HowToHaven™
Tutorials and guides on how to do various things with your computer
System
"How to" articles on using and customizing your computer and operating system.
- How to Change the Disk Signature of a Drive Without Losing Existing Data or Reformatting
- How to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Create an Integrated XP Setup Disk with SP 3
- How to Back Up Your Hard Disk in Windows
- How to Securely Prepare Your Old Computer for Disposal
- How to Turn Off Volume Shadow Copy in Windows Vista
- How to Work Around the Missing Up Arrow Button in Vista's Windows Explorer
- How to Customize the Sherpya XPE for Your Windows Rescue CD (BartPE Disk)
- How to Force Windows Explorer to Always Show You the File Extensions
- FAQ for How to Create Windows XP Setup CD for a Windows-Preloaded System
- How to Create an Emergency Windows Rescue CD
- How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD on a Preinstalled Windows System
- How to Delete Undeletable, Locked, Busy or Currently In-Use Files in Windows
- How to Perform a Full Manual Defragmentation of Your Hard Disk Under Windows Vista
More System "How To" articles...
Multimedia
"How To" articles pertaining to audio, video, music, multimedia and the like.
More Multimedia "How To" articles...
Web Design
Featured Articles
- How to Start/Create Your Own Website: The A-Z Guide
- How to Register Your Own Domain Name
- How to Create a Search Engine Friendly Website
- Dreamweaver CS5 Tutorial: How to Design a Website with Dreamweaver CS5
- How to Design and Publish Your Website with KompoZer
- How to Choose a Good Domain Name for your Website
- How to Choose a Good Web Host
- How to Accept Credit Cards on Your Website
- How to Make Money From Your Website
- How to Improve Your Search Engine Ranking on Google
- Which Web Host Do You Recommend?
What's New
30 December 2009- New page: How to Change the Disk Signature of a Drive Without Losing Existing Data or Reformatting. If you've received an error from Windows saying "This disk is offline because it has a signature collision with another disk", or if you've tried to connect a disk to your system and found that Windows refused to recognize it even though you knew the disk was working properly, read this article to find out one way to solve it.
- Minor updates to the How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD on a Preinstalled Windows System article to address a common user error.
- Happy New Year!
- New page: How to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Create an Integrated XP Setup Disk with SP 3. Now that service pack 3 for XP is released, how do you go about integrating it into your existing XP setup disk, so that when you next install XP, you will automatically have a system with XP SP 3? This guide shows you how.
- New page: How to Back Up Your Hard Disk in Windows. Learn how to back up your hard disk in such a way that you can restore your system to its working state any time there is a problem. A hard disk image is a useful thing to have in the event of hardware problems (like a crashed disk) or a bad virus attack on your system.
- New page: How to Securely Prepare Your Old Computer for Disposal. Don't just throw away or give away your old computer. Even if you delete your files or reformat it, your data still lives somewhere on your hard disk. This guide shows you how you can securely prepare your old computer before you dispose of it (or donate it).
- New page: How to Turn Off Volume Shadow Copy in Windows Vista. Learn how to turn off Vista's volume shadow copy to save space and possibly increase security.
- New page: How to Work Around the Missing Up Arrow Button in Vista's Windows Explorer. If you are one of those who miss the "Up" arrow functionality of Windows XP and earlier, after migrating to Vista, you may be pleased to learn that even better methods exist in Vista to give you one-click access to parent folders. Learn more about it from this tutorial.
New Pages on thefreecountry.com
- Free / Open Source Non-SQL Database Servers and Engines
- Free Royalty Free Music and Sounds
- Free Programmer's Fonts
- Free 3D Software Box Image Makers
- What is MySQL? What is a Database? What is SQL?
- How to Make the Meta Tags for Your Website into an Editable Region in a Dreamweaver Template
- How to Create Bulleted Lists (Unordered Lists) for Your Web Page with KompoZer
- How to Point Multiple Domain Names to One Website: And How to Avoid Search Engine Problems When Doing So
- How to Create a Bulleted List (Unordered List) for Your Website in Dreamweaver
- How to Point a Domain Name to Your Website (Or What to Do After Buying Your Domain Name)
- How to Add a CAPTCHA Test to Your Feedback Form Script: Reducing Spam in Your Contact Form
