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A Step-by-step Tutorial to Speed Up XP by Changing CPU Processor Priorities Changing the priority of a specific process on your computer allows you to allocate more memory usage to a specific program or service. This allows the program or service to run faster and more efficiently than normal. This tutorial will show you how [...]

I have been having the same problem you describe for over 4 months now. It’s not really a major problem, however it is pissing me the hell off!!! I have read of kinda similar problems elsewhere, but most answers are “your time zone is prolly off”. Mine is not. This was like, the FIRST thing [...]

Startup Manager Do you have applications on your PC that start and restart themselves every time you run Windows? Yes… and they are slowing down your PC! A lot of programs in your system tray? Well, you might not know that the applications shown in the system tray are just a small part of the [...]

Free Download Manager (FDM) Increase download speed up to 600% Free Download Manager is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. It is absolutely free now! Using this software product you can easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. With FDM the downloading process [...]

How to Troubleshoot Hardware Problems with Device Manager Windows XP works with countless different printers, scanners, digital cameras, and other devices. It does so with the help of drivers, unique software programs that help your operating system communicate with individual pieces of hardware. If your computer starts to freeze, crash, or if a hardware device [...]

Most of us experience slow windows startup after having used a computer for a long time. And for me, half a year is enough to get accustomed to leaving my computer alone after I press the start button, and probably, having a cup of coffee. Despite the hardware factor (people seldom consider expensive hardware upgrades [...]

How to Fix a Slow Computer for Free Quick Fixes for Desktop Machine Performance Jan 8, 2010 Jennifer Marsh After months of use, a Windows machine starts to have performance issues. The typical user installs several applications, deletes many files from the machine and runs software at startup. Many of these users don’t realize that [...]

Working on a slow computer can be annoying and frustrating. Of course, we always want to restore the performance of our computers just like the way it was when we first purchased it. However, as time goes by, as a lot of programs are installed and files created, there will always come a time that [...]

If your PC lately has been responding curiously slowly or applications are freezing up, you may be considering getting a new one. Before you spend several hundred dollars or more on a new one, try these 4 proven and cheap fixes that take 5 minutes each. Fix #1: Scrub your hard drive: Your computer likely [...]

Speed Up Your Computer, Part 2 In my last post, I covered the importance of using a tool like Disk Cleanup to speed up your computer. If you remember, Disk Cleanup is used to remove temporary files, unused Windows components, the contents of your Recycle Bin, etc. An old supervisor of mine always used to [...]