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How To Share Files On Windows XP

When you have more than one computer you want to make sure that you can easily interact between them. By enabling simple file sharing in XP you can ensure that you get the level connectivity that you want between your two computers. Sharing files on Windows XP is easy, it allows you to transfer your [...]

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Speed Up Windows By Optimizing Your Page File

The page file is a dedicated spot reserved on your hard drive that the computer refers back to when it needs extra memory for programs and applications. Page file, or virtual memory is the slowest component of the memory process, because your computer has to call to the hard drive to access the page file. [...]

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How To Setup Remote Desktop Connection With Windows XP and Vista

Remote Desktop Connection is one of the most useful tools I have ever used on Windows XP. Remote Desktop Connection allows you to remotely connect to another computer running Windows, and lets you completely control that computer. The great thing about it is you can control any remote computer from your computer, if it’s been [...]

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The Ultimate Windows XP Customization Guide

Do you want to customize Windows XP beyond belief to get it looking exactly the way you want it to? Do you want to make it look like something no one else has ever seen before? Do you want your Windows XP to look like this?

The Ultimate Windows XP Customization Guide is a complete guide [...]

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Completely Change Windows Look With Windows XP Themes and Visual Styles

Are you tired of that same old Windows XP look? Tired of only being able to change the color of the start bar from blue to green or silver? This is where Windows XP themes and visual styles come in. Not only can you change the theme to something more than the ugly classic XP [...]

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Customize Windows XP Bootskins and Windows XP Logon Screens

In our quest to fully customize Windows XP we set up a video wallpaper for our background, swapped around a few icons, and even made our own screensaver, what more could we possibly do? Change the boot screen and the login screen? You’ve got it.
To clarify, the bootskin is the image that shows up [...]

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Spicing Up Your Desktop with New Icons and Cursors

The desktop icons and cursors of Windows XP are not that known for being all that customizable. But we show you how you can get the most out of them for free, and for a small price.
The icons sitting on every desktop with their memorable pictures of the programs that they open. While the cursor, [...]

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Customize Windows XP With Custom Screensavers

The almighty screensaver was once used to prevent burn-in on our computer monitors, unfortunately for schools that disabled screensavers many of their monitors succumbed to this dreadful burn-in, but thanks to modern technological advancements we no longer have to worry about the dreaded screen burn-in, and screensavers are another way of customizing Windows to fit [...]

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Tricking Out Your Windows XP Wallpaper

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You see your Windows XP wallpaper everyday when you power on your computer. I often get very bored of my desktop and it’s wallpaper very quickly. So why not trick it out with a video, or a webpage. Or get it to change every hour to a new one?

Automatically Rotate Windows XP Wallpapers
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Get The Windows Vista Look With Windows XP

Why pay top dollar for Window Vista’s new look, rather than spending no money for a free software download that will give you Windows Vista’s new look and still allows you to work with Windows XP. The Ultimate Windows XP Optimization Tweak Guide is a good read too, if you’re looking for more ways to [...]

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