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| Answer Line Archive |
| Dec 29, 2008 |
Selectively Delete Some of Your Browsing History |
| Dec 25, 2008 |
Why Can't I Run Multiple USB Devices? |
| Dec 22, 2008 |
How Do I Stop a Cyberstalking Ex? |
| Dec 19, 2008 |
Can I Reactivate Office Without Losing It? |
| Dec 17, 2008 |
Make a Hibernate Shortcut |
| Dec 15, 2008 |
How Should I Prepare a New Computer? |
| Dec 12, 2008 |
Find Your Windows Product ID |
| Dec 10, 2008 |
Can You Install a Program onto an External Hard Drive? |
| Dec 8, 2008 |
How Safe is My Gmail? |
| Dec 4, 2008 |
What's Using All My RAM? |
| Dec 1, 2008 |
What's the Safest Way to Resize a Partition? |
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| Nov 26, 2008 |
How do I Keep My Desktop Icons in Place? |
| Nov 24, 2008 |
Add eSATA to Your PC |
| Nov 21, 2008 |
How Do I Turn Off Power-Saving Modes' Password Protection? |
| Nov 19, 2008 |
Can Two Security Suites Co-Exist? |
| Nov 17, 2008 |
What's the Best, Easy Web Design Tool? |
| Nov 14, 2008 |
Create a Shutdown Shortcut |
| Nov 12, 2008 |
Why Don't TVs' Parental Controls Think Like Parents? |
| Nov 10, 2008 |
Did I Just Damage My PC? |
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Nov 6, 2008 |
Can I Autorespond to Spam? |
| Nov 3, 2008 |
How Best Do I Clean My Registry? |
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| Oct 30, 2008 |
Why Can't My DVDs Hold as Much as Other DVDs? |
| Oct 27, 2008 |
Should I use Windows' Built-in Encryption? |
| Oct 23, 2008 |
Why Doesn't This Program Open in a Window? |
| Oct 20, 2008 |
How Do I Help Studdering Video? |
| Oct 20, 2008 |
Is My Power Supply Powerful Enough? |
| Oct 16, 2008 |
Is What I Sent Really Spam? |
| October 13, 2008 |
What's the Best Way to Backup What I Need to Backup? |
| October 10, 2008 |
What Happens to My DSL When I Give Up My Landline? |
| October 8, 2008 |
How Do I Get a Text-Based Report Into Excel |
| October 6, 2008 |
Hey! I Can't Hear My Youtube! |
| October 3, 2008 |
Is It a Virus? |
| October 1, 2008 |
What Processes are Safe to Close? |
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| September 29, 2008 |
Can I Recover from Recovering My PC? |
| September 25, 2008 |
Why Doesn't Vista's Mail Program Help You Type in Contacts? |
| September 23, 2008 |
How Do I Back Up My Drivers? |
| September 21, 2008 |
Where is That Application Hiding My Files? |
| September 18, 2008 |
Why Do Widescreen DVDs Show Less Than 4x3 VHS Cassettes. |
| September 16, 2008 |
What Autoloading Programs Should I Keep? |
| September 14, 2008 |
How Do I Make Web-Based Mail My Default? |
| September 12, 2008 |
Which Disc is Which and What Can My Drive Burn? |
| September 11, 2008 |
Why Can't I Open Vista's Cookies Folder? |
| September 7, 2008 |
When Windows Update Won't Update |
| September 5, 2008 |
How Do I Gain Administrator Access Without a Password? |
| September 2, 2008 |
How Do I Back Up a Pre-USB PC? |
| August 31, 2008 |
Why Do I Still Get Black Bars On My HDTV? |
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| Aug 29, 2007 |
How I Upgraded My Laptop's Hard Drive and Almost Lost My Mind |
| Aug 27, 2007 |
Why Does My Scanner Produce Huge PDF Files? |
| August 25, 2008 |
Why Does My PC Suddenly Shut Itself Off? |
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| August 22, 2008 |
Easy Solutions for Common E-Mail Headaches |
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Can I insert an image into my signature? |
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How do I archive e-mail off of my hard drive? |
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How do I clear corrupt mail from my Outlook Express outbox? (Scroll down
for this one) |
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| August 22, 2008 |
Will Microsoft Continue to Activate New XP Installations? |
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| August 20, 2008 |
How Do I Remotely Troubleshoot Someone Else's PC? |
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| August 19, 2008 |
Welcome to the Blog and What Are Those find.pcworld.com URLs |
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| July 31, 2008 |
Troubleshoot Your Boot-Up and Shutdown Problems |
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Why does my PC reboot when I tell it to shut down? |
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How do I get Windows to stop asking me for a password when I
boot my PC? |
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Why does my PC occasionally freeze at Windows' boot-up screen? |
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| June 25, 2008 |
Answers to Vista Users' Nagging Questions |
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Should I keep Vista or go back to XP? |
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Can I add XP-like expanding folder shortcuts to Vista's Start
menu? |
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Why doesn't Vista's System Restore actually restore the system? |
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| May 5, 2008 |
What to Do When Windows Gets Really Messed Up |
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Why Does My PC Keep Dying With a Blue Screen of Death? |
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How Do I Restore Windows If I've Lost My Restore CD? |
