If you want to access to your MS Office files which were created years back then you should think again because now all the MS Word applications save the file in a new format called as DOCX and this is the same reason if you edit or create a new MS Word file now you cannot access the same on your older versions of MS Office like Microsoft Office 2000, 97 & 2003. In order to access these newer versions of files you need to convert them to compatible versions using different options. Here is a small list of the same.

In the past few weeks, I’ve tested a few blogging platforms for the launch of techworkshop.org, and right now, I hesitate between 2 alternatives: WordPress and Textpattern. I’ll be fooling around with both in coming weeks to familiarize myself with them. I have now been running WordPress for a week or so, and I must say that I am quite impressed by its ease of installation. Running a local version of your blog is very useful because it lets you fool around with themes and plugins to your heart’s desire without having to risk breaking your live blog.

Here’s a little guide that will help you install and run WordPress locally on your XP box in less then 10 minutes:

1- Get XAMPP lite for Windows. Choose the exe version, and install it at the root of your C drive.