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How to Make Your Computer Boot Faster A variety of tricks of varying sophistication can reclaim valuable minutes or seconds of a computer's get-up-and-go time. |
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Windows Rejuvenated! Is your aging Windows machine slowing down? Getting creaky? Just plain showing its age? Here's how to make it work the way it did fresh out of the box. |
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Top 5 System Tools Free up RAM, tweak your hardware, and remove remnants of programs when you uninstall... |
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December 2004
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Answer Line: Common PC Problems Solved: The Ultimate FAQ Solutions to your most frequently asked questions about troubleshooting, data security, and Registry fixes. |
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Buy a Computer, Get Adware for Free! Boot up a new system today, and the desktop is likely to be larded with icons pitching stuff you don't want. |
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Windows Hacks: Registry Remedies Get the Windows XP you really want with these 12 tips for mastering the operating system's inner workings. |
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Wipe Out Windows Annoyances Banish the worst glitches, time-wasters, and irritations in the Windows XP with these 29 tips. Plus: Get the scoop on Windows' biggest rivals. |
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Can't Hang New Wallpaper Changing values in your registry to allow you to change the background of your computer. |
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Windows Tips: Vanquish Still More Windows Annoyances These eight tricks should improve your Windows experience. |
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Step by Step: Get Any PC, New or Old, Ready for Everyday Use Customize your system settings, update drivers, get rid of built-in software you don't want, and more. |
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The Trouble-Free PC With the right utilities, you can heal your ailing machine--or even keep it from getting sick in the first place. All-in-one suites and specialized tools are tested to find the best. |
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March 16, 2005
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Top Desktops Under $500 For less than $500, you can get a solid everyday PC that will let you work with photos, music, video, and more. Dell Inspiron 530... eMachines T5274... HP Compaq Presario SR5610F... Lenovo IdeaCentre K210... |
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Lincoln Spector |
Clean Up What a Messy Uninstall Leaves Behind Eliminate a deleted application's remaining pieces... Streamline your startup... Get missing Web images to show... etc. |
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Kirk Steers |
Is There Gold in Your Attic? Cash In Your Old PC Three ways to get a little more value--or use--out of a system you don't want anymore. |
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Scott Dunn |
76 Ways to Get More Out of Windows Quick, easy ways to tame your operating system...from speed tweaks to security checks to troubleshooting tips. |
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Removing Orphan MSCONFIG Items Here's how to manually delete a Startup entry from the Windows configuration utility. |
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Gunk Busters! Get your PC running like new with these easy tips for clearing the crud out of Windows, applications, and hardware. |
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Steve Bass |
Work Smart From the Start in Windows Get faster access to your favorite shortcuts, and give the rest the boot. |
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First Look: New 24-Inch LCDs from Dell and HP The Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP and HP LP2465 monitors offer plenty of real estate as well as a good display. |
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Super Windows Secrets Smart tips that unleash Windows' hidden powers -- whether you've upgraded to XP or not... |
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Lincoln Spector |
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Scott Dunn |
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Michael Desmond |
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June 22, 2004
Bill Machrone |
Spyware or Slyware? Software that sneaks onto your machine may not always be spyware, but it's not very welcome either. A look at WildTangent, installed with AIM 5.5. |
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Scott Dunn |
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Pain-Free Windows Tweaks Want to fix nagging Windows irritations and automate everyday tasks? With these surprisingly simple Registry and batch-file tips, it's not brain surgery. |
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Analysts: Demystifying The HP, Dell Tie HP enjoyed a solid Q4 and finished 2006 in a tie with Dell for worldwide PC shipments, Gartner and IDC find. |
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Joel Santo Domingo |
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