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1) Enable / Disable Task Manager in Windows XP Home / Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
2) Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha's
Date - Sep 07, 2004
Rating - 3.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
3) Backup / Restore XP Activation
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
4) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Pro
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
5) Disable unnecessary services to improve workstations performance
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Performance
6) Windows XP User Tips Tidbits
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
7) Create Lock Desktop Icon
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
8) Control Windows XP Startup with MSConfig
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.3
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
9) DOS Window cmd.exe prompt
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.1
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command Prompt
10) Disable Windows Scripting Host ( WSH )
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
11) Internet Connection Sharing with Windows 2000 Professional acts a proxy server
Date - Mar 07, 2005
Rating - 3.2
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
12) Add Command Prompt to folder context menus
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.4
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Command Prompt
13) Registry cleaners / healers - clear inconsistent and obsolete sections
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
14) Remove Unused Drivers and Devices
Date - Sep 16, 2005
Rating - 4.5
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - TroubleShooting
If you remove a piece of hardware, particularly USB devices that may be frequently swapped out, without first Uninstalling it in Device Manager, the drivers remain behind, but the device no longer shows up in Device Manager by default.
15) Do it yourself WHOIS command
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
16) IPconfig displays Windows NT/W2K/XP ip information
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
17) Enable Windows XP Sound Scheme
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.8
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
18) Troubleshooting Windows XP Shutdown and Restart problems
Date - May 10, 2004
Rating - 2.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
19) Remove Patch Uninstall Folders To Clean Hard Drive
Date - May 04, 2005
Rating - 3.4
Author - Tony Bradley
Section - Miscellaneous
Hard drives are cheap and people typically have more space than they know what to do with these days. But, that is no reason to just waste it. When you install Windows patches, hidden folders are created which contain the uninstall data. Viewing the hidden data on my computer, I found 50 or so patch uninstall folders taking up over 500 Mb of space on my drive.
20) Keyfinder retrieves your Product Key (cd key) from registry
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.8
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
21) Enabling the NumLock Key
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
22) Undo : Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments
Date - Jan 25, 2005
Rating - 1.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
23) Change default application installation folder
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Miscellaneous
24) Use netsh to configure your laptop's nic for different networks
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 4.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
25) Windows XP SystemInfo Utility
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
26) Disable CD autoplay in Windows XP Home
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
27) Remove Windows XP system tray from the task bar
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.5
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Customization
28) XP : speedup access to network shares
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.9
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Network and Security
29) "NTLDR Is Missing" Error Message When You Upgrade or Install Over Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Q314057)
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 2.7
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - TroubleShooting
30) Tlist / tasklist / PUlist lists active tasks and processes
Date - Apr 20, 2004
Rating - 3.6
Author - Wayne Maples
Section - Utilities
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