One of the features I liked about Microsoft Windows XP was the optional Address bar you could dock to the toolbar section of the desktop. But Service Pack 3 for XP takes away that option ostensibly for legal reasons. Well, Mark Kaelin says nuts to that and shows you how to get it back.

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Microsoft has put the Choice command back in Windows Vista and made it a bit more powerful. Since the Choice command can come in extremely handy in a lot of situations and because it has been absent so long, Greg Shultz thought it would be worthwhile to revisit this command.

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All of the angst over whether to install SP3 buzzing around the blogosphere may be more hyperbole than actual experience. Mark Kaelin installed it on his test machine and nothing bad happened.

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Contrary to common mythology, it is indeed possible to uninstall Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. Mark Kaelin shows you how in this step-by-step guide.

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At some point after noon CST on Tuesday, March 6th, Microsoft made their latest service pack for Windows XP available. Earlier that day, articles were still being written about the latest collection of bug fixes and added features being "in limbo." However, the update is now ready for download from Microsoft's Windows Update site.

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Windows XP SP3 is now back online for automatic download via Microsoft's Windows Update service. This comes shortly after the hasty withdrawal last week of both Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1 following the discovery of a compatibility issue.

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When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it.

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It certainly appears that the Microsoft deal, while dead for now, has a chance of springing back to life. Although Yahoo shares dropped about 15% on the first day of trading after Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced that they had withdrawn their bid, the stock was still trading about $5 per share higher than when Microsoft started the courtship three months ago. Microsoft's shares dropped a little, indicating that investors want to see the software giant do something to help them believe that it is relevant going against the online search king Google.

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Lately I have been hearing a lot of complaints about User Account Control (UAC). It may not be perfect but it is a great feature of Windows Vista. With UAC, you will finally be able to run your machine as a standard user as opposed to a computer administrator. If you are running Windows XP, you are most likely running as a computer administrator. From a security standpoint, this can open the floodgates to spyware, malware, viruses, etc. By running your computer as an administrator, a compromise can easily write to your system files. As a standard user, access would be denied.

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Windows Vista comes with a handy tool that allows you to track software and hardware errors. This feature is called the System Health Report and can be used to troubleshoot your Windows Vista system in the event of any errors. The report will provide you with errors and suggestions for improving overall performance. In order to [...]

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