Back in the days of 80-column monitors, dot-matrix printers, and DOS, the PrintScrn key on your keyboard was a way to send the entire contents of the screen to an attached parallel or serial printer. These days, PrintScrn takes a snapshot of your open windows, then sends the file into a hidden temporary buffer...
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Every time you boot windows, MSN Messenger starts running in the background. You’re not a fan of this IM client? Too bad. You don’t have a Passport account or don’t use the instant messenger integration built into Microsoft Outlook and Exchange? Too bad. You can save a bit of memory and get a little...
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Windows XP is full of helpful applications, but some of them take too much control or have other downsides. MSN Explorer, the Outlook Express e-mail client, and even the Internet Explorer browser may all be mere baggage to you. All of these can be removed, saving you as much as 20MB of drive space...
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Every time your laptop connects to a Wi-Fi hot spot, whether it’s in your home or down at the coffee shop, it logs the name of the access point that you connected to in the Windows Preferred Network settings. If you accidentally (or maybe even deliberately) connect to your neighbor’s access point, and then...
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Security suites pop up at an alarming rate and though security scares are appearing even more rapidly, it’s still the case that what you really need for protection isn’t necessarily the same as what you’re advised to buy. For example, the version of the Windows Firewall supplied with Service Pack 2 may not be...
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Easy PC Transfer does not include third-party software as part of a system migration. Users have to manually install their programs to a new system before migrating their program settings from the old system, and it does not support direct drive-to-drive migrations within a single system as Migrate Easy does. However, those are the...
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Migrating data from one system to another is the digital equivalent of moving personal possessions from one home to another. Both situations require time, thoroughness, and a great deal of care to make sure nothing gets broken or left behind. For more than 20 years, Laplink products have functioned like a reliable friend with...
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