So where did you put that XP disc anyway? Why can’t we just implement the recovery console to the hard drive? As it turns out, you could indeed roll out the recovery console as a boot menu option. punch in HELP at the command prompt to see a list of all the commands. To change this timeout, either right-choose My Computer and choose Properties or use the Win+Break shortcut key.

Have you ever tried to unzip a file to the Program Files directory in Windows 7 or Vista? You’ll get all sorts of permission denied errors, and generally be unsuccessful. So how do we open up the zipfile as an administrator? For that matter, how do you open any file as administrator? Unfortunately you’ll have to make the tweak manually, but we’ll walk you through it. The easiest way to do that is right-select “command” and then choose Export....

So how do you copy it anyway? We can use it to backup a single file by passing in the filename argument at the end. For this, we’ll want to add a couple of command-line arguments. /full Copy all files /skipdenied Ignore any access denied messages because of permission errors. /statefile=filename This flag specifies the file that contains the last backup information. /incremental Only copy files that have changed since the last full copy....

So how do I get rid of it? Find Tablet PC Optional Components in the list, and remove the check mark next to it. This hack will prevent the Tablet Input Panel from working at all. If you absolutely must proceed, here’s a workaround that you should probably not use. Then rename the tabskb.dll file to something else. You could delete it, but that would be overkill. You’ll get at least one UAC prompt....

I’m quite sure that somebody somewhere will find a use for this topic.

It’s sorta like checkdisk for your email. punch the Start button to start the scan… press the Repair button, and after a while you’ll finally get the “Repair complete” message. If you’ve created a new personal folders file, it might be in a different location. On the properties screen, tap the Advanced button. Now you’ll see the location of the file in the Filename field. Of course… you should be backing up your files as well....

In the pursuit for performance, making sure your drive isn’t fragmented is a regular task. The problem is that Windows XP doesn’t allow certain system files to be defragmented without commercial software. What about free solutions? It runs as a boot-time process that defragments the system files before they are locked by XP. Thanks to Reader Shawn for suggesting this as a topic. If you didn’t abort the defrag, you’ll now see the defragment in process....

Then create or set the following two values on the right-hand side, adjusting the path if necessary. There’s also a removal script included.

This new version also supports some really great options, including auto-reconnect, transparency and hyperlinking support. The transparency support can be turned on under Window \ Window transparency options. Just change the number to something less than 255 and click Apply. Not entirely useful… but interesting. This is a great update, well worth switching over to.

The problem is most likely that you’ve enabled Windows Classic folders, which disables those two panes. The bottom pane is the details pane, and the one on the right is the preview pane. activate the Preview and Details PaneClick on Organize, and then “Folder and Search Options”. On the general tab, select “Show preview and filters” in the Tasks section at the top.

This article was written by MysticGeek, a tech blogger at the How-To Geek Blogs. But did you know that you’re able to actually make it display even more fields? This is really useful if you want to be able to see a particular extra field at a glance. In the main Outlook screen punch View \ Current View \ Customize Current View. In the Customize View window tap on Fields.

I bet most people don’t know where it is! So Jeff, this article is for you, but hopefully it will help somebody else as well. First tap on the Office button in the upper left-hand corner. you’ve got the option to do the same thing for any Office program.

This article was written by our very own whs, one of the most helpfulforummembers.