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Keeping a Clean Desktop I like having next to nothing on my desktop, usually just My Computer, My Network Places and Control Panel, though occasionally I'll add a folder for stuff I'm currently working on.   |
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December 9, 2003 |
Shrink the Programs Menu How to solve the problems of too many programs to display in Windows XP's Start Menu |
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December 2003
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Windows Tips: Throwback -- Give XP That Old-Time Windows Look Plus: Reopen folders automatically; restore lost desktop icons; and print faster, conserve paper. |
PC World
April 29, 2002
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Customize Your Windows Desktop Want Windows your way? Follow our tips and whip your desktop into shape. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2004 |
Windows: 68 Tips & Tricks & More Windows: 68 Tips & Tricks... Edit the Send To Menu... Change Preferences to Speed Searching... |
PC World
April 24, 2001
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What's on the Menu? You Decide Customize menus and accelerator keys... force Windows to exit or reboot... |
PC Magazine
January 18, 2005
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User Name Mismatch in Windows XP Though the Microsoft Windows XP Start menu indicates that my name is Josh, in the Task Manager, screen-saver password, and print manager, all I am is just "owner." How can I make it consistent? |
PC World
June 2002
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Windows Tips: Six Windows Tweaks I Couldn't Live Without Make personal sticky notes, launch apps fast, create Search shortcuts, put folders on the Start menu... |
PC World
April 2004
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Seven Ways to Make Living With Windows Easier Get your operating system to look and work the way you prefer. |
PC Magazine
June 1, 2008
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Restore Drive Type Grouping How to return My Computer to its original state without altering file and folder display in Windows Explorer. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006 |
Some Items Cannot Be Shown Get rid of the error message indicating that there is not enough room to show all the items added to the Start menu. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
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Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the Windows Explorer context menu, so that when you right-click on a file or folder in Explorer you have the option to copy or move it to another folder. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2007 |
Can I Unstick Items in the Start Menu? Recreating the programs pinned to the Windows start menu. |
PC World
April 2002
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Super Windows Secrets Smart tips that unleash Windows' hidden powers -- whether you've upgraded to XP or not... |
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February 2002
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Windows Tips: Take Charge of Your Runaway Start Menu Slim down your Start menu by removing unused items... customize your Documents menu... set the size of file dialog boxes... |
PC World
September 25, 2006
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
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May 16, 2007
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Vista Tip: Default Programs One of Vista's most attractive new features makes uncovering important settings easier than it was in XP. |
PC World
March 2006
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The Fastest Way to Open Items on Your Desktop Put your desktop on the menu... Access icons via the keyboard... Add info to your applications' title bars... |
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February 14, 2007 |
IE Favorites in Alphabetical Order Configure Internet Explorer to automatically arrange the Favorites menu in alphabetical order. |
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July 11, 2007
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Vista Tip: Search Folders Vista has improved the history functionality of Windows Explorer. |
PC World
April 2004
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Work Smart From the Start in Windows Get faster access to your favorite shortcuts, and give the rest the boot. |
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February 2006
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The Quickest Way to Make Several Folders at Once A shortcut makes multiple folders... Change your 'open with' list... Spiff up your command prompt... |
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January 20, 2004
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A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings. |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
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Hacking XP Eleven hacks that can get your computer running faster, increase your productivity, and make Windows XP just a little less annoying than it was before you read this story. |
PC World
October 2001
Scott Dunn |
Windows Tips: A Better Start for Your Documents Menu Make the Documents menu display the file and folder shortcuts you want to see, use Windows' built-in glossary, optimize Windows' performance... |
PC World
August 2004
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Have the World Delivered to Your PC's Desktop Live Web updates on your desktop... How to identify mystery system tray icons... Free utility to identify folder sizes... |
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May 3, 2006 |
Open With Firefox How can I add a right-click context menu "Open with" so I can open Internet Explorer shortcuts on the desktop with Firefox? |
PC Magazine
March 16, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
Start Windows XP Without Waiting for Welcome I'd like to change my Windows XP Home Edition start-up back to what it was originally. |
PC Magazine
September 7, 2004
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Inverted Printing in Word Print left-to-right and right-to-left on the same page. |
PC Magazine
October 14, 2003
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Put the Control Panel on the Quick Launch Toolbar We've got two clever ways to access the full range of Control Panel applets right from your Desktop toolbar. |
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July 13, 2004 |
Update an Excel Menu How to add the new Excel 2003 List submenu to an outdated custom menu bar. |
PC World
September 25, 2007
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Keep Your Data Safe by Reorganizing Windows' Folders Moving the folders that hold your data files off your Windows drive makes backups and recoveries a breeze. |
PC Magazine
October 1, 2003
Neil J. Rubenking |
Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list? |
PC Magazine
October 16, 2007
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Tweaking SendTo in Vista Trying to install the PowerToy into Vista. |
PC Magazine
December 9, 2003
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Automate Long Fills In Excel It's easy to create a macro that takes the hassle out of filling large ranges in Excel. |
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June 2005
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Six Quick Tips Help Tame Oversize Files and Folders How are you going to keep your multimegabyte files in line? Tame them with these slick file and folder tricks. |
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October 2004
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How Do I Share a Printer on My Small Network? Give multiple PCs on your home network access to one printer... Add options to the right-click menu... Sort IE favorites... |
PC Magazine
June 21, 2006 |
Eliminate This Desktop Invader Eliminating an annoying Common Tasks Pane that should be part of Windows Explorer, not your desktop. |
PC Magazine
July 17, 2008
Gary Berline |
Viewing Pictures in XP How to activate Filmstrip mode in when looking at pictures in Windows XP. |
PC Magazine
February 14, 2007
Sarah Pike |
Explorer Columns Customize Windows Explorer to make managing your files easier. |
PC World
May 30, 2002
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Find and Organize Your Files Here are our top tips and tricks for organizing and manipulating your files. Your filing system will never be in disarray again |
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July 2001
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Windows Tips: Locate Files on a Multigigabyte Drive Find files on a big hard drive, organize your Start menu, open apps fast... |
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May 30, 2007
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Curing an Outlook Free/Busy Mixup Solutions to a common Outlook problem. |
PC Magazine
February 16, 2005
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Refresh Thumbnails and Save Space Refreshing all of your thumbnails, in multiple folders, at once. |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2005
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Watch for Registry Changes Even when you use RegEdit, some parasites will reinstate the RegEdit value. Windows XP may be able to trap and catch the code that is preventing complete removal. |
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February 1, 2006 |
Desktop.ini Files Open at Start-Up Prevent notepad files from appearing upon startup. |
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November 2001
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Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today? Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want... |
PC World
November 2002
Scott Dunn |
The Insider's Guide to Fixing Windows You don't have to bend to Windows' will -- just follow our tips to shape it to your liking. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2005
Neil J. Rubenking |
An Outlook Express Oddity in Windows XP Here is a peculiar behavior in Outlook Express 6 that seems to be present only under Windows XP. |
PC Magazine
December 1, 2008
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Horribly Slow Browsing, Revisited Turning off Auto-Tuning in Vista. |
