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How to Make an Animated Desktop

Animated desktops allow the user to view a motion-enabled background, adding a new visual experience to the personal computer. To make an animated desktop, users must download the animated desktop file from an animated desktop developer or website. Users can also create their own animated desktops u

How to Remove the Windows XP Operating System

The Windows XP operating system is over a decade old, and while it still remains a robust platform for computing, it might be time for a change. Remove Windows XP from your computer by formatting the drive to which it is installed, removing all of the XP system files from your computer. Note that th

How to Troubleshoot the Disk Defragmenter for Windows Me

The Disk Defragmenter program has been included with the Microsoft Windows operating system for more than a decade to allow users to solve operating problems caused by fragmented files and folders. Over time your computer's efficiency becomes significantly reduced by this fragmentation, and the comp

How to Troubleshoot the Toshiba A135-S2246

The Toshiba Satellite A135-S7404 comes with 512MB of Random Access Memory, which is the minimum amount of RAM that the operating system, Windows Vista Home Basic, can run on. To make an A135-S7404 run faster, you can remove or disable programs that are causing the computer to run or boot slowly, and

How to Sync a Windows Offline Folder

One of the features of Microsoft Windows XP Professional is the Windows Offline folder. This feature provides you with the ability to work offline, save the work to the Offline folder, and then synchronize the offline work with work in a network folder when logged on to the network. The feature may

How to Revive XP

As the computer's operating system is an incredibly complex piece of programming, any number of things can go amiss. For issues that you find difficult to live with, there is always the option to wholly revive your installation of Windows XP. The only thing required is the original installation CD

How to Update Radeon

AMD Radeon graphics cards offer high-performance graphics processing for anything from everyday computing to intense gaming. For any display adapter to function correctly, the proper display drivers must be installed. It is especially important when gaming, because new driver updates often improve g

How to Customize Windows Vista Media Center

The Windows Vista Media Center is included with Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate. The Windows Media Center lets you watch television on your computer from online sources or, through the use of a TV tuner card, from cable sources. When you first launch Windows Vista Media Center,

How to Enable the Security Tab in Windows XP

The "Security" tab that appears when your right-click on a file or folder allows you to change the security level for users and groups on a computer. This tab can be disabled or enabled, depending on who you want to have access to this type of settings. Changing these settings takes a few moments.

How to Fix an IE7 Application Error

Internet Explorer is the Web browser installed with every Windows operating system. Many people also use third-party Web browsers such as Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome. Internet Explorer sometimes has application errors that can cause you problems. Microsoft has an extensive support team and onli

How to Convert a FAT File System to an NTFS

The File Allocation Table (FAT) file system has been around since the days of MS-DOS 1.0 in varying forms---from the original 12-bit version to the modern 32-bit FAT-32. These days it has a number of serious limitations, like a 137-GB partition size limit and the lack of many modern file system feat

What to Do If Windows XP Won't Boot After Restore

The Windows System Restore utility is a tool that allows you to quickly turn back the clock on program installs or operating system changes that have messed up your system. With it, you can restore your Windows installation to the state it was in before problems occurred. Unfortunately, it doesn't a

How to Remove Acrobat Reader From a Command Line

Adobe (formerly Acrobat) Reader is a freeware program by Adobe that allows users to view scanned documents with the Portable Document Format, or PDF, file extension. PDF files provide a convenient way to send documents that are for viewing only. Adobe Reader is widely used in both home and business

How to Block the Mouseover for Floating Windows

Windows 7 features a tool called Windows Preview. It lets the user float his mouse cursor over an icon on the taskbar and see a small window containing a preview of the icon's contents, such as an open Excel document or photograph. This feature, while being useful, may be distracting and could slow

How to Fix the Blue BIOS Memory Dump Screen

The memory dump screen appears when your system has suffered a major failure, forcing it to shut down before components of the computer become damaged. This problem likely stems from a recent change to the operating system, whether an installation of a corrupt driver, software program, or other item

What Is a System 32 File?

System 32 is a directory on computers that runs Microsoft Windows operating systems. Regardless of OS version or platform, all Windows-based computers must have the System 32 folder in order to function properly. The folder contains important Windows system files, which when corrupted or damaged, im

How to Stop a Computer With Vista From Losing Memory

Even in today's age of 500 GB or more hard drives, space is still something most PC users like to conserve. Unfortunately, with how bloated Windows Vista can sometimes be, this can be a little difficult. When PC users discover they are losing memory, they seek to stop it from happening. Luckily stop