Speed Up Windows XP And Keep It Secure
Here are a couple of tips to speed up your Windows XP computer and help keep you protected and secure online. First you need to control which programs load on startup: Many of the programs you install on your computer automatically configure themselves to launch at startup, usually invisibly.

Date: 2006-12-21

Using Windows XP's Restore Points For PC Recovery
Have you ever done something to make an improvement and later regretted it?It would be awesome to be able to go back in time and undo the the thing that were supposed to make an improvement.

Date: 2006-11-30

Vista Vouchers To Entice Holiday PC Buyers
Microsoft recently announced an Express Upgrade Voucher that will allow consumers who buy Windows XP PCs a less costly upgrade to Windows Vista when it's released at the end of January.

Date: 2006-11-09

Windows Defender For XP Leaves Beta
Microsoft has released another fine piece of software, Windows Defender for Windows XP. Some new features the final release has over the most recent beta:

Date: 2006-10-26

Support For Service Pack 1 Ends
Windows XP Service Pack 1 has reached the end of its rope, at least in terms of official support.

Date: 2006-10-12

Being Honest With Windows In China
A simple misclick, a nasty bit of malware, or, as a recent Apple commercial suggests, a clumsy coworker - these things all pose serious threats to your computer and the data it contains.

Date: 2006-09-29

Really Know What's Going on with Your Website
The capabilities of Rackwatch™ Platinum Monitoring and Urchin Web Analytics Software come together to form an easy, but extensive means of monitoring your sites from two perspectives.

Date: 2006-09-26

Reasons (And Tips) For Using XP Backup
A simple misclick, a nasty bit of malware, or, as a recent Apple commercial suggests, a clumsy coworker - these things all pose serious threats to your computer and the data it contains.

Date: 2006-09-14

How To Fax Documents Using Windows XP
It would be awesome if we all had our own fax machine. We could fax our resume to that new employer to be reviewed right away...

Date: 2006-08-31

XP Users, Unleash Your Inner Game Designer
The XNA Game Studio Express for Windows XP will allow gamers to create Xbox 360 games on their PCs, share them with others, and possibly create the next smash hit for the console.

Date: 2006-08-15

IE 7 Planned As Automatic Update
Windows users on the XP operating system need to be aware that Internet Explorer 7 will be arriving later this year as an automatic update.

Date: 2006-07-27

A Nail In The Coffin For Windows 98
From this day forward, users of Windows 98 and Windows ME may be on their own. Microsoft will stop offering updates and support (even of the "paid" variety) for these products. The company seems to be hoping this will lead to increased sales of newer Windows versions.

Date: 2006-07-13

Enabling IIS 5.1 On Windows XP Pro
Windows XP Home Edition does not support IIS.

Date: 2006-06-19

Find Malicious IP Address Names
There's a command program line in Windows 2000 and XP that you can use to find the domain name of the jerk that tried to send you a malicious e-mail.

Date: 2006-06-08

Microsoft Taking On JPEG
Microsoft has unveiled its new image compression format, called Windows Media Photo, which will be natively supported in Windows Vista and upgrades to XP.

Date: 2006-05-25

Download Windows Live Mail Desktop
A moderator at MSGShit has put up a download of Windows Live Mail Desktop, the closed beta desktop client for accessing Hotmail accounts...

Date: 2006-05-09

Media Player 11 Expected This June
CNet reports that the Windows XP version of Windows Media Player 11 is scheduled to arrive as early as this June, a bit of a surprise.

Date: 2006-04-20

Windows XP Hibernate Bug Solved!
Oh, thank god thank god thank god thank god!

I've been having a terrible issue for two months on my laptop, and today, came cruising through my aggregator the solution.

Date: 2006-04-05

Trouble With Blog Editor For Windows
For the past few months, I've been using RocketPost, an offline blog editor for Windows.

Date: 2006-03-21

First UMPCs Shown; More Origami Details
Intel revealed, to an extent, the first Ultra Mobile PCs...

Date: 2006-03-09

How To Use Windows XP System Restore
Whether it's the word processor, spreadsheet, or financial package that isn't working, most people do not know that Microsoft Windows XP has a built in feature that just may come and save the day.

Date: 2006-02-16

Microsoft Patent Woes Forcing Office Upgrade
Corporate users of Microsoft's productivity suites Office XP and Office 2003 will have to upgrade their software, in the wake of Microsoft's court loss in a patent suit. A data-linking technology used in Excel to connect it to Access databases was patented by Guatemalan inventor Carlos Armando...

Date: 2006-01-31

Performance Issues For WMF
Microsoft recently faced a tough challenge, dealing with the "zero-day" exploit. This past week they released a fix early instead of on the standard patch Tuesday in order to alleviate the fears of users around the world. Over the weekend, another problem with the WMF turned up...

Date: 2006-01-10