Games in Windows XP such as Solitaire, FreeCell, and Minesweeper are nice distractions — nothing blows off steam like a good round of 3D Pinball for Windows, especially in full screen mode with the volume cranked all the way up! 3D Pinball for Windows has nine rank levels, ranging from Cadet to Fleet Admiral. Complete [...]
If you have a dual-core processor, you may discover that certain older applications that ran fine on systems with a single core CPU have problems running with two cores. For example, your application may suddenly begin maxing out the CPU usage at 100 percent, appearing to lock up. Windows XP Professional’s Processor Affinity setting allows [...]
To simplify access to the tools in Windows XP’s Control Panel, Microsoft created the Category View, in which the Control Panel’s tools are organized into categories. If you’re an old-school Windows user, you can still switch back to the Classic View, in which all of the Control Panel’s tools are available. Following the directions below [...]
Have you ever clicked on a link in Internet Explorer and it subsequentally opens a smaller Internet Explorer window to display the web page? This is OK but sometimes it results in Internet Explorer opening at the reduced size permanently which can be a right royal pain in the proverbial!! Well here’s a hand tip [...]
The Vista Transformation Pack will transform your Windows user interface to Windows Vista Ultimate. No-one will ever know that it’s the same old Windows XP underneath. The Vista Transformation Pack gives your Windows XP system the fresh and cool look of Microsoft’s new operating system – Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system [...]