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| April 22, 2008 |
Protect Yourself From PC Security Pitfalls |
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How Do I Get Rid of a Spyware-Carrying Program That Won't
Uninstall? |
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Why Am I Sending Myself Spam? |
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How Safe Is an Unsecured Network? |
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| March 6, 2008 |
Software Troubles? We've Got Answers! |
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One of My Applications Takes Forever to Load. Why? |
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How Do I Read a File That Windows Doesn't Associate With Any of
My Applications? |
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Can I Resell Software I'm No Longer Using? |
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| February 24, 2008 |
Simple Solutions for USB Storage Problems |
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How Do I Remove a USB Drive If Windows Says It Isn't Safe to Do
So? |
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Can I Speed Up My Flash Drive by Reformatting It to NTFS? |
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How Come Windows Can't See My USB Drive? |
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| January 30, 2008 |
Why Can't My PCs see each other on the network? They can all see
the Internet. |
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How do I share a printer over a network? |
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Why does my wireless speed vary so much, and why doesn't this
variation seem to affect Internet performance? |
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| January 10, 2008 |
Share Apps With Users Who Have Limited Windows Accounts |
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How much wattage should my new power supply provide? |
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How do I add options to Vista's Send To menu? |
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| November 29, 2007 |
Why Can't I Send Outgoing E-Mail From a Friend's House? |
| November 3, 2007 |
Diagnose and Repair an Unbootable XP or Vista PC |
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| October 8, 2007 |
Quick PC Fixes |
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Is there a way to get valuable documents off a virus-infected
flash drive? |
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How do I control the Start Menu's Recent Documents list? |
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How do I identify third-party cookies? |
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Why are supposedly rewritable CD-RWs read-only? |
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How do I get loud music and soft Windows sounds? |
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What's the best way to uninstall browser add-ons? |
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How do I send a fax from Windows? |
| October 5, 2007 |
Q&A: Dealing With Trouble From a Major Application |
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| Sept. 26, 2007 |
The Windows Genuine Advantage Disadvantage |
| Sept. 25, 2007 |
Using Just the Keyboard, How Do I Fill In a Dialog Box? |
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| August 26, 2007 |
Slipstreaming Service Pack 2 on an Old Windows XP CD |
| August 23, 2007 |
Should you keep your driver's license number private? |
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| July 23, 2007 |
The Ultimate Word Undo |
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Vista Defrag Problems |
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How Do I Tell if my Computer is a Zombie? |
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| August, 2007 |
Tweak System Restore to Perfect Your PC Protection |
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Maximize LCD Life |
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Tell Windows to Knock Off the Restart Nags |
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| July, 2007 |
What's the Best Media for Archiving Important Data? |
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Set Your Default E-mail (Scroll down
for this one) |
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Improve Access to Folders by Creating Virtual Drives (Scroll down
for this one) |
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| June, 2007 |
Block Spying Cookies, but Keep the Helpful Ones |
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Disable the Windows Key |
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Back Up the Registry in Windows XP and Vista (Scroll down
for this one) |
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| May, 2007 |
Should I Report Program Problems to Microsoft? |
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Trim Office Menus |
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Personalize Your Windows Explorer Shortcuts
(Scroll down for this one) |
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| April, 2007 |
How Do I Get Malware Off My PC Once and for All? |
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Print Both Sides Now (online exclusive) |
