May 20th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
If you lose connectivity while surfing the web in Firefox, Firefox may decide, automatically, to “work offline.” If you don’t want Firefox to choose to do that automatically, the setting can be turned off. NOTE: This procedure works in Firefox 3.6 and above in Windows and Linux. To access the preferences for Firefox, type “about:config” [...]
May 17th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Featured Posts, Windows XP Tips
By default, when you print a web page in Internet Explorer, a header containing the page title and the page number and total number of pages and a footer containing the URL of the page and the date is added to the printed web page. The header and footer can be easily customized or removed [...]
May 4th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
Are you still using Windows XP? Is it slowing down? We found a quick and easy way to optimize Windows XP using a tool called Quick XP Optimizer. It improves the performance of your system and applications and speeds up the boot up and shut down processes of Windows XP. This free tool speeds up [...]
May 3rd, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
If you want to view a list of processes running on your computer and you are either unable to open Task Manager or you want to be able to print the list, we have a simple procedure that allows you to generate a list of running processes and write it to a text file. The [...]
May 2nd, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
If you are into minimalism and have very few icons on your desktop in Windows, we found a free utility, called SysTray Recycler, that allows you to move the recycle bin to the system tray so you can remove it from your desktop. Using SysTray Recycler, you can easily empty or open the Recycle Bin, [...]
April 18th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
Do you often rename files in Windows XP, without changing the file extensions? If so, you probably find it very annoying that the entire file name, including the extension, is automatically highlighted when you press F2 with the file selected in Windows Explorer. If you have renamed files in Windows 7, you will have noticed [...]
April 15th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
Once you have finished a first draft of your Word 2010 document, you may view it in Print Preview mode. Besides looking at the layout of the document, you may notice errors that need correcting. Instead of closing Print Preview, correcting the errors, and opening Print Preview again to make sure the document layout is [...]
April 6th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Windows XP Tips
The Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard is a useful program that can copy pictures from your scanner or digital camera in Windows XP. This program allows you to create and choose folders for your pictures. It also names all your pictures with a variation on a name you choose. This makes it very easy to [...]
February 25th, 2011 by Aseem | File in: Windows XP Tips
If you don’t have a fax machine or want to scrap your fax machine, you can still send faxes from your computer if you have Windows XP. The Windows XP Fax service is a program that uses your modem instead of a fax machine to send faxes. To use the Windows XP Fax service, you [...]
February 10th, 2011 by Lori Kaufman | File in: Windows XP Tips
By default, when you open Windows Explorer in Windows XP, it displays the My Documents folder with all its subfolders expanded in the left pane, ready to be selected. However, you may want to display a different folder that you access often when you open Windows Explorer, so you don’t have to navigate to it [...]
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