How to restore XP activation status information after a reformat

Double-click My Computer, then double-click on the “C” drive. (Or the drive in which you installed windows)
Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
Locate the files named “wpa.dbl” and “wpa.bak” and copy them to a safe location such as a USB key or CD.
Reformat your disk and reinstall Windows XP on your reformatted [...]

15 Great, Free Security Programs

PCWorld has gathered 15 freeware security programs that can help you in defending the day to day security risks. Check it out at 15 Great, Free Security Programs

From the moment you switch on your PC, y your system faces countless Internet-borne dangers, including spyware attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, home-page hijackers, and hackers trying to weasel [...]

HP Blog Printing Plugin for Wordpress and MovableType

HP has released a new Blog Printing Plugin for the Wordpress and MovableType blogging platforms which adds full fledged printing features to blogs powered by these platforms.
Here is what HP is saying :
HP Blog Printing makes it easy to add full-featured printing to your blog so users can enjoy a customized read on the go. [...]

Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility

An MPEG-2 decoder is software that allows you to play DVDs and files
that contain video content that was encoded in the MPEG-2 format (such
as DVR-MS files, MPG files, and some AVI files).The Windows XP Video Decoder Checkup Utility helps you determine
if an MPEG-2 video decoder (also called a DVD decoder) is installed on
your Windows XP [...]

Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

Some websites require the use of the Windows Media Player (WMP) plugin for certain content such as embedded audio and video.
In Windows XP and earlier, the WMP plugin file “npdsplay.dll” and related plugin files are normally included in the Windows Media Player program folder. The WMP plugin is automatically detected through plugin scanning and will [...]

Hiding users in Windows Vista & XP

Windows XP and Vista will automatically show all user accounts on the welcome screen with no easy option to disable this. You may want to have a hidden one that no one knows about, and using this tutorial, you will learn how to hide a user account from the welcome screen.
How to hide users [...]

Fixing Corrupted Windows Media Player in Vista

If you are receiving “The specified protocol is not supported” errorsin Windows Vista, the following fix should resolve this issue and get WMP11 running again without requiring a reinstall.
Fixing Corrupted Windows Media Player in Vista
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