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        <title><![CDATA[Be Proactive]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use a little freeware utility called &quot;Startup Monitor&quot; (by Mike Lin) that asks one's permission whenever anything tries to put itself in the various start-at-boot areas of Windows.  It's great to tame obnoxious programs like Adobe Reader and Quick Time that are constantly trying to foist their own update checks on everyone.Art]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ArtShapiro]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:20:42 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Swap File Location]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... and don't forget to defrag before changing your swap file settings. This will ensure that your swap file will be contiguous. I used to go with 2 times the RAM for my swap file but have reduced it somewhat now that RAM is in GBytes. (I used to disable hibernation to save the space it would take on my hard drive. Now that the HD to RAM ratio is back around 500:4, it's not as big a problem. For a while, it was around 80:2)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sparent]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:23:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[it's not from lack of experience]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do still run into slow booting machines and have extensive experience from the past let alone being a Ricer class system tuner through the NT4, 2k and early XP days. I still sit infront my my machines and microwave screaming &quot;come on!! hurry up.. why it take so long!!&quot; It's one reason i don't game as much as I used too; can't be bothered to shutdown everything I'm doing in Debian and wait for a reboot just for a few hours of Shogun Total War.Granted, if a geek is the boot time or FPS counting type; have at it. I can appreciate a challenge for the challenge beyond any practical benefit.The people I really feel for are those (like yourself?) who have to live with machines that require in depth boot tuning to make it bearable.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Samurai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:31:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I did not know that]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Question for you. Why does it ask to defrag flash drives then? Is that a different process? It should be able to recognize them as an SSD.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:21:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That is correct]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The one feature that WinPatrol has that other apps doesn't is the ability to explain what the program or service is. To many inexperienced people, that is priceless.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:19:58 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did you try]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Using the procedure outlined in the link above?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:16:13 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Five tips for speeding up Windows boot time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Though the WinPatrol is more robust, one can simply run msconfig and select the programs to load at start-up.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sahaavik@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Five tips for speeding up Windows boot time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Use Sysinternals/Microsoft's autoruns. Will find drivers that are loaded but not needed or links to files that don't exist.Would like to remove the non-&quot;roman&quot; fonts [i.e. Chinese, Japanese, Indian, ..] that Windows 7 dumps in [they are restricted].]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gis Bun]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:52:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Defrag]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As of Windows 7, Windows is now SSD aware. It knows whether the HDD is an SSD or a spinner and acts accordingly. I'm not sure what happens if you try to defrag an SSD under Win7, but it won't do the writes.If it's running on an SSD, Win7 also sends the fulsh command less often so fewer writes are performed.For earlier versions of Windows though you are absolutely correct - stay away from defrag!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[gechurch]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:41:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Let us know]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What you think, both the good and bad.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:10:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Certain circumstances]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are many situations where a slow-booting computer is agonizing. You are fortunate that you do not have to deal with them.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:36:19 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Must realize there are other situations]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That is great for you. Now consider the person going through a security check and they ask to start the computer. How about a person that is giving a presentation and needs to reboot. I could go on. I try to do my research so it pertains to the widest possible audience. That allows you to take from it what you want.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:32:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Same as FPS counters, but your not the only one]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Your not the only one. Five seconds extra for my system to boot up.. woopty.. If I'm on the job I probably have a second machine already booted. If I don't have a second machine already booted then I'm probably not dealing with time critical productivity.I can see the challenge though. It's the same as tweaking for maximum graphics FPS; you'll never notice the differences without an FPS counter but good for you figuring out how to do it. Overlcoking proc/ram is the same again; challenge to get the max figures out of it rather than any practical advantage. It's a normal Ricer/Tuner challenge I'd equate to getting just the right size air intakes and cylinder bore size for one's engine or maximizing miles per gallon if your a &quot;green&quot; type car hacker.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Neon Samurai]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:48:22 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Five tips for speeding up Windows boot time]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Uh am I the only person who can manage to fill the 2 minutes while my computer boots? Usually a few things around the office to do with a couple of minutes (like even getting a cup of coffee). For instance &quot;In my case, changing the printer and scanner executables to have a delayed start knocked almost five seconds off the boot time.&quot; Really! 5 whole seconds!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BillGates_z]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:19:08 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[MSCONFIG]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[is one of my favorite tools. It's helped me solve a lot of problems. After reading this article, I'll have to check out WinPatrol.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jfuller05]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:17:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[you might be correct]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[found a couple of consumer articles from MS describing ReadyBoost.  The do not say outright that it is a swap file, but the description sure sounds like a swap file.  Interestingly in the one article the recommended space allocation is very similar to a manually configured swap file.Links:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/readyboosthttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-memory-in-your-storage-device-to-speed-up-your-computer]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kwolf@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:15:36 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I remember that, now]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thanks for re-reminding me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:42:52 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 7 has ReadyBoost]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have a SAN disk that I use for ReadyBoost. I think it is similar to swap files.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:35:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good point]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thank you for mentioning it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Kassner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:26:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Try Linux]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[With the understanding that when you try to fool Mother Microsoft you may cause problems, you can delete any Windows file with Linux because Windows' access control and permissions are not active.Choose a LiveCD version of a distribution such as PCLinuxOS, open the file manager, and then select the drive or partition where Windows is installed.If you are working on a netbook/notebook without a CD drive, you can use a program like Unetbootin to load the PCLinuxOS ISO file onto a bootable USB stick.  After you've discovered how powerful the LiveCD on a USB is, I'll bet that that USB finds a permanent home in your toolkit.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dogcatcher]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:44:21 -0800</pubDate>
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