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Google Toolbar is slowing your browser down


Mar 04, 2008 by Paul White


I finally couldn't take it anymore.  I have uninstalled google toolbar from my computer.  I don't know what it is about google toolbar but firefox ran like a dog with it installed.  I suspect google is doing more than just collecting some info about the page your are on for pagerank display.   I now consider google toolbar to be spyware. If you have it on your computer remove it! 
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O&O Defrag 10 Professional will make your computer faster


Feb 24, 2008 by Paul White


I recently did a little cleaning of my workstation.  Typical stuff like deleting old files, data backups, and of course defrag.  Afterwards however my computer just didn't seem as fast as usual.  I was using the built in Windows XP defrag program.  Which is ok, but unless your system is heavily defraged you really won't notice a difference in performace.  I had used another after market program before, but I wanted to see if I could find something even better. I heard about O&O Defrag.  So I gave it a try and wow what a difference!
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Norton Antivirus making your computer slow


Sep 10, 2007 by Paul White

It doesn't take a genius to realize that any antivirus program is going to hurt performance. This was true on my wife's laptop. Since she doesn't goto any questionable sites, I removed it for a huge performance gain.
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Diskeeper 2007 vs Windows XP defrag


Aug 13, 2007 by Paul White

Even though windows comes with Defrag as part of Windows XP System Tools. There are third party products which no only defrag, but also keep your files that way. I downloaded a trial version of Diskeeper 2007 to compare to the Windows Defrag. The results were interesting.
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Run Defrag on your hard drive


Aug 13, 2007 by Paul White

Running Defrag is just part of good computer maintainence. Running defrag once a week can help keep your computer moving fast. In this article I walk you through how to run defrag and what it does for your system.
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