Gallery: Automate Windows by scheduling tasks

Workshop: Boost your notebook PC's battery life

Discover how to squeeze better performance from your laptop battery

PC help: Reduced Admin

Set Vista to run in Administrator mode all the time

Gallery: Customise Windows XP and Vista

Gallery: Make your PC talk with Windows Narrator

Gallery: Boost your notebook PC's battery life

Workshop: Change the Windows logon screen

Tired of the screen that appears when logging into Windows? Discover how to spruce it up

PC help: Computer wants to sleep, not hibernate

What to do if the hibernation option disappears from Windows

Gallery: Change the Windows logon screen

PC help: Clear up unwanted temporary files in Windows

What temporary files do, where they are kept on the hard disk and how to delete them

PC help: Copy the full address of a file

Use the 'Copy as Path' option to copy a file's address to the Windows Clipboard

PC help: Launch programs with a single click

Open applications from the Windows Desktop without having to double-click on them

PC help: Remove shortcut overlay arrows

Get rid of irritating icon markers in Windows