Occasionally I end working on PC that is missing the show desktop icon.  I always end up looking for how to recreate it on Google.  In Windows XP, go the run command then type the following command: regsvr32 /n /i:u shell32.dll Then press enter.  A dialog will let you know it was successful. The show desktop won’t be there until you reboot or type the following command: %appdata%\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch This will open a folder.  Then you can drag the show desktop icon to your quick launch bar (it will create a short cut in the folder that just opened...

Tired of Vista asking you if it’s okay to do anything, that’s the User Account Control (UAC).  You can turn it off or use free third party tools to adjust. I choose to turn it off because it is too annoying.  Just go the control panel-> user accounts.  Then click Turn User Account Control on or off.  Click continue at the UAC prompt and on the next screen, uncheck the Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer. That will turn off UAC and you won’t have to worry about it.

So if your tired of running Vista, you can run Windows 2008 as your workstation.  Windows 2008 runs much smoother than Vista.  I have run Windows 2008 as my main OS and I have enjoyed (until I tried Windows 7).  Here is link to using Windows 2008 Server as a workstation, http://www.win2008workstation.com/wordpress/. I found this info in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Code magazine.