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Windows XP SP3 Released

The time has come! Windows XP SP3 (service pack three) has recently been released. This can be downloaded from Microsofts’ website or from Windows Update. We do recommend that you choose to update from Windows Update, as the version from the website is much bigger and contains all the components for use on networked computers.
Service Pack 3 [...]

XP Lifetime Extended

As we have heard before, the support lifetime for Windows XP has been extended by Microsoft - but in the last few days Microsoft has decided to extend the shelf lifetime of the product so that it can continue to be sold until June 2010, on cheap desktops.
Source: BBC News

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Defragment Quicker using Power Defragmenter

Ever been frustrated and put off by the extravagant time Windows takes to defragment? Well, my friend, Power Defragmenter is the answer to your Defragmenting needs! In both Windows Vista and XP, defragging can be a tedious process… but not any more!
Power Defragmenter is by far the fastest and most reliable defragmenter we have come [...]

Clear out the crap with CCleaner

Crap Cleaner is a great freeware utility for cleaning up unwanted files, registry entries, uninstalling programs and removing items at start up that can slow your computer down..
It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
 

When installing it, I untick all the options except Add open cleaner and check for updates as I do not want the [...]