You can upgrade a computer that runs Windows 98, 98SE, or Me to Windows XP Home Edition. Those same versions, along with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Windows 2000 Professional, can be upgraded to Windows XP Professional. (1).To ensure a smooth upgrade and avoid networking problems, follow these tips before starting the upgrade: (2)Install all network cards. XP will detect them and automatically [...]

With the loads of problems reported by users with Soundblaster cards on Windows XP Creative has stepped up and offered drivers for at least some models of their Sound Blaster cards, but check your particular model closely.  I have downloaded the SB128 drivers and my sound problems have been resolved..! So they do work.

When I first saw the default search pane in Windows XP, my instinct was to return it to its classic look; that puppy had to go. Of course, I later discovered that a doggie door is built into the applet. Click “Change preferences” then “Without an animated screen character.” If you’d rather give it a bare-bones “Windows 2000″ look and feel, fire up your [...]

Theoretically, you can get rid of it (as well as a few other things). Windows 2000 power users should already be familiar with this tweak. Fire up the Windows Explorer and navigate your way to the %SYSTEMROOT% INF folder. What the heck is that thingy with the percentage signs? It’s a variable. For most people, %SYSTEMROOT% is C:Windows. For others, it may be E:WinXP. Get it? Okay, on with [...]

To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps. Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK. At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS. NOTE: Although the chance of corruption or data loss during the conversion from FAT [...]

Here is the trick that can help you in registry editing. Here are various tricks and tips through which you can edit your configurations. Backup / Restore the Registry To Backup/Restore the Windows Registry: Windows 9x For XP 2000 click here Incoming search terms for the article:registry tricksregedit tricks5 registry tricksregistry tips and tricksregistry trick and tipregistry trick tipregistry [...]

How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:etc) How to Hide the drives(c:,d:,e:etc) Hide ur drives This is a great trick you can play on your friends. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer. Go to start->run->Type->regedit. Incoming search terms for the article:hide drive c d ehide drives in xp c: d: e:How to cancel Hide the drives(c: d: e: a:…etc) in My [...]

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Did you ever go to warez/cracks sites (which we all know is BAD!) only to be bombarded with 10 windows opening up at a time, with porn, spam etc? I’ve discovered a VERY easy way to block about 90-95% of this sh!t, without using any pop-up stopping programs (I hate installing that garbage!). This is for Internet Explorer 6.0, but I’m sure that it can work with other browsers if you [...]

How to Clone a Hard Drive without extra software Did know that you could clone your current Hard Drive without having to by extra software? Maybe you didn’t know that all that you needed, was already set up on your current system? Well, it is… and if you follow this, you shouldn’t have much of a problem. Make sure that you have a Master and a Slave setup on your system. The Slave [...]