Windows XP Tutorials
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Add or Remove programs from boot up
Tutorial by revver.com
Learn how to Add or Remove programs from boot up in Windows XP
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 3 Times
Disable those annoying "X Application has Encountered a Problem and Must be Shut Down" messages in Windows XP
Tutorial by howtogeek.com
It's frustrating enough when your application crashes. Then the annoying dialog expects you to "Send an Error Report to Microsoft". As if I want Microsoft to know exactly which programs I'm running on my computer.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
How to convert from FAT32 to NTFS with Command Prompt without reformating
Tutorial by pixel2life.com
If your hard drive is not formatted as NTFS, you have the possibility of converting it without loss of data and special software. Attention!, conversion is irreversible with the Microsoft tools. If you have several operating systems on your computer, it will not see any more the data of partitions NTFS and perhaps, programs won't start any more.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 2 Times
Speed up Windows Startup (2000/XP)
Tutorial by tutorial5.com
Services are the programs that run in the background, providing you the functions you need to use your Windows enviroment. Thare are some services that start automatically and load up your system resources and are useless from your point of view (you just don't use them).
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 2 Times
Boosting Performance by Disabling Unnecessary Services on Windows XP Pro Systems
Tutorial by windows.fyicenter.com
This tutorial shows you how to boost performance by stopping and disabling unnecessary services on Windows XP Professional systems with Service Pack 1. In the end, 56 services could be disabled; 14 services could be defined to run in 'Manual' mode; only 17 services need to be defined to run in "Automatic" mode.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 2 Times
Disable Restart Prompt After Installing Windows Updates
Tutorial by tutorialsroom.com
Get rid of the nag screen prompting you to restart your computer after installing windows updates every 10 minutes.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
How to Roll Back a Device Driver update in Windows XP and 2003
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
It isn't an untold stroy that there is every little chance that a Driver update for an installed device on your computer can make the system or the device unstable. Uninstalling the installed driver and then reinstalling the old functional driver can be trying.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 2 Times
Windows 2000/XP may not display files and folders in Long File name format
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
Sometimes, Windows 2000 and Windows XP will not display files in the Long File format i.e., A folder named Program Files may be listed as Program.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
Tweak to Speed up Windows Start Menu
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
In Windows XP, by default there is a delay in displaying the Start Menu when you click the Start Menu. This is a delay induced by purpose to allow Mouse Response times. However, the default delay time might just prove a bit too long and make you feel Windows is slow.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 2 Times
Turn off or reduce system restore to save hard drive space in XP
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
Windows XP includes a system restore utility which is capable of rolling your computer back to a pre-defined point in time, removing all changes made to the system since that point.
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How to Keep Windows operating data in main memory
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
Windows XP contains several tweakable memory settings in the registry, one of which is the DisablePagingExecutive registry key.
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Add ''Copy To" option to Right-click context menu
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
We humans keep copying files onto various locations on the hard disk. While Copying is just a right-click copy & paste operation. It can be made even simpler to just a click.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
Configuring and Managing System Services
Tutorial by herongyang.com
This chapter provides a quick introduction of Windows system services. Topics include service related concepts and tools, creating and deleting services using 'sc.exe', starting, stopping, or disabling services with the services console, ending service processes with 'Task Manager'.
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Disable the DOS 8.3 naming convention to save system resources
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
Windows XP uses two different names for each and every file on your system. One is the name that you see in explorer and in the command prompt, and the other is an MSDOS compatible 8.3 (8 character title followed by a '.' Then three more characters to indicate the type of file) name.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
How to add Software RAID 5 Support
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
Microsoft Windows XP, by design, is not capable of a native software RAID5; however, capable of mirroring drives.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
Configure Windows Explorer to display XP disk drives
Tutorial by windowsreference.com
When you double-click the My Computer icon in Windows XP, you see a list of all the drives on your hard disk. However, when you launch Windows Explorer, it displays the contents of My Documents in the right panel.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
How to Change the Screen Resolution
Tutorial by sameshow.com
This is the sample demo created by DemoCreator to guide you through how to choose a right resolution for your monitor. Follow the instruction and set the screen resolution easily. It may take you a moment to load the flash movie. Your patience is appreciated.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
Fix for Firefox memory leak on Windows
Tutorial by howtogeek.com
This seems to help out with the memory usage quite a bit. Generally, when you minimize a window the memory usage goes way down because that application isn't active. Unfortunately, Firefox by default does't adhere to this behavior. Here's how to force it to.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
How to correct Windows updates that download but fail install
Tutorial by pixel2life.com
If you're viewing this tutorial with the hopes that you can get your Windows Updates to install properly, chances are you've recently purchased a new computer or you've just performed a fresh OS install with windows XP or another Windows based OS that is supported by Windows Updates.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times
Remove adware and spyware from your Windows machine using Ad-Aware and Spybot
Tutorial by windowsfirstaid.blogspot.com
In this easy visual guide, I will show you how to remove spyware, adware, malware and other annoying and possibly dangerous bugs from your Windows computer. To successfully do this, you will need two applications that are available for free for personal use: Ad-Aware SE from Lavasoft and Spybot - Search & Destroy from PepiMK Software.
Added on: 12/27/2010 Rating: 3 Viewed 1 Times


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