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Microsoft Windows XP - Helpful Tips and Tricks
(latest update - June 23 2008)
1. Microsoft Support
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Microsoft Help and Support Page (Self Support, Assisted Support and Microsoft Services).
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Find help for your Microsoft related technical issues, straight from Microsoft itself.
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Latest news and information on Microsoft Windows XP. Includes How-to articles, various downloads and troubleshooting tips.
- Do you have questions about Windows XP SP2? Are you running into problems with hardware or programs now that you've installed the service pack? This portal can help you find answers and troubleshoot SP2 on your home computer, notebook or network.
Look for answers and solutions to the three most common topics:
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Portal used to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
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An access point to link to all of the support newsgroups. Read interesting posts, search for specific topics, answer a question, or post your own questions to the group.
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Search the vast store of security bullitens for the solution to your issues.
2. Important Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles
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This article discusses the limitations of the FAT32 file system in Windows XP.
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This article describes the Fdisk and Format tools and how to use them to partition or repartition a hard disk. Applies to Microsoft Windows 95, 98 and Millennium Edition ONLY.
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This article describes how to partition and format a hard disk with Microsoft Windows XP. Learn about your partitioning and formatting options, what to consider before you partition or format your hard disk, and how to partition and format your hard disk. Additionally, this article contains links to resources that can help you troubleshoot if problems occur.
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This step-by-step article describes how to use the Windows XP Disk Management snap-in to configure a basic disk and prepare it for use. This article also describes how to create and delete partitions, and how to format volumes with the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems.
3. Microsoft XP - Interesting Web Sites
4. General Tips
- Click Start, click Run, type
compmgmt.msc, and then click OK
- Click Start, point to Run, type
diskmgmt.msc, and then click OK
- Click Start, point to Run, type
services.msc, and then click OK