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A Faster PC in 13 Easy Steps

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Here on Kenneth Porio | the blog , I want to help you get the most out of your daily computing. So I managed to accept this e-mail from an avid reader on this blog to share his tips on how to make a PC even faster. Here's an article from www.slow-computers.com 's author Jesse on how to overcome those slow-ups on your Windows PC. ( Spelling and grammar corrected for clarity, with emphasis added. ) No money wasted. Not a lot of applications downloaded. No more hours spent on learning complex operations how to speed up your system. Just thirteen simple tips anyone can perform!  1. Wallpapers that you use on your computer can make the whole system slower. Better use an essential plain one instead . 2. In the case of graphics cards, new drivers tend to increase system speed. So you also need to update your hardware drivers as soon as possible to speed up your pc. 3. Minimize a lot of programs at the same time reduce the overload on RAM. 4. For booting faster on your compu...

Windows 3.1: A Trip Down Memory Lane

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Hi there, friends! While I'm doing my study with Flash for my Practicum, I took a break and scoured through the Web to find some interesting things. And with that something from my memory bank flashed: my first Windows experience . Before Linux came out in the open, I've been acquainted with computers since I was just a little toddler. I can really remember how my Papa told me how to type MS-DOS commands like cd , dir , rd , date , and  many others. I was interested on how that command line can do many wonderful things: type text, play games, add numbers, everything . But my knowledge ever increased more when I experienced a GUI-based operating system... Windows. And that version: Windows 3.1 Windows 3.1 came to us when my dad had some computers from his previous work being fixed. He had those stack of Win 3.1 installation floppy disks that fill an entire floppy case (those were those 5-1/2" disks then!). What I remember about 3.1 was the very simplistic UI. ...