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Now You can add the Computer menu as a folder on the taskbar for the easiest access to your drives. You could also use this tip for any folder you want.
To add a folder to the taskbar,
1. Right-click on the “taskbar“.
2. Choose the “Toolbars” menu.
3. Click on “New Toolbar“.
4. Select the “Computer” icon
5. Click on [...]

In order to Change the “Default Wallpaper folder” to the “My pictures” folder you can follow the below trick in order to use your own images right from the “Desktop Properties“.
To do this
1. Click on the “Start” Button.
2. Open the “Run” menu from it and type “regedit.exe” in order to bring the registry editor.
3. Then [...]

In order to clear the browsing history , its easy to clear it from the menus of ie7.but if you are a command line junky then you can use this following codes to clear it from the command line.
1. Temporary Internet Files :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 8
2. Cookies :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 2
3. History :- RunDll32.exe InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess [...]

Most CD-ROMS are capable of supporting DMA mode, but the default in XP is still PIO. Setting it to DMA won’t make your CD-ROM faster, but it will consume less CPU cycles. In order to improve your IDE Harddisk performance which supports DMA access, do it as follows,
1. Right Click on “My Computer” on the [...]

If you want to show or hide the “Common Tasks Panel” (blue bar with additional options on the left side) you may simply need to turn on Common Tasks to do it.
1. Click on the “Start” Button.
2. Select “My Computer“.
3. Go to Tools –> Folder Options.
4. Check ” Show common tasks in folders” option.
5. [...]