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Where, Oh, Where Did My Favorite Fonts Go?

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Where, Oh, Where Did My Favorite Fonts Go? (Adobe Creative Suite 5)

If text in your Adobe Creative Suite (CS) 5 documents reflows after upgrading versions, there’s a good reason. Upon installing a newer version of Adobe software, newer versions of fonts are installed in the default system font directory. If older versions of these [...]

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Minimize Windows Boot time

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Minimize Windows Boot time (Windows XP)

If you’re speed freak and feeling adventurous in squeezing every second to make your Windows PC start faster, then this is for you.

The “Windows” boot process is a complex set of processes usually governed by a few config files.

Let’s examine Boot.ini

Boot.ini is a configuration file usually located at [...]

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Generate a new encryption key

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Easily generate a new encryption key to replace one that’s been compromised (Microsoft Windows XP/Server 2003)

As you know, the Encrypting File System (EFS) can protect your data from unauthorized access by encrypting it at the file or folder level. You can easily encrypt your files or folders through the Microsoft Windows GUI.

Under the hood, [...]

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Back up your login password to avoid losing it altogether

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Microsoft Windows XP’s Forgotten Password Wizard allows you to create a password reset disk that you can use to recover your user account and personalized computer settings in the event you forget your login password.

The procedure to do so differs depending on whether your computer is on a domain or in a workgroup, and whether [...]

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