In some scenarios, when using your (or someone else’s) computer, there may be situations where you are not able to exit out of Windows XP without access to the Start bar. The typical and mostly used method of shutting down or exiting Windows is by going to the “Start” menu and then clicking on the “Shut Down” button; however, the case may be that the distribution of Windows XP you are using has been modified to where you cannot access the Start bar nor the Power button on your computer. In this tutorial, I have provided an alternative method that you can use to exit out of Windows and shut down your computer.

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This blog is a great place to find content-rich news pertaining to all distributions of the Microsoft Windows operating system; however, if there is something that you cannot find here on the WindowsDailyNews Blog, you may want to try browsing our quality WindowsDailyNews Directory.

This link directory contains unique user-submitted websites that are organized by Windows-related categories of which I have provided some examples of below:

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When surfing the net and videos on YouTube, we may come across some movies that we would like to keep for ourselves without having to always get online and connect with the popular video search engine. With this in mind, I have provided an easy-to-use step by step method below that will allow you to save a copy of your favorite YouTube videos.

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With technology being anywhere and everywhere today, and the Internet so accessible from wi-fi hotspots, cellular devices, iPods/iPads, and other electronic devices, it is very easy to “stay connected” wherever you are without having to be tethered to a computer. With this in mind, coming in 2011, you will be able to access the internet (and other Windows-based applications) in a truck.

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As we all know and have seen, Apple has taken hold of the “portable” market by releasing iPods and just recently their iPad device, which is a paper-sized tablet that lets you read books, surf the web, and even access social networks without the use of a laptop. With this in mind, Microsoft‘s Windows operating system wants to be a visible part of this market as well.

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In some circumstances, you may need to reinstall Windows XP. It may have been quite some time since you have installed Windows XP, and have accidentally misplaced the original case that your CD came in, which includes the CD key that is needed during the installation process. With this in mind, I would like to bring your attention to a piece of software called Magical Jelly Bean that will allow you to automatically recover the CD key that was entered during your last Windows XP installation.

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With all of the Windows versions currently available on the market, you will more than likely have to pay for extra software after you install your Windows distribution, or buy a new computer with a fresh installation Windows on it – especially if you are in the corporate or graphic design fields. With this in mind, I would like to bring your attention to two alternatives if you are in either of these fields.

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If you use various workstations at one time from your Windows PC and multitask between the two, this blog post is for you. When working with multiple workstations, you are forced to work with multiple keyboards and mice to interact with these workstations, which clutter your desk and make things difficult and confusing. One solution to this is to use a KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) unit, which can be quite cumbersome, because you always have to manually select the other workstation that you want to use. With this in mind and to make life simpler, I would like to bring the application of Synergy to your attention.

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Rackspace has introduced the Rackspace Cloud Plug-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, a Visual Studio toolkit that allows .NET developers to extend development to Rackspace Cloud Servers for Windows.

This set of tools allows developers to deploy applications written with Visual Studio tools directly to Rackspace’s cloud infrastructure.
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Microsoft Security Essentials continues to win industry-backed, third-party security certifications. A good, comprehensive anti-virus is a must-have application in any Windows system. An anti-virus application that scans for up-to-date virus signatures, one that runs concurrently in the background for real-time protection, and also importantly, one that does not hog system-valuable resources during runtime is what a pro user desires whatever the cost. For years that personally has meant only one choice for me: using Kaspersky. Keeping up with yearly subscription costs of many anti-virus applications can be an expensive proposition, and its second-class citizen status on the Windows platform often means system performance degradation. In recent years, Microsoft has continued to improve Microsoft Security Essentials to the point where choosing anything else seems nonsensical.
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