Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Computer Clock Running Too Fast or Too Slow?
Is the time running too fast or too slow on your Windows XP computer? If so there’s a good chance the Windows Time Service (which keeps your computer time accurate) is broken. Fixing it is just a matter of restarting the service but you need to get your hands dirty and enter some terminal commands. [...]
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Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Disable Windows Update Restart
This tutorial explains how to stop Windows Update from automatically restarting your computer. By default Windows XP’s Automatic Update feature is set to “Automatic” so that windows automatically downloads and installs updates. This is good as it keeps your operating system fully patched and secure, however windows will constantly nag you to restart your computer. [...]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Enable or Disable Number Lock at Startup
This tutorial explains how to enable or disable Keyboard Number Lock each time your computer starts.
Have you ever entered a phone number via the numeric keypad only to discover nothing has appeared? The most likely cause is Number Lock (or Num Lock as it us usually labeled) is disabled, and it’s a simple matter of [...]
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
How to Uninstall Windows Messenger
Windows XP comes with an instant messaging program called Windows Messenger but there are much better freeware chat clients available. If you decide to uninstall it however, you’ll discover it isn’t listed in Add/Remove programs. So how can you uninstall it?
To permanently remove Windows Explorer from your computer you need to execute rundll32.exe with some [...]
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
How to Change the Registered Owner and Organisation in Windows XP
How to Change the Registered Owner and Organisation in Windows XP
1. Run regedit and drill down to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
2. On the right double click “RegisteredOwner” and “RegisteredOrganization” to change the values. A restart needed for the changes to take effect.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Windows XP
This tutorial explains how to slipstream service pack 3 into a windows installation CD, including screen shots of each step. You can use programs like nLite and Autostreamer to do it for you, but if you’re like me you find it much more satisfying to get your hands dirty and do it yourself. Some might [...]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
How to View .htaccess with Filezilla
This tutorial explains how to view hidden files like .htaccess with the free open source FTP client FileZilla. These instructions are for version 2 and version 3 of the software.
Filezilla Version 2
To view hidden files in FileZilla 2 you need to digg into the settings. Select “Edit -> Settings -> Interface settings -> Remote file [...]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
How To Create Shutdown and Restart Buttons on your desktop
Want to be able to click a button on your desktop to shutdown your computer instead of having to click “Start -> Turn Off Computer -> Turn Off” every single time? All you have to do is create a shortcut on your desktop that points to shutdown.exe with the right switches. When you have finished [...]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Customize Windows Explorer With Switches
Want to be able to open Windows Explorer and have it automatically open a certain folder instead of having to drill down through the folders? It’s easy to do with switches that can be used with windows explorer.
Explorer switches:
/n -opens a new explorer window
/e -opens in explorer view
/root, -selects root folder in left pane
/select, [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
What does %SystemRoot% mean?
%SystemRoot% is a system wide variable which refers to the path and folder name where system files are located. Typically this is C:\Windows, although you can designate a different drive or folder when windows is installed. you can use %SystemRoot% in place of the actual location of the folder that contains the windows system files.
For [...]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
How to Defeat a Hardware or Software Keylogger
A keylogger records keystrokes which is an obvious security threat to sensitive information like your banking password. Some Keyloggers can be very hard to detect as they dont appear as a process and aren’t detected by anti-virus software. Keyloggers work by recording every single keystroke that is entered via keyboard, so a person with access [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
How to change your Windows XP product key without reinstalling
This tutorial explains how to change your windows xp product key / xp serial / xp license without using software or reinstalling. To do this you need to edit the registry to deactivate windows, then run msoobe.exe to enter your new product key.
You can download software to help you do this, but that’s for girls. [...]
