Menu Help

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Here’s a pretty cool trick from the January 1997 issue of PCComputing.Com: The Windows Start Menu has a built-in stutter, a brief delay in the appearance of the Programs, Documents, Settings, and Find fly-out menus that’s supposed to make Windows easier for mouse newbies. If you tend to think of any intentional PC delay as… Read more »

More Hacks

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Reghacks – Tips, Tricks and Registry Hacks for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP

Two Tricks

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Two great tips from annoyances.org: Restart Windows without Restarting your Computer Speed up system restart

RAM

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My computer has been misbehaving lately. It seems to be crashing constantly and the performance has been muddy. A few days ago I downloaded Cool Beans System Info, a nice little app that displays free RAM and processor usage. I realized that even though I have 256 MB of RAM, it seems like it’s all… Read more »

Windows Registry

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The Windows Registry Guide is full of registry tweaks, tricks, and hacks to optimize, enhance, and secure Microsoft Windows. This is really a wonderful site. There are dozens of mini-tutorials to make Windows do all sorts of nifty things. I really like this place.

Systray

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Nobody asked me to play (boo hoo) … but I thought I’d jump in on this meme anyway. The contents of my system tray are (left to right): Windows Task Scheduler Volume control InoculateIT – virus protection quicklink to desktop Adaptec DirectCD Diamond InControl Tools AutoText – a little app I wrote that inserts text… Read more »

Speed

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Here’s a workaround for one of Windows 9x’s annoyances. Sometimes when you make a change in a window — for example, when you create a new folder through an open application — you won’t see it until you refresh the window by pressing F5 or until you close and reopen that folder. To have Windows… Read more »

Uninstall

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Are there applications in your Install / Uninstall list (in the Add/Remove Programs dialog box) that you’ve already deleted from your system? Or that, when you select them and click the Add / Remove button, give you a message that the uninstallation can’t proceed? Sure, you could leave them there and forget about them, but… Read more »

Print Screen

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Ever wanted to take a snapshot of your screen? Well, hit the ‘Print Scrn’ key and a bitmap will be placed onto your clipboard. You know the clipboard – it’s that mysterious Microsoft netherworld where things go temporarily when you hit Edit | Copy or Edit | Cut. Open up your favorite image editor, and… Read more »

Shortcut

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If you frequently open the Device Manager, place a shortcut to it right on your Start menu for one-click access. It beats having to open the Control Panel, double-click System and select the Device Manager tab every time. Right-mouse click the Start button and select Open to open the Start Menu folder. Right-mouse click inside… Read more »

Desktop Clutter

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If you want to show the door to the InBox, Recycle Bin, or Microsoft Network, here’s how: Run REGEDIT and drill down through the layers to find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Explorer\ Desktop\ NameSpace Click the plus sign (+) next to NameSpace to reveal several numeric fields. Clicking on any one of these will… Read more »

Glass Tinting

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If you’re in north central Florida and you need your windows tinted, call Daryl or Jason @ Custom Glass Tinting (1-800-939-TINT or 352-377-TINT) I just got the windows on my Rodeo extra-tintified; I am now stylin’ and profilin’ …