The Weekly Geek

Of the many features in Windows 7 is the ability to move around the taskbar icons. Since XP came out you can drag and drop where you want which icon in the taskbar, the same applies to Vista. To move a taskbar icon in Windows 7 simply grab it and drag and drop it to [...]

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I have taken a large collection of my tips for tweaking and optimizing Windows XP and put them in this PDF just for you. Some tips are “old” and some of the changes suggested were implemented by Microsoft with XP’s Service Pack 3, however I have put them all in one place, just in case. Enjoy [...]

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Over the years I have written several articles on the use of Virtual Memory and how to use it to speed up your computer. Now that you have several “old” and “small” USB thumb or stick drives around that you don’t use anymore you can format them and install them on the back of your [...]

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With Firefox 4 about to come out, I figure it is way past time to get some tweaks about version 3.x out. Now I used to be a big fan of Firefox until it became more bloated than Internet Explorer and started taking 2 or 3 minutes (literally) to load. But unless I want to [...]

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In my previous post about 64 bit computers I mentioned a time when Microsoft Automatic Updates ran and rebooted a computer of mine while compiling a video. Since then another person I know told me of the same issue and I have received many calls over the last year about “lost” data that occurred when [...]

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