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We all having a big problem that WinXP take so long time to shutting down here is some tips for shutting down WinXP faster.

1^st tip

When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services currently running. Every once in a while the service does not shut down instantly and windows gives it a change to shut down on its own before it kills it. This amount of time that windows waits is stored in the system registry. If you modify this setting, then windows will kill the service earlier. To modify the setting, follow the…

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Many times we forget our Windows password. Then we panic, call experts and finally we lose all important information saved in Windows. Now here is a way by which we can recover Windows password easily.

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your CD ROM and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable – as it should be – and that you have your BIOS set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your CD typically; it will be “Press any key to boot from CD”

3. Once you get…

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The holiday season is usually a quiet time in regards to tech announcements, but early December was different as Microsoft stunned many Web developers with news that Internet Explorer 8 has passed a test for standards compliance. The announcement says it passed the test on December 12, 2007. (Do you think someone at the company read my recent post in which I ponder when Microsoft will fully embrace Web standards?)

Find out what the test entails and why I think this announcement is such big news for Web developers.

The Acid2 test

Microsoft’s still top-secret Internet Explorer 8 passed what is known as…

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I love the Flock browser, 99.9% because of its stability, the social networking stuff is a bonus; but the one thing that has continued to annoy me about Flock is the use of Yahoo when you type something into the URL box (as opposed to the search box, which is easy to change).

Someone on Twitter today (apologies to that person, I forget who it was) pointed me to the following instructions that allow you to change the default URL search from Yahoo to Google I feel lucky, the default position of Firefox. If you’re not sure what I mean type…

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public static int ExecuteCommand(string Command, int Timeout)
{
int ExitCode;
ProcessStartInfo ProcessInfo;
Process Process;

return ExitCode;
}


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Since upgrading to XP SP2 a long time ago, I constantly get nagged by a popup message that tells me my computer might be at risk because I don’t have an antivirus software installed. Here’s how to turn off that annoying message.

Note: You should probably have antivirus software installed.

You will want to open up your control panel, and then open the Security Center icon.

On the left hand side of the security center window, you will see a resources section. Click the bottom link, "Change the way Security Center alerts me"

You can choose which alert to disable here. Since I don’t…

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