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Vista: Clear Recent Items

Purging the Recent Items list on the Start menu is easy. Here is how to do it.

Uninstall Office 2007 Beta from XP or Vista

Office 2007 has gone gold. The new version requires uninstallation of any previous beta versions. However, many users are finding that they cannot uninstall the previous beta versions. Here are some work-arounds and fixes for this issue so that you can avoid that “rolling back changes” error message!

Outlook 2007: Download Pictures Automatically

Outlook does not permit the automatic download of pictures in email messages as a security measure to help prevent possible spamming. It does permit images from sites in your Trusted Zone to show but blocks all others. Using the steps in this tutorial, you can override this feature.

Mac OS X: Clear the DNS cache

Mac OS X uses the lookupd system to keep a cache or local database of DNS lookup results (among other things). This can substantially increase performance by preventing repeated DNS queries. However, there are times such as moving a web server or troubleshooting networking or DNS server problems when the cached data can be a problem. A simple command will clear the cached values.

XP: Registry Hack to Disable or Modify Prefetch

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You can change the amount of memory stolen by prefetch or stop it completely using this tech-recipes tutorial.

Copy Music from Your iPod to Your PC or MAC for Free

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Getting your music back off of your iPod after a format is simple. This can be done with or without iTunes.

IE 7: Display the Menu Bar

If you are new to IE7, you may be wondering where the menu bar is. In IE7, it is hidden by default. You can temporarily or always display the menu bar by following the directions in this tutorial.

Vista / Longhorn: Install the Sidebar into Build 5219

The sidebar has been leaked and it works in build 5219. Here are the instructions how to download and install it.

Remove the Sony DRM Rootkit

Users should beware of Sony Music. Listening to one of their copy-protected CDs will install their Digital Rights Management system on your computer. The following tutorial explains how to remove it.

IE7: Turn off ClearType if Web Fonts are Blurry and Anti-Aliased

Many people are complaining that the text in their browser looks unclear after installing IE7. This is because IE7 enabled ClearType by default. Here is how to fix that problem.

Black Screen or Box Appears When Taking Screenshots of Videos in Winamp or RealPlayer

When taking screenshots or video captures of videos, sometimes you only see a black box. Here is how to correct this in other players such as Winamp and RealPlayer.

Google: Search to Find out Personal Information on Celebrities

Nickname, salary, children, biography, spouse, height, birth name, place of birth, nationality — all of these can be found using Google!

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