: October-2013

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  Reinstalling Windows XP Media Center SP2 with all the current updates and problems I ran into to and how I fixed them.   Reinstall Windows XP Media Center SP2 1. Install Windows. Restart when needed. 2. Install Service patch 3 which is WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-FRA.exe a network installation download. 3. Install Internet Explorer 8 update service. IE8 WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe. 4. ..

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Want to get some more performance from Firefox Start up Firefox Type in  about:config where your URL would normally go. Click on I'll be careful, I promise! In filter type, type in pipelining Double click on network.http.pipelining which turns the entry to True. Double click on network.http.pipelining.maxrequests change the entry to 8. Double click on network.http.pipelining.ssl which turns the entry ..

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I like to see if I can get more out of my Operating Systems. So I always seem to be tweaking them. Here are some things I like to do on Windows 7.  As I found more I like I will add them here.     Network Tweaks   Disable Autotuning Disabling autotuning will help ..

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I had a restore partition on my HP Pavilion dv5 which I didn't want or need to see. I this is what I had to do to hide it. This is suppose to work on Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP   Start > Run > diskpart and hit the enter key. In diskpart ..

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