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Windows XP : Tools and Tasks

Get a better view of the Windows XP Tree command with Word

Using the Tree command to research the folders on your Windows XP hard disk can give you results fast - too fast for your eye to catch. Here's how to use Word to view a Tree you can read in detail and at your own pace....

Prevent a shutdown of a Windows XP system

By default, at three o'clock every morning Windows XP's Automatic Updates tool contacts the Windows Update site and automatically downloads and installs updates for your system. However, that can't happen if other people who use the computer shut it down at the end of the day. Fortunately, you can prevent...

How to: Force Disk Cleanup to delete all temporary files

If you've ever run the Microsoft Windows XP's Disk Cleanup utility, you probably discovered that your temporary files occupy a significant amount of space. You might select the Temporary Files check box in order to allow the Disk Cleanup utility to delete the files in the Temp folder, but the...

Troubleshoot advanced compatibility issues

Although compatibility mode is a useful way to make older applications work on Windows XP, sometimes the applications still refuse to work. In such cases, you'll want more advanced methods....

Does old software refuse to work in XP?

Compatibility has always been one of the primary goals of Windows developers....

Troubleshoot DirectX with a built-in diagnostic tool

The DirectX Diagnostic Tool is a troubleshooting utility that ships with Windows XP....

Disk Defragmenter improved in Windows XP

The Disk Defragmenter is one of the essential utilities for every computer user....

Learn how to change or work without drive letters

Windows XP contains administrative tools, such as the Disk Management snap-in, that allow you to perform certain tasks that you couldn't perform in Windows 9x....

Check system driver status with driverquery

It seems that Microsoft has taken complaints from administrators seriously, as it has added several new command-line utilities to Windows XP....

Troubleshoot slow boot times

Improvements in Windows XP make it boot and load faster than any other Microsoft OS. Or, at least it should....