Archive for December, 2006
Speed up your PC with one click
December 9th, 2006. Filed under: TipsYou can create easily a file on your desktop that will, upon double click, clear up Windows memory. This makes your PC run a little faster, having less system tasks. The instructions are simple.
1. Right click on your desktop>>New>>Shortcut
2. Type this into the location box (without the quotation marks)
“%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks”
3. Click Next. Name the file anything you want. Eg: Panic Button! Click OK.
4. Just double click that file anytime and it will filter out idle processes.
If you don’t understand those instructions (tsktsktsk) you can view the video below.
Clear Your Windowsxp Memory With A Single Click! – video powered by Metacafe
Enjoy.
DeviantArt alternative for designers
December 8th, 2006. Filed under: Cool StuffAre you and artist/designer who wants to display your works online and hopefully sell them? Do you want to reach beyond deviantart readers? Look no further!
A real good alternative is PorfolioCity. You can create your own online portfolio for free! No hidden costs or anything. I haven’t tried it myself or planning to try it. I just want to share this with you guys.
I happen to have stumbled across some great websites that I wonder why I have not heard of before! Meetwithapproval is just one of them. Also, I discovered another web content management system called snews, an alternative to Joomla. Del.icio.us rocks!
Do you know of anymore useful websites?
3 Basic Windows Startup Speed Tips
December 6th, 2006. Filed under: TipsThese three factors of Windows startup time are among the simplest and easy-to-fix ones. Some of us might have gone great depths to decrease loadtime but are you overlooking these things?
1. Startup programs
The most basic of basic. All you have to do is make sure that your startup folder in Start>>All Programs does not contain too many programs. Just delete the ones you don’t need/want. However, that folder does not list everything so you might need to dig deeper; clean it in your registry. Sometimes, the items remain in the folder and beneath it even after uninstalling, so read this to fix it.
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