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Bring up a Quick Report on All Your Drivers
(Scroll down for this one) |
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| March, 2007 |
What Is the Best Way to Unstick My Frozen PC? |
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Synchronize Outlook |
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Lock cell references when you Copy an Excel Formula
(Scroll down for this one) |
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| February, 2007 |
Why Won't My PC Awaken From Power-Saving Mode? |
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Convert PDFs to Word Docs
(Scroll down for this one)
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Switch E-mail Addresses |
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| January, 2007 |
Keep Your Secrets: A Safe, Easy Way to Encrypt Files |
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Customize Office Dialog Boxes |
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Print the Screen
(Scroll down for this one)
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Check Out This Tool to Check Your Updates
(Scroll down for this one)
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| December, 2006 |
Common PC Problems Solved: The Ultimate FAQ |
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Why Is My PC Acting Oddly? |
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What's The Best Way to Keep My Data Safe? |
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How Do I Fix My Registry? |
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Advice for Resolving the Questions I Can't Answer |
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| November, 2006 |
Will My CD-R and DVD+R Discs Still Run in 10 Years? |
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A Better PC Nag |
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A Better Way to Send Large E-Mail 'Attachments' |
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| October, 2006 |
Synchronize Files Easily With Windows' Briefcase |
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Rip Music Off a DVD
(Scroll down for this one)
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Fix Microsoft Word's Double-Digit Numbering Glitch |
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| September, 2006 |
How Can I Tell If My PC Has Caught a Virus? |
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USB Cable Myths Busted
(Scroll down for this one)
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Boot Without Windows
(Scroll down for this one)
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When It Comes to Swapping, Flash Ain't As Fast As SDRAM |
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| August, 2006 |
Save Windows Updates Locally for Faster Reinstalls |
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Hibernate on Schedule |
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Finish Interrupted Copies
(Scroll down for this one)
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Organize Your Word Data |
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| July, 2006 |
Move All of Your Valuable Data to a New Partition |
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ONLY
ONLINE:
What's to Become of Windows 98 and Me? |
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ONLY
ONLINE:
The LCD Burn-In Question
(Scroll down for this one)
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Turn Off Mail Notification
(Scroll down for this one)
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Remove Duplicate Files
(Scroll down for this one)
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Your Neighbor's Wi-Fi |
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ONLY
ONLINE:
MP3s in da House
(Scroll down for this one)
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ONLY
ONLINE:
'RW' Shouldn't Mean 'Read-Only'
(Scroll down for this one) |
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ONLY
ONLINE:
Control Startup Load Order
(Scroll down for this one)
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Easy E-Mail Boilerplate
(Scroll down for this one)
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| June, 2006 |
Protect Against Software Installation Nightmares |
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A Safer Safe
(Scroll down for this one)
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| May, 2006 |
Stop Others From Altering Your Security Settings |
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Even Out the Volume
(Scroll down for this one)
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Msconfig Reference Site
(Scroll down for this one)
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| April, 2006 |
Stop Would-Be Notebook Thieves in Their Tracks |
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Migrate Scheduled Tasks |
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A Better Temp Taker |
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| March, 2006 |
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Good Gauges
(Scroll down for this one)
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Easy Product Key Display
(Scroll down for this one)
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| February, 2006 |
|
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Screen Salvation?
