How to stop Explorer from opening in the...
If you want to change the default location for Windows Explorer to open (Libraries), here’s how: Right click the Explorer icon on the taskbar. Hold down Shift and right click the Windows Explorer icon in the Jump List. Select Properties. On the Shortcut tab, change the Target field to open to the location of your choice. Click OK. To change it to open to My Documents, change the Target field to: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /N,::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} To open to any other folder, change to: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe folder...
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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3 Overview...
if you like wireshark you should like this. Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3...
How to hide the physical drives in Windo...
How to hide the physical drives in Windows Explorer If you don’t want your individual physical drives/partitions to show up in Windows Explorer or My Computer (you’ll still be able to access them from the Run box), you can do so by editing the registry. Here’s how: Open the registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer In the right details pane, right click an empty space and select New, then Binary Value. Name the new value “NoDrives” (without the...
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10 9th, 2009 |
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Clearing Windows Update Cache...
If you’ve ever had Windows Update fail, you know what a headache it can be to get it working again. Sometimes it happens because the file was somehow corrupted during the download or interrupted, and Windows tries to install it anyway. It will keep trying because it thinks the update files are there. If your computer hasn’t been formatted in a while this can also free up a lot of space on your hard drive. I’ve seen it clear up to 2 GB of space, because the updates are installed but the cache is never deleted. Open a Command Prompt. Click Start >...
How can I make XP boot automatically?...
How can I make XP boot automatically? QUESTION: I have a problem. I installed Vista on my XP computer, to dual boot. But I don’t like Vista and went back to using XP. The problem is that when I reboot, it automatically starts up Vista unless I’m paying attention and choose the “Previous operating system” in the bootup menu. How can I make it automatically go into XP again? ANSWER: Luckily that’s an easy one to fix, although the answer isn’t very intuitive. Here’s what you need to do: 1. Click Start | Control Panel and open the...
How to edit the registry to modify Syste...
How to edit the registry to modify System Restore There are three registry keys that can be used to make changes to XP’s System Restore feature. To make these changes, be sure to first back up the registry, then open your registry editor and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ WindowsNT \ CurrentVersion \ SystemRestore Perhaps the most useful modification you can make is to set the maximum time that a restore point exists before it is deleted. The setting is specified in seconds, and the default is 7776000, which translates to...
Security Release ISO image...
Security Release ISO image If you prefer to install security updates from a DVD, Microsoft is making an ISO image of its monthly security updates for XP and Vista available through the Download Center. The February 2009 ISO image is available now. Read more here:...