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November, 2006

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PC Tips & Tricks #11
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Quick Tip

If you want to quickly switch a window from taking up your full screen to only part of the screen, simply double click the title bar at the top of the window.

Fixing A Slow Starting PC
After time, you'll likely find yourself frustated that your computer isn't starting up as quickly as it used to. If you haven't already done so in a while, you should do some basic cleanup on your PC as we showed you back in January. Even better still, save youself time by letting the PC clean itself up by automating the cleanup tasks as shown in February's issue.

Chances are pretty good that you've also installed several programs - some of which you may have forgotten about. Very often there will be programs that start up with Windows that you don't need to have starting up automatically. These unnecessary startup programs are slowing down your PC's boot up time!

To clean up your computer's startup list, do the following:

Click Start/All Programs/Startup and see if there are any programs in there you can do without. Right-click on the program and click Delete. (If you experience problems, simply go into your Recycle Bin and restore the deleted program.)
For more powerful selection, click the Start button and then Run.(Can't see the Run command? Click Start and then right click in the Start menu and then select Properties. In the Start Menu tab, click customize, select the Advanced tab and then scroll down to check the Run command checkbox.)
Type 'msconfig' (without the quotes) in the Run window.
Select the Startup tab. Make a note of all the startup items.
Visit a site like sysinfo.org (or www.pacs-portal.co.uk) to find out what each of those startup programs is for.
Uncheck the programs you don't want to start. (If you experience problems, simply repeat the above steps and re-select them.)
Click Ok. Next time you start Windows, you should notice a difference.

If you're uncomfortable using msconfig, you can also try a number of more user-friendly startup managers. Here are a few:

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