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CrossOver: A Must-Try Windows Tool for Mac Users

This is a guest article, written by Tim Beyers. Rarely do I need access to Windows programs. For the times when I do, I've switched from a Parallels virtual machine running XP to CodeWeavers' CrossOver for Mac, a virtual environment that simulates the Win32 API, one program at a time. What CrossOver for Mac is CrossOver is built on the open source Wine project, which proposes to re-implement the Windows architecture for Unix. Thus, systems...

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How do I update Firefox on my Windows XP system?

I used to use Internet Explorer and while I had Firefox too, MSIE was my favorite. Now that Google Chrome is out, however, I've switched. My question, though, is since I don't run Firefox on my WinXP computer too often how can I nonetheless ensure that it's always the very latest version?...

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How do I make MS Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) my default browser?

I tried to get IE to ask me if it wanted to be the default browser, but it will not. I keep checking the box and shutting the computer down. I am an unfortunate who had mozilla firefox foisted upon them, please help me restore IE as my default browser....

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How do I sort my Favorites in MS Internet Explorer?

I have about 4,000 sites bookmarked and arranged into folders etc. The problem is that I want them arranged alphabetically. I can arrange them any way I like in Windows Explorer, but that arrangement does not affect them when I click on the "Favourites" in IE. I think they did it automatically in 5.5, but it is really cheesing me off having to keep dragging them manually into alphabetic order....

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