How to create a system restore point manually in XP
Posted on October 23, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 6 Comments
If you are about to update a driver on your computer or install a new program, it’s probably a good idea to create a System Restore point just in case something goes wrong. It’s a great way to backup your registry and ensure that you can return to a normal operating state if it becomes corrupt.
Of course, if you already have a backup system in place, then you could actually increase your computers performance by turning off System Restore. If not, then read on to learn how to easily create a new restore point manually.
Set affinity for a program via Task Manager in Windows XP
Posted on September 18, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 6 Comments
If you have a computer with more than one processor, you can set Windows processes to use different processors in order to make a program run faster or to isolate a particular program that uses a lot of processing power. This is called processor affinity.
For example, let’s say you like to rip DVDs, convert the DVD to iPod, PSP, AVI, etc, and re-burn them. That’s probably going to eat a lot of your CPU cycles. So if you have more than one processor, you can dedicate one processor to just those tasks and leave the other one for normal computer activity, such as browsing the net or working with Office documents, etc.
How to prevent shutdown of a Windows XP computer
Posted on September 13, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 9 Comments
If you’re looking for a way to prevent people from shutting down or logging off your Windows XP machine, you’ve come to the right place. Whatever your reason may be, it’s pretty easy to remove all options for shutting down or logging off a computer.
In Windows XP, there are several ways to shut down a computer: click on Start and Shut Down or Turn Off, press CTRL + ALT + DEL and choose Shutdown, open the command prompt and type in the shutdown command, or install a third party application that shuts down your computer for you.
How to change default picture viewer in Windows
Posted on September 12, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 16 Comments
By default, when I double-click on a picture in Windows, it is opened with Microsoft Picture and Fax Viewer! That’s nice, but I would rather it open with a different photo viewing program, such as Photoshop, GIMP, etc.
If this problem annoys you also, there is a simple way to change the default photo display program in Windows to the application of your choice! Actually, there are two ways to go about it.
Step 1: Open the Control Panel and click on Switch to Classic View at the top left. Then click on the Folder Options icon.
Fix Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator error
Posted on September 4, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 19 Comments
If you’ve recently tried to open the Windows Registry and were presented with the message” “Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator”, then you’re not alone! You can get this message for several reasons and sometimes will not be able to run regedit unless you are an Administrator.
Most of the time you will see this in corporate environments where the IT staff has locked down the computer by disbaling Windows settings and services. If it’s a policy pushed out by the main servers, it’ll be pretty hard to bypass, however you can still try!
Improve the quality of help and support in XP
Posted on August 12, 2008 - Filed Under Windows XP | 1 Comment
The Help and Support Center in Windows XP has never been the greatest resource for trying to troubleshoot complicated issues.
First Open Help and Support by clicking on Start >> Help and Support.
The Help and Support Center window will open up. From here under the Pick a task header click on Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems.
Next under the Tools section on the left side select “My Computer Information”.
