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2 July 2009 @ 3pm
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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, firefox
Benchmarks for Firefox 3.5 release show the new version to be significantly faster than its predecessors, but still slower than Google Chrome.
Here are a few tips that can dramatically increase the speed of a slow Firefox 3.5:
Change maximum number of requests If you’re using a broadband connection, chances are that you can speed up [...]
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9 June 2009 @ 4pm
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Windows 7
If you are experiencing slow Windows 7 shutdowns, there is an easy way to identify the potential culprit (an antivirus program, driver, or other process).
Navigate to: Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > Performance Information and Tools > Advanced Tools. In some cases, this screen will display the problem files.
Failing that, open the “View [...]
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7 April 2009 @ 1pm
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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, iTunes
A number of Windows iTunes users have reported extremely poor performance from the application. Symptoms include long lags when clicking on items, delays before playback starts, slow launches and more.
Fixes
There are a few specific fixes that can provide a significant boost in iTunes for Windows speed.
Exclude iTunes library from antivirus software Launch [...]
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3 April 2009 @ 5pm
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Windows 7
Several users have reported poor disk performance after updating to Windows 7. Specifically, the Windows Experience Index (WEI) disk score is much lower under Windows 7 than it was under Windows XP or Vista on the same system. There are a few procedures that can dramatically boost disk read and write speeds under the beta [...]
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31 March 2009 @ 1pm
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Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Determining whether or not malware is to blame for any given troubleshooting issue can be tricky. Some malware-caused issues manifest as simple application instability, slowness or seemingly random freezes. However, there are a few instances in which malware is a more-than-likely culprit. In this series of articles (“Signs That You Have Malware”), we’ll explore some [...]
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30 March 2009 @ 2pm
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Windows Vista
A number of users have reported inordinately slow file copying between folders, across networks, or across local drives. There are a few very simple, very effective fixes for this issue, as follows:
Update your system board drivers The drivers included with some boards may be prone to slow and or corrupt data transfers. Updating your motherboard’s [...]
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29 March 2009 @ 9pm
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Internet Explorer 8
Several users have reported an issue wherein, after opening several tabs and or windows in Internet Explorer, newly spawned tabs or windows come up blank and non-functional, or do not appear at all. In other words, when some number of tabs or windows is reached, the program (for all intents and purposes) stops functioning. Other [...]
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27 March 2009 @ 10am
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Windows Vista
Here’s the dirty little secret about most registry cleaners and defragmentation tools: they don’t work that well. Despite their boasting, most programs that claim to automatically “optimize” your system or “clean out the junk” generally leave users virtually unchanged system performance. And unless there’s a direct reason to suspect heavy disk fragmentation (if there is, [...]
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