The Windows Fix

XP Syspad – All your Windows tools in one place

A big problem with Windows XP, is the spaced out and crazy places that Microsoft has programmed with many of the administrative and management features in it’s operating system.  The start menu, the control panel, the run line, the registry, you name it, it’s usually in a different place.  Well Xtort, a little known freeware [...]

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How to Convert Windows XP to Windows Vista With Only Add-Ons

I found this incredibly compiled list of the dozens and dozens of items it would take to upgrade your plain ole’ Windows XP machine into a Vista ‘clone’, but only using modifications, add-ons and tweaks. I couldn’t tell you if all of these work, but that would be a question for the blogger. They have [...]

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Automatically Restart, Shutdown or Log Off your Windows Computer

Have you ever needed to automate the restart or shutdown process?   Some situations that stick out in my mind are deploying Windows Updates to a system(which almost always require a reboot) and you don’t want to reboot the PC or server during critical business hours.  Well you can setup your system to automatically reboot or [...]

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Creating a new ‘ Show Desktop ‘ Icon

Ever arrive at a PC, only to find that it has disappeared?? Well, you can either DOWNLOAD THIS FILE or re-create it yourself with these simple steps. 1. Start>Run>Notepad 2. In notepad type or copy and paste the following code: [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop 3. After choosing to save the file, make sure you [...]

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