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You may want to set up a scheduled task to mute your speakers overnight. If you use instant messaging programs, have audible e-mail alerts etc. this can be very useful. In this guide you will learn how to automatically mute your speakers overnight.

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mmmfree Customize Windows Right Click Menu with MMM Free

MMM free is a great application that lets you customize your right-click menu in Windows XP. After installing a number of programs, your right-click menu can become cluttered with items you will never use – follow this guide and get on top of things again!

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07directfolder01 Use DirectFolder to Define Favorite Folders In File Open & Save Dialogs

When you save images to or upload images from different folders, it can be a pain to navigate to them – especially when you switch between two or more different folders frequently. In this guide you will learn how to put a simple context menu that will let you select folders that you define.

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Paint.NET is a Free, Simple Graphic Editor

Posted by Rich On May - 23 - 200827 COMMENTS

Microsoft Paint isn’t the best program in the world, but it’s so simple and it’s free. I am a big fan of paint and used it in the creation of many of the images used on www.mintywhite.com. In this guide I will introduce Paint.Net and explain why you should be using this program right now!
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15sendtonotepad01 Use Notepad a lot? Quickly Paste Text into Notepad

I use notepad a lot and am always copying text that I want to save for use at a later time. Notepad isn’t really useful for archiving work, but it’s great for keeping snippets on your desktop that can remind you to get stuff done. If you are like me and use Notepad too, this guide is for you.

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registry defrag Defragment Your Registry with Free Registry Defrag

During the normal operation of a Windows system, registry data is constantly being written to and removed from the registry. Over time this data becomes scattered within the registry file and when information is deleted from the registry holes are left which fragment the data within the registry. Registry compacting optimizes your registry by removing gaps and wasted space, thus improves the whole system performance. Here you may download this freeware.

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