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Whether your at work or on vacation, LogMeIn’s combination of Remote Control Software and web access from your browser makes access to your home computer is as easy as checking your email. The Free version allows you basic access and remote control, paid versions provide enhanced tools and features like drag and drop to the computer your at, and many others. The following section has tips for set up:

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A Firefox “Profile” contains all the modifications you made to the original Firefox installation including Bookmarks, Themes, and Add-ons. Most Themes and Add-ons perform perfectly, but there are some that cause memory leaks, browser hangs, slower performance and overall stability issues. There is a official sheet listing some of the known offenders called “Problematic extensions”. Some Add-ons uninstall properly, some don’t. Typing about:config in your browser after uninstalling an Add-on and searching/sorting by name may show remnants. Its not clear if those remnants default control back to the browser, or not, so you may still experience performance issues. Read the rest of this entry »

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After using the default Disk Cleanup utility on my Vista laptop, the Hibernate option is no longer listed. Unfortunately, the Hibernation File is checked, then removed by default. To restore Hibernation as an option, perform the following steps:

1. Click on the Start Menu and type “command prompt” in the search bar
2. Right click the Command Prompt entry that is listed
3. Select “Run as administrator” and open the program
4. At the command prompt, type in: powercfg /hibernate on, and press Enter.

Hibernation Option should again listed as an option.

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If your familiar with MSConfig and HijackThis, you already know how important Process Explorer Utilities are to optimizing Vista performance. Autoruns is is in this category. There are two versions, Autorunsc (systems console, aka command line) and Autoruns (image below) the graphical interface. You can easily sort processes by type (Startup, Login, etc.), with options to drill down to explore the performance of each process on your system (requires additional Process Explorer Utility), then make a decision to disable or delete entirely. This article focuses on installing AutoRuns and the Process Explorer Utilities, with beginner steps.

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