Archive for April, 2011

This article discusses how to uninstall Windows 7 and revert to your previous operating system.

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This article describes how to add the Print Directory feature for folders in Windows XP, in Windows Vista, or in Windows 7. After you follow the steps that are described in the “More Information” section, you can right-click a folder and then click Print Directory Listing to print a directory listing of the contents of a folder.

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When your machine is new or you’ve performed a clean installation all the files are fairly well neatly laid out on the hard disk:

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When you run a program and create a new file, edit an existing file, uninstall a program you no longer need, or even when you go online, then gaps appear in the way files are laid out on the disk. The process of continually creating, extending and deleting files causes your hard disk files to become fragmented, which means that pieces of a file are stored here, with some pieces there, and a few pieces all the way over there. Over time, many files are fragmented and poor disk performance becomes noticeable:

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Usually it’s normal, everyday use slows that Windows down. In this article we look at file fragmentation and what can be done about it.

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If you enjoy Usent newsgroups then the latest versions of Windows Live Mail (WLM) are fairly much useless. The most troubling issue with WLM is that it doesn’t quote the text of the people you are replying to. In a word, it’s horrible. kadaitcha.cx had to spend time getting used to Mozilla Thunderbird, which didn’t have the desirable features of the old Outlook Express or the older WLM. Now though there is a simple solution.
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