(Scroll down for this one)
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Archive Around Town |
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| January, 2006 |
How to Diagnose a Faulty Broadband Connection |
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Temp-Folder Autoscrub |
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A Better Word Count
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| December, 2005 |
Emergency Boot CDs for PCs Without Floppy Drives
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Grab Drivers Off Your PC
(Scroll down for this one)
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Protect Files and Folders
(Scroll down for this one)
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Don't Take a Windows Slow-Up Sitting Down
(Scroll down for this one)
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| November, 2005 |
Create a Windows CD for PCs That Don't Have
One
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Opaque or Transparent Desktop Text?
(Scroll down for this one)
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Make a DOS App Work With a USB Printer, Again
(Scroll down for this one)
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| October, 2005 |
Quiet, Please! Cut Your PC's Clatter the Cool Way
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Keep Your Backup Drive Off When It's Not in Use
(Scroll down for this one)
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| September, 2005 |
Preserve Your Most Vital Data for the Long Haul
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Convert Audio Files
(Scroll down for this one)
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Password Protection That Tags Along With You
(Scroll down for this one)
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| August, 2005 |
Prevent Viruses From Disabling Your Protection
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Read Unreadable CDs
(Scroll down for this one)
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Spice Up Your Playlists
(Scroll down for this one)
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| July, 2005 |
Let Windows Handle PC Maintenance for You
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Print a List of Programs
(Scroll down for this one)
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| June, 2005 |
Stop Those Annoying Boot-Up Error Messages
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From Old App to USB Printer (Scroll down for this one)
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Spybot vs. the DSO Exploit (Scroll down for this one)
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Make a Backup of Your CMOS (Scroll down for this one)
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| May, 2005 |
Hide Your Internet Ports From Snooping Hackers
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'New' Message Gets Old (Scroll down for this one)
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Print Fonts and Save Paper
(Scroll down for this one)
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Read Suspect Mail Safely (Scroll down for this one)
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| April, 2005 |
Why Won't Windows Boot With a New Motherboard?
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Sort by Outlook Address (Scroll down for this one)
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Protect Shared Folders (Scroll down for this one)
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Read Your Hardware Setup (Scroll down for this one)
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Recover Deleted E-Mail (Scroll down for this one)
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Kill the .Net Log-In
(Scroll down for this one)
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| March, 2005 |
Clean
Up Your Hard Drive After Upgrading Windows
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No
Pop-Up Help (Scroll down for this one)
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Shortcut
to msconfig (Scroll down for this one)
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CDs Block Wireless (Scroll down for this one)
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| February, 2005 |
Has Someone Made Off With My Online Identity?
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Tweak
Your Taskbar (Scroll down for this one)
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| January, 2005 |
Recover
Photos and Files Deleted From Flash RAM
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Are
Autoresponses Wise? (Scroll down for this one)
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Make
A New New Menu (Scroll down for this one)
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Default
to Explorer (Scroll down for this one)
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| December, 2004 |
What's Pushing My CPU Into the Danger Zone?
|
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Can't Change IE Settings
(Scroll down for this tip)
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Check Those Floppies
(Scroll down for this tip)
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| November, 2004 |
Clean Up What a Messy Uninstall Leaves Behind
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Trim
Your Startup
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Bashful
Web Pictures
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View Registry Changes
(Scroll down for this tip)
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| October, 2004 |
How
Do I Share a Printer on My Small Network?
