• Windows XP

    Move My Documents in XP and Vista

    We simply don’t always want My Documents to point to the same location.  Maybe we want to move it to external media, or maybe to a network drive.  Either way, it’s simple to move.  Right Click My Documents, click Properties and then click on the Target tab (in Vista it’s the Location tab).  You can then change the path to the My Documents directory.  Quick and easy. To do so en masse is going to require a GPO: Go to the Group Policy console for an OU, open up the User Configuration then Windows Settings and finally Folder Redirection items. Then right-click on the icon(s) for the personal folder(s) to…

  • Windows XP

    Windows XP In A Grid

    Organization and usability can at times take a back seat. Other times we can get into the mode of using something and always think back longingly to it. For example, in Windows 3.1 you could organize your windows in such a way that they always opened in a paneled grid. In fact, that was the default, each window defined as an inf file of sorts. Well, GridMove is a nice little app that organizes your windows into grids for Microsoft Windows XP. This gives you the ability to go back in time with regards to windows, if you’d like. Now if only you could go back in time and redo…