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Just upgraded, or gotten a new computer maybe? Or you might have friends and contacts who use it and you want to &#8220;show off&#8221; a little by teaching them a few tricks? I`ve collected 10 of my favourite WinXP tricks, each of them easy to use, and very helpful, and if you follow the instructions step-by-step, they work perfectly. So here goes:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #1:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Having a problem making your desktop icons stay exactly where you put them?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>When you temporarily change your desktop to a lower resolution\u0097for example whilst using Safe mode, Windows can wreak havoc with your careful positioning of desktop icons.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Right click your desktop click arrange icons and uncheck auto arrange. You can now drag &amp; drop them wherever you want them. Note that if you start your computer in SAFE mode you will have to rearange them again.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #2:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Accidentally moved your taskbar and want it back where it was?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Point your mouse to a &#8216;blank&#8217; area inside the taskbar, THEN hold down your left mouse button, and DRAG it down where you want it to go. It may take a couple of tries to get it over.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #3:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Feel like changing your Start Menu?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(1) Right click a blank spot on the Start Menu.&#13;<br \/>(2) Select Properties&#13;<br \/>(3) Select Customize&#13;<br \/>(4) Select the Advanced tab.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Most of those preset items which don&#8217;t have the option to check or uncheck will be there. For each item listed you&#8217;ll have the option to Display as link or Display as menu or Don&#8217;t display this item. Make your selection as you desire. Note that you will have the option to display the Control Panel as a menu, which you might find very useful.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #4:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Getting grey popup boxes with ads in? Stop the spam like this:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(1) Select &#8220;Start&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(2) Select &#8220;Settings&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(3) Choose &#8220;Control Panel&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(4) Choose &#8220;Administrative Tools&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(5) Choose &#8220;Services&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(6) Right-click on &#8220;Messenger&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(7) Select &#8220;Stop&#8221;&#13;<br \/>To permanently disable Messenger:&#13;<br \/>(8) Right click &#8220;Messenger&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(9) Select &#8220;Properties&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(10) Change &#8220;Startup Type&#8221; to &#8220;Disabled&#8221; and click &#8220;OK&#8221;&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #5:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Having problems viewing sites cos your computer isn`t accepting the cookies?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Open a New Browser window.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(1) Click on Tools (in toolbar).&#13;<br \/>(2) Click on Internet Options.&#13;<br \/>(3) Click on Privacy.&#13;<br \/>(4) Click on Advanced.&#13;<br \/>(5) Click on Override Cookie Control.&#13;<br \/>(6) Click on Enable First Party Cookies.&#13;<br \/>(7) Click on Enable Session Cookies.&#13;<br \/>(8) Click OK.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #6:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Want to change how you see your emails? Try this:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;view&#8221; at top. &#8220;Layout&#8221; will allow you to fix what you see. &#8220;Sort by&#8221; will let you arrange the order the messages appear in.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #7:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Want to disable the Automatic Update reminders in Windows?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Open Internet Explorer\/Tools\/Internet Options\/Advanced tab, under &#8220;Browsing&#8221; take the checkmark out of &#8220;Automatically check for Internet Explorer Updates&#8221;, click Apply, click OK.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Another thing to try is to:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(1) Click Start&#13;<br \/>(2) Click Run&#13;<br \/>(3) Type in: &#8220;MSCONFIG&#8221; (without the quotes)&#13;<br \/>(4) Click OK.&#13;<br \/>(5) Under the Startup tab take the checkmark out of &#8220;Critical Updates&#8221;&#13;<br \/>(6) Click Apply&#13;<br \/>(7) Click OK&#13;<br \/>(8) Restart your computer.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #8:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Got too many icons on your desktop?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Right click on an empty space on your desktop, highlight &#8220;Arrange Icons By&#8221;, the click on Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #9:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Tired of seeing your pointer as an arrow or an hourglass all the time? Windows XP offers a number of alternative pointer schemes, such as Dinosaur, Ocean and Sports.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Open the Control Panel, double-click Mouse, and select the Pointers tab. (If you start in Category view, select Appearance and Themes, then click Mouse Pointers under &#8220;See Also.&#8221;) Next to Schemes, click the down arrow and select a scheme to preview its pointers. Click OK to apply the scheme to your desktop. Simple as that.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Top Tip #10:&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Want to hear your computer talk?&#13;<br \/>Select Start, Programs, Accessories, Accessibility, Narrator. Or press the Windows key plus the letter &#8220;U&#8221; to open the Utility Manager. Microsoft Narrator, an accessibility option designed to assist readers who are blind or have impaired vision, starts automatically.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve read through the intro screen (or let the Narrator do it), click OK and you&#8217;ll see a dialog box of Narrator options. 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