I have an odd problem when booting windows XP, I haven't been able to isolate it yet. There's no hardware boot problem, and I get into windows every time. The symptoms occur<BR>a little less than 50% ...

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I bet you've never heard the Windows XP startup sound on a theremin. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Musician and YouTuber Joe ...

Startup programs are apps that automatically run when you log in to your computer. However, as much convenience as these apps offer, there’s one downside to using them: if you have too many startup ...

To disable startup applications on Windows 11, open the Settings app and navigate to Apps > Startup, and click the toggle next to the app you want to disable. Windows 10 also provides options to ...

In the Windows XP All Programs menu, certain folders and subfolders are highlighted. Why? How can I turn this off? I tried both a Windows Help search and an Ars search, and no luck, but I'm sure it ...

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As you can see on the lead-in image above, when you right-click on the invalid entry (in this case OneDrive), the Open file location option would be grayed out if the executable doesn’t exist in the ...

Startup Delayer lets you prioritize the programs that start automatically with Windows, giving you a faster start to your workday. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor ...

That’s probably why “artist, producer and DJ” ROMderful felt the need to do this to its startup music, taking the six-second chime composed by Bill Brown and making it a full R&B song about a girl who ...

Windows maintains a list of programs that can launch themselves as soon as you log in to the system. It comes in handy for those programs which should be ready to use right away. However, it may ...