Registry Repair - Key to Fast Computing

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by Maxwell Hoeyberghs

If your computer seems to be sluggish and getting worse you should consider doing some registry maintenance. Most computers suffer from a dirty registry that is all junked up with the debris it collects traveling around in cyberspace. Your computer is performing millions of functions every second including wading through all kinds of garbage that gets into the registry and bogs down computer performance.

It is funny how people don’t really know or understand how a registry fix works. Unless you are a techie not a lot of time is spent discussing registry cleaners or how it is your PC actually processes data. Your computer is constantly performing millions of functions every second, going through garbage on the internet, processing calculations, all kinds of things.

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How To Repair Your Computer After Spyware Attacks

by Chris Channing

There are several types of programs that can cause great harm to your computer- and spyware is one of them. Spyware is particularly dangerous since it may leech out important information from your computer and put it to work against you- making computer repair important.

Anti-spyware programs are a must if you are going to defend against a spyware problem. This may save your computer from having to be repaired in the first place, so you should investigate both paid and free options in computer programs that can protect you. Some of the more well known companies include Symantec and McAfee, although others exist.

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New Software from Microsoft for Detecting Malicious Software.

There’s some news from the Microsoft website. The last couple of days/weeks there was quite some news about new viruses and malicious software and if you’re running any of the Windows versions, Microsoft has a new tool you should download and use regularly.

Best of all; it’s free. The Malicious Software Removal Tool scans your computer and removes viruses and malicious software (malware) and gives you a report of the results once it’s been run.

Even if you have security software, you should be using this. It took me about 3 minutes on my Vista system to download and run it. Make sure you open it with IE instead of Firefox.

You can download it here for free from Microsoft’s site.

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Special Symbols in Windows

We’ve published a list with some of the many Keyboard and ALT shortcuts earlier but you can’t have too many of these lists.

These keyboard Shortcuts are the most used.

FILE
Ctrl + S = Save
Ctrl + N = New Document
Ctrl + O = Open Existing Document
Ctrl + P = Print
Ctrl + W = Close

PARAGRAPH ALIGNMENT
Ctrl + L = Left Aligned
Ctrl + R = Right Aligned
Ctrl + E = Center Aligned
Ctrl + J = Justified

LINE SPACING
Ctrl + 1 = Single Line Spacing
Ctrl + 2 = Double Line Spacing
Ctrl + 5 = 1-1/2 Line Spacing

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5 Ways to Make Windows Run Faster

From the very moment you turn on your Windows-based PC, it may seem like the processor is working in molasses. Despite improvements in the Windows code base, the operating system still remains notoriously slow, whether you are running XP or Vista. We consulted with some leading IT experts on their top recommendations to speed up your Windows OS:

Limit The Programs that Run on Startup

Even if you only have a few program windows open, you may have dozens of programs running in the background. Most commonly, this occurs when you have programs that are set to run on startup. In some cases, such as anti-virus scanners this can be useful, while in other cases, such as photo editing tools, it’s unnecessary.

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How To Backup Important Data.

This guest post was written by James Ricketts who writes on a number of subjects related to Windows registry tools and PC fixes.

How to Backup Important Data

Research conducted by a major software company has reported that 9 out of 10 computer owners do not make regular backups of their data. If you belong to the majority in this survey, you have come to the right place.

This article provides a methodical approach towards developing an efficient backup plan. It discusses four important decisions that will help you create a backup strategy and ensure that your important data remains safe from hard disk failures, computer freezes and natural disasters.

Decision # 1: What Data to Backup

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