When I come across software rated 5 starts by Tucows.com, I find that it is a good indication of product quality. That is how I came across the ErrorFix- Advanced Registry Repair program. ErrorFix is an excellent option for keeping your Windows Registry clean and optimized. When I installed the software on my computer, I was [...]

You are probably familiar with the Defrag utility that is built into Windows XP, but you might not be aware that there are different types of defrags that Windows can perform.  One type of defrag is the Application and Boot File defrag which is designed to push all commonly used programs and boot files to [...]

Did you know that every time you type in a web address into your browser, your browser has to turn the web address (ie. www.google.com) into an IP address of the server hosting the site in order to download the web page and other files? The system used by Windows to complete this task is [...]

Even if you have turned off the “run at windows startup” option for Windows Messenger, the program may still be running in the Windows background and draining your valuable system resources. Microsoft went to great lengths to make removing Messenger nearly impossible for the average XP user. Finally a slightly more apparent way to remove [...]

If you’ve use a USB hard drive in the past, you know that reading/writing files to/from an external drive is much slower than performing the same task on your internal hard drive. Because of the connection speed difference between a USB port and your internal IDE connection, this is always going to be the case [...]

In the ever-changing world of spyware and malware, it is critically important to have some sort of protection software installed on your PC. Recently, I decided to take a look at the latest version of Spyware Doctor to see how the software performed compared to some of the many other spyware removal programs out there [...]

One of the nice, new features of Windows Vista is its ability to adjust your network settings to optimize your connection speed without any input on your part. Generally speaking, this feature has done a great job of improving the speed of network connections for many Vista users. There is one group of users, however, [...]