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PC Magazine September 21, 2004	Add/Remove Internet Explorer? Why not simply remove Microsoft's browser?
PC Magazine February 3, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Spell-Check Halted in Outlook Express Whenever I send an e-mail message, I get the following error message: The spell check on this document was halted. Do you want to send anyway?
PC Magazine October 5, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	View Source Fails in Outlook and IE In both Outlook and Internet Explorer, right-clicking and choosing View Source currently does not work on my computer.
PC Magazine June 20, 2007	Bring Wordpad Up To Speed Microsoft generally makes programs backward-compatible but that doesn't mean they will do all the work for you. Read up on the best way to get your old files working in your new OS.
PC Magazine September 2, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking	Windows XP Changes Filename Sorting Win XP's new and dramatically different file-sorting algorithm can wreak havoc on some legacy programs.
PC Magazine June 8, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Turn Off Startup Task Pane I couldn't seem to get rid of the Startup task pane (or pane in the neck, as I came to call it) in Microsoft Word 2003 after I upgraded from Office XP.
PC Magazine December 30, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking	Windows Explorer Displays System32 Folder at Start-Up Visit the Registry to fix a fairly common problem with Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP systems.
PC Magazine November 25, 2003	Get Rid of the Links Folder in IE Tweak the Registry to stop IE from recreating the Links folder after you delete it.
PC World August 2003 Lincoln Spector	When a Windows Update Makes Things Worse You may be able to uninstall bad patches. Plus: Give folders the appearance you prefer, change your default e-mail program, and format Word paragraphs efficiently.
PC Magazine August 2, 2006	Eliminate "Recent Documents" Evidence Disable Window's XP history of your recent documents.
PC Magazine March 15, 2006	Clear XP Unread Messages To clean up the unread message notification, you'll first clear the existing information and then configure the system so it doesn't add more.
InternetNews September 17, 2010	IE9 Won't Support Windows XP The newest version of the Internet Explorer browser from Microsoft won't run on Windows XP, still the company's most widely-used operating system.
PC Magazine December 1, 2009 Neil J. Rubenking	Strip Branding From Your IE Title Bar Some ISPs add annoying branding to the title lines of their Internet Explorer browsers, such as "Provided by Comcast."
PC Magazine August 3, 2004	Remove Items from Add/ Remove Programs Is there any way to take a program off the Add/Remove Programs list without actually uninstalling the program?
PC Magazine April 20, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Remove "Orphan" Internet Explorer Toolbars Removing a toolbar that an uninstaller missed requires some detective work with Regedit.
PC World May 2003 Stuart J. Johnston	Bugs and Fixes: Fix Your Browser and Shop Safely Yet another patch for Internet Explorer to keep your data secure.
PC Magazine June 22, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Control Where Outlook Saves Attachments How to change the location that Outlook uses to store temporary copies of attachments when you choose to open them.
InternetNews August 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Microsoft Revises Security Patch Software giant Microsoft has released a fix to a problematic security patch introduced earlier this month. The update comes two days after the company announced a delay.
PC Magazine January 20, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	A Solution for Windows XP Folder Amnesia? For the past couple of months, Win XP has refused to remember my folder settings.
PC Magazine December 9, 2003	Trouble with Fast User Switching Some remote access programs cause problems with Windows's Fast User Switching feature.
PC Magazine May 4, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking	Context Menu Options to Move or Copy Files You can add "Copy To Folder" and "Move To Folder" to the Windows Explorer context menu, so that when you right-click on a file or folder in Explorer you have the option to copy or move it to another folder.
PC Magazine July 11, 2007 Neil J. Rubenking	IE7 Gripes About Security Settings How to get rid of those annoying pop-ups in IE7.
PC World August 2005 Scott Dunn	A Simple Fix for Windows' Misbehaving Folders Correct problems affecting the opening of folders and dialog boxes... XP's Image-Viewer Shortcut... Add a 'New Folder' Button to Windows Explorer...
InternetNews August 16, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Problem Surfaces With IE Patch If you are using both Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack 1 on either Windows XP with its Service Pack 1 or Windows 2000, Service Pack 4, IE could suddenly crash while trying to access a Web page using the HTTP 1.1 protocol.
InternetNews October 10, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft Patch Day Hits A Few Bumps Microsoft's monthly patch day was a little rougher than usual today, as the company's patch servers hiccupped, leaving Microsoft scrambling for a fix.
PC Magazine August 3, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking	Get Rid of Corrupted Windows Updates Is there any way to delete Windows XP updates that are already downloaded but not installed?
PC World October 23, 2006 Scott Dunn	Windows Tips: Don't Let a Windows Update Bring You Down Put yourself back in the driver's seat by disabling auto installs, updating Microsoft applications, fixing broken updates, and more.
PC Magazine March 14, 2007	Invasion of the Browser Snatcher Windows Update automatically changed default browser to Internet Explorer 7, but this is easily fixed.
PC Magazine May 3, 2006	Don't Miss Outlook Mail Notifications How to manipulate the properties of e-mail notifications to meet your needs.
PC Magazine October 1, 2003 Neil J. Rubenking	Personalize Office's Places Bar When I save a document in Word, a dialog box appears that lets me navigate to the folder where I want to save the file. Is there a way to add a folder to this list?
PC World December 21, 2006 Andrew Brandt	Disable ActiveX Controls That Are Under Attack Set a kill bit in your Windows Registry to prevent rogue ActiveX controls from loading.
PC Magazine August 12, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking	Can't Update? Reinstalling Windows XP will wipe out the history of your system updates.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006	Open With Internet Explorer Right-click a link to open a web page in Internet Explorer with Firefox set as your default.
PC Magazine November 16, 2004 Neil J. Rubenking	Restore Suppressed Dialogs in OE Reinstating some of the e-mail client's warnings requires registry diving.
PC Magazine November 15, 2006	Can't Hang New Wallpaper Changing values in your registry to allow you to change the background of your computer.
InternetNews August 23, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft's Patch of a Patch Will Be Late A planned patch for one of the security fixes released earlier this month will be delayed as Microsoft continues testing to insure it works properly.
PC World August 2003 Scott Dunn	Pain-Free Windows Tweaks Want to fix nagging Windows irritations and automate everyday tasks? With these surprisingly simple Registry and batch-file tips, it's not brain surgery.
PC World July 2005 Stuart J. Johnston	Patch New Cracks in Microsoft Software Critical flaws fixed in Internet Explorer 6, Windows 2000 through XP Service Pack 1, Word 2000 through 2003, Works Suite 2001 through 2004, and MSN Messenger 6.2.
InternetNews March 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Security, Patent Tweaks For Internet Explorer Microsoft this week has updated how Internet Explorer 6.0 handles ActiveX controls, bringing it into alignment with IE 7.0 and the Eolas patent-infringement suit. The update affects Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
PC Magazine June 1, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking	Restore Drive Type Grouping How to return My Computer to its original state without altering file and folder display in Windows Explorer.
PC Magazine June 21, 2006	Eliminate This Desktop Invader Eliminating an annoying Common Tasks Pane that should be part of Windows Explorer, not your desktop.
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PC World February 2003 Stuart J. Johnston	Bugs and Fixes: Gaping Holes in Internet Explorer Keep up with the latest security cracks in Microsoft's browser -- if you can.
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