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Custom
Right-Click Menus
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Sort
IE Favorites, Part II
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| September, 2004 |
PC Safety Toolbox--Five Steps to Protecting Your System
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Another Networking Fix
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| August, 2004 |
Restrict Software
Installs on a Shared Computer
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Recheck
'Always Ask' (Scroll down for this tip)
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What
Are Those ~ Files? (Scroll down for this tip)
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More
Hardware Info
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| July, 2004 |
Why All the Problems Shutting Down My PC?
|
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When
You Can't Delete a File
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Remove
Dual Boot (Scroll down for this tip)
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Be
a Choosy Downloader
|
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Office Tip: Share Your Outlook Data
(Scroll down for this tip)
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| June, 2004 |
Move Your Data, Settings, and Apps to a New PC
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Alphabetize IE Favorites
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| May, 2004 |
What to Do When Network PCs Don't See Eye to Eye
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Turn
Your Screen Saver On or Off With One Click
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| April, 2004 |
Get All the Details on the Hardware Inside Your PC
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Print Wide Web Pages (Scroll down for this tip)
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Slim
Down Your Fonts (Scroll down for this tip)
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Schedule Tasks Hourly
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| March, 2004 |
Why
Is My Speedy PC S-l-o-w-i-n-g D-o-w-n?
|
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Backups
Too Big for CD
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Make
Outlook Express Less Protective
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Secure
CD Disposal
|
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Block
the Insert Key
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Free
Undeleter
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| February, 2004 |
How Do I Keep Other People Off My PC?
|
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When Your PC Doesn't Turn Off
(Online exclusive)
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How Much Laser-Printer Memory? (Scroll down for this
online exclusive tip)
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Update
XP's Start Menu
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| January, 2004 |
Protect Yourself Against Application Sneak Attacks
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Restore
Private Folders
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When
System Restore Doesn't (Scroll down for this tip)
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Restore
or Delete Corrupted Files
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Memory
Card Sneakernet (Scroll down for this tip)
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| December, 2003 |
Recover Lost Files That Aren't in the Recycle Bin
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What's
.dat in My E-Mail? (Scroll down for this tip) |
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Control XP's Picture Editor
(Scroll further down for this tip) |
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Stop Msconfig's Nagging |
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| November, 2003 |
What to Do When XP or 2000 Won't Boot |
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(Another tip, "Teach XP Some Patience,"
appears at the bottom of the page.) |
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| October, 2003 |
Easy Backups With WinZip and Freeware |
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Can You Boot From USB? |
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| September, 2003 |
How
to Reinstall Windows Without Losing Your Data |
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More
on Sudden Reboots |
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| August, 2003 |
When
a Windows Update Makes Things Worse |
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Get
the Look You Like |
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Change
Your Mail Program |
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Format
Word Paragraphs |
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| July, 2003 |
Which
Background Programs Can I Close? |
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Sudden
Reboots |
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Should
I Shut Down My PC? |
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One-Click
Shutdowns |
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NTFS
From a Floppy |
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| June, 2003 |
Wipe
Your Drive Clean of All Its Sensitive Data |
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Archive
Outlook and OE Mail |
|
Easier
Euro Symbols |
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| May, 2003 |
Use
Your Keyboard for Faster Windows Control |
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Restoring
.jpg Thumbnails |
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Change
IE's Autocomplete |
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Change
a Drive Letter |
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| April, 2003 |
How
Do I Restore My Windows Registry? |
|
Old-Fashioned
Alt-Tab |
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Return
of the Arrows |
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Easy
Network Backups |
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| March, 2003 |
What
Do You Do When Windows Doesn't Boot? |
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Crazy
Error Messages |
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Selectively
Link Excel Data to a Word Doc |
