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Drivers =>Driver dictionary definition and related links.

Drivers=> Drivers section that contains a listing of manufacturers driver pages.

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Bravofiles=> A great collection of rare and hard to find computer drivers.

DriverGuide =>DriverGuide is an excellent site that does require an account but contains a listing of several million drivers.

DriverAgent =>A great site and service that scans your computer and automatically detect and list available drivers that need to be updated. In order to download any of the drivers however requires a registration fee.

DriversHQ =>A great site that enables users to scan their computers and locate updates for their computers hardware devices. In order to download any of the drivers however requires a registration fee.

MRDriver =>An excellent site that contains a large listing of links and downloads to driver related pages for free.

Driver Museum=>A good site that contains a good listing of old computer drivers, utilities, and manuals.

Computer news related links

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Computer Hope	Our news site that is updated daily with computer news and latest computer related information.
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BBC News	Frequently updated technology related news from BBC.
Blue's News	An excellent site for computer gaming and computer related news.
CW	An excellent site with daily updated computer news and IT news.
DailyTech	Fantastic site covering all technology news.
Engaget	One of the best locations on the Internet to find the latest gadget and technology news.
Google News	Science and Technology generated news links from millions of places around the Internet.
Internetnews	A great website updated daily by Internet.com that lists daily computer news.
Linux Today	An excellent news page dedicated to Linux variant information and news.
MWatch	A great page for people looking for the latest Microsoft news.
News.com	Cnet news service that has up-to-date computer related news.
Reddit	Great community driven site that gives the latest Technology related news that is voted up by the readers.
Reuters	One of the leading providers of news and good source of technical news.
Slashdot	An excellent news site containing news for nerds.
Tech.Meme	A great site that generates the latest news articles every five minutes from thousands sites and weblogs.
TechNewsWorld	An excellent site with computer news around the world.
The Register	A great technology and computer news web page.
Wired News	A fantastic news, technology, culture, business site.
Yahoo News	An excellent site from Yahoo that lists updated daily news in various categories.
ZDNet News	Ziff Davis updated computer news and information.

Turn Off CD Auto Play

Turn Off CD Auto Play
->Open My Computer.
->Right-click on your CD-ROM and choose Properties.
->Click on the Auto Play tab.
->In the drop down box you can choose the action for each choice shown in the drop down box.
->or Go to Start > Run > type gpedit.msc
->Go to Computer Config > Administrative Template > System.
->Double-click Turn off Autoplay.
->Enable it.

Disable Error Reporting

Disable Error Reporting
->Open Control Panel.
->Click on Performance and Maintenance.
->Click on System.
->Then click on the Advanced tab.
->Click on the error-reporting button on the bottom of the windows.
->Select Disable error reporting.
->Click OK. Click OK

Restore Shortcuts

If a shortcut that you want is removed, follow these steps to restore the shortcut:
->On the Desktop, double-click the Unused Desktop Shortcuts folder. The Unused Desktop Shortcuts dialog box is displayed. Note: If the Unused Desktop Shortcuts dialog box is maximized, click the Restore Down button (appears to the left of the red Close button).
->Drag the shortcut that you want to the Windows desktop.
->Close the Unused Desktop Shortcuts dialog box.

Disable Automatic Windows Update

Windows XP is configured out of the box to routinely scan for and download updates to Windows XP automatically. While this can be somewhat convenient for those with very fast Internet connections and those who would otherwise forget to check for updates, it can be a nuisance for the rest of us, who are still using 56k or, even worse 33k modem connections.
->Open the System icon in Control Panel (or right-click My Computer and select Properties), and choose the Automatic Updating tab.
->To check for updates manually, open Internet Explorer and select Windows Update from the Tools menu.

Create a Password Reset Disk

Microsoft has enhanced security features in XP including the ability to create a floppy diskette to recover your password in case it is forgotten.
->Click Start > Control Panel > User Accounts.
->Click on the account which you want to create a password disk.
->Click Prevent a forgotten password which starts the Forgotten Password Wizard .
This is found under Related Tasks.
->Insert a blank, formatted disk into drive A, and click Next.
->Enter the password in the Current user account password box.
To use the recovery disk, at the Welcome screen:
->Click the user name whose password is on the recovery disk.
->Click the question mark button, this causes the "Did you forget your password message" to appear.
->Click use your password reset disk. This will start the Password Reset Wizard.
From this point, just follow the wizard's instructions and you will be able to set a new password.