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How to Resize Pictures the Easy Way
I use Photoshop for everything that involves picture manipulation, I even use photoshop to resize images, I have macro's (actions) set up so...
How-to Enable Clear Type in Windows XP
I really recommend enabling Clear Type on your Windows XP machine, it will make it a lot easier to read on your...
How to Speed Up Internet Browsing
Well this is not the only way to speed up internet browsing, however it is one of the many methods that will be discussed...
How to Display the Volume Icon in Your Taskbar
I have run into computers that do not have the Sound control icon enabled by default. Now this can be annoying if...
How to Use the Compare and Merge Feature in Word
Microsoft Word allows you to view the changes that took place between one version of a particular document and another. This tool is...
How to Create Scrap Files in Windows XP
Scrap files allow you to transfer selected data from on program to the other. Let's say there is an address that I would...
How to Create a Shutdown Shortcut on Your Desktop
I must admit that sometimes I can be rather lazy...lazy to the point that I wont go to the start menu to shut...
How to Change Drive Letters in Windows XP
At work all of our computers have designated network drives that are used by numerous applications that require connections to them. I found...
How to Change Explorer’s Default Thumbnail Size
I have a ton of pictures on my computer and normally use Picassa to manage them, however when I simply want to view...
How to Disable the Delete Confirmation Dialog Box
I am constantly deleting old files that I no longer use or need, but find myself always having to click twice to delete...
How to Optimize Your Swap File to Increase Performance
This optimization tweak forces your computer to use as much RAM as it can before it switches to the slower swap file which...
How to Setup A VPN Server with Windows XP
If you're like the countless number of small business owners who would like to have access to their office's network without being in the...
How to Speed Up your PC by Enabling DMA
It's amazing how many computers I've used that do not have DMA enabled. "DMA (also referred to as bus mastering) is a technique...