Which copy of Windows XP is the fake?

January 30, 2007 0 comments

Real or bogus? Is this the real copy of Windows XP or is it the one below? Is this the real copy of XP? The genuine version is the one on the right, while the one on the left is a high-quality fake that fooled even some at Microsoft.

How to increase your broadband speed in 60 seconds

January 29, 2007 0 comments

If you are using Windows XP Pro or higher then chances are that you can increase your Broadband Internet connection by about 20%. That is a huge increase. If you didn’t know, Windows reserves 20% of your internet connection’s bandwidth for its own use. So by default, you don’t experience the full bandwidth of your [...]

Copy To / Move To in Right-Click Context Options

January 22, 2007 0 comments

You can do the following little tweak to get ‘Copy to Folder’ and ‘Move to Folder’ options when you right click on any file. You can then select the destination where you want to copy/ move the file. Pretty convenient. Create the following Registry Keys: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Copy To HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Move To For ‘Copy To’ set the value [...]

Using LCD Monitor? Enable ClearType font rendering.

January 21, 2007 0 comments

This is a simple tip to make fonts clearer if you are using an LCD monitor. Windows XP has an option to enable ClearType font rendering. By default it is disabled. With the ClearType font rendering enabled the fonts are much clearer when viewed in an LCD monitor. But if you are using a CRT [...]

How to recover deleted files in Windows

January 21, 2007 3 comments

I’ve deleted some important files and emptied the Recycle Bin too. How can I get them back? Well, you might be in luck. When we delete a file, even from the recycle bin or if we use shift-delete to bypass the recycle bin, its contents aren’t immediately destroyed.. Windows just marks the hard drive space [...]

‘Show Desktop’ Not showing

January 21, 2007 0 comments

Sometimes, we accidentally delete the Show Desktop icon in the Quick Launch menu. Nothing to worry. We can manually recreate it by creating a file called “Show Desktop.scf”. Open Notepad, and type the following: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe.3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop Save this file as “Show Desktop.scf” by selecting the “Save as” type as All Files-to prevent [...]

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