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Update: It appears this fix isn't really a fix, as Vista's automatic settings do take advantage of dual cores, when possible. Sorry for the unintentionally false hack, and thanks to the many...

I personally like the num lock key to be switched on by default once I’ve logged in to KDE. For me, it’s much more useful to have access to the numeric keypad as, just that, a numeric keypad, than it is to have a glorified arrow key navigation pad.

Windows XP/NT only: We've shown you how to trim Windows down to the bare essentials and setting up pre-fetching for faster booting, but how do you know if your painstaking changes are having any real...

Many of us know that when Windows boots up the Computer, it also initiates a lot of programs, these are called Startup Programs. This post is a tutorial aimed at helping you know more about your startup applications. I will describe how to know which all startup applications are configured to run on your PC when Windows is loaded, what are those Applications and how you can enable or disable them. I will also introduce you to the Sysinfo.org website which has information about Startup Applications. If you have too many programs or background processes loading up when your PC Starts up Windows, as an after effect, your Operating system, starts distributing system resources to these applications; which in turn puts a load on the resources and can even lead to it crashing in case of resource shortage. To know what all programs get loaded upon startup in your Windows XP installation; 1.) Click on Start -> Run