Category: Windows XP

Few years ago, Microsoft started providing Fix it tools for many kinds of problems. Now they have released Microsoft Fix it Center which can find problems in your system and offer the correct Fix it Tool to download. Microsoft Fix it Center is available for Windows XP, Vista and 7.

Windows XP is still very popular as it is fast and fulfills all the basic requirements of a good operating system. Many times, on a system when the CD/DVD drive is not available, then it becomes impossible to install Windows XP. In that case, you can install Windows XP from a USB flash drive.

Windows XP comes with Windows Messenger which can be used to send and receive messages on a network. But it can become a nuisance if you receive a lot of messages. If you want to remove the Windows Messenger, you can follow these steps

Windows runs a program as a separate process. By default, all programs are run with normal priority. The priority is the availability of the CPU power to that process. So if there are two processes with different priorities, Windows would favor the process with higher priority to use the CPU.

Windows XP has a System Configuration Utility, popularly called MSConfig by users. You can run this utility by pressing Windows Key + R typing msconfig and pressing Enter. You can use this utility to troubleshoot Windows XP problems, have a look at the auto-starting programs in Windows etc. It also provides shortcuts to some other basic tools.

If you have a smaller screen like on a netbook and want to put many icons on your desktop, then you can decrease space between two icons. On the other hand, if you have a big screen, then you can increase space between two icons on your desktop, to make it look more tidy.

Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the next-generation Internet Protocol version designated as the successor to IPv4. Although the older version IPv4 is still being used dominantly on most of the networks, yet many new organizations have started to adopt to the latest IPv6.

Windows Vista and 7 both have a command line tool takeown to change the file or folder ownership. Using this command line tool, an administrator can change the ownership of a file or folder to a user or a group of users. But there is no such command line tool in Windows XP. Microsoft has made available a downloadable tool called SubInAcl which does all this and much more.

Windows 7 has many useful hotkeys for working your way around open windows. These features are not available in older versions of Windows. But you can use these hotkeys in Windows XP and Vista too. All you have to do is download an application to your desktop and run it.