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(howto) Find the cause of a CPU slowdown via Windows' Task Manager; unrestrict IE's options; make sure your floppies are still readable.
(howto) Fixes for e-mail, software, and hardware annoyances; finding that lost screw.
(howto) More fixes for what ails your PC and increases your blood pressure.
(howto) Check out my favorite tools and some inexpensive options, but beware of the angry penguin.
(howto) This month GeekTech shares tips, tricks, and reasons why it's great to be a geek.
(howto) Had it with Windows glitches, hardware headaches, and Internet irritations? Here's how to get rid of them for good.
(howto) Printers, virus scanners, speakers, and venting frustration.
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(howto) 28 unexpected ways to get more out of the tools you use every day.
(howto) These eight tools and tips are sure cures for your common computing uh-ohs.
(howto) Use these tricks and tools to protect your files. Plus, automate PC shutdown, find out how much laser-printer memory you need, and update XP's Start menu.
(howto) Our five experts share their favorite secrets for working faster, not harder--from file management shortcuts to photo editing tricks.
(howto) Another heaping helping of fixes for vexing PC problems.
(howto) Our favorite fixes for the most aggravating problems.
(howto) Windows gone wacky? Hardware gone haywire? Software gone screwy? Take a deep breath--help is here.
(howto) Vanishing files? Flaky connections? Don't panic! Here's what to do when technology turns evil.
(howto) Free advice on some little changes that would make a big difference.
(howto) Nifty tools, reader comments, leftovers, and follow-ups to tips.
(howto) Also: nonsensical Windows error messages; add Excel data to a Word file; print later by saving as .prn; transfer Word AutoCorrect settings.
(howto) Diagnose Windows shutdown problems; configure a notebook for home and office networks; customize Word and Excel dialog boxes.
(howto) Transport files between work and home PCs; sidestep password demands in Windows XP's Task Scheduler; save Windows updates to disk; easy Windows macro recording.
(reviews) Round two for the mobile Internet: Our roving reporter's verdict on six ways to get your data on the run.
(howto) Save time on e-mail, surfing, and printing; all about snurls.
(howto) Selectively permit programs to access the Net; help your PC hibernate; restore lost file associations.
(howto) Give multiple users of a single PC access to any program; resume interrupted downloads at the point of failure; confirm that a used PC isn't stolen property; delete items from the Startup tab of Win 98's Msconfig; convert .gif files into .ico files.
(howto) Plus: Bad personal finance apps, the latest audio gizmos, more time wasters.
(howto) Programs for opening mystery files; customizing the Places Bar in IE 6's Save As dialog box.
(howto) Find the best use for an aging machine; uncover the source of Windows' error messages; silence your modem.
(howto) Microsoft says it has fixed six problems--but one wasn't repaired completely.
(howto) Maybe networks should come bundled with a phalanx of experts.
(howto) Be prepared in case your Windows 2000 or XP machine won't boot.
(howto) One Web service and a little common sense give peace of mind.
(howto) Concern overe a possible consumer backlash prompt trade groups to support limits on location-based ads.
(howto) Schemes, scams, and incompetence can trip up a Web site you love.
(howto) Increasingly, a phantom army of marketers, hackers, and virus writers does.
(howto) The best tips save your bacon; the worst hurt more than they help.
(howto) Automate tasks, get organized, improve your PC's performance, and alter your desktop's appearance.
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(howto) Service to some is too costly for the company.
(howto) Why do PC vendors keep shuffling keys on us?
(howto) Be ready to save your e-mail address, as well as the rest of your online identity; disable IE's Content Advisor.
(howto) Change the folder Explorer opens to, and create shortcuts that will open Explorer to all your favorite folders.
(news) Americans are surfing the Web from home in record numbers, but not everyone has the access.
(howto) Plus: PC World joins America Online with new Top 10s and Buying Guides.
(howto) PC service from the big guys is in free fall, but our exclusive report says customers who buy locally are happy. Here's how to find a great independent dealer--and steer clear of the fly-by-night operators.
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(howto) Put multiple rescue disks on a single CD, transfer your Outlook Express installation to a new PC.
(howto) Secure your system, uninstall programs properly, put a slide show on a CD-Recordable disc.
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(news) Internet usage grew 15 percent in just six months and broadband connections grew even faster.
(news) This summer is seeing slower growth in number of Web users, but people are spending more time online.
(howto) Want superior Web searches? Seek the Steve Bass way and ye shall find.
(news) More adults are online, and the browsing kids don't buy, says survey.
(news) Odds are you'll log on for business during the Fourth of July holiday.
(howto) Stephen Manes to vendors: How can I read the documentation when there is no documentation?
(news) Usability wish list meets the Ease of Use Initiative at Intel Developer Forum.
(news) Health professionals consider how to make sites more inviting to senior surfers.
(howto) Use free applets to tweak Windows, clean up the Registry.
(howto) Disable your PSN; back up the Dial-Up Networking folder.
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(news) Web surfers want more than just e-mail as streaming media is on the rise.
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(news) E-mail rally pushes Nader to back Gore, but the Green leader won't pull out.
(howto) Stephen Manes fumes about the idiocy of user-hostile interfaces--and names names.
(news) Consumers will freeze time, answer e-mail, and order videos through interactive TV.
(resource) We're making steady progress on fixing the problems that you have noticed.
(howto) Buzzards go home--reports of the PC's death are greatly exaggerated.