access
to XP’s Utilities
Find Hidden
Music in Windows XP
Find Your
Microsoft Windows Product Code
Finding
Those Lost Desktop Shortcuts
Fast
Computer Shutdown
Fast
Highlighting in Word
Fast Way to
Bring Up Explorer
Fast Way to
Rename Files and Folders
Fast Way to
the Root Directory
Faster Icons
in XP
Faster
Printing and File Opening
Faster
Windows 95 Menus
Faster
Windows Start Up
Faster,
Easier Printing
File
Associations
Find and
Remove Spyware
Find IRQ
Settings
Find Out
What’s In That Computer of Yours
Find Out
What’s on the Clipboard
Finding Word
Document Statistics
Fixing an
Errant Address Tool Bar
Fixing Words
Normal.dot Error
Floppy Disc
Copying
Free Up Hard
Disk Space by Using a Setting in Internet Explorer
Free Up to 1
MB of Hard Drive Space
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