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bill - 8:16 am on Mar 22, 2007 (gmt 0)


  • How to customize the My Places bar in both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Office
    KB article 826214 [support.microsoft.com]
    This article describes how to customize the My Places bar in Microsoft Office. The My Places bar appears in the left pane of both the Open and the Save As dialog boxes in Microsoft Office programs.

  • How to Add The Safe Mode Option To The Boot Menu
    1. Press [Windows][Break] to open the System Properties dialog box.
    2. On the Advanced tab, click the Settings button in the Startup And Recovery section.
    3. the System Startup section, click the Edit button.
    4. When the Boot.ini file opens in Notepad, locate the line that ends with the /fastdetect switch.
    5. Highlight and copy that line, and paste it in the line below.
    6. Change the section on the line that reads WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional” to WINDOWS=”Safe Mode.”
    7. Add the following to the end of the line:
      /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog

  • Make Windows Explorer open to My Computer
    In Windows Explorer shortcut change the target to:

    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

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