Managing Startup Programs With the MSCONFIG System Configuration Utility

in computer performance

The System Configuration Utility can be the answer to diagnosing problems with background startup programs in Windows XP. Disabling programs you don’t need, rather than allowing them to run in the background all the time, frees up system resources and can make your computer run better.

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How Do I Get Traffic to My Blog?

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Once you’ve found your blogging niche, drive traffic to your blog with keywords, tags, and well-placed links to your blog on social networking sites, forums and email.

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How to Use Online Backup Services

in data storage and recovery

Easy-to-use online backup providers can give business owners piece of mind that their data is safe in the case of computer failure, fire or theft. Compare features of each backup service to see which one is right for you.

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How to Set Up a Blog

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It’s easy to set up a blog thanks to free hosted services such as Wordpress, Blogger or LiveJournal. But if you want your own domain name and more control, consider a self-hosted blog.

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Your System Is Low On Virtual Memory

in computer memory

Windows may automatically increasing the virtual memory paging file as a temporary fix, but you can make sure programs load faster and the hard drive runs more smoothly by changing pagefile.sys yourself.

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What is a Netbook PC and Why Would I Want One?

in computer hardware

Netbooks offer a portable, affordable solution to computing if you’re content to use it a mini PC to browse the Internet, email and do basic Word processing on computer running Windows XP. Netbooks usually cost less than $500.

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How to Link Twitter and Facebook Accounts

in social networking

Make social networking easier by adding an application that links your Facebook account to your Twitter account for quick and smooth cross-posting of status updates.

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Add/Remove Windows Components Won’t Start, Cannot Find Games.inf

in Windows

If your customized installation of Windows left out the configuration file Games.inf, you’ll later find an error message when you try to add or remove programs. The problem can be fixed by copying the file from the installation discs, or, if you don’t have them, by editing a file.

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How to Use Google to Host Your Domain’s Email

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Individuals and small businesses don’t need to pay a lot of money to have a professional set up their email server, thanks to Google’s free and premier editions of Gmail. It’s easy to set up with a few verification steps involving your domain registrar.

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How To Disable Active Desktop

in computer performance

If you don’t need or want “live” images set as your desktop background, you can gain noticeable improvement in computer performance by disabling Active Desktop in the registry.

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Setting up Windows Mail under Vista

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Windows Mail, which is the Microsoft Vista replacement for Outlook Express, can be set up with the Setup Wizard and configured to exchange POP3 email, filter out junk mail and make use of other helpful tools.

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