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Postpone
Printing With a .prn File |
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Autocorrect
Transfers |
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| February, 2003 |
Why
Doesn't My Computer Turn Off Properly? |
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One
Notebook, Two Networks |
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Customize
Office Dialog Boxes |
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Wait
for the Virus Check |
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| January, 2003 |
Synchronize
Important Folders on Two Computers |
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Schedule
Tasks in XP |
|
Windows
Updates on Disk |
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Bring
Back Recorder! |
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Better
MSCONFIG Cleaner |
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| December, 2002 |
Where
Should I Delete Private Information? |
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Making
Euros |
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Easy
Word Virus Safety |
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| November, 2002 |
Which
Programs Should I Let Access the Internet? |
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Enable
Hibernation |
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Restore
File Associations |
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Compress
Old Files |
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Clean
Up Pasted Text |
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Paste
Minus Formatting |
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| October, 2002 |
Share
Programs the Easy Way on a Multiuser PC |
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Download,
Interrupted |
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Is
That Computer Legit? |
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Clean
Msconfig |
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Turn
Images Into Icons |
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Defrag
Automatically |
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| September, 2002 |
What
Apps Should I Use to Open Mystery Files? |
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Customize
Dialog Boxes |
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Better
'Send To' Access |
|
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| August, 2002 |
Remove
Apps That Don't Uninstall Themselves |
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Change
Your Player |
|
More
on Blocked Pages |
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| July, 2002 |
Create
a Start-Up Floppy for Windows 2000 and XP |
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Add
to the 'Send To' Menu |
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|
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Archive
an OE Mailbox |
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Migrate
Outlook to a New Computer |
|
Time-Stamping
in Excel |
|
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| June, 2002 |
A
Trio of Questions I Wish You Had Asked Me |
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Simple
Windows Automation |
|
Organize
My Documents |
|
Keep
a Stable Swap File |
|
A
Wallpaper a Day |
|
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| May, 2002 |
Where
Are the Windows Installation Files I Need? |
|
Why
Won't That Page Open? |
|
Skip
the New Monitor |
|
CD-RW
Between a PC and Mac |
|
Keep
Multiple Desktops |
|
Reverse
Word Searches |
|
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| April, 2002 |
Print
Documents Faster the Second Time Around |
|
USB
or Ethernet to Connect Your Cable Modem? |
|
Get
'Any Folder' Back |
|
What
Is That BIOS Setting? |
|
Print
Multiple Photos on One Page |
|
Free
CD-RW Fix |
|
|
| March, 2002 |
Replace
Your Default Text Editors in Windows |
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Keyboards
and Mice vs. USB-Only PCs |
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Modem-less
PC Faxing |
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Trim
Your Folders for Faster Loading |
|
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| February, 2002 |
Quick
and Easy Data Backups to CD-RW Discs |
|
Undo
an Outlook Update |
|
Slim
Down Your System Tray |
|
Hide Windows Me's Logo |
|
Put
Quicken Data Where It Belongs |
|
|
| January, 2002 |
Combine
Your Rescue Disks on a Single CD |
|
Move
Outlook Express Settings to a New PC |
|
Time-Stamp Your Notes |
|
|
| December, 2001 |
Rescue
Files Trapped on a CD-RW Gone Bad |
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Print
Folders to a Network Printer |
|
Open
Explorer to the Right Folder |
|
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| November, 2001 |
Pause
Your Modem to Answer the Telephone |
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Use
Norton Antivirus as a Break-Time Reminder |
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| October, 2001 |
How
Do I Keep Others From Using My PC? |
|
The
Best Way to Uninstall |
|
Easy
CD-R Slide Shows |
|
More
Tools Not in Win Me |
|
Print
Each Folder's Size |
|
Word
Templates on the Start Menu |
|
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| September, 2001 |
Can
You Trust Important Data to CD-RWs? |
|
Paste
Plain Text Into Word |
|
Msconfig
For Windows 2000 And 95 |
| |
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| August, 2001 |
Fix
System Files Without Reinstalling Windows |
|
Shrink
Windows Me Index.Dat Files |
|
Change
Windows Me's Default File View |
|
Share
E-Mail Address Books |
|
Whose
Outlook Express? |
| |
|
| July, 2001 |
Prep
an Old PC for a New Home |
|
Maintenance
at Shutdown |
|
Make
Autostart CDs |
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Windows
Me and .Zip |
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A
Better Office Toolbar |
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Easier
DUN Backup |
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| June, 2001 |
To
Delete or Not to Delete? |
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Stop
Browser Pop-Ups |
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Surge
Protectors and Storms |
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| May, 2001 |
Move
Your Old Drivers to a New Computer |
