Unhandled Perception

Driver Detective software is designed to quickly locate the most current drivers specific to your computer system through its user friendly interface and access to an extensive database. Driver Detective saves the frustration and extensive time investment usually associated with updating drivers.

Link:
http://www.drivershq.com/

Windows XP is made up of a bunch of different applications running side by side. These applications are broken down into services, DLL files, and registry entries. Before I get a bunch emails, I know it’s far more complex than this but I am trying to keep it simple. Today we are going to focus in on some default XP services that are completely useless, or close to it. These services run in the background and take up memory, so disabling some of them will increase the amount of available memory in your system.

Link:
http://www.devotedgeek.com/…

Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday offered a glimmer of hope to fans of the company’s XP operating system, saying customer demand may see the company reconsider a decision to stop selling XP in June.

Link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/…

Today Microsoft announced the worldwide extension of the availability of Windows XP Home for an emerging, new class of mobile personal computers commonly known as ultra-low-cost PCs, or ULCPCs. Windows XP Home for ULCPCs will be available until the later of June 30, 2010, or one year after general availability of the next version of Windows.

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/…

Windows only: If there’s only a few things most Microsoft Vista upgraders and nay-sayers can agree upon, one likely talking point is that Vista’s fonts are generally clean, smooth, and a step up from XP. Getting the newer fonts in XP doesn’t have to involve illegal downloads and system tweaking, however—as the gHacks tech blog points out, simply installing Microsoft’s PowerPoint Viewer 2007 installs a bundle of Vista fonts in XP that you can use as your system defaults.

Link:
http://lifehacker.com/…

• Organize your files into groups
• Make your own icons
• Don’t just maximize your windows—go full screen
• Add the Links toolbar to My Computer
• Arrange windows on your desktop

Link:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/5xptricks.mspx

XP Minimal-Requierement-Test was setup to see just how low you could go and still run Windows XP. Have a 20 MHz computer lying around and don’t know what to do with it? Well, install Windows XP of course.