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In the past I have been able to resize my Window Taskbar. Now I cannot seem to grab the top edge in order to make it smaller. It’s huge at the moment and rather annoying. Any idea why this is the case?

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How do I prevent items being added to the My Recent Documents folder in the Start menu or disable it entirely? I use Windows XP.

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I’m trying to run defrag, however I can’t do this because of lack of space. I only have just 10 per cent of its space free and Disk Defragmenter is refusing to continue. I have a fear of deleting applications and files, not least because everything looks like it is required. What can I do?

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I inherited a computer from a cousin of mine and whenever an email arrives it makes a naughty sound. I’d like to change this, but I’m not sure where from?

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When I am writing documents in Microsoft Word on my Windows computer, I find the blinking cursor distracting. I would prefer a solid line rather than one that flashes constantly. How can I change it?

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I’m a big fan of Windows 7 and I just the fact that I can pin applications to my Taskbar so I can access them quickly. I’d like to pin my C drive to the taskbar so I can access my files quickly, but dragging it down doesn’t work. How can I do this?

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I have a folder for all the documents I’m currently working in a specific folder on my computer. I would like to include this folder in the list of shortcuts that appears in the Open File dialogue window. How can I do this on my Windows 7 PC?

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I have a large collection of Favourites in Internet Explorer and would like to back them up so that if anything happened to my machine I wouldn’t lose them. Where are they stored and how can I back them up?

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