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If you’re using XP or Vista (and what else would you complain about boot time on?), here’s a quick tip to speed up the booting process.

Open the “msconfig” tool, using Run, Start Search, or navigating to it in explorer. You can also do this by hand in the boot.ini file, if you prefer to get your [...]

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Disclaimer: Overclocking can be dangerous. While you should achieve a good overclock by following this guide, I do not take responsibility for any damage that may occur. Overclocking is your choice.

Since this processor is now becoming more than dominant on the market, I thought it only appropriate to share what I’ve gleaned in my long [...]

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Before I begin, let me apologize for my hiatus the past two weeks.
Many Vista users complain constantly about the network speeds. “XP used to copy so much faster,” I hear quite often. The network stack in Vista has actually been completely rebuilt from the ground up to be much quicker. However, Microsoft, in it’s infinite [...]

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Many people have heard of “writing your own session manager” or wondered how to get a program to start up when you log on. In this article I’m going to teach you how to accomplish this, and tell you what I use.
I installed Linux Mint 4.0, which comes with GNOME installed and configured as default. [...]

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Vista Customization on the Rise
Vista, Microsoft’s latest version of Windows, was shipped about a year ago. Ever since the betas I’ve been waiting to see true Aero theming, or really any theme support or customization at all. Aero amused me at first, but I quickly became tired of it’s blue lines and graphical anomalies, and [...]

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Box.net Bookmarks Synchronizer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5525Since somebody was kind enough to actually email me about my blog, I thought I’d repay their kindness by posting about their add-on here. If you collect tons of bookmarks I’m sure you’d find this useful.

Backup your bookmarks to Box.net
Backup your bookmarks! Use the Box.net Backup tool to save your favorite bookmarks online [...]

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I’ve been using IE7 since Vista came out, because it was nigh impervious to attack, but a few months after Vista went RTM it again went the way of IE6. Needing a safe browser again, I turned to Firefox. I typically don’t use Firefox, due to personal preference, but this time decided to check out [...]

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What is TCPIP.SYS, and why should you give a damn?
If you use your network connection heavily in any way (games, torrents, streaming media, etc.), you’re one of those people who always wishes it could be faster. If you run XP, it can be! Microsoft decided that people didn’t need that many connections to their PC [...]

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