Category: Windows

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WinStep Xtreme Black Aero XP theme for XP

Click for a high resolution Screenshot WinStep Xtreme is a free noir style XP theme. Extra fetures include a talking clock, a periodic mail Checker, a weather monitor and CPU, RAM and Internet meter. It comes with a great...

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Vista sales slowly killing XP

XP is going down in the Windows market, in order to make room for Vista, although the last operating system to come out of Redmond has had a rough ride since the launch. Vista has managed...

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Legitimately install IE 7 on a pirated windows

The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check process is now disabled in the Windows Internet Explorer 7 ‘Installation and Availability Update‘. So, users can install Internet Explorer 7 even if the version of Windows that is...

Easy to remember DNS servers 1

Easy to remember DNS servers

There are days when your DNS servers go bad and makes you wait for many a seconds before the domain-name to IP conversion takes place. Here are some alternative DNS server IP addresse, just in case...

Disabling Windows Security Center Alerts in XP 5

Disabling Windows Security Center Alerts in XP

If you’re running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows Security Center should tell you the status of your antivirus software, firewall, and automatic updates. Security Center will alert you if your antivirus is out of...

Shutdown Windows XP faster 2

Shutdown Windows XP faster

It gets on one’s nerve when you have to wait for minutes for XP to shutdown, when it takes lesser time for a boot. The reason that the shutdown times increase over the days is due...

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Windows XP will keep selling for 5 more months

Microsoft announced that it will keep selling its Windows XP operating system until the end of June 2008. Microsoft said it decided to extend XP sales in response to feedback from computer manufacturers who said there...

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Now, downgrade to XP

Many users have reported that the software they rely on isn’t compatible with Vista. Advanced power management features often don’t work the way they’re supposed to and sometimes too much security isn’t a good thing ,...

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The silent windows update

Microsoft rolled out a “silent” windows update for XP and Vista, including to those which have turned off Windows Update. This led to complaints in forums and the media, arguing that no company should be able...