From Firefox, type about:config in the address bar and hit the enter key. You should then be looking at some settings for Firefox. You can double-click on any of these and provide more granular settings that what is possible from the stock settings preference panel. Have fun assigning the network.proxy.gopher_port for Firefox, I hear it comes in really handy. 😉
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Need a Boot Disc?
CDBurnerXP is a great tool that allows you to burn to a variety of media in Windows XP. You can create boot discs, create audio or data discs and even print cases and labels. Great little tool and free, free, free.
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Disable Auto-Run
When you plug a disk into a drive (er, mount a volume) in Windows the autorun.inf will automatically be processed. You can disable this by holding down the shift key when you plug it in.
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Setting Compatibility Mode for Windows Applications
Some applications need a little help to run. If it’s an older application and it will not launch then think about changing the compatibility mode. In order to do so, right-click on the application and click on the Compatibility tab. From here, set the compatibility mode to a previous version of Windows and then try to fire it up. Might just help…
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Windows Boot CDs
Some bootable CDs that will perform a variety of tasks for Windows: Ultra Boot CD Ultimate Boot CD Ultimate Boot CD for Windows Emergency Boot CD Hiren’s Boot CD System Restore CD Windows Password Reset
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Disable Caps Lock in Windows
You can disable the caps lock key in Windows by editing the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard Layout registry key. Here, you’ll see Scancode Map, which should be set to the hex value of 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 if you want to disable caps lock. MysterCrowley.com has a number of useful little applications. One of which runs the registry hack to disable the caps lock key for you. It’s called Numlocker. Another, keyboardlink allows you to assign shortcuts in strange ways that you couldn’t otherwise assign shortcuts, also using the scancode maps.
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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…
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WinShortcutter
Apparently the link here was bad so reposting with a good link and changing the text… From their site: Do you work in a windows dominant environment? Are your network drives packed with Windows Shortcuts that point to directories and documents? Are you tired of starting a windows machine just to change your windows domain password? Do you want to copy path names to an email? Here is the answer: WinShortcutter! WinShortcutter is a collection of small and useful utilities that are primarily focused at people working in a windows dominant office environment with a weak Mac support. http://www.lobotomo.com/products/WinShortcutter/index.html
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Reserved File/Folder Names in Windows
You cannot use the following names with regards to files and folders in Windows without manually creating them in DOS using the md command followed by \.\ and then the path to the files/folders to be created. Reserved names: AUX COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 CON LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 NUL PRN You also can’t use Clock followed by other characters with NT4 and older.