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How to Disable Windows Live Messenger

March 10, 2008

I have installed Windows Live Messenger on my computer. Everytime I visit Hotmail to check mail or open Internet Explorer, Windows Live Messenger starts. I disabled this messenger from startup but I cannot figure out to stop it from activating itself every time I open IE. We can try disabling Windows Live Messenger from opening [...]

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How to secure and import filter rules for your e-mail account

March 4, 2008

you have defined some filter rules for your e-mail account and would like to use these rules for other accounts as well. Besides, you also want to use the data on your notebook. Thunderbird saves the filter rules in the ‘msfilterrules.dat’ file. You can edit them, but it is easier to customize them using the [...]

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How to defragment the swap file and Registry in Windows

March 4, 2008

To accelerate your computer, regularly defragment the contents of the system hard disk. However, during the defragment process, important elements such as the swap file are skipped, resulting in the slowing down of the computer. Windows and the current defragmenters cannot access the files which have been exclusively opened by the system. Therefore, the registry [...]

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How can you activate integrated Telnet- Client in Vista

March 4, 2008

Enabling remote computers, many users still rely on the Telnet protocol. But Microsoft does not seem to have integrated any compatible client in Vista. Even Vista has an integrated Telnet- Client, but it is deactivated by default because of stringent security guidelines set to ensure that no communication channels are opened unnecessarily. This is how [...]

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How to speed up the Disk Cleanup tool

March 4, 2008

While starting the disk cleaner, the tool analyzes the amount of space that can be freed by compressing old files first, before it allows access to options. This is time consuming. While doing so, you don’t have to use the packing function it all. The time- consuming  analysis can be permanently stopped by an intervention [...]

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Viewing documents without licensed version of Microsoft Word

March 3, 2008

I don’t want to spend money on a licensed  version of Microsoft Word. I am looking for a legal option to display and read the documents. Is there any? Us e the free Word viewer 2003 tool by Microsoft. •    Download it form the Microsoft web site by keying in ‘Word Viewer 2003’. Save the [...]

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How to prevent re-collecting information regarding playlists and displaying it to others in Windows Media Player.

March 3, 2008

Windows Media player maintains a history of files that have already been played. This way other PC users can copy my playlists. How can I prevent it? The process is quite simple: •    To prevent the Media Player from re-collecting information regarding playlists and displaying it to others who have access to the same PC, [...]

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