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Tired of your XP? Want to buy Vista? Well, don’t. Vista is still full of bugs and not reliable yet. So what’s so good about it? Most people like the new and pretty looks.
It’s a great idea to mix together the good things from both Windows systems: the reliability of XP and looks of Vista. Lets go over this, step-by-step so you can easily follow.
1.Change the theme. This is probably the most important thing when trying to make your XP look like Vista. You will need a good Vista-ish …
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This is a good idea if you want to save both desktop and hard drive space.
To remove the Recycle bin from your desktop, go to Start > Run and type gpedit.msc
Go to User Configuration > Administrative templates > Desktop > Remove Recycle bin icon from desktop
Enable it and reboot or type gpupdate.exe into the run box to apply changes.
If you want to completely remove the Recycle Bin, go to Start > Run and type regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket/C and open NukeOnDelete. Change the value to “1″ and reboot.
More Cool Windows XP …
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So, basically this nifty little piece of JavaScript will make all the images dance around on any website currently open in the browser. All you need to do is to insert the following code into the address bar and press enter:
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName(”img”); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+ “px”; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+” px”}R++}setInterval(’A()’,5); void(0);
This won’t harm the site or your browser and you can close it and reopen to view it normally.
If you feel very angry, you can use …
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Many people who use Mozilla Firefox might have noticed that you have a large part of the web page covered with toolbars. I’ll show you how to get more room in your internet browser.
The most commonly used (but actually, a pretty pointless thing) is the favorites toolbar which you can simply remove by clicking View -> Toolbars -> Bookmarks Toolbar
(Note: If you have a newer computer, you probably have a widescreen monitor which is of no use when surfing in the web, so you can simply go to View …
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Have you ever wondered how to make your desktop look as cool as this?
Although Microsoft could have made the customizing a bit simpler, we can still do it pretty easily.
* Desktop
First of all you should get yourself a proper wallpaper. In my opinion the best site to search for them is Deviantart .
* Startbar
Tired of the ugly appearance of Windows XP? Well, a good solution is to download UxTheme Multi-Patcher and search for some new themes for your PC.
* Icons
So you’ve got yourself the following things and you’re searching for …
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Third party screensavers are screensavers that are not installed by default or are not from Microsoft. Most of them use flash to operate and are often not up-to-date, so they search for the wrong version of it.
An error message: Could find the file f”lash.ocx” is typically displayed when this occurs. The new version of flash has the filename flash9e.ocx and you need to create a copy of it, named flash.ocx to fix this problem. To do this:
1. Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
2. Look for flash9e.ocx and copy it
3. Paste into the same …
