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Speed up browsing with a faster DNS server

Speed up browsing with a faster DNS server

Matthew Hanson | Guides, Windows 7, Windows Vista | 30/06/2010 16:46pm

Your ISP could be slowing down your browsing, without you even realising.  We’ll explain how to find out – and what you can do about it.

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Optimise your PC by removing programs

Optimise your PC by removing programs

Matthew Hanson | Guides, Windows 7, Windows Vista | 18/05/2010 15:40pm

Removing programs that you don’t use any more frees up valuable hard drive space and can make your machine run faster at the same time.

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How to make Windows Vista boot faster part 1

jjones | Guides, Windows Vista | 16/06/2009 10:51am

The time it takes for your computer to start up and run has been massively improved under Windows Vista. One of the reasons older versions of Windows, such as Windows 95 and Windows 98, took so long to boot up was because those versions of Windows were running on top of another operating system – MSDOS.

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Sprightly start-up, speedy shutdown

jjones | Guides | 26/11/2008 14:49pm
To speed up your start-up, your first task should be to look at the programs your PC launches at boot time. Open Windows Defender and click Tools > Software Explorer > Startup Programs. You’ll see every program that loads when you start up. Some are required by Windows Vista – like the Microsoft Windows host processes – but some can be safely disabled.

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