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Excerpt: This video will go over some of the most popular and essential free downloads that are compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems.  Many people do not realize that most of the task oriented software that is needed for Windows are available completely free for home use. These companies offer their software as a download for free to home users so users can get used to it and recommend it to their employers. It is great promotion. So here is the list of 8 essential free downloads for Windows XP, Vista or 7: 1. Malwarebytes’ Antimalware – This software is…

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Excerpt: This video goes over how to disable the error reporting service that sends crash reports to microsoft (if you let it). Now if you are feeling charitable, then you can leave this error reporting service enabled and continue to send anonymous crash report information to Microsoft. However, since microsoft announced it was no longer going to support the Windows XP operating system at some point, the error reporting service essentially becomes more useless then ever – and the crash reports probably end up being sent to some international logging system that prints them out and shreds them (why not?). Anyways,…

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Excerpt: Today’s video shows you how to disable automatic updates and balloon tips managed by the windows security center. The windows security center was created to ensure you are keeping your computer safe by constantly monitoring whether or not you have protection on your computer. Many criticize that the windows security center, as well as automatic updates give a false sense of security to the user. In either case, for those of you who are used to managing their computer, you want to disable automatic updates and update Windows yourself and disable the balloon tips in the security center so you…

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Excerpt: Today’s video goes over how to disable the Windows theme service to reduce system memory use. The theme service is in charge of all of your visual Windows themes and it manages the graphical user interface for optimal display. When you disable the windows theme service you will find your desktop will not look graphically as nice, but it will also free system memory use will result in a faster operating system. I am usually not one to disable the windows theme service unless it is absolutely necessary, and unless the computer I am running on really doesn’t have enough…

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Excerpt: In this video we will discuss the smart defrag free defragmentation software that will correct a fragmented hard drive and result in faster hard drive access speeds. Fragmentation is when portions of files on your hard drive are stored at multiple locations on your computer. Fragmentation is a naturally occurring process that is resulted from addition and removal of files onto your computer. The smart defrag free defragmentation utility will increase your hard drive access speeds by picking up these files and resorting them so they aren’t on multiple locations of your hard drive. Defragmentation is a popular process that…

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Excerpt: REGISTRY KEY: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer REGISTRY ENTRY: AlwaysUnloadDLL DESIRED VALUE: 1 This video covers a registry tweak that will keep program DLL files out of your system memory by automatically unloading the DLL file when programs are closed. This registry tweak is especially important for individuals who do not restart their computers often and tend to work with quite a few applications on their computers. DLL files do not take up a huge amount of memory, but it is good to automatically unload those files when programs are closed simply because after you close…

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