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Windows XP: Resolving the error Registry Cannot Load The Hive
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 | Jason SlaterThis article talks about a particular problem relating to Windows XP booting up.
Just after the initial computer boot up a blue screen (sometimes known as BSoD or Blue Screen of Death) may follow the Windows XP logo with … Read More
Measure Your Computer Boot Time
Monday, 8 March 2010 | Jason SlaterWindows Boot Time Utility – measure your computer boot time.
The current version of the free utility BootTimer, from Planetsoft.org, currently runs on Windows XP platforms and is a handy utility for getting a good understanding of your computers boot … Read More
Quick Tip: Manage Stored User Names and Passwords
Sunday, 24 January 2010 | Jason SlaterWindows XP has a utility which manages stored usernames and passwords for a number of programs and services located in domains other than your currently logged in one, such as such as Passport.NET, Drive Shares, etc.If the icon … Read More
Squeeze A Bit More Performance Out Of Windows XP
Saturday, 23 January 2010 | Jason SlaterIf you don’t perform much file searching on your Windows XP Computer or, perhaps, you use another search provider for searching local files you might be able to squeeze a little more performance out of your computer by telling it not to index your hard disks.
Get More Productive With Windows Search Companion
Friday, 22 January 2010 | Jason SlaterSometimes, in Windows XP, we work with custom file extensions because it’s handy to work that way. An example of this would be text based Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) files which we store locally and suffix with a .edi extension.

We might want to search the contents of these files using the Windows Search Companion at a later date however using a custom file extension can confuse the Search Companion as it won’t know to include these types of files in the results. Fortunately, we can fix this.