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		<title>not a new idea, but interesting</title>
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		<title>a free ipod video</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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http://www.getitfree.net/xogxhlxzs
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		<title>Disk Utility will read and convert .toast files</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Panther, the new look Disk Utility can now mount .toast files, which can then be converted to .dmg and burned to disk &#8212; This can be helpful if you have .toast files but not Toast, for example.
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		<title>Adding the Control Panel to the Start Menu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Open up the Explorer
Go to \WINDOWS\Start Menu
Right click in the right-hand panel
Add a new folder
Name it Control Panel.{21ec2020-3aea-1069-a2dd-08002b30309d}
This makes getting to the Control Panel items a little easier

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		<title>Removing Shortcut Arrows</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An easy way to remove those irritating arrows from your desktop shortcut icons and not change their properties

Right click the Desktop / Properties / Appearance tab
Select Item
Scroll for Icon
The default size is 32
Change this to 30
Clicking Apply

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		<title>Creating 3D Window Effect</title>
		<link>http://windowstipsandtricks.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/creating-3d-window-effect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can create a nice 3D effect for your windows

Start Regedit
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Colors
Make sure the following setting are there:


ButtonHilight=128 128 128
ButtonShadow=255 255 255

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		<title>Organizing the Start / Programs Listing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you add more and more programs, the listing of them in Start / Programs can get fairly long.
One solution is to categorize your programs into several groups, create a folder for those groups, and move the shortcuts to those folders.
For example:

Start the Explorer
Go to Windows / Start Menu / Programs
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		<title>Restoring a Lost Desktop</title>
		<link>http://windowstipsandtricks.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/restoring-a-lost-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you ever lose the Desktop but Explorer is still running with the Start Button, 
you can do this to bring back your Desktop in a Windows box.

Click Start
Click Run
Type a period &#8221; . &#8220;
Then press Enter

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		<title>Easy Access to Folders from the Toolbar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can quickly access commonly used folders from your Toolbar

Right click on an open area of the Toolbar
Select Toolbars / New Toolbar
Browse to the directory you want to add
Now on the toolbar you will see the name of that folder displayed.
Click on the &#62;&#62; to open any sub-folders as well.

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		<title>Adding New Document Templates</title>
		<link>http://windowstipsandtricks.wordpress.com/2006/08/02/adding-new-document-templates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Save a blank file with the program for the documents you wish to create the templates, into the hidden directory \WINDOWS\ShellNew.
Then open the Registry Editor and add the key &#8220;ShellNew&#8221; under the extension related to that document (ie. .BAS, .ORG, .DXF)
Add a new substring and name it Filename
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