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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE The Ultimate PROBLEM My computer is acting odd. Loads of windows open all the time, and I’m getting a bunc ...

AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 33 The 6 Most Common WinXP Annoyances AUTOPLAY By default, Windows will automatically play or open any dis ...

“The browsers clashed, and so Netscape was smited by Internet Explorer , and the progeny of Microsoft reigned over the land. But ...

AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 3 it our favorite software application of 2003— Firefox is Mozilla’s ongoing next- generation web browser ...

begging you to punch him. AdBlock rem- edies this situation by adding a slew of advertisement-blocking features. Once installed, ...

38 MAXIMUMPC AUGUST 2004 EditCSS controls the CSS. EditCSS is a radical little extension that lets you edit any site’s CSS, then ...

40 MAXIMUMPC AUGUST 2004 CHECKY Check your web site’s compatibility There are a lot of web page standards out there: HTML, XHTML ...

AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 41 from any computer connected to the Net, and browse as if you were using that terminal for years. It’s n ...

Are you doing irreparable harm to yourself or your future progeny by using a CRT monitor? ...

AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 43 F orget alligators in the sewers. The technical world is jam-packed with powerful and highly believable ...

ALLOWING YOUR BATTERIES TO DRAIN COMPLETELY BEFORE CHARGING THEM INCREASES THEIR LONGEVITY Another myth that refuses to die come ...

AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 4 Are your online activities ever really free from prying eyes? could feasibly upgrade. Today 56K is basi ...

46 MAXIMUMPC AUGUST 2004 IT’S POSSIBLE TO SEND AN UNTRACEABLE E-MAIL Let’s rephrase this one to make the issue crystal clear. It ...

RESOURCE HOG My computer started acting extremely sluggish recently, and when I checked the Task Manager, I noticed that a proce ...

cessor and GeForce 5200 simply don’t have the legs for a modern flight sim. While your system is well within the minimum system ...

1 CLEAN OUT YOUR SYSTEM TRAY: Every unnecessary app run- ning on your PC saps precious CPU cycles and memory. 2 UPDATE YOUR DRIV ...

5 TOP-SECRET REGISTRY HACKS AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 3 Adding new functionality to Windows is as easy as opening regedit.exe and m ...

1 GOOGLE.COM: It’s the only web site we know of that’s used as both a noun and a verb. Learn to make Google work for you, and yo ...

I f you’re not confused enough by the myriad CPU offerings from AMD and Intel, here’s one more change to push you over the edge: ...

Reviews AUGUST 2004 MAXIMUMPC 57 Best of the Best As of August, 2004 A momentous event for archivists: Sony has introduced the w ...