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Windows XP SP3 Final available for download

24 April, 2008 (12:39) | software | By: bbowers

WindowsXP ServicePack 3 is available for download from MajorGeeks and FreewareFiles. As you can probably imagine, the sites are getting overrun with downloaders, so the downloads may be slow for a while.

windows command prompt secrets

16 April, 2008 (05:15) | computers, tips | By: bbowers

Ever need to know where your internet connection is failing? Hate typing the full path to change directories at the command prompt? Several lesser-known commands can help you do all of this and more. The command prompt is powerful and often overlooked because it isn’t as user-friendly and commands must be memorized. Here’s a few [...]

quick tip to speed up windows xp even more

15 April, 2008 (06:23) | tips | By: bbowers

Windows XP runs pretty fast on even two or three year old hardware. If you don’t have the newest equipment, there are two things you can modify to make Windows run even faster and you won’t notice anything but an increase in the speed. No registry editing needed, no software to download and it will [...]

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is released

18 March, 2008 (16:52) | computers | By: bbowers

Unfortunately, the “convert Vista to XP” option was not included.
For those of you that have to use this, you have my sympathy. Windows XP does everything I need it to and I have no intention to switch any time soon. This service pack doesn’t actually speed anything up.