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Optical Device Drives (ODD), commonly called CD/DVD drives, are well backed by Windows XP’s driver database. You shouldn’t find any difficulty in installing a drive. If you do encounter some sort of problem, you’ve either done something wrong or the device is faulty. Read the rest of this entry »

A printer can be connected to your PC via the LPT port (using a Parallel cable) or through USB (using a USB cable). If you are connecting the printer for the first time, Windows XP will auto-detect the new hardware. If it has recognized the device and has the drivers for it, it will do what’s required all by itself. This is normally the case with a local printer. Read the rest of this entry »

It is very easy to search for files and folders in Windows XP—you get a host of options that you can specify, thus speeding up your search. Press [Windows] + [F] to open the search window. Alternatively, you can open it by clicking Start > Search. Look to the left hand side: you will notice that the Companion offers to filter your search by choosing one of several options: Read the rest of this entry »

Windows XP creates many folders such as ‘My Pictures’, and such folders are by default used by applications to store their files— unless the user decides to save it elsewhere. Novice users may love the idea, but it is not entirely safe to use such ‘friendly’ folders; we will tell you why shortly. Before that, let’s get down to understanding the basic file system of Windows XP. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re using Windows 98, you’d want to know what’s different in XP. But before we move on to the differences between the two operating systems, we should tell you that Microsoft withdrew support for Windows 98 a long time ago! It’s true that there were initial hardware and software compatibility issues when XP was first released on October 25th 2001—that’s why people took Read the rest of this entry »

Now that you’ve installed XP, it’s time to have some fun playing around with it and getting used to it. This isn’t too difficult if you’re a Windows 98 user, but there are a few things that might confuse you at first. In addition, XP introduces several new features, and by the time you’re through with this post, you should have a hang of what XP has to offer. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Anti-virus Software

Before you start surfing the Internet or sharing your files on a network, you must install anti-virus software, otherwise your computer could get infected in a matter of seconds. There are quite a few anti-virus software available, such as Norton AntiVirus 2006, McAfee ViruScan, Read the rest of this entry »