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Remove
Uninstalled Apps From Windows' Registry |
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Make
a Hub-Free Network |
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Hide
Control Panel Applets |
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Print
File Associations |
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Easier
Multiple Associations |
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| April, 2001 |
Windows
98 Utilities Missing in Windows Me |
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Uninstall
the Right Fonts |
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Change
Win Me's Places Bar |
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His
Outlook Express or Hers? |
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Organize
Your Newsgroups in Outlook Express |
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Easier
Office Places |
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| March, 2001 |
Remain
Anonymous and Disable Your PC's PSN |
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Back
Up or Transfer Dial-Up Networking |
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Home
Network Intercom |
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Put
a Big File on Little Disks |
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Just
Open My Windows Folder |
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Windows
98 System File Checker |
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| February, 2001 |
Why
Do I Keep Getting Lost Clusters? |
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Control
the StartUp Menu Sequence |
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Suddenly
Sluggish Computer |
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Share
Desktop Settings |
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Free
Folder Encryption |
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| January, 2001 |
Is
It Time for You to Flash-Upgrade Your BIOS? |
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Find
Duplicate Files Automatically |
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Leave
Your Surge Protector On |
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Speed
Up a 56-kbps Modem |
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How
Much Ram Is Each Program Using? |
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Print
Folder Directories |
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| December, 2000 |
Check
Your E-Mail on Anybody's Computer |
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One
File Type, Two Associations |
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Convert
Mac and Unix Text Files |
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Clean
the Right-Click Menu |
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When
Modems and Voice Mail Don't Mix |
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Put
the Desktop on Your Taskbar |
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| November, 2000 |
Identify
Mystery Apps Running in the Shadows |
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Customize
the Open Dialog Place Bar in Office 2000 |
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Share
an Outlook Calendar |
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Snapping
Desktop Icons |
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Put
Favorite Files on a Menu |
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| October, 2000 |
Delete
Files Safely, Recover Files Easily |
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Restoring
Deleted Files |
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Keeping
Operations Legal |
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Password-Protect
Folders |
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Hide
Future Tasks in Outlook |
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Outlook
Express Boilerplate |
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| September, 2000 |
Stop
Those Windows Boot-Up Error Messages |
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One
Outlook 2000, With In-Boxes for Two |
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Cut
"Shortcut To..." |
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Install
Windows 98 Updates When You Like |
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A
Better Way to Empty Windows' Temp Folder |
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Put
Windows to Sleep Fast |
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| August, 2000 |
Get
Your PC to Boot Up Faster |
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Emptying
Temporary Internet Files for Real |
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Keep
Your CD-ROM Drive in One Place |
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Protect
File Associations |
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Searching
in Archives |
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Quick,
Convenient Defrags |
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| July, 2000 |
Stop
Windows From Accessing the Floppy Drive |
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Put
Away the Windows CD-ROM for Good |
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Load
Any Program to the System Tray |
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Stop
or Change the Splash Screen |
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Make
the Modem Shut Up (or Speak Up) |
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Pop
Up 'My Computer' |
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| June, 2000 |
Do
You Really Need to Buy Utilities? |
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Setting
IE's Window Size |
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Those
Old-Fashioned Menus |
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The
Best File System |
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Quick
E-Mail |
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A
Read-Only Password |
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| May, 2000 |
Protect
Yourself Against Catastrophic Installs |
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Empty
the Temp Folder Automatically |
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Run
