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March 2005
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March 2004
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Perk Up Your PC With Six Quick and Easy Tweaks With spring right around the corner, it's time to give your PC its annual sprucing up. Here are six no-cost, no-hassle tune-up tips to keep your Windows system purring. |
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August 2005
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Ten Quick Tips to Keep PC Trouble at Arm's Length From backup strategies to easy maintenance routines, these tips help keep your PC humming along. |
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Step-By-Step: Reinstall Windows 'Refreshing' the operating system may help cure your PC's woes. |
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May 2002
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September 2005
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August 19, 2003
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January 2003
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Faster For Free Want to get more from your megahertz? These slick tips and tools are like a no-cost PC upgrade. |
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August 2003
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Take a Crash Course in Emergency PC Recovery Revive your PC after a crash; protect your data from drive failure with a RAID configuration. |
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January 2005
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Five-Minute Fixes Rapid relief for balky PCs, stuck Windows, stalled networks, recalcitrant printers, and your other everyday computing hassles. |
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April 2002
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Print Documents Faster the Second Time Around The downside of 'Keep printed documents', the best way to connect a cable modem, changing BIOS settings, and printing photos... |
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Windows 2000 FAQ We solve 20 of the most vexing problems with Windows 2000... |
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January 1, 2008
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May 2003
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Windows Tips: Banish Windows Blowups Before They Occur Some golden rules on software updates and maintenance to keep your PC running smoothly. |
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November 22, 2006
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Vista: The Upgrade Ready to make the switch to Windows Vista? We'll show you what kind of system you'll need, which edition you should choose, and how to install Microsoft's latest OS. |
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September 25, 2007
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How to Recover Almost Anything Even when you think it's gone, a file or folder that you consigned to oblivion may not be irretrievably lost. Here's how to retrieve files from your hard drive and cell phone. |
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December 20, 2006
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No-Brainer Backups Using Windows' Own Tools Five options for implementing a Windows backup strategy without investing a dime in third-party utilities. |
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October 2005
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Try Linux for Free: Make Your Own Install CD Download an ISO file and burn it to disc, and take the OS for a test drive. |
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March 2002
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The XP Verdict Hardware headaches abound, but some readers love this operating system anyway... |
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November 2002
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Don't Let Driver Woes Drive You Nuts Here's how to cope when driver problems make your peripherals inoperative. |
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December 1, 2009
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Is Windows 7 Right for Your Business? Windows 7 is all over the news, but does that mean your business needs it? Here's a look at the pros and cons of switching to Microsoft's new OS. |
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October 2002
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Keep Your Hardware Upgrades Hassle-Free Upgrade your hardware the right way with these seven tips; a freebie from Intel identifies your PC's CPU. |
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April 6, 2004
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June 2006
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Ask Our Experts: OEM Copy of Windows? What are the risks of a self-installed versus pre-installed operating system? |
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March 2006
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Get More Out of Your PC With these tips and techniques, you can teach any machine new tricks, from recording radio to saving you money on phone bills. |
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Emergency Boot CDs for PCs Without Floppy Drives What to do when XP or 2000 won't boot and your PC doesn't have a floppy drive... Copy device drivers from your PC to CD... Safeguard files and folders... Make the most of Windows slow-ups... |
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December 2003
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Is Your Old PC Ready for a Windows XP Upgrade? Match your system's specs to XP's requirements before you upgrade; check your PC's internal temperature; get better sound from your notebook. |
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Your PC's Case--Enter With Caution Ten steps for installing new hardware, from electrical grounding to driver updates... |
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July 2004
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Why All the Problems Shutting Down My PC? Fix faulty Windows shutdowns... Undo a dual-boot setup... Share Outlook data across a network... |
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August 25, 2006
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Ask Our Experts: OS Restored Sans Disc Even if you don't have a stand-alone Windows CD, you can reinstall the OS without erasing your data. |
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April 23, 2001
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Remove Your (CD) Writer's Block Prevent disc-burning flameouts; find Windows answers a whisker away... |
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October 2003
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November 1, 2006
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May 2002
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Answer Line: Where Are the Windows Installation Files I Need? Find your Windows installation files... cure Web site lockouts... shuttle files between a Mac and a PC on a CD-RW, put many desktops on one PC... |
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December 22, 2004
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March 2002
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June 2002
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September 2004
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Upgrade to Windows Me Upgrade to Windows Me, step-by-step... |
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March 25, 2001
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Keep the Output Flowing From Your Laser Printer Learn how to troubleshoot typical laser printer problems. |
