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How can I add the Administrator’s account to the Welcome Screen in Windows XP? Windows XP uses that idiot proof welcome screen where all one has to do is click the stupid icon of a user and wham! He’s logged on. Not only does the welcome screen hog resources, but it’s bound to another XP…

How can I spell-check text from within Internet Explorer? There are times when you need to perform spell-checking operations from within an Internet Explorer window. These may include the following: Entering feedbacks and responses in online forms Posting messages on bulletin boards, blogs and forums performing free-text searches in search engines and more. One old…

How can I add the Scheduled Tasks icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003? To add the Scheduled Tasks icon to the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps: Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace Create the following key: {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF} (just copy/paste, including the brackets) Note: As always, before…

How can I add the Scanners and Cameras icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003? To add the Scanners and Cameras icon to the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps: Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace Create the following key: {E211B736-43FD-11D1-9EFB-0000F8757FCD} (just copy/paste, including the brackets) Note: As…

How can I add the Printers and Fax icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003? To add the Printers and Fax icon to the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps: Open Registry Editor. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace Create the following key: {2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} (just copy/paste, including the brackets) Note: As…

How can I add the Internet Explorer icon back to the Windows Vista desktop? Someone at the Microsoft Windows Vista design team thought it would be very neat to give us an operating system that had no icons on the desktop. “They’re smart enough to find what they need” they said. Well, I hate it,…

Do you know what product can add a paragraph of text to every e-mail that leaves my Exchange server, for example a disclaimer or a legal notice? This is a common question and the answer depends on what version of Exchange you are running. For both Exchange 5.5 and 2000, the easiest way to deploy…

How can I add the desktop icons back to the Windows Vista desktop? You can, but unlike in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, you need to do a little bit more clicking… Someone in the Windows XP/2003/Vista design team has decided that desktop icons are bad for you. I don’t know what this assumption…

How can I add a Command Prompt option to the default Explorer right click context menu? If you find that you frequently open a Command Prompt window and change to a specific directory, you can add the Command Prompt to your shortcut menu. This option enables you to right-click on a folder within Windows Explorer…

Those of you who’ve already installed Windows Vista on their own (read my “Install Windows Vista” article) must have noticed that the installation process prompts you to create a user account when it runs. Note: See this article to enable the administrator’s account in Windows 7 This account is an administrator account (and a member…