For Windows XP:
Right-click the Taskbar (the area next to the Start button – don’t right-click the Start button itself) and select Properties.
Click on the Start Menu tab, then Customize. Click the Advanced tab. At the bottom of the dialogue box, tick the box marked ‘List my most recently opened documents’.
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It’s pretty common for most users to forget their Administrator Password since during the install process only once the user is asked to give a password and a different user account is created. After a period of time the user might want to login as a administrator to troubleshoot windows
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Here is how to use MSCONFIG in Windows XP to disable some of the unnecessary programs that automatically load on start-up. Disabling these programs will help your computer boot faster and crash less.
1. In Windows XP, go to Start > Run
2. Type MSCONFIG in the "Open:" box and then either
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One of the best ways to speed up Windows Vista that we’ll cover is simple.
Simply use it!
Vista’s Superfetch feature, its prefetching powerhouse, is incredibly powerful on its own—don’t mess with it.
Vista monitors your computing habits and caches the stuff you use the most. It also moves things on the hard
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If you’ve somehow gotten the impression that Windows Vista doesn’t need to be defragged, think again. Vista comes with a defrag program (Microsoft’s worst yet, in terms of usability) and it even comes preconfigured to defrag the hard drive once each week.
Unless you keep your computer on 24 hours a
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For the most streamlined operation, it’s essential that your computer has as few programs running in the background as possible. You can tell a bit about how much junk is running behind the scenes by looking at the system tray (the area next to the clock on the taskbar). The
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