Archive for February 2008

Downsizing Your Desktop

I’ve seen so many people let their desktops get bloated with files and folders; it’s a miracle that they can find anything on their computers. Are you one of those people? Take a quick glance at your desktop. How many icons do you have on there? Do you have a handful of icons or do [...]

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Help Your Computer Shed a Few Extra Kilobytes

Two months after the holiday season ended, most of us are left with fond memories; plenty of presents, some of which quite questionable in taste like Aunt Marge’s knitted socks, and few extra inches around the waist. So, a quick survey of the damage reveals the following: stubborn pants which refuse to zip all the [...]

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Defragging Your Disk

So it’s the middle of February and you’ve scarfed some turkey, filled your belly with Grandma’s apple pie, guzzled some egg nog, and had a few too many plates of nachos at the Super Bowl party and it’s time to finally start that New Year’s Resolution to lose some weight. Fair enough. I wish you [...]

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Backing Up Your Computer

“Have you backed up your computer?”
“No, why should I?”
“Just in case.”
How many times have you had that conversation? I know I have a few times. Those conversations occurred when I was younger and just going off to college with my brand new computer. I didn’t understand or see the point of backing up [...]

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