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Back up your computer only when you are not using it

April 3, 2008

A fair amount of the people I talk to about backup say they forget to do it, or they can’t figure out–or never get around to setting up–the built-in backup options. If that sounds like you, check out IdleBackup, a utility for backing up your computer when it is sitting idle. I still recommend making [...]

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Two great tools for speeding up your system

December 6, 2007

Once you have checked for spyware and run the PC Decrapifier, and your computer is still running slow, it is time to take a good look at the programs you have running all the time. Some you can see in your system tray. Others run invisibly in the background, hogging system resources and slowing down [...]

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Do you want some crap with that computer?

June 16, 2007

Psst. Lack of bloat is another great reason to try Ubuntu. I kind of wish they would have tried a ThinkPad, but I can say from my own experience that it doesn’t come with much in the way of bloatware other than the junk that Windows comes with. If you are drowning in bloatware, the [...]

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