The latest standard for wireless networking is 802.11n that clocks in speeds of above 100Mbps. If you’ve upgraded your wireless networking equipment to 802.11n you may not have experienced the performance boost you were expecting. By default, Windows XP is not optimized to handle this increase in speed. You can edit the registry to turn on a feature called Receive Window Scaling that will help XP take advantage of this speed increase. As always, back up the registry before making changes.

Navigating through the Windows file system can be difficult especially when you need to find a specific system folder. You have the need to find the folder where your cookies are stored or possibly the folder that contains your temporary internet files. Using the shell command there is a handy way to find them easily. Here’s how:

Making changes to the registry in Windows has been a fact of PC life for a long time now. Before making any changes it’s always a good idea to make a backup of the registry just in case. Many registry modifications take effect immediately and there is no “undo” function. If you make a mistake while editing the registry, it can cause major problems, including a non-bootable system.

It is possible for the “Folder Options” choice to be missing from the “Tools” menu within Windows Explorer, try this to restore the “Folder Options” if you are running Windows XP Pro:

Wouldn’t be nice if all those cool sidebar gadgets could be placed somewhere else other than… well… the sidebar. Good news, they can! Here’s how: