Category Archives: Tech Tips

Group Policy Editor in XP Home? A Tweakers Dream

May 6, 2008 – 4:11 pm

I often run across blog entries for a particular tip, trick or tweak for "Windows XP" that invariably starts with "…open Group Policy Editor..". Then, in true Digg-esque fashion, 15 comments not-so-politely inform the author that GPE is only present in XP Pro, so this tweak is useless for XP Home users.
Or is it?
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By Bill Vincent | Also posted in Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Software |

Slipstreaming Vista SP1

May 1, 2008 – 12:09 am

For those that are fans of creating slipstreamed install disks this is from the WinExtra Community Forums courtesy of Pierre (thanks )
Is not supported by MS, but there’s a (complicated) way to do it all the same, if you don’t have access to an SP1 integrated image from MSDN downloads: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/15/how-to-integrate-and-slipstream-sp1-into-windows-vista-rtm/
If you don’t have [...]

By Steven Hodson |

FTF: for the really geeky a discussion on multi meters

September 5, 2007 – 1:06 pm

One of the enjoyable things about the WinExtra forums which most of the folks having been members for many years is the humor that can go along with a conversation thread of just about any item.
The discussions around the simple matter of buying a replacement multi meter is no exception. The original question was [...]

By Steven Hodson |

FTF: Setting up a folder as a drive

August 30, 2007 – 9:48 am

The original question was asked by Ron was:
I know that on a local network it is possible to setup a folder
on one computer to show up as a network drive on another computer.
I was wondering if it’s possible to do something similar on a single computer ?
The accepted reply came from Pierre:
Try the subst [...]

By Steven Hodson |

A quick Vista tip

May 31, 2007 – 2:13 am

I’m sure that this has appeared elsewhere in some tip file put I thought it was kind of fun and worth mentioning just incase you didn’t know about it.
In Vista one of the nice graphical features is the smooth good looking icons that the operating system sports but sometimes those 32×32 or 48×48 sizes are [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Software |

Vista Explorer Tip

November 9, 2006 – 4:13 am

With your cursor over the Explorer list window Ctrl+Mousewheel will cycle through the different item display views.
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By Steven Hodson |

a good Vista learning tool

November 6, 2006 – 5:43 pm

With Vista we are getting a new set of virtual folders and trying to figure them out and where they actually link to can be a bit of a brain twister. To help learning about the new folders Kenny Kerr has put together a little app.
Are you finding all the “special folders” in Windows Vista [...]

By Steven Hodson |

Bott’s 10 Vista Tweaks

October 31, 2006 – 9:08 pm

This list from ZDNet’s Ed Bott is probably one of many lists that will start being compiled for Vista tweaks; but from glancing through this list they look to be some good solid tweaks.
Full list of tweaks
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By Steven Hodson |