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Auto-restart of Windows XP

Wouldn't it be nice if each morning your Windows XP machine restarted before you got to work so you had a fresh system to work on each day?

To help you automate this type of operation, Windows XP comes with a command-line utility called Shutdown.exe, which can restart your system. To make this happen automatically, you can configure it to run at a specified time with the Scheduled Tasks tool. Here's how:

Go to Control Panel | Scheduled Tasks.
Double-click Add Scheduled Task to launch the Scheduled Task Wizard.
Click Next and then click the Browse button.
Access the Windows\System32 folder, select Shutdown.exe, and click Open.
Follow the wizard through the next two screens to give the task a name and choose a schedule.
Enter your user account name and password and click Next.
Select the Open Advanced Properties check box and click Finish.
In the task's Properties dialog box, add the /r parameter to the end of the command line in the Run text box and click OK. (Be sure to include a space between the last character in the command name and the first character in the parameter list.)
Enter your user account name and password and click OK.

When the Shutdown utility runs, you'll momentarily see a small dialog box on your screen before the system restarts.

Note: This tip applies to both Windows XP Home and Professional editions.

This help insert is courtesy of TechRepublic.com

Default home page will not change to any other page except for msn.com

This is becoming a bigger problem as the wars on default pages and browsers intensifies. One work around that has worked for some is to:

Boot into SAFE MODE, Go to Internet Options and make the address change. Click apply and re-boot back into NORMAL mode. This should correct the problem.

How to Speed Up the Boot Up of Windows 2000 Pro

Tired of the long wait while W2K Pro boots up? Try this:

Right-click on "My Computer" Click on "Properties", Click on "Advanced" then "Startup and Recovery." On the "Startup and Recovery" box that follows, next to "Display list of operating systems for ... seconds", select the number of seconds that you want the computer to wait before continuing. All done? Press "OK".

Fast Cure for Windows ME!!!

This is a simple and to the point answer!!! CHANGE TO W2K or XP Pro. After you have had a good chuckle, read the simple answers again and take it to heart. No matter what you try to do to fix WIN ME, other problems WILL follow in due course. Yes.. it is one system that you can overwrite with a new copy without formatting. Sometimes it will cure your problem (for a while). If you do that, take advantage of the time and back up your files so that you are ready to give it the Royal Boot when it fails you again.

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