Where did my Desktop Icons go?
Right click on the Desktop, choose Properties, Desktop tab and click on "Customize Desktop". Internet Explorer, My Computer, My Documents and My Network Places can be added or removed here.
If all of your desktop icons are missing, right click on the Desktop, select Arrange Icons By, then select Show Desktop Icons
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Disable the Windows XP Splash Screen Ever wonder what's going on behind that splash screen? Well, now you can find out! Right click My Computer, Properties, Advanced, Startup and Recovery, Edit. Edit BOOT.INI. Add "/SOS" right after "/fastdetect" with a space between. The line will look something like this: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /SOS. When you're finished. The first part, multi(0)..... may not be the same on your machine. Upon restarting, the splash screen will be gone. It can be re-enabled by removing the new switch. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Protect Your Computer Against Data Loss
One of the simplest ways to protect your computer against data loss is to purchase and install a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply). They are relatively inexpensive, and can save you the headache and heartache of lost data or damaged hardware.
The better ones, connect to your PC, via a serial or USB connection, for monitoring and automated, clean shutdown control. The lower end models will allow you 8 to 15 minutes of backup time, but you have to shut your computer down manually.
UPS systems provide battery powered backup for your computer, line conditioning (protection against surges and spikes) and some manufacturer's offer an "equipment protection" policy, ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, or more, should your computer hardware be damaged by a power surge/spike, or other causes that should be prevented by a UPS.
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Backup and Restore Your OE Mail, News and Settings
Manual Backup:
Your safest bet is to move the OE Mail Store to a new folder, on a different partition, if available and export a few Registry keys to back up all your settings.
1) In Outlook Express, go to Tools, Options, Maintenance. Select the Store Folder button. Change the location of the OE Mail and News store folder to a drive/partition/folder that will not be affected by the uninstall or re-install. This is especially true if you plan to reformat the system drive. You will be prompted to log off/back on, or reboot, do so.
2) Do a Find on *.wab and copy all WAB files to a folder on the same drive/partition you used in Step 1. This can even be the same folder that you moved the Mail Store to (recommended).
3) Open Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name. Modify the value to point to the folder you copied your WAB file to.
NOTE: If you only have one available partition, complete steps 1 through 3. Then backup the contents of the folder(s) that you moved the Mail Store and WAB files to. This can be to floppy media, CR-R/RW or whatever you prefer.
4) Now export the following 4 Registry keys to a location that will be available after your reinstall, or whatever (a floppy will work for the REG files). If you're going back to a Windows 9X OS, you need to ensure you select Win9x/NT4 in the Save as type pull down.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WAB\WAB4\Wab File Name
5) Uninstall XP and/or reinstall your desired OS.
NOTE: DO NOT open Outlook Express until you completed this procedure
6) Recreate the folder(s) you used in steps 1 and 2, making sure the path is the same. NOTE: If you were required to backup your Mail and WAB files to other media, you can restore them now.
7) Open Regedit and delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities key.
8) Locate the 4 REG files you exported in Step 3 and import them into the Registry.
9) Open OE and enjoy.
Note: Your passwords for mail and news accounts will have to be reentered. These are not saved in the Registry.
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How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
Go to ontrol Panel > System, > Advanced > Performance area > Settings button Visual Effects tab "Use drop shadows for icon labels on the Desktop"
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How to use Windows Update Properly
If you want to save your files to your hard drive, so after a format you dont have to download them all again, here's How:
- Logon to Windows Update
- Choose Windows Update Catalogue (left hand pane)
- Choose Find updates for Microsoft Windows operating systems (right hand pane)
- Choose your version and language then Search
- Choose one the following:
- Critical Updates and Service Packs
- Service Packs and Recommended Downloads
- Multi-Language Features (0)
- Once chosen simply click on what you want to download and then back at the top click Review Download Basket- You are taken to the next page where at the top you can specify where the downloads are to be saved.
- Click Download now. Each patch will make a directory under the root of the folder you saved them to.
Once finished you need to go to where you saved the file (s) to and then simply install all your patches.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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