Getting rid of the items you don’t use can be helpful in navigating the sidebar—a cluttered navigation pane can make it more difficult to find the items you do want (especially if you have more than a few libraries). Technology blog Ghacks has put up a quick guide to hiding them, and all it requires is a bit of minor registry editing.

Windows Explorer’s sidebar comes with a few entries in it that not everyone uses, such as Homegroup or Libraries. If you’d rather keep your sidebar clean (or populate it with more useful items), here’s how to hide the defaults.

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With the new modified version of Window Media Player (WMP) 12, the definition of viewing video and listening audio has changed dramatically. Through this new version not released and available officially, you can have ample opportunity to freely down load this attractive and impressive medium to enjoy your world of music and video.

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You can’t boot Windows XP from a floppy disk the way you used to be able to with DOS. One handy way to easily boot XP is by using a USB flash drive. Here’s how to make it work.

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Most people buy a PC preinstalled with the edition of Windows that meets their unique needs. However, for some customers their needs may change over time.

With Windows Anytime Upgrade (or WAU), we make it super easy and convenient for the small number of customers who’s PC needs evolve to need a higher edition of Windows 7.

There are a couple of specific situations where we think WAU will prove useful:

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