If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One of the things that can help XP run smoother is to regularly get rid of temp files. Ideally you should do this on a daily basis.
Start by emptying Recycle Bin. Right click on it and select “Empty [...]
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The problem is that there’s times when, for whatever reason, Windows will refuse to completely shut down, forcing you to eventually just hit [...]
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Powered by Max Banner Ads Technically I suppose this could be considered two tips but I combined them because either one by itself would make for a really short post.
Antivirus
Simply put, you need to have a good antivirus program and you need to keep it updated so that you’re protected from new variations of malware. [...]
Powered by Max Banner Ads There’s a lot of things that can contribute to your system running sluggish or having an assortment of performance issues. This series is aimed at addressing those issues and providing tips for how to improve system performance on your XP Computer.
In this first offering I want to address your email [...]
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In Windows XP:
Open the Control Panel and choose “System Properties” then choose the Advanced [...]
So the Windows 7 Beta is now out “in the wild” and people are using it. Naturally, since it’s a Beta version, it’s practically guaranteed to have an assortment of bugs that need to be squashed before Microsoft releases the final version. Well, one of those bugs involves that wondrously annoying feature introduced in Vista, the UAC (User Account Control).
Curious about the new version of Windows 7? Want to get an advance look at Microsoft’s newest version of Windows? Or perahps you’re just a little bit masochistic? In either case, it turns out that there is a way to get a copy of it.
It all started out innocently enough. As Windows users all over will know, once in a while, Windows occasionally gets enough un-dealt with crap built up that it starts to slow down the system and things become sluggish. Be it due to accumulated memory leaks or whatever, when it happens the only solution is to shut down and reboot.
they couldn’t stop an email from an MS exec:
“I believe we are going to be misleading customers with the Capable program. OEMs will say a machine is Capable and customers will believe that it will run all the core Vista features. We must avoid confusion. It is wrong for customers.”
