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- Viewing non-present devices in Windows XP's Device Manager
- Preventing Users from Internet AccessCould it be possible that if port 80 can be removed from the services file.will this prevent users from acessing the web-Will this make the operating system unstablea valuable 'tric' !Thanks to this method I was able to remove quite some drivers from defective or no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, mfybadat@..., Environment Variables, dialog box, System Variables
- Discussion threads 2007-04-26
- Disable Windows XP's Error Reporting notification
- When Windows XP encounters a severe error that has the potential to crash the operating system, it immediately halts the offending program and displays an error message that says the application has encountered a problem and needs to close. Then, the operating system prompts you to send an error report...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Dialog Box, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- The Pure and Simple Logic of Building Extraordinary Tables
- Newton, D'Alembert, Kant, Einstein, Mr. Spock&any great logician would be awed by the elegant, simple logic of the Table Properties dialog box. But one doesn't have to be a great philosopher, mathematician, or fictional alien to make this little marvel work for the user! The Table Properties dialog box boils...
- Tags: Logic, Table
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Tech Tip: Understand the processor speed report
- Has this ever happened to you? You open the System Properties dialog box and notice that the processor speed reported in the Computer section on the General tab is slower than the actual speed. If so, don't...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Processor, CPU, Processor Speed, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Technical articles 2004-03-12
- Re-enable icon transparency on your desktop in Windows XP
- Have you ever changed your desktop theme or just your desktop background and discovered that the text for your desktop icons is no longer transparent? Instead you now have a colored background box behind the text. If you have experienced this situation, chances are that you searched high and low...
- Tags: Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Tech Tip: Disable XP's splash screen
- Have you ever been in the process of troubleshooting a Windows XP startup problem and wondered what goes on behind the Windows XP splash screen while the system boots up? To find out, you can disable the splash screen by making a small ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Boot.ini, Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Save time with VB6's Common Dialog control
- VB6's Common Dialog control can save you a lot of programming time, as well as provide a standard Windows look to certain parts of your program. Learn how to use this control. Many Windows programs have things in common, such as dialog boxes for opening files, selecting colors,...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Windows, Peter Aitken, dialog box, Common Dialog Control, Visual Basic Tips Newsletter, Control, Development Tools, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing
- Technical articles 2005-08-02
- Manage user credentials in Windows XP with the Stored User Names and Passwords tool
- You can view or change any of the user credentials in your Windows XP system by saving them to your user profile. Log on to your machine and have all your IDs at the ready! Greg Shultz gives us the identifying information. When you log in to your Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Greg Shultz, Operating systems, tool, user credential, password, Stored User Names, dialog box, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Software
- Technical articles 2006-03-15
- Are you interested in disabling the delete confirmation box in Windows Vista?
- Recently, I had enough with the constant confirmation delete dialog boxes. I do not need to be told that I am about to delete something. This is the reason, I hit the delete key. I wanted the delete confirmation box to go away. Here are the steps if you want...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Confirmation, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- View nonpresent devices in Windows XP's Device Manager
- When troubleshooting driver problems in Windows XP, one of the first places you may look is Device Manager, which provides detailed information about every piece of installed system hardware. However, with devices such as removable USB drives, you may need information about devices that are not currently connected; Device Manager...
- Tags: Dialog Box, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Understanding environment variable precedence in Windows XP
- Stay on top of the latest XP tips and tricks with our free Windows XP newsletter, delivered each Thursday. Automatically sign up today!Many IT pros still use the Autoexec.bat file to setenvironment variables, which is fine in most cases. However, if you set anenvironment variable in the Autoexec.bat file and...
- Tags: Autoexec.bat, Autoexec.bat file, dialog box, Environment Variables, Environment Variables dialog box, Greg Shultz, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, System Variables
- Technical articles 2005-03-23
- Black on Black Display by Accident
- On a Win XP system, I must have accidentally selected some sort of desktop scheme in which all previously white Windows background areas are now black. Considering the text is also apparently still black, I cannot SEE anything in order to get back to the display properties to change...
- Tags: dialog box, ljohnson@..., Display Properties, black on black, black text on black background, windows, Display Properties dialog box, accident
- Discussion threads 2007-02-21
- Tech Tip: Put Administrative Tools on the Start menu in Windows XP
- Follow these steps to put Administrative Tools on the Start menu. If you regularly perform tasks with the utilities found in the Administrative Tools folder, navigating through Control Panel's folder structure to access these tools can become a hassle. ...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Menu, Tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2004-07-29
- Tech Tip: Improve ZIP drive performance in Windows XP
- Follow these steps to improve ZIP drive performance. Are you using a ZIP drive that's connected to your Windows XP system via a USB port? If so, you may have noticed that it's a bit sluggish when transferring large groups of files to or...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Performance, Microsoft Windows XP, Iomega Zip Drive, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Technical articles 2004-07-29
- Tech Tip: Redirect My Documents to an alternate location in Windows XP
- Here's how to redirect My Documents to an alternate location. Have you ever wanted to change the location of the My Documents folder from the local hard drive to a network drive? In previous versions of the Windows operating system, performing this task required...
- Tags: Guest Contributor, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows XP, Location, Built-in Feature, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2004-07-29
- Font Properties Extension (exe)
- If you right click on a font file in Windows its basic properties are displayed. This extension adds several new property tabs to this properties dialog box. These include information relating to font origination and copyright, the type sizes to which hinting and smoothing are applied, and the code pages...
- Tags: Font
- Software downloads 2007-03-07
- Viewing non-present devices in Windows XP's Device Manager
- Find out how Windows XP's Device Manager can help you track down non-present devices, which may still cause problems even though they're not physically attached to your machine. When troubleshooting driver problems in Windows XP, one of the first places you may look is Device Manager, which provides...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Greg Shultz, non-present device, Device Manager, dialog box, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2007-04-25
- Change the font Windows XP displays in Windows Explorer
- Windows XP uses the same font for desktop icons and Windows Explorer. If the font is too hard to read, you can change its size or the font itself with a few mouse clicks. Here's how to adjust the look of your system fonts. Windows Explorer and My Computer...
- Tags: Greg Shultz, Windows, Windows XP, desktops, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Windows Explorer, Font, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2007-06-27
- Removing unused device drivers from Windows XP machines
- Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources? Here are step-by-step instructions on how you can view and remove these unnecessary devices. When you install a device driver on a Windows XP...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Greg Shultz, device driver, dialog box, Windows XP Tips Newsletter, Operating Systems, Software
- Technical articles 2006-01-04
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