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...programs you don't need (go to Control Panel, then Add/Remove Programs). To further conserve resources, limit the number of programs that launch whenever you boot up your computer. One way to do this is to go to the Windows Start menu, select Run and type in the term MSCONFIG. Hit OK, then click on the Startup tab. Uncheck those programs that you know you don't need to be running at all times. Answersthatwork.com's Task List will help you decipher the gibberish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Spring Cleaning For Your PC | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...line maitre d'. The wait, he said, "might be as long as an hour." It was two. "Is this some kind of record?" I exploded when at last a support guy answered. "Nope," he said with a chuckle. Two hours later, after taking me on a hellish tour of "msconfig"--an apparently pointless Windows 98 diagnostic tool--he admitted he couldn't fix the machine. He said I'd need to reinstall Windows 98. When I told him I didn't have my Win98 boot disc (a floppy disc that helps kick-start your machine by circumventing the hard drive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help-Line Hell | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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