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Does your computer boot slowly? If you shut your computer down regularly, this can be a real pain. Anything more than about 45 seconds tests my patience and I’ve used computers this week that took well over five minutes (really not kidding.)

There are three easy things you can do to improve boot time:

  • Remove spyware
  • Remove unnecessary startup programs
  • Delay non-essential programs on startup

In this guide you will learn how to do the latter two of these tasks.

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Typefaces: 30 Free Eroded Fonts for Windows

Posted by Rich On June - 19 - 200815 COMMENTS

Free Eroded Fonts for Windows

There are so many fonts out there – but it seems you have to pay for all the good ones. Put your credit card away and enjoy these free eroded fonts. Available to you are many more sets – linked below.

Check out more font collections on www.Mintywhite.com

Download a copy of Windows Vista - the Pocket Guide Special Offer! Subscribers get a FREE Book: Windows Vista – the Pocket Guide

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When you install Vista SP1, a backup of all replaced files is made. This is done so you can roll back to pre-SP1 if you desire. SP1 has been out for some time now and many of you will no doubt be satisfied with using it. In this guide, you will learn how to reclaim disk space taken up by the Vista SP1 install.

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Do you want to save some tabs for later when you have a mass of tasks on hand?

At any given time, I may be remoted in to three other computers, each with their own browser session, with multiple tabs. I hope I am one of few that browses 50+ web pages at a time (not kidding.) My short-term memory is terrible and my attention span falls into the same category… where was I? Oh yes, GTA IV… wait… multiple tabs… that’s it. Taboo has provided me with a solution.

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Utility to Make Windows Vista Explorer Preview Work for More File Types

Trying to make Windows Vista Explorer show previews for more file types used to be a pain and involved playing around with the registry. At www.mintywhite.com, we like to do things the easiest way possible, and that’s exactly what we’ll do with this hack.

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Free Distorted Fonts for Windows

There are so many fonts out there – but it seems you have to pay for all the good ones. Put your credit card away and enjoy these free distorted fonts. Available to you are many more sets – linked below.

Check out more font collections on www.Mintywhite.com

Download a copy of Windows Vista - the Pocket Guide Special Offer! Subscribers get a FREE Book: Windows Vista – the Pocket Guide

(Subscription is free–of course)

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