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- IT Dojo: Five services you can turn off in Windows XP
- Running unnecessary Windows XP services can increase your vulnerability to exploits that might use those services as attack vectors. Disabling unnecessary services can be an important step in securing Windows XP. However, the typical Windows XP system has more than 80 services. Knowing which ones you can safely turn off...
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Quickly map drive letters in Windows XP with SUBST, PUSHD, and POPD
- Mapping drive letters in Windows XP is a common task. It's not a complicated process, but you can save time with a few easy shortcuts. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler demonstrates three old DOS commands that making mapping folders and network shares a snap. First,...
- Videos 2008-04-29
- IT Dojo: Change the Windows XP product key
- Unless you're working in a geographic region with a high rate of counterfeit software, it's unlikely the Windows XP machines you support will have invalid licenses. However even in the best-run IT shops, unauthorized software can find its way onto the desktop. An end-user may have installed a pirated copy...
- Videos 2008-04-28
- Reposition Windows XP's Quick Launch toolbar
- If you think that Windows XP's Quick Launch toolbar takes up a lot of room on the taskbar at the top of your screen, here's how you can easily move the toolbar to any other location on the desktop:1. Position your mouse pointer over...
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Find and download new fonts for Windows XP
- Windows XP provides a host of fonts that you can use to enhance your documents both onscreen and in printed form. When you install certain applications, you'll find that even more fonts have been added to your operating system. Even so, you may still have a longing for more fonts.Check...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Reset Internet Explorer's window size in Windows XP
- If in Windows XP you typically maximize a too-small Internet Explorer window, every subsequent time you launch Internet Explorer, its windows may remain too small. By default, Internet Explorer is supposed to open at the same size it was at the last time it was closed; however, sometimes the default...
- Blog posts 2007-07-18
- How do I... Secure Microsoft Windows XP Professional?
- This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic gallery and a TechRepublic download.Even though Microsoft Windows Vista has been out for a while and is available from just about anywhere, most organizations -- at least for the time being -- are sticking with the tried and true Windows XP.By...
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Create a custom Control Panel in Windows XP
- To simplify access to the tools in Windows XP's Control Panel, Microsoft created the Category View, in which the Control Panel's tools are organized into categories. If you're an old-school Windows user, you can still switch back to the Classic View, in which all of the Control Panel's tools are...
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- 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...
- Technical articles 2007-06-27
- Download an extension to learn more about Windows XP fonts
- If you're curious to learn more about the fonts on your Windows XP machine, there's a free and handy extension that will give you the scoop. It also helps you see which fonts are already on your machine. The Fonts folder, located in the Control Panel, provides a ...
- Technical articles 2007-06-20
- Stardock ObjectDock: The Right Tool for the Job?
- Stardock's popular ObjectDock is, at its core, a Windows taskbar replacement intended to give added functionality similar to the traditional taskbar in Apple operating systems. Is it the Right Tool for the Job? TechRepublic's Anthony Sullivan investigated, and you can view his findings in this screenshot gallery.Stardock ObjectDock: The Right...
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Take a first look at the Safari 3.0 Beta For Windows
- Steve Jobs claims that Apple's new Safari 3.0 Windows Web browser loads pages faster than both IE 7 and Firefox 2.0. Does it? TechRepublic's Erik Eckel takes a look at the new Windows Safari interface and provides an overview of the browser's many new features in this image gallery.
- Blog posts 2007-06-12
- Windows Vista's Default Programs tool more than what you'd expect
- While exploring in Windows Vista recently, I discoveredsomething that I had previously overlooked because of its lackluster name -- DefaultPrograms. I just assumed that Default Programs was akin to Windows XP's fairlyinnocuous Set Program Access and Defaults tool. That tool was added at the SP1stage and was designed to alleviate...
- Technical articles 2007-05-23
- Microsoft and SanDisk are developing a next-gen USB drive to let you take your computing experience to any PC
- Microsoft has struck a new partnership deal with flash memory king SanDisk to develop a next generation USB flash drive, based on SanDisks current U3 technology, that is designed to enable a new level of PC portability. A key to this strategy is the fact that the two vendors intend...
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Restoring XP backups in Vista
- While Windows Vista provides you with the Windows EasyTransfer tool for moving your data files from your old Windows XP computer toyour new Windows Vista computer, there is another route to take -- restoringfrom a backup. However, Windows Vista's Backup and Restore tools are completelydifferent from the Backup program that...
- Technical articles 2007-05-10
- Vista's symbolic links feature saves navigating time
- When I was using Windows XP, I began using a segment of thesymbolic links feature called junction points and my CurrentWorkfile-management technique to reduce the amount of time and effort I spent navigatingmy very detailed-oriented folder oranizational structure.However, since the Windows XP operating system didn't provide a native symboliclink utility,...
- Technical articles 2007-04-18
- Speed-up searching for network resources in Windows XP
- Did you know that each time you open My Computer on Windows XP, your computer automatically searches for the network files and printers your specific login has access to? This entire process can decrease system performance to a crawl as well as take much longer to display all of your...
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Windows Vista--a new day brings new discoveries
- Now that I'm using Windows Vista as my full-time operatingsystem, a day doesn?t go by when I don?t discover a new trick. In this article,I'll share some of the tips I've discovered lately.Rename just the filenameAs you know, in Windows XP you can rename a file in WindowsExplorer simply by...
- Technical articles 2007-03-22
- Video Blog: Quickly Organize Files with Windows XP's SendTo Feature
- If you are not interested in watching a video blog, you can read about this feature as well. If you would like to download a higher resolution of this video, click download...
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
- Tip: Windows XP SendTo Hidden Gem
- The SendTo feature in Windows XP is a hidden gem that I want to share with you. I dont think a day goes by that I do not take advantage of this feature.Click Start Run and type sendto in the textbox.The sendto folder opens up and allows you to enter...
- Blog posts 2007-03-20
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