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Carry a PC in your pocket

With a USB key chain drive and a little forethought, you can carry a personalized computer everywhere and leave your laptop at home. A notebook PC is a handy thing to have, but lugging one around everywhere...

Why it’s important to lock your computer

Childhood brings back great memories. Like in fifth grade when identical twins switched places and the entire class was in on it. Or when we put salt in the sugar bowl, brewed a pot of coffee for Mom and Dad...

Clean Up Your Files Safely

Considering you’re likely to do some spring cleaning in the coming months by removing old and unwanted clutter from your closets and garage, why not tidy up your computer as well? While deleting programs...

Tips to Speed Up Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 is already a much more responsive operating system than its predecessors, but there are tweaks and changes you can make to speed up Windows 7 even more. By reading this list and...

What Is Windows Registry?

A database used by the Windows operating system (Windows 95 and NT ) to store configuration information. The Registry consists of the following major sections: HKEY_Classes_Root – file associations and...

See behind the asterisks – Firefox

If there’s a page on firefox that has a password just put this in your address bar and it will tell you what’s behind...

Top 3 Registry Cleaners

1. Advanced System Optimizer Advanced System Optimizer includes more than 30 tools for supercharging your PC’s performance, and more than 200 tweaks for customizing Windows and improving its performance....

Windows 7 Shortcut Keys

A variety of new keyboard shortcuts have been introduced in Windows 7. Some of them are: Win+Space operates as a keyboard shortcut for Aero Peek. Win+Up and Win+Down are new shortcuts for Maximize and...

HowTo: Speed up a very slow computer

DISABLE INDEXING SERVICES Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all...

Email Etiquette Tips

1. Take Another Look Before You Send a Message – Don’t send anything you don’t want to send. 2. Do Not Default to “Reply All” – “Reply” is good. “Reply to...