Step One : right-click "My Computer". Select "Properties". Select the "Advanced" tab. Click "Environment Variables" button. Click "Edit". Step Three : repeat for "TMP". Continue clicking the various "OK" buttons until you can exit.
Under "Performance" click "Settings" button. Under "Virtual Memory" click "Change" button. Step Two : select "Custom Size". Click the "Set" button. Click the various "OK" buttons until you can exit. Step One : right-click on the Taskbar the bar to the right of the Start button. Check the box labeled "Show Quick Launch".
This will allow enough space next to your Start button for three "quick launch" program icons. Step Two : to increase the space to allow for more "quick launches", right-click on the Taskbar. Uncheck "Lock the Taskbar". Move the separator bar left or right to resize the Quick Launch Toolbar area. Recheck "Lock the Taskbar". Step One : right-click on the "Start" button.
On the "General" tab under "Programs" increase or decrease the number of "most recently used" programs that can appear in the lower left hand area of the Start Menu. Step Two : to move a program into a "fixed" position at the upper left hand area of the Start Menu, simply right-click on any program from the above list, and select "Pin to Start Menu".
In Details view, Windows lists the contents of the open folder and provides detailed information about your files, including name, type, size, and date modified. In Details view you can also show your files in groups. But what if you want to set all folder view setting to Icons or Tiles?
You have to open everyfolder and change its setting. But windows XP provide an easy way to change all folder view setting in just 3 steps. Search This Blog. GadgetShow Loading Subscribe in a reader or Join the Mailing List.
Blog will be down till October 1st. This blog will be closed till October 1st. No more post will be made till September We will be back in October. Labels: Announcements. To show file and folder tasks in Windows Explorer. Click Start , and then Click Run. Hide a folder You may have a file or folder that you do not want other people to view, so why not hide it. That way people can browse around your computer and not even know that the folder or file is even there.
The Registered Owner Details Its annoying when you buy a secondhand computer and the previous owners name is still on your computer. Here are a few tips to get rid of the previous owners details and personalize your computer with your own details. This is a great feature and lets you log out very quickly. If someone comes to see what is on your screen you can quickly log off and all they will see is the log in screen.
This is what my kids try to use when I catch them playing games instead of doing homework. Create a shortcut to shutdown Make a shutdown, restart, or a logoff shortcut on your desktop. If you press on this icon after you have made it, it will shutdown your computer like lightning. Change a user password when your are not logged in as an administrator This is probably a major flaw in the Windows XP security of a password because you can delete and change any users password on the computer.
How to change your screen resolution in Windows XP You can change your screen resolution to whatever is compatible with your display adapter or video card. Having x resolution makes everything big on your screen. This is great for the seniors. The higher the resolution the smaller your icons get. Also depends on your monitor size. System properties box How to find it quick. With the tap of a few keys the system properties box opens fast. It has valuable information about your computer like the processor speed and how much memory is installed.
System Properties Box How to customize it with your own picture and text. Screen shots How to get screen shots. This is a fantastic tip that no computer user can live without. You can save any picture of the screen you are looking at on your computer as a picture. How to add a menu to your taskbar This shows you how to add a folder to your task bar so when you click on it the entire contents are shown for you to choose from. If your image is in another format, such as TIFF, you'll need to convert it using your favourite image editing program.
Having customised your display, click the left-hand tab in the Display Properties dialog, and you'll see the Themes window appear. From here, you can select one of the defaults from the drop-down list. More importantly, you can save the current theme for future use. If you're not happy with the icons used for some of your shortcuts, you can change them to something else that may be more obvious or make your own, see tip 6 below for that particular type of application. Right-click the shortcut, select 'Properties', and click 'Change Icon'.
Now, use the 'Browse' button to choose a file to search for icons, make your selection, and click 'OK'. If you decide to make your own custom icons, there are a few things to be aware of. First, they come in different sizes according to where they are displayed, such as the desktop, the Start menu, Folders, Drives, and so on.
Icons are measured in pixels, and the three sizes used on Windows XP are 16 x 16, 32 x 32 and 48 x Second, icons use a bit palette, enabling you to use any colour that the eye can detect. In the past, icons were either opaque solid , or completely transparent, making them appear as sharp-edged cutouts on the screen.
Now, they can gently fade into the background, and you can create subtle shadow effects. Finally, the default Windows icons are packaged and encoded into the shell If you choose to replace these icons, you can either select any of the default icons, or you can add icons you've downloaded from the internet or created yourself in an image editor or icon creator.
You can improve the general look of your PC's desktop by removing the names of shortcuts, leaving the icons to speak for themselves. If you try renaming a desktop shortcut to a single space, Windows XP won't let you.
However, you can force it to accept a space as the name by holding down [Alt] and typing on the number pad. If you want multiple shortcuts to have blank names, you'll need to give each one a different number of spaces to avoid them having identical names.
To remove an unwanted program from this list, select it and right-click in the right hand pane. Name it 'NoOpenWith'. Repeat for each application that you want to remove from this list. Windows XP comes complete with a selection of screensavers, and it's easy to switch between them. There are plenty more screensavers available online too, although be careful when looking for them.
There's plenty of research that indicates that 'free screensaver' is a search term most likely to lead you to malicious software. Right-click inside a folder and select 'Customize This Folder If you decide you'd like to use a picture to represent your chosen folder, when you use thumbnail view, the folder icon will display the picture you've chosen. For example, if the folder is a collection of family snaps, you might want to use a photo of your family.
Alternatively, you can use the Change Icon option to give individual folders a unique, identifiable icon.
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