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Remote desktop allows you to log into your computer either across a local network or even across the internet. This is useful for administering a server or workstation in another location, helping a friend or relative with a computer related problem, or even using another computer like a proxy to get around those pesky corporate firewalls.

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Is your machine running slow from the get-go? Does your series of tray icons stretch clear across your screen all the way to your start menu? Try removing some unneeded programs from startup – it’s a great, easy, and FREE way of getting back bit of lost performance.

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 #006 Speedy Startup [3:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (555)

By default, Windows has a minimum and maximum size set for your page file. Windows starts this file at the minimum size, and grows it as needed up to the maximum size while you use the machine.

As you can probably guess this can cause a lot of fragmentation as the page file needs more and more space. But there is a way to lock the page files size so that it will remain constant the entire time you use the computer!

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 #002 Condense Your Pagefile [2:40m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (729)

If you’re like me, you probably don’t use the “search” tool in windows to find your files and folders. You already know where the important ones are, and if you do have to search you don’t mind waiting a minute or two for the result. But did you know that Windows is indexing every item on your machine so that when you DO use the search feature it performs a bit faster?

It sounds like a good idea, but again, if you store your files in a common location such as “my documents” that index is a colossal waste of space! Naturally the next question would be, well Tony, can I turn off this index? Of course you can!

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 #001 Disable Indexing [2:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (927)