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Significantly reduce your system boot time

Significantly reduce your system boot time
Do you remember how fast your computer used to boot up when it was new? But now, it takes over 2 mins or even longer after you switch it on before you can start any work. If you are one of those who keep downloading and trying out new software, sooner than later your computer [...]
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Automatically change the priority of the active application

Automatically change the priority of the active application
Windows lets you adjust the each applications priority for the system individually in case your want your computer to assign more resources to a particular task. But if you are using more than one application at a time, and you keep switching between them time to time , wouldn’t it be great if your computer [...]
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Easily switch between Command prompt and Windows Explorer

Easily switch between Command prompt and Windows Explorer
If you are a Windows power user, you would agree that whichever version of Windows you might be using, the Command Prompt remains an indispensible tool. Once in a while, you do have turn to it either due to necessity or for convenience. If you are using Vista or Windows 7, you probably already know [...]
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Fix common Windows problems with a single click

Fix common Windows problems with a single click
FixWin is a free utility from thewindowsclub team that requires just over 500KB of space, runs without installation, and quickly fixes 50 different Windows glitches. You would other wise need to meddle with the Registry to fix many of these problems. For example, if your Recycle Bin icon is missing, you can fix it with [...]
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Password protect minimized applications with LockThis

Password protect minimized applications with LockThis
Have you ever wanted to let a friend quickly borrow your windows computer, but didn’t want to worry about them looking through the other applications that you have open, like, maybe an instant messenger window? One way would be to save and close all the other applications before you hand over the machine to your [...]
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Do your Emails disappear once you have read them?

If you’re finding emails from your Windows Mail or Outlook Express inbox go missing right after you’ve read them, closed the program, then reopened it, don’t panic. Most likely, the messages are perfectly safe, and you just managed to accidentally change a setting in Windows Mail that hides messages once you’ve read them. It’s easy [...]
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Speed up file deletion in Windows Vista

If you are using Windows Vista, you might have noticed that when you drag a file to the Recycle Bin, it sometimes takes 30 to 45 seconds to complete the process (sometimes even longer). A feature in Vista has been causing this problem for some, even though it shouldn’t. Remote Differential Compression attempts to moderate [...]
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How to make Vista and XP taskbar to show only icons

The Windows 7 taskbar consists exclusively of icons, even for programs that are currently running. While at first it may appear to be inconvenient to identify the tabs with just the icons, you quickly get used to it and importantly it frees up lots of extra space on the taskbar. However, in Windows Xp or [...]
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Thumbs.db – What’s it and how to get rid of it.

You have been using windows for a while and suddenly you find that there is an extra file called thumbs.db which appears beside all of your downloaded pictures and in several of your folders. And no matter how many times you delete it, it keeps returning. Enough signs for you to suspect that this is [...]
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Preview open windows on taskbar with thumbnails

One of the cool feature in Windows Vista is the ability to get a thumbnail preview of open windows by just mousing over the tabs on the taskbar. It sure does helps you to quickly find the window/application you want when you have several such tabs on the taskbar.
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How to fix a corrupt iTunes File

How to fix a corrupt iTunes File
If you download a lot of files on iTunes, particularly videos, eventually you’re bound to get a corrupt file that can’t finish downloading. As a fix, iTunes might prompt you to “Check for Available Downloads” under the Store menu, but chances are this will only re-download the corrupt file leaving you with something you paid [...]
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