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How to Speed Up Your Computer Running Windows XP – Part 1

OK, so you’ve had Windows XP for a while now and have installed a bunch of third party apps, and Windows just keeps getting slower, and slower, and slower, and slooooower…
It might be Microsoft’s fault, since there are a bunch of things that XP should do differently. It might be a third party application [...]

How to fix the ialmrnt5 display driver error

I’ve been having a problem with my graphics adapter for a while now.
What happens is that my computer freezes up for about 10 seconds, then resizes the monitor resolution to 640×480 and displays everything in 4 colors. An error box then pops up with some nonsense about the ialmrnt5 driver malfunctioning, and I’m forced [...]

How to Securely and Completely Erase Your Computer’s Hard Drive

Getting rid of that old computer? You might want to consider either hanging on to the hard drive or making sure that it’s been completely erased before you do so – your personal data may be at stake.
If you’re like most computer users, you probably have a few files on your computer that you [...]

XP Setup Disk: INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupt or missing – Status 32768

I’m a RedHat Linux guy, but I wanted to try out the Ubuntu Linux distribution to see if it’s an acceptable solution for Linux newbies (who would likely install a dual-boot XP system) or for cash-strapped non-profit groups (who would likely use it as their primary system).
I had no problems setting up the dual-boot XP/Ubuntu [...]

How to turn off the “Recent Documents” display in the Windows XP Start menu

By default, Windows XP displays a menu entitled “Recent Documents” in the Start menu.
This list of recently accessed files can be viewed by anyone using your computer, which can make for some uncomfortable circumstances when others sit down at your desktop.
Keep your files more private by turning that list off.
There are 2 ways [...]

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