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WinClear Internet History Eraser the Review

Product: WinClear
Class: Utility — Privacy — temp file and Windows/Internet history deletion
License: Commercial product.
Version Reviewed: v2.0
WinClear is a computer history cleaner program designed to delete or erase the history of your activity on your computer. Obviously, it can’t dig into the guts of every program to find and delete the history each might retain (and [...]

HOWTO: Identifying and Changing Default File Type / Program Associations

If you need to identify which program opens a particular file type, you can do that, and a lot more, using the Folder Options functions in Windows Explorer.
To find Folder Options, open Windows Explorer (right-click on Start, select Explore). Then, on its menu bar, select Tools and then Folder Options…

At this point, we need to [...]

Outlook Express Links Don’t Work

I received an interesting question from subscriber Maria. She has been using Firefox, as many people do, including me. In this case, she had just upgraded her Internet Explorer to IE7 and was having problems with Outlook Express.
Maria wrote:

Terry, I currently have Fire Fox and Internet Explorer on my computer. I just added the Internet [...]

Speeding Up Windows XP - Fine-Tuning Visual Effects

With all the news about the cute graphics (often termed “eye candy” to denote its real value) of Windows Vista, we need to remember that Windows XP has some of those features, too.
Windows XP’s graphical interface defaults to a number of cute options that are worthless from a usability point of view — and [...]

Speeding Up Windows XP

Remember back when you got your latest computer? It seemed so fast, so much faster than your previous computer. Now, if it doesn’t seem to drag, it just doesn’t seem as peppy as it used to…
Part of that effect is our memory — not the computer’s memory but the memories stored between our ears. We [...]