All Posts Tagged With: "Windows XP"
Eboostr: Get ‘Readyboost’ For Windows XP
Readyboost is one of the best features that was added to Windows Vista, which allows your computer to use flash memory to run faster.
Eboostr introduces similar functionality tboosto Windows XP, allowing you to use that spare flash drive to make your PC run even faster. It’s not free at $29 for the the full version, [...]
Tweak Windows With XdN Tweaker
There are many 3rd party utilities out there that let you tweak Windows, but XdN Tweaker, which works with Windows XP, Vista and 2003, is a bit different as it focused on those tweaks that aren’t that well known. For instance, Martin from gHacks discovered that the following tweaks were available:
30Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
How To Increase Your Internet Speed By 20%
If you use Windows XP Professional then it is possible to squeeze an extra 20% out of your internet connection. By default Windows XP Pro holds back 20% of your Internet speed for various services like windows update and spyware checks.
If you want to tap into this locked speed then make the following changes:
How to enable the DVD Library in Windows Vista Media Center
Iv’e spent a lot of time copying my DVD library to my computer’s Hard Disk to protect my disks and to save having to swap them around everytime I want to watch them. In Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, DVD content that was stored on the hard disk automatically appeared [...]
17Apr2007 | Tony Williams | 14 comments | Continued
Visual Tooltip: Get Vista Thumbnails With XP
Vista thumbnails are cool. I just realised today that the Vista thumbnails even show videos playing. Now you can create the experience with Windows XP with Visual Tootips, with a few tips curteousy of The How To Geek:
30Mar2007 | Tony Williams | 0 comments | Continued
250 Page Windows Vista & XP Tweaking Guides
My objective when setting up this site was to only posts and tips that take either 5 minutes to read or 5 minutes to implement, but today’s tip is too good to pass on.
TweakGuides.com publish what I would consider to be the Bible on tweaking Windows XP, which they’ve just updated as well as launching [...]
Ultimate List Of XP Tweaks
I decided to do a clean build of my PC last night as it’s been a while and I’ve accumulated so much from my tinkering that my PC was starting to run really slow. Once I’d re-installed Windows XP and all my key apps I went hunting for some additional tweaks to really make [...]
24Feb2007 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Unlock 43 Hidden Applications in Windows XP
Windows XP is a very powerful operating system, but unfortunately a lot of the very useful functionality is hidden away.
These hidden gems can be unlocked by using the Windows XP Hidden Application Enabler. This great piece of freeware unlocks 43 hidden applications and adds them to the Start menu for easy accessiblity.
Applications that are [...]
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