May 15, 2008
All readers are eligible for our bonus download
You have only until June 4 to get our exclusive, FREE, 20-page excerpt from the hilarious new book Delete This At Your Peril (left). Maxim magazine says the author's e-mail exchanges with Nigerian spammers are "brilliantly deranged." Read more »
Steal our links — no, really, we mean it
This week, we've made it easier for you to send your friends and associates links to all the topics we publish. You can even send your buddies — who aren't Windows Secrets subscribers at all — links to some of our paid content. Read more »
Keep XP fresh until Windows 7 arrives
When Windows XP was released, wireless routers were rare, few cell phones supported e-mail, and YouTube was just a gleam in some PayPal employees' eyes. But like a fabled perpetual motion machine, XP keeps on going and going — and if you follow some simple guidelines, the OS will keep running in top condition until Vista's successor is ready in 2010. Read more »
Windows rocks! The OS plays a Who classic
The next time someone tells you Windows is no fun, point them to this video of the OS's version of a classic by one of the greatest rock bands of all times. Read more »
One online notetaker outshines the competition
Whether you just need to do a little brainstorming or you're creating a multimedia scrapbook, one free notebook service makes collecting and sharing ideas a snap. Or keep things super-simple by recording your thoughts in plain text via two other useful Web apps. Read more »
More vulnerabilities found in Internet Explorer 
There are no patches for two recently discovered Internet Explorer 7 security bugs, but you can defend against them. One of the exploits causes secure information to remain cached, and the other may make Javascript unsafe. Read more »
XP Service Pack 3 crashes HP's AMD-based PCs
Microsoft's latest — and last — service pack for Windows XP causes some systems that use AMD chipsets to reboot over and over again. The solution involves booting into Safe Mode or using the Recovery Console to disable a problematic driver. Read more »