How to: Install KDE 4 Desktop under Ubuntu Linux 7.10

KDE 4 has been released. I’ve received couple of questions about installing KDE 4 under Ubuntu Linux 7.10. KDE 4 Packages are available for Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 (Gutsy) and from development Ubuntu Linux Hardy version. They install to /usr/lib/kde4 and can be installed alongside your existing KDE 3. However these packages are not compatible [...]

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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Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!

It’s not always wise to upgrade your hardware every time you feel your computer is getting slow. Here are some easy tricks to get most out of your hardware (Originally posted in http://www.mobile-pedia.com)
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Speedup Windows XP in Minutes!
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How to get XP back after you install Vista

Although a clean install is often the best policy, some may prefer to go the upgrade route and install Windows Vista over an existing Windows XP system. This procedure has the virtue of (mostly) preserving old settings. However, all may not be satisfactory after this type of installation and you may want your XP system [...]

MIT puts its entire curriculum online for free

One of the Internet’s great educational resources is going to get even better. InformationWeek reports that MIT is going to make its entire curriculum available:
On Tuesday, school officials revealed plans to make available the university’s entire 1,800-course curriculum by year’s end. Currently, some 1.5 million online independent learners log on the MIT OpenCourseWare [...]

Speed up Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

One of the new features of IE7 is a phishing filter. Unfortunately, checking sites to see if they are possible phishers can slow down your computer. Sites with multiple frames can even use so much CPU time that the system crawls. Microsoft has a patch to help with the problem at this link. Microsoft says
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How to keep the Windows XP system clean

I have revised and updated a previous article that I wrote on maintaining Windows. It can be found here. I have also added an article on How to use Disk Cleanup. This utility is one of the system tools that comes with Windows XP.

How to keep the Windows XP system clean
Originally from Windows [...]

Over 150 tips and shortcuts for Gmail

In the last 3 days I have seen what seems like 1000 different blog posts regarding Gmail tips and tricks. I am going to do the same thing I did with Flickr search tools, I am going to consolidate to show what I believe are the best resources because there is a [...]

How to Remove and Disable Yahoo Messenger 8 Ads Banner

If you upgrade and install Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 8.0.0.701 or above (latest version been 8.1.0.195 or 8.1.0.209), the previous tricks, hacks or workarounds to remove, disable or take off the advertisement banners in Yahoo! Messenger no longer working. Here is the new crack or hack that functions as the Yahoo! Messenger 8 ads remover [...]

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