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Restoring The My Computer Icon In Windows XP
[2009-06-19] I don't know what my daughter did, but suddenly the "My Computer" icon isn't showing up on my Windows XP computer and I don't know how to make it reappear! Without it, I can't find my files, which is a huge problem. Help!
Using Windows XP To Create Screen Captures
[2009-05-14] I have seen a lot of Web pages - including your own - where there are tons of screen shots from different versions of Microsoft Windows. I run WIndows XP and need to include screen shots (screen captures?) in some documents I'm writing. Is there some way to do this without having to buy and install any additional software?
SP2 Released For Office 2007 To Fix Key Issues
[2009-04-30] If you use Outlook 2007 on a Windows computer to manage your email, calendar and more, you'll definitely want to get hold of the Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2, released April 28th.
How To Install a New DVD Drive To Your XP Machine
[2009-04-07] I recently bought a Guitar Hero III Game for my PC. Only to find out that my computer doesn't have a DVD Drive installed. =[ It only reads CD's. How Can I get my Computer to Read a DVD-ROM? Should I get someone to install a DVD-Drive, or what would be the best thing to do in this situation?
Microsoft Hopes End Of XP Support Will Drive Vista Upgrades
[2009-03-20] Microsoft is hoping that when it stops offering free support for Windows XP on April 14, 2009 that it will be able to get more companies to upgrade to Windows Vista.
XP To Windows 7 Upgrade Path Looking Difficult
[2009-02-26] By all rights, Microsoft should love people who will try to upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 - in a sense, these folks are returning to the fold, wallets in hand. Only it looks like actually making the upgrade might be difficult with some computers, and impossible with others.
How To Improve Windows XP Performance
[2009-02-06] I'm running on an old clunker of a PC and find that all the visual bells and whistles in Windows XP
are really slowing things down. I don't need fancy window zooming or anything else, I just need the fastest computer I can create. How do I turn off all these effects?
XP Still A Favorite Among Gamers
[2009-01-16] Gamers tend to have good gear: cool keyboards, nifty mice, nice monitors. And fast, new computers. But a fresh report seems to confirm Windows XP's lasting popularity as, even among PC-owning gamers, XP is used a lot more than Vista.
Reducing The Desktop Icons Size in Windows XP
[2008-12-11] I've been dreaming about a new computer monitor for a while, but the sad reality is that there's no way I can afford it for a while yet, so I have to make do with my smaller screen. Which means I really want to make my icons smaller under WinXP. How do I do that?
Setting A New Background In Windows XP
[2008-11-21] I might be the last person to the party, but I can't figure out how to easily change the background picture on my WinXP ASUS EeePC Netbook. For that matter, how can I find new pictures online that I can use as a replacement image?
More Evidence Of XP's Longevity
[2008-11-06] In case anyone was wondering, you readers of WinXPDigest still appear to be part of a large crowd. XP holdouts, long expected to give in to Vista sooner or later, continue to dominate the PC landscape in professional settings.
Windows XP Combats Pirated Software with the Black Screen of Death
[2008-10-17] Microsoft introduced WGA when Vista was launched. For those who are not aware of what WGA is all about. WGA is a mechanism used by Microsoft to detect pirated and non-genuine installations of Windows but as all Microsoft product it also has a problem which is while it's been good at detecting non-genuine installs of Windows, it can sometimes incorrectly flag a genuine install as non-genuine and sorting this out can be tedious and time consuming and even Microsoft tech support acknowledges that WGA can sometimes be wrong.
How do I update Firefox on XP?
[2008-09-18] I used to use Internet Explorer and while I had Firefox too, MSIE was my favorite. Now that Google Chrome is out, however, I've switched. My question, though, is since I don't run Firefox on my WinXP computer too often how can I nonetheless ensure that it's always the very latest version?
Stopping an application from starting as Windows XP boots
[2008-08-27] I am just sick of all these stupid helper apps that launch every time I start up Microsoft Windows XP!! Half of them are for hardware or utilities that I don't even use any more! How the heck do I zap 'em?
Time for Windows XP Users to Move to Vista
[2008-08-14] Microsoft looks to 'Mojave' to revive Vista's image | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com.
Majority Of Businesses Still Using Windows XP
[2008-07-25] Less than one in 11 of the PCs being used in large or very large businesses runs Windows Vista, according to survey results by Forrester Research.
Getting XP on a New Computer
[2008-06-12] Very recently my old laptop started giving me a world of problems ranging from minor software to rather serious hardware issues. For a three year old laptop it just didn't make sense to fix it, so I decided to take the leap and buy a replacement.
Release Of Windows XP SP3 Delayed
[2008-05-01] People and businesses all over the world have, at least in a figurative sense, been pounding on tables, shouting, "We want XP SP3!" The promised released date approached, and then Microsoft responded the other day with what amounts to "Whoops, you can't have it yet."
Flip 3D For Windows XP/2000/2003
[2008-02-07] If I wrote about every single program that brings Windows Vista features to other versions of Windows, I'd never have to write about anything else.
Using Mac Screen Sharing with Windows
[2008-01-04] Mac's new Leopard OS X has added a "Screen Sharing" capability.
Disabling File & Printer Sharing in Windows XP
[2007-09-26] I know this is an old issue and I hope I'm not violating any blogging "netiquette" rules, but on the security issue you brought up on your business blog, isn't it feasible to just go into your network connection properties and unselect "File and Printer Sharing on Microsoft Networks" when you are connected to a hotel or cafe network?
Making Your Cursor More Visible in Windows XP
[2007-09-12] I constantly lose track of where my cursor is on my new Windows laptop and it's driving me crazy. I know that there are apps I can download but I'm wondering if there's anything within Microsoft Windows XP that can help me with my vanishing cursor problem?
Shrinking the Cursor & Icons in Windows XP
[2007-08-14] HELP ME DAVE! Ok my computer broke you know. i went to the shop and had it repaired. when i hooked it back up the text and mouse and icons and everything etc. you know is HUGE! H-U-G-E! how do i fix this problem. where it is normal size and not huge! please help!
Adding a Folder to my Windows XP Start Menu?
[2007-07-26] Windows XP: I'd like to put a file folder in the start menu and then a number of utility program short cuts in it. I know how to add programs in the start menu but this I can't seem to figure out.
Adding a Boot Camp Partition as a Secondary Drive in Parallels
[2007-06-29] I saw your earlier article about how to use a Boot Camp partition as the virtual machine in Parallels on my Mac (see Booting off Boot Camp in Parallels) but I don't want to risk having the same Windows install running in two different environments (Boot Camp and Parallels).
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