The Weekly Geek

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.
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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 computer [...]

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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 become more bloated than Internet Explorer and started taking 2 or 3 minutes (literally) to load. But unless I want to get [...]

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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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Here is another section of my book that I have decided to give away.
If you are still using Windows 2000 you will find the tips in this PDF helpful.
Windows 2000 Tips and Tweaks.

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