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Make Windows XP Blazingly Fast

I’ve been using Windows since before “Windows for Workgroups 3.x” and have used most of the Windows releases since, on a wide variety of cheaper than cheap computers and platforms that are slower than slow. I’m always interested in new ways to maximize speed and over the years I’ve picked up quite a few little [...]

15 free tools to pimp your old computer

Got an aging Windows laptop or desktop computer, but money’s too tight to buy a new one? Fret not. There’s plenty of life in your old PC. It may seem sluggish and on the point of expiring, and its hard disk may be nearly full to bursting, but there’s plenty you can do to clean [...]

How To Manage Windows Vista Services

Services in Windows are quite a controversial topic for various reasons. In this article I will try to clarify them as much as possible. Therefore, I will describe what services are, how they work and where to find the list of services installed in Windows Vista. At the end, I will show you how to [...]

10 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer

There is nothing more frustrating on this Earth than a slow computer — especially in these tough economic times, when running out and buying a new high-end PC is not necessarily an option. But here’s the good news: There is plenty you can do yourself, right now, that’ll speed up your computer. We’ve compiled a [...]

(99) ways to make your computer blazingly fast

Over the last several years working in IT for various companies as a Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, and Help Desk professional, I’ve written and learned about many ways to increase the performance of not only my PC, but also of the many PCs on my networks ranging from Windows 98 to Windows Vista.
In this article, [...]

Vista Performance Tweaks

Do you want to make the very best use of your computer’s RAM? There are thousands of websites offering performance tweaks and you could spend the next week or more researching the ones you might like to perform, or you can save yourself a lot of bother and read this article. There are hundreds of [...]

Speed up windows shutdown

If you run a lot of programs on your PC, you will definitely like this utility

When Your Wife Is Right - How To Prevent Computer Problems

My wife has got her own laptop computer. She uses it every day to work and learn. Just as everybody. Whenever I use her computer I am always inspired by how good it works. Why? Well, the machine has twice weaker processor than mine, twice less of RAM, almost 2 times smaller of a disk. Her laptop and mine both have Windows Vista installed and both are the same brand and series. How is it possible that her laptop works faster and better, boots quicker and does not crash? I also have to add that she has no knowledge whatsoever of computers, all interventions in case of problems or installations are done by me. She merely uses it?