The Importance Cleaning Windows XP
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| On a Windows machine, virtual junk is referred to the countless garbage data
| stored on hard drives during normal usage. These files include a build up of
| needless temporary Internet and operating system files, Internet cookies,
| misplaced or old documents, and the dirtiest system of them all: the Windows
| Registry.
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http://feedelite.com/2007/12/07/the-importance-cleaning-windows-xp/
Related:
Why Does Windows Get Slower Over Time?
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| The natural impulse is to blame Windows itself. The phenomenon is so
| well known and widespread that some in the industry have even coined a
| term for it: "Windows rot." The idea is that, for lack of a specific
| cause, Windows just performs worse the longer you use it.
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http://www.playfuls.com/news_06892_Why_Does_Windows_Get_Slower_Over_Time.html
Windows XP OS is really quite a crock
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| It's amazing that Microsoft built-in a disk defragger into Windows XP,
| but it didn't get around to building an operating system defragger.
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| Are there better ways to clean up and speed up a Windows XP? Sure,
| there are plenty of different techniques and options, but if
| Microsoft had some smarts, they'd build a lean-and-mean Vista
| (since XP is now "legacy") for laptops and desktops without all
| the assorted crap that they've built in over the years.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38834
Top 10 disk defragging pointers
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| # Work it!
| # Use your noggin.
| # What are you waiting for?
| # Know your disk capacity and potential disk errors.
| # Server bottlenecks.
| # Leave me alone!
| # Application interference.
| # Respect the differences.
| # Don't rely on the built-in Windows defragger.
| # Stay in charge.
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http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid5_gci888617,00.html
Raxco Software Releases PerfectDisk Defragmenter for Windows Vista
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| Raxco Software, the worldwide leader in disk defragmentation
| software, announced today its award-winning PerfectDisk now
| supports Microsoft's new Windows Vista? operating system.
| PerfectDisk is the first third-party defragger to support Vista.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=192692
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