How annoying is it when Windows keeps prompting you to reboot your computer after you have installed updates?  It annoys me severely!

Fortunately, there is an easy way to suppress the reboot prompt in Windows Vista.  Here’s how to disable the reboot prompt.
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USB drives are an item of the present and they are used for many tasks.  We rely on them a lot, and sometimes too much.  What happens when you accidentally pull your USB drive out of the computer to early and all of your data on your drive goes bad?  It can really make you wish that you would have gone through the procedure to “safely remove your hardware”

I know the process to safely remove your hardware is annoying and takes way longer than simply pulling your USB drive out of the port.

Let’s put a shortcut on your desktop that might actually remind you to remove your USB drive the correct way next time.
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Are you having problems with your Windows Vista computer?  Don’t worry, a lot of people a frustrated with Vista.  Fortunately, Microsoft was nice enough to publish a free guide on how to tune and tweak the performance of Windows Vista.
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On most Windows computers, Ctrl+Alt+Delete must be entered before you (the user) is able to log in.  Many users don’t like being required to log in with a username and password into their computer.

It’s very easy to turn off this function so users are not required to enter Ctrl+Alt+Delete to enter the computer.

Here’s how to disable this function.
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Is your computer running slow and you just don’t know what to do?

Do you often spend large amounts of money on external technical help to speed up your computer?

Have you recently installed a program that eats up such a large amount of system resources that you just can’t perform anything else on the PC?

If you said yes to any of the above questions, then it is recommended that you follow the three simple tips listed below to speed up your slow computer.
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Well, I have already shown you Firefox 3 RC 2 and RC 3, but today has finally arrived.  Firefox 3 was released this morning!  Mozilla’s servers have been hit hard all day long so be patient if you have to refresh the page a couple of times.  Firefox 3 is definitely worth the wait.
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If you get a lot of emails like I do, colleagues want to know when you are not in the office.  There is an easy way to takle this in Outlook 2007 by using the Out of Office attendant.  You can set up a custom notification to be automatically sent to anyone who sends you an email, letting them know your out of office status. Here’s how to setup an out of office reply in Outlook 2007.
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Sometimes Vista can be very frustrating simply because Microsoft moved so many options around that they are extremely hard to find.  This article is very simple, but it is very valuable as well.  Here, I will show you how to change the size of your desktop icons in Windows Vista.  I also have included examples so you can see the differences.
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Mozilla released the second release candidate of Firefox 3 today.  More than likely, this is the last release before the final version of Firefox 3 is released.  I highly urge you to check out Firefox 3 RC 2.  It is more secure, easier to use, more personal, and has improved performance.  Somehow the developers at Mozilla were able to make it faster, more reliable, and use less processing power. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever tried to find your computer’s IP address?  Do you even know what an IP address is?  If you don’t, that is okay.  Your computer’s IP address is simply a number that identifies your computer.  Here is the easiest way to find your computer’s IP address.
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