Tag: Windows XP

This optimization tweak forces your computer to use as much RAM as it can before it switches to the slower swap file which...

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...

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...

This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to disable the sometimes annoying Windows XP feature that automatically adds network folders & printers...

This short how-to will walk you through the simple steps necessary to use Microsoft's BootVis Utility to speed up your computer's overall boot...

Your computer ships with an indexing service that keeps track of all the files on your system, this in turn makes searches a lot...

There are several ways in which your computer's performance can be improved. A number of them involve easy tweaks, while others involve a little...

Windows 2000 and Windows XP have a built-in performance monitor that essentially monitors your computer's performance. This feature is something that is hardly...

Windows contains a lot of visual effects and elements that tend to use valuable resources that would otherwise be used for something useful,...

When you use or install programs on your computer files get scattered all over your hard drive. This is what is referred to as...

I found this article on Tech-Recipes demonstrating how to get the Windows Vista Sidebar on Windows XP and thought this would be nice addition...

This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to change your Windows XP logon screen to anything you like. There are several programs...

This step-by-step visual guide will show you how to change your Windows XP System properties picture & information. Most OEM machines will have this...