Xah Windows Tips

This page is a collection of tutorials and essays and related to Microsoft Windows. Software recommendations, tricks, for power-users. Tech tips for programers. For new articles, subscribe: Xah's Programing Blog.

Power User Productivity Tips

• Windows Starting too slow? Disable Windows Startup Apps
• How to Use Windows Search; Stop Indexing USB Drives; Rebuilding Index
• Windows: is Your USB Drive Fast Enough for ReadyBoost?
• Remove Windows Media Player Context Menu
• How to Secure Delete Files, Shred Files, Wipe Drive

Keyboard Productivity Tips

Mouse Productivity Tips

• Mouse Speed Too Slow in Mac OS X?
• How To Setup A Network Between Mac And Windows

Windows Tech Tutorial

• Guide to Install Linux on VirtualBox for Programers and Sys Admins

• What Characters Are Not Allowed in File Names on Mac ＆ Windows?
• File Aliases Considered a Plague
• Windows Vista VirtualStore Problem
• Mac ＆ Windows File Conversion
• Windows Start Menu, Desktop, Quick Launch, File Locations
• Windows Sys Admin App Command Line Program Names

Essays

• Why I'm Switching from Mac/Unix To PC/Windows
• Intro to Scripting Tech on Windows (Compared to Unix)
• Windows Font and Unicode
• Keyboarding ＆ Macros in Mac ＆ Windows
• Microsoft Windows Technologies
• Converting Email Formats
• A Tale of PC Problems; Strange Microphone Noise
• Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Confusion Ball
• Windows Blue Screen of Death — a Account of My PC's Memory Failure

Computer Keyboards, Layouts, Hotkeys, Macros, RSI ⌨

Computer Mouse, Trackball, Input Devices

Misc; Unsorted

• Customize Internet Explorer 9 (IE9): Turn on Menu; Put Tabs in Separate Row

• Windows Notes and Todo

• Apple Macbook Air Review
• What's Kindle, iPad, Android, and All That Jazz??
• Solid-State Drive Comes Of Age!
• How to Download All Your Emails in Gmail?
• Web Browser Tab Management: One Hundred Tabs Open in Browser?