Programs at Shutdown |
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Securely
Delete Sensitive Files |
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Overcome
Halted Defrags, Part II |
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Close
Multiple Programs |
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| April, 2000 |
Which
Files Can You Safely Delete? |
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Automatically
Change Your Screen |
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Must
Have That DLL |
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Throw
Away the Windows CD |
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| March, 2000 |
Share
Your Computer, but Keep It Private |
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No
More Freezes at Boot-Up |
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Reset
an Internal Modem |
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Find
Those Outlook Files |
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Two
Programs, One Icon |
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Restore
Outlook Express Choice |
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| February, 2000 |
How
to Bring Old Apps to a New Computer |
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A
Monitor Without a Driver |
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Where
Does All the Memory Go? |
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How
Many Bad Clusters Are Too Many? |
| |
Clean
Up the Context Menu |
| |
A
Good Start With Outlook |
| |
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| January, 2000 |
Make
a Disk for Full System Recovery |
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Where's
Microsoft Fax? |
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Universal
Association |
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Overcome
Halted Defrags |
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Automate
Paychecks in Quicken |
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| December, 1999 |
You
Don't Need No Stinking Passwords |
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Close
Multiple Programs Simultaneously |
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Share
a Printer |
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Identify
a Defective CD-ROM |
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Stop
Office Slowdowns |
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| November, 1999 |
Crashes
Happen: Here's How to Protect Yourself |
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I
Want My Tweak UI |
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Whose
Default Is It? |
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Easy
Standby |
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How
Slow Is Your Site? |
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| October, 1999 |
How
Can I Keep Windows From Crashing? |
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Archive
Your Outlook Express E-Mail |
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Catch
a .cab |
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Manage
Your Fonts |
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Better
Y2K Analysis |
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| September, 1999 |
Reinstall
Windows Without Reformatting |
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The
Cost of Looking Good |
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How
to Upgrade to IE 5 |
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Quick
View Plus Shortcut |
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| August, 1999 |
Make
the Most of Windows' System Resources |
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I
Don't Want My Documents in My Documents |
| |
Stop
Annoying Scans |
| |
What
If My Computer Isn't Y2K Compliant? |
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Moving
The Office Toolbars |
| |
More
Files to Purge |
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| July, 1999 |
Clean
Out the Debris Left By Deleted Apps |
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Where
to Go for Virus Info |
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Restoring
From an Old DOS Backup |
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Sharing
a Printer |
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E-Mailing
From WinZip |
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| June, 1999 |
Two
Computers, One Modem, No Problem |
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Sharing
Apps on One PC |
| |
Get
Outlook Express to See a Joint E-Mail Account |
| |
Y2K
or Not Y2K? |
| |
Why
Can't I Explore From the Start Button? |
| |
Get
Back Old Software |
| |
Shortcut
to Quitting Windows |
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| May, 1999 |
Windows
98 Update: Once Is Never Enough |
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Password-Protect
Folders |
| |
Can
I Dump Those Big Files? |
| |
What's
With the Multiple Font Files? |
| |
Writing
to People With Multiple E-Mail Addresses |
| |
Bypassing
Quicken 98's Dialer |
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| April, 1999 |
Purge
Unneeded Files From Windows |
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Protect
Your CMOS |
| |
More
RAM for Your Dos Apps |
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Cheap
Check Printing in Quicken or Money |
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Easier
Format and Upgrade |
| |
Restoring
Old Mail in Outlook Express |
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| March, 1999 |
Back
Up Your Crucial Windows Files |
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Modems:
PCI vs. ISA |
| |
Where
Is Active Desktop? |
| |
Other
Ways to the Desktop |
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| February, 1999 |
Reinstate
Windows 95, Ever So Patiently
Note:
The online version of this item is incomplete |
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Too
Good to Be True? |
| |
Watts
Your Computer Using? |
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Convert
BMPs to Icons |
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Download
Lots of Files |
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When
Virus Programs Disagree |
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Fragile